1 00:01:20,981 --> 00:01:22,381 Yes? 2 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:26,318 Marianne! I'm glad to hear you. 3 00:01:26,386 --> 00:01:28,218 Yes, indeed. 4 00:01:29,256 --> 00:01:31,350 But I'm working now. 5 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:32,916 Sure. 6 00:01:32,993 --> 00:01:35,462 No, I've got to work. Listen-- 7 00:01:35,529 --> 00:01:38,055 listen, I'll call you back, okay? 8 00:01:38,131 --> 00:01:41,192 Take care. I'll call you later. Bye. 9 00:01:54,481 --> 00:01:56,814 I've had two passions 10 00:01:56,883 --> 00:02:00,320 in life: 11 00:02:03,557 --> 00:02:05,025 women... 12 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:09,496 and freed-- 13 00:02:12,899 --> 00:02:14,265 Yes? 14 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:15,802 Hélène! 15 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:17,929 I'm glad to hear you. 16 00:02:18,005 --> 00:02:20,941 Well, I'm working. Yes, indeed. 17 00:02:21,008 --> 00:02:24,410 I'm working. No, I said I'm working. 18 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:27,107 Listen, I'll call you later, okay? 19 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:29,775 Exactly. Bye now. Talk to you later. 20 00:02:29,850 --> 00:02:31,318 Take care. 21 00:02:38,425 --> 00:02:39,893 Fuck! 22 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,520 Hello? Yes. 23 00:02:45,265 --> 00:02:46,927 Put him on. 24 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,559 Well, yes. 25 00:02:48,635 --> 00:02:51,799 Listen, I've been your publisher for 15 years, 26 00:02:51,872 --> 00:02:53,738 so we're almost friends. 27 00:02:53,807 --> 00:02:57,574 You're going through a major crisis and I can't let you go down. Listen. 28 00:02:57,644 --> 00:03:00,614 I have here in front of me 29 00:03:00,681 --> 00:03:04,550 the details of your current situation and some numbers. 30 00:03:04,618 --> 00:03:06,177 Do you want me to be more specific? 31 00:03:06,253 --> 00:03:10,714 So let's go straight to our results. I have seven books of yours on the market 32 00:03:10,791 --> 00:03:15,320 and the most recent one generated 7 100 francs in rights. 33 00:03:15,395 --> 00:03:16,920 That's great! Just send me a check. 34 00:03:16,997 --> 00:03:20,434 Except the advance payments I gave you 35 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:25,234 amount to 330 000 francs. 36 00:03:25,305 --> 00:03:28,707 The result from our subtraction is 231 000 francs. 37 00:03:28,775 --> 00:03:33,941 To make it clear, you owe me 231 000 francs. 38 00:03:34,014 --> 00:03:37,917 Not only that, but you also seem to believe that I'll pay your taxes for you, 39 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:41,045 and on top of that, you expect me to send you money. 40 00:03:41,121 --> 00:03:42,419 My friend, you're going a bit too far! 41 00:03:42,489 --> 00:03:44,822 What exactly do you want from me? 42 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:50,421 Jérôme, I haven't got a book from you in three years. 43 00:03:50,497 --> 00:03:52,193 That's a problem. 44 00:03:52,265 --> 00:03:54,359 That problem comes from another problem. 45 00:03:54,434 --> 00:03:56,403 All my books are about women, 46 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:58,996 and if I'm having trouble writing is because I've had enough of women. 47 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:04,340 To me, they're scandalous, errors of nature. 48 00:04:04,411 --> 00:04:06,710 Well, that's it. 49 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:09,511 That's very good. Why don't you write about it? 50 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,449 Fuck off. 51 00:04:34,074 --> 00:04:36,600 Jérôme... 52 00:04:36,676 --> 00:04:38,668 I have an idea. 53 00:04:40,347 --> 00:04:42,475 What if I could find you a woman... 54 00:04:44,217 --> 00:04:47,016 who wasn't a weigh for you, 55 00:04:47,087 --> 00:04:49,079 who wasn't a burden... 56 00:04:50,991 --> 00:04:54,223 who inspired you without tying you down? 57 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:58,629 You'd just have to trust me and let me do as I wish. 58 00:04:58,698 --> 00:05:00,997 - Is that right? - I find her, 59 00:05:01,067 --> 00:05:04,697 and if I do, you do your work. 60 00:05:04,771 --> 00:05:07,741 So what do you think? 61 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:13,872 "Urgent. Looking for competent short hand-typist. 62 00:05:13,947 --> 00:05:16,974 Must be pretty, fully available 63 00:05:17,050 --> 00:05:20,714 and ready to travel for a short trip with renowned writer. 64 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:23,154 Excellent compensation. 65 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:26,125 Apply at René Garancière Publishing, 66 00:05:26,193 --> 00:05:27,559 11 rue Servendoni." 67 00:06:12,272 --> 00:06:13,968 Hello, Miss. 68 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,737 You seem to be the person we are looking for. 69 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:19,177 Please, sit down. 70 00:06:19,246 --> 00:06:21,772 You've read the details of the ad. 71 00:06:21,848 --> 00:06:24,647 Yes, the secretary should travel 72 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:27,415 with a renowned writer. 73 00:06:27,487 --> 00:06:29,012 "Excellent compensation." 74 00:06:29,089 --> 00:06:31,456 Exactly. 75 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:36,292 However, one of our conditions might surprise you. 76 00:06:37,597 --> 00:06:38,895 So-- 77 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:42,367 and please, don't be under the impression that it is common practice for us 78 00:06:42,435 --> 00:06:45,030 to hire secretaries for our writers. 79 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:50,442 But Jérôme Hervé being the most popular one, 80 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:53,070 we want to help him out. 81 00:06:54,114 --> 00:06:57,516 So he's looking 82 00:06:57,584 --> 00:06:59,644 for a competent secretary, 83 00:06:59,719 --> 00:07:01,654 and you are one. 84 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:05,658 But on top of that-- 85 00:07:07,727 --> 00:07:12,358 you know, an artist needs... 86 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:15,527 inspiration, 87 00:07:15,602 --> 00:07:17,571 understanding, 88 00:07:18,972 --> 00:07:20,804 encouragement. 89 00:07:22,475 --> 00:07:25,912 And that's why we're asking you-- 90 00:07:27,914 --> 00:07:32,852 after all, why don't you read clause number 5 yourself? 91 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:37,781 "The hired secretary agrees 92 00:07:37,857 --> 00:07:40,918 to offer her collaboration night and day, 93 00:07:40,994 --> 00:07:44,931 knowing that collaboration won't be restricted to its professional aspect. 94 00:07:44,998 --> 00:07:48,298 She agrees to offer Jérôme Hervé 95 00:07:48,368 --> 00:07:50,735 anything a woman can offer a man." 96 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,706 - "Anything a woman can offer a man"? - Yes, "anything a woman can offer." 97 00:07:53,773 --> 00:07:55,435 - What does that mean? - What it means-- 98 00:07:55,508 --> 00:07:58,569 I know exactly what it means! It means you think of me as a whore! 99 00:07:58,645 --> 00:08:00,375 Not at all, Miss. Of course not. 100 00:08:00,447 --> 00:08:02,916 Just like you, I think that clause is-- 101 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:06,112 It's awful! It's insane! 102 00:08:06,186 --> 00:08:09,918 Like a slave, I would have to belong to a man I don't even know. 103 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:12,152 Do you think I'm the type of girl 104 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:14,490 who would agree to be some dirty old man's toy? 105 00:08:14,561 --> 00:08:18,692 - I'm not that kind of girl. - So you're turning down the position? 106 00:08:18,765 --> 00:08:21,462 No, I'll take it! 107 00:09:13,053 --> 00:09:17,616 The first-class Mistral Transeurope Express 108 00:09:17,690 --> 00:09:21,923 will leave at 1:20 pm from platform A. 109 00:09:23,363 --> 00:09:24,490 Marianne? 110 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:27,859 I'm calling from the station. 111 00:09:29,302 --> 00:09:31,567 Honey, you know the only solution 112 00:09:31,638 --> 00:09:33,698 was to leave and work. 113 00:09:35,075 --> 00:09:37,601 You know I only work well on the go. 114 00:09:37,677 --> 00:09:40,306 Traveling inspires me. 115 00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:44,215 What's that? Of course I'm going by myself. 116 00:09:48,154 --> 00:09:50,749 So am I, baby. I'm looking forward to marrying you. 117 00:09:50,824 --> 00:09:54,056 That's exactly why I have to finish my book. 118 00:09:55,562 --> 00:09:57,121 Sure. 119 00:09:58,198 --> 00:09:59,962 Of course. 120 00:10:00,033 --> 00:10:02,002 Listen, my train's about to leave. 121 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:04,037 I send you all my love. 122 00:10:05,738 --> 00:10:07,673 Yes, I-- 123 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:10,232 I'll call you as soon as I can. 124 00:10:10,310 --> 00:10:12,142 Take care. Bye. 125 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:20,776 The Mistral Transeurope Express 126 00:10:20,854 --> 00:10:25,690 will depart immediately. Please board now. 127 00:10:28,328 --> 00:10:29,352 Hélène? 128 00:10:30,396 --> 00:10:33,525 Honey, I'm calling from the station. 129 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,364 Yes. 130 00:10:35,435 --> 00:10:39,304 No, not for long. Not at all. 131 00:10:39,372 --> 00:10:41,341 Paris was getting to me 132 00:10:41,407 --> 00:10:44,036 and I wanted to finish my book before we get married. 133 00:10:45,245 --> 00:10:47,976 You know I only work well on the go. 134 00:10:48,047 --> 00:10:50,312 Traveling inspires me. 135 00:10:51,751 --> 00:10:54,585 So am I. I'm looking forward to marrying you. 136 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:56,418 Listen... 137 00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:58,754 I'll call you later. My train's leaving. 138 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:02,853 All my love. See you soon. Bye. 139 00:11:44,604 --> 00:11:46,334 Clara... 140 00:11:46,406 --> 00:11:49,137 what a nice name. 141 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:53,442 "Nice" might not be the right word, 142 00:11:53,513 --> 00:11:57,280 - but that name's quite-- - "Clear"! 143 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:03,550 The countryside's funny in that it's big. 144 00:12:05,325 --> 00:12:07,920 It's even way too big, when you think of it. 145 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:13,727 I wonder why the countryside's so big. 146 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,793 I've never asked myself that question before. 147 00:12:16,869 --> 00:12:20,465 It's funny, I always ask questions people never ask. 148 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:23,510 I wonder why. 149 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:26,273 - Because you have a curious mind. - Not really. 150 00:12:26,346 --> 00:12:28,713 - You're not? - No. 151 00:12:28,781 --> 00:12:31,148 I'm a woman, but I'm not curious at all. 152 00:12:31,217 --> 00:12:34,016 - Really? - But I like to know everything. 153 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:38,491 I always want to know how things will work out. 154 00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:40,823 Would you like a cigarette? 155 00:12:40,893 --> 00:12:43,089 No, thanks. I don't smoke, 156 00:12:43,162 --> 00:12:45,131 but I'll have one anyway. 157 00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:48,798 Usually, they're smoked one at a time. 158 00:12:50,136 --> 00:12:52,401 You're right. 159 00:12:54,407 --> 00:12:55,773 I wonder why. 160 00:12:56,843 --> 00:12:59,711 Because what I like to do with chocolates, 161 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:02,010 is to put two or three in my mouth. 162 00:13:02,081 --> 00:13:04,312 It's a good thing I never eat chocolate. 163 00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:06,250 - Why not? - Because I hate chocolate. 164 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:10,590 I hate everything sweet. 165 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:12,649 Except pastries. 166 00:13:12,725 --> 00:13:17,356 I apologize for being intrusive, Miss. 167 00:13:17,430 --> 00:13:20,525 If you could sign this menu for me, 168 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,365 - I'd put it in your new book. - I'd be happy to. 169 00:13:25,738 --> 00:13:28,503 - Here. - I've read all your books. 170 00:13:28,574 --> 00:13:31,669 - You have? - Why do you write books? 171 00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:33,406 And why not? 172 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:37,811 Because there are so many other things to do. 173 00:13:38,851 --> 00:13:40,979 I used to know a writer. 174 00:13:41,054 --> 00:13:42,989 Which writer? 175 00:13:44,090 --> 00:13:46,855 I forgot his name. He could play chess like no one else! 176 00:13:46,926 --> 00:13:50,158 - Do you play chess? - Do I look like I play chess? 177 00:13:50,229 --> 00:13:52,095 What's your sign? 178 00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:55,067 - Aries. - I knew it! 179 00:13:55,134 --> 00:13:56,830 I'm a Libra. 180 00:13:56,903 --> 00:14:00,237 - Alcohol, liquor? - No, thanks. 181 00:14:00,306 --> 00:14:02,298 We'll drink in our compartment. 182 00:14:02,375 --> 00:14:04,640 You don't mind if we start working right away? 183 00:14:06,446 --> 00:14:08,915 Did a woman give you this tie? 184 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:10,609 Yes. 185 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:13,346 Why? 186 00:14:13,419 --> 00:14:15,217 Because it's not your style at all. 187 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:49,747 The title will be "Women." 188 00:14:55,728 --> 00:14:57,321 Very good. 189 00:14:57,397 --> 00:15:00,231 New line, new paragraph. 190 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:03,567 How did I come to this? 191 00:15:06,005 --> 00:15:09,533 Go ahead! It's the first chapter's title. 192 00:15:09,609 --> 00:15:12,169 How did I come to this? 193 00:15:13,479 --> 00:15:16,506 Next week, I am expected to marry Marianne in Saint Moritz 194 00:15:16,582 --> 00:15:19,347 and Hélène in Venice. Period. New line. 195 00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:21,354 It is you or your character? 196 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:23,413 Me. 197 00:15:23,489 --> 00:15:25,981 - Is that true? - Yes. 198 00:15:26,058 --> 00:15:27,356 That's hilarious! 199 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:31,296 For 15 years, I've been writing solely about women 200 00:15:31,364 --> 00:15:33,697 and they're all that I've been interested in. Period. 201 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:37,032 I've always wanted to see a man who's never been in love. 202 00:15:37,103 --> 00:15:39,504 Right. 203 00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:42,132 It's because I loved that I was loved... 204 00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:46,378 and that I wrote my first book. 205 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:51,783 That first book came to me after a painful breakup 206 00:15:51,851 --> 00:15:54,753 that I didn't initiate. 207 00:15:56,122 --> 00:16:01,083 The first woman who mattered to me was Anne. 208 00:16:02,261 --> 00:16:04,355 We liked the same things, 209 00:16:04,430 --> 00:16:08,595 including freedom, which is rare. 210 00:16:08,668 --> 00:16:11,467 We were happy 211 00:16:11,537 --> 00:16:14,405 because we had the same tastes, 212 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:16,841 the same training, 213 00:16:16,909 --> 00:16:19,435 the same desires... 214 00:16:19,512 --> 00:16:22,311 In a nutshell, we got along great. 215 00:16:24,684 --> 00:16:26,550 We were always together... 216 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:33,793 and yet, we were as free as ever. 217 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:36,693 Everything between us was perfect. 218 00:16:38,464 --> 00:16:41,229 We were never bored, 219 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:44,964 we loved to talk to each other, 220 00:16:45,037 --> 00:16:46,938 make love to each other, 221 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,998 or just be quiet. 222 00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:52,807 - It was-- - Happiness. 223 00:16:52,879 --> 00:16:56,441 It looked like happiness. Period. Next line. 224 00:16:56,516 --> 00:16:58,212 How long did that last? 225 00:17:00,386 --> 00:17:02,014 It lasted... 226 00:17:03,322 --> 00:17:06,884 - Five years. - What's been going on for five years? 227 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:08,587 Us. 228 00:17:08,661 --> 00:17:11,426 Listen... 229 00:17:11,497 --> 00:17:14,296 you're going to Cuba for research, 230 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:17,337 I'm going to San Francisco for my art opening... 231 00:17:18,804 --> 00:17:21,103 and the Azores are on our way. 232 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:25,774 Why not get married there? 233 00:17:26,946 --> 00:17:29,973 You want to get married? You? 234 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,346 I mean, you-- 235 00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:38,323 you really want to get married? 236 00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:44,127 With you, on the island. 237 00:17:44,196 --> 00:17:45,926 Just for fun. 238 00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:49,833 We could stay on the island without getting married. 239 00:17:51,504 --> 00:17:53,837 If you don't want to get married on an island, 240 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:55,670 we could do it somewhere else... 241 00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:00,269 quite simply, in our neighborhood. 242 00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:05,174 I said yes 243 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:07,846 and ran to a local café. 244 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,912 I spent an entire life in this café, 245 00:18:09,989 --> 00:18:11,480 writing... 246 00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:14,254 frantically writing all the things I couldn't tell her. 247 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:20,795 I wrote that thanks to her, I had discovered something about myself. 248 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:24,897 "I love you and we're happy, 249 00:18:24,971 --> 00:18:27,998 but I've just discovered what my preference is. 250 00:18:28,074 --> 00:18:31,738 And I prefer adventure and freedom over happiness. 251 00:18:31,811 --> 00:18:35,373 I prefer freedom over happiness. I prefer the unexpected." 252 00:18:40,252 --> 00:18:42,619 The closer the date got, 253 00:18:42,688 --> 00:18:48,093 the higher the number of unsent letters got. 254 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,322 I decided to write another letter. 255 00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:53,690 That was a particularly good letter. 256 00:18:53,766 --> 00:18:56,565 I explained to her that we were going to ruin everything, 257 00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:59,231 that we should not get married. 258 00:18:59,305 --> 00:19:02,571 That letter also stayed in my pocket. 259 00:19:05,244 --> 00:19:08,681 Jérôme Hervé, do you take Miss Anne de Montfort 260 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:11,513 as your lawful wife? 261 00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:21,219 It's hard to answer that kind of question with yes or no. 262 00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:23,091 It is hard for me. 263 00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:26,860 You say "yes" and that's it. It's the law. 264 00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:30,130 Jérôme Hervé, do you take Miss Anne de Montfort 265 00:19:30,202 --> 00:19:33,036 as your lawful wife? 266 00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:40,646 No. No. 267 00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:43,976 I'm not-- 268 00:19:44,050 --> 00:19:46,815 I'm not really cut for marriage, that's it. 269 00:19:46,886 --> 00:19:48,752 Do you understand? 270 00:19:48,821 --> 00:19:51,757 You don't? You don't understand. 271 00:19:51,824 --> 00:19:53,759 But you understand. 272 00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:56,159 You have to understand. Here. 273 00:19:56,228 --> 00:19:58,720 Read these letters and you'll understand. 274 00:19:58,798 --> 00:20:00,426 You'll see-- 275 00:20:06,672 --> 00:20:09,767 I didn't think we had broken up. On the contrary. 276 00:20:09,842 --> 00:20:11,936 I thought she'd reply. 277 00:20:12,011 --> 00:20:14,981 I was anxiously waiting for her answer to my letters. 278 00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:18,540 But she sent them back to me with two words: 279 00:20:19,585 --> 00:20:21,383 "publish them." 280 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:25,186 She was perfect until the last moment. 281 00:20:27,493 --> 00:20:29,962 I wouldn't have thought of it myself. 282 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,632 Those letters made me famous. 283 00:20:37,837 --> 00:20:40,068 And they made up your first essay, 284 00:20:40,139 --> 00:20:44,008 - "Disponibilism." - Did you read it? 285 00:20:44,076 --> 00:20:46,545 "In love, 286 00:20:46,612 --> 00:20:49,776 only the beginnings are delightful... 287 00:20:52,685 --> 00:20:56,144 and that's why one should have many." 288 00:20:56,222 --> 00:20:58,191 "I call 'disponibilism' 289 00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,522 the desire to keep one's future intact 290 00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:02,721 - by never committing..." - "...to a single person." 291 00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:04,696 "To a single person," indeed. 292 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:06,733 I just bought it. Haven't read it. 293 00:21:06,799 --> 00:21:08,461 You haven't? 294 00:21:08,534 --> 00:21:11,333 I skimmed through it. This is not bad: 295 00:21:11,403 --> 00:21:14,271 "We should choose the unknown 296 00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:16,332 over what's already been felt, 297 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:19,674 even if what we have is delightful. 298 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:22,146 The greatest misfortune for man 299 00:21:22,214 --> 00:21:24,774 is that he can imagine thousands of lives, 300 00:21:24,850 --> 00:21:28,082 yet he's prisoner of a single body. 301 00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:31,748 It would be a greater misfortune 302 00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:34,555 to make oneself prisoner of another person, 303 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:37,791 and one should on the contrary 304 00:21:37,863 --> 00:21:41,891 keep a large number of options." 305 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:44,402 Indeed. Do you like it? 306 00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:47,668 I'd probably think that way if I were a man. 307 00:21:48,707 --> 00:21:51,233 If I were a woman too. 308 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:54,576 - So which are you? - I wish I knew! 309 00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:58,344 I never talk about myself. 310 00:21:58,417 --> 00:22:01,046 I am myself, that's all. 311 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:03,214 Will you stop questioning me? 312 00:22:03,289 --> 00:22:06,453 You're writing your memoirs, not me. 313 00:22:06,525 --> 00:22:08,653 Next chapter. 314 00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:11,697 "Too many fish in the sea." 315 00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:15,058 "Many fish in the sea." 316 00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:19,170 So, any good catch? 317 00:22:33,485 --> 00:22:35,886 What was wonderful about it, was that they were all different. 318 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:38,390 Had they not been, I would have stopped immediately. 319 00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:42,161 I was reborn with each one of them. 320 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:46,029 Each time, life was starting again. Everything was starting again, 321 00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:48,294 because they were never the same. 322 00:22:49,602 --> 00:22:52,436 The lives I started were all the more delightful 323 00:22:52,504 --> 00:22:56,498 since I knew they wouldn't last forever. 324 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:09,652 Few women could resist the way I was fascinated with them. 325 00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:14,357 I really was fascinated. 326 00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:16,122 Every time. 327 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,927 I always approached them with the same line: 328 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:24,400 "There are two women in you." 329 00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:26,735 Worked every time. 330 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:30,907 "Miss, there are two women in you." 331 00:23:32,211 --> 00:23:34,180 "There are two women in you." 332 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,010 "There are two women in you." 333 00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:38,107 "There are two women in you." 334 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:41,517 So you had a lot of fish? 335 00:23:41,587 --> 00:23:42,919 - Of course. - How many? 336 00:23:42,988 --> 00:23:45,514 I don't know. 337 00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:48,151 Do you know your number? 338 00:23:48,227 --> 00:23:49,957 How many? 339 00:23:50,029 --> 00:23:51,725 Three. 340 00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:55,993 You think I'll believe that? Three only? 341 00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:58,697 I'm counting those who really mattered. 342 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:02,799 I've forgotten the others like nothing happened. 343 00:24:05,511 --> 00:24:07,002 So... 344 00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:10,443 I've never had anyone. 345 00:24:10,516 --> 00:24:14,283 Something extraordinary happened to me one day, 346 00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:16,288 a real event. 347 00:24:17,823 --> 00:24:20,054 It was Bastille Day. 348 00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:22,458 I was very happy. I liked her very much. 349 00:24:24,330 --> 00:24:27,528 I like her back and I liked her profile. 350 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:29,795 She smiled at me. 351 00:24:29,868 --> 00:24:33,361 I was a happy man. 352 00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:39,501 "It's funny, I feel like there are two women in you." 353 00:24:40,546 --> 00:24:42,412 That smile. 354 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:44,382 That's when I saw 355 00:24:44,450 --> 00:24:47,045 that terrible smile. 356 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,988 I asked her if she was smiling because she'd heard my line before, 357 00:24:51,056 --> 00:24:53,457 and indeed, she'd heard it before. 358 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,453 I asked from whom, and she said "you." 359 00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:00,328 Then I remembered. 360 00:25:00,399 --> 00:25:05,030 I had been crazy about that girl six months earlier in Florence, 361 00:25:05,104 --> 00:25:06,732 then I forgot about her. 362 00:25:14,913 --> 00:25:16,541 How? 363 00:25:17,583 --> 00:25:19,745 How could I live a life 364 00:25:20,786 --> 00:25:24,518 where I had no memories because I had too many of them? 365 00:25:24,590 --> 00:25:27,219 How could I have forgotten about Florence? 366 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:34,458 If I had got to the point where I could not remember a girl I had loved... 367 00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:38,766 a girl I had had a crush on, a huge crush, 368 00:25:38,837 --> 00:25:43,571 my life was nonsensical 369 00:25:43,642 --> 00:25:46,840 and I had to make drastic changes. 370 00:25:53,452 --> 00:25:54,784 Come in. 371 00:25:56,288 --> 00:25:58,757 Good evening. May I make your beds? 372 00:25:58,824 --> 00:26:00,486 Please do. 373 00:26:01,527 --> 00:26:03,291 Let's go. 374 00:26:03,362 --> 00:26:05,627 Let's leave the room while he's making the beds. 375 00:26:26,885 --> 00:26:29,184 Thanks, Clara. I really needed you. 376 00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:31,189 No, you needed a secretary. 377 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:34,317 I needed to be with a woman who's not holding me captive. 378 00:26:34,393 --> 00:26:36,328 It's new for me. 379 00:26:36,395 --> 00:26:39,490 With our contract, we are keeping out all those things that spoil love. 380 00:26:43,735 --> 00:26:45,727 No, we're done for tonight. 381 00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:49,901 - Take your clothes off. - Just like that? 382 00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:52,035 Sure. 383 00:26:52,111 --> 00:26:53,977 That's what I'm going to do. 384 00:28:19,565 --> 00:28:21,591 Which do you prefer? 385 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:23,431 Which what? 386 00:28:23,502 --> 00:28:26,961 Which bed? The one on the right or the left? 387 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:29,565 - We're going to sleep? - Well, yes. 388 00:28:42,754 --> 00:28:45,280 Men are funny. 389 00:28:50,696 --> 00:28:53,427 Who was the gentleman who took you to the station? 390 00:28:59,838 --> 00:29:03,070 - Are you in love with him? - Madly! 391 00:29:04,376 --> 00:29:06,140 How about him? 392 00:29:07,813 --> 00:29:09,611 We shall see. 393 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:17,215 Is he jealous? 394 00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:19,816 We shall see! 395 00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:40,269 It's not that I am sleepy, but I like to smoke in the dark. 396 00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:46,676 In the dark, I can't taste the tobacco. 397 00:29:50,956 --> 00:29:53,289 I hate the taste of tobacco. 398 00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:56,291 So why are you smoking? 399 00:29:58,063 --> 00:30:00,430 Because I can't help it. 400 00:30:03,602 --> 00:30:05,867 Clara? 401 00:30:05,937 --> 00:30:07,462 Yeah? 402 00:30:07,539 --> 00:30:09,167 Come over here. 403 00:30:10,409 --> 00:30:12,310 Where? 404 00:30:12,377 --> 00:30:14,209 To my bed. 405 00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:19,710 - What for? - To make love. 406 00:30:23,622 --> 00:30:24,920 No. 407 00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:27,960 - We said we were going to sleep. - I've changed my mind. 408 00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:33,158 - Why? - Come on, Clara! 409 00:30:33,231 --> 00:30:34,699 You did sign a contract! 410 00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:16,372 My contract doesn't say I have to desire you. 411 00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:18,467 It only says I have to put up with you. 412 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:20,603 So let's go! 413 00:31:30,021 --> 00:31:33,583 Go back to bed. You'll be better off alone. 414 00:31:37,829 --> 00:31:41,596 So the contract is no longer enough for you? 415 00:31:41,666 --> 00:31:44,761 Now, I'd have to be in love with you. 416 00:31:44,836 --> 00:31:47,704 Go to sleep! It'll be better for the both of us! 417 00:33:00,946 --> 00:33:02,414 Excuse me. 418 00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:05,846 What the hell are you doing here? 419 00:33:06,885 --> 00:33:09,218 I got the wrong compartment. Sorry. 420 00:33:10,255 --> 00:33:11,883 Not a problem. 421 00:33:15,427 --> 00:33:17,760 See you later. 422 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,916 All right, I'm ready. 423 00:33:48,293 --> 00:33:51,058 To work. 424 00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:54,930 Being a secretary is also part of my contract. 425 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,559 Where were we? 426 00:33:56,635 --> 00:33:58,934 You are not happy. 427 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:04,508 Are you disappointed? 428 00:34:04,576 --> 00:34:08,741 I'll make up for it by being a good secretary. 429 00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:11,443 Do you want to know where we were? 430 00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:12,882 I do. 431 00:34:12,951 --> 00:34:17,480 "I am suspicious of too much success because it can create bonds. 432 00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:19,821 Especially for people like me, 433 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:22,292 who act like Don Juans 434 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,920 without really being one." 435 00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:28,261 Type this: 436 00:34:30,235 --> 00:34:32,261 I was vulnerable... 437 00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:38,969 because I was suffering from so much self-restriction, 438 00:34:39,044 --> 00:34:42,981 such as really knowing someone else 439 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,581 and the deep pleasures of tenderness. 440 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,919 After conquering so much, I wanted to love. 441 00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:55,485 And that terrified me. 442 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,552 So what was left for me? 443 00:34:57,629 --> 00:34:58,995 Bodies. 444 00:34:59,064 --> 00:35:00,794 Nothing but bodies. 445 00:35:00,865 --> 00:35:05,530 I met this body in the studio of a photographer she was modeling for. 446 00:35:06,571 --> 00:35:08,096 It was just perfect. 447 00:35:17,882 --> 00:35:20,283 I was reassured right away: 448 00:35:20,352 --> 00:35:24,153 our relationship would be nothing but physical. 449 00:35:24,222 --> 00:35:26,782 My only concern was to know if I would get bored with her. 450 00:35:26,858 --> 00:35:29,919 My only concern was to know this: 451 00:35:29,995 --> 00:35:34,023 would desire surpass boredom? 452 00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:37,331 Only experience would tell. 453 00:35:37,402 --> 00:35:40,236 So I invited the body to lunch. 454 00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:42,797 Look, you take the fork 455 00:35:42,874 --> 00:35:45,105 and you use it like a little knife. 456 00:35:45,176 --> 00:35:46,769 Like so. 457 00:35:46,845 --> 00:35:49,644 Just like that. 458 00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:52,650 And you eat it. It's delicious. 459 00:35:53,785 --> 00:35:56,220 I didn't know oysters had feet. 460 00:35:56,287 --> 00:35:57,755 They do. 461 00:35:57,822 --> 00:36:00,348 Careful. There you go. 462 00:36:02,794 --> 00:36:04,990 Good! 463 00:36:05,063 --> 00:36:08,363 How about spending the weekend in the countryside? 464 00:36:08,433 --> 00:36:10,231 Just the two of us. 465 00:36:11,336 --> 00:36:13,567 - It's an excellent idea. - Indeed. 466 00:36:13,638 --> 00:36:14,901 Yes. 467 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,199 Beautiful women-- 468 00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:20,368 Yes? 469 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:25,276 Beautiful women are easier than the others. 470 00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:27,910 "Easier than the others"? 471 00:36:27,986 --> 00:36:29,352 Why is that? 472 00:36:29,421 --> 00:36:32,016 After so much solicitation, 473 00:36:32,090 --> 00:36:35,549 - their ability to resist diminishes. - That's right! 474 00:36:35,627 --> 00:36:38,620 It is indeed. 475 00:36:41,666 --> 00:36:43,225 Marianne-- 476 00:36:44,269 --> 00:36:47,171 Marianne was a creature... 477 00:36:48,306 --> 00:36:51,743 who loved her own person, 478 00:36:52,777 --> 00:36:56,077 and I only loved her body, 479 00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:58,582 which was reassuring. 480 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:09,155 A body is like a masterpiece. 481 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:11,162 It's a safe investment. 482 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,255 I desired her 483 00:37:13,331 --> 00:37:15,766 and she seemed to desire me back. 484 00:37:25,143 --> 00:37:27,738 It happened quite simply, 485 00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:29,838 like all major things. 486 00:37:31,483 --> 00:37:34,009 I wanted to take all the pleasure that woman could give me, 487 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:36,350 until there was none left. 488 00:37:36,421 --> 00:37:38,754 But since that pleasure didn't seem to ever run out, 489 00:37:39,924 --> 00:37:41,620 we left. 490 00:37:41,693 --> 00:37:44,185 I thought it was for a few days, 491 00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:49,064 but after a week, I was not eager to go home. 492 00:37:57,776 --> 00:37:59,438 France was ours! 493 00:38:02,213 --> 00:38:05,081 We turned its every corner into our bedroom. 494 00:38:16,427 --> 00:38:18,794 We made love every 65 miles, 495 00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:20,923 going 85 miles per hour. 496 00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:22,433 That was a good average! 497 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,366 It was fascinating 498 00:38:24,435 --> 00:38:27,405 because we were ready to break up every day. 499 00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:31,307 Every day, we would say, "That's enough. Let's go back to Paris." 500 00:38:31,376 --> 00:38:33,004 But we didn't. 501 00:38:37,582 --> 00:38:40,677 Summer was going by, 502 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,914 to the rhythm of our goodbyes and the renewal of our ties. 503 00:38:49,594 --> 00:38:52,928 Without knowing it, and after leaving for a weekend only, 504 00:38:52,997 --> 00:38:56,434 we were spending the whole summer together. 505 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:11,380 We thought every day was the last... 506 00:39:13,985 --> 00:39:16,352 and that we would separate. 507 00:39:16,421 --> 00:39:19,789 That it was over and that it hadn't mattered at all, 508 00:39:19,858 --> 00:39:21,759 when I was crazy about her. 509 00:39:23,328 --> 00:39:25,092 What did you like about her? 510 00:39:31,002 --> 00:39:35,463 I thought I knew her, and I thought there was nothing to know about her 511 00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:38,510 but an abyss of femininity. 512 00:39:40,812 --> 00:39:44,408 She was gifted for thinking in silence, 513 00:39:45,516 --> 00:39:47,678 but who was she thinking about? 514 00:39:56,361 --> 00:39:58,762 Anyway, we were hiding things from each other. 515 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,898 I was hiding my happiness from her. 516 00:40:16,881 --> 00:40:20,682 That day, I was beside myself 517 00:40:22,053 --> 00:40:24,682 for it was impossible to get a word out of her. 518 00:40:36,567 --> 00:40:39,696 She was nothing but a woman whose excesses fascinated me, 519 00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:42,297 and I had to treat her like a woman. 520 00:40:44,142 --> 00:40:45,838 Like so. 521 00:41:18,576 --> 00:41:20,477 I had embraced solitude 522 00:41:20,545 --> 00:41:22,377 but couldn't bear it now. 523 00:41:23,681 --> 00:41:27,083 Because of Marianne, any pleasure I could have taken without her 524 00:41:27,151 --> 00:41:29,586 would have only been incomplete. 525 00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:32,385 I was wondering if the feeling was mutual, 526 00:41:32,457 --> 00:41:35,689 if maybe she was thinking of someone else... 527 00:41:36,928 --> 00:41:39,557 the bullfighter in the arena, for instance. 528 00:41:40,665 --> 00:41:42,998 Which she would never confess to. 529 00:41:58,049 --> 00:42:00,382 But that day precisely, 530 00:42:00,451 --> 00:42:03,421 she waited for the moment when the bull would be put to death 531 00:42:03,488 --> 00:42:05,150 to tell me... 532 00:42:08,393 --> 00:42:11,830 "It's the first time I find another man attractive 533 00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:14,422 since we met." 534 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:18,993 It was both a confession of love and a threat. 535 00:42:23,341 --> 00:42:26,436 To see the ocean with her... 536 00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:34,314 with the fear that it might end. 537 00:42:39,757 --> 00:42:42,056 We're feeling good. 538 00:42:42,126 --> 00:42:44,220 Really, we're feeling real good. 539 00:42:45,930 --> 00:42:48,661 It was the first time we confessed it to each other. 540 00:42:48,733 --> 00:42:51,498 There is a major difference between being happy and being aware of it, 541 00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:53,629 and we were aware of it 542 00:42:54,672 --> 00:42:57,198 and my fear changed... 543 00:42:58,342 --> 00:43:01,107 became more specific. 544 00:43:01,179 --> 00:43:04,741 My fear turned into the fear of her leaving me. 545 00:43:06,684 --> 00:43:09,677 I told her, "You're not going to leave, are you?" 546 00:43:09,754 --> 00:43:12,087 If you want me to, I'll stay with you... 547 00:43:14,258 --> 00:43:16,090 forever. 548 00:43:19,964 --> 00:43:22,331 I was silent for a while, then declined. 549 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,801 I had to. 550 00:43:28,005 --> 00:43:31,339 She was offering me all the happiness imaginable, 551 00:43:31,409 --> 00:43:33,935 but I declined because I wanted to break it off 552 00:43:34,011 --> 00:43:36,344 while I was on top of happiness. 553 00:43:36,414 --> 00:43:39,282 We were experiencing the height of our passion. 554 00:43:39,350 --> 00:43:42,718 Yep, I let her leave for Sweden. 555 00:43:42,787 --> 00:43:45,848 Did she know I was breaking up because I loved her too much, 556 00:43:45,923 --> 00:43:48,119 because I wanted to save our love 557 00:43:48,192 --> 00:43:51,822 by sparing it the slow erosion every relationship goes through? 558 00:43:51,896 --> 00:43:53,922 I don't know. 559 00:43:53,998 --> 00:43:57,059 We were saving ourselves by separating. I knew that. 560 00:43:57,135 --> 00:43:58,763 It had to be done, 561 00:43:58,836 --> 00:44:01,135 and I did. 562 00:44:01,205 --> 00:44:02,537 That's it. 563 00:44:08,980 --> 00:44:11,279 I made a novel out of it: 564 00:44:11,349 --> 00:44:13,341 "That Summer." 565 00:44:14,519 --> 00:44:16,545 It was about that summer with Marianne, 566 00:44:16,621 --> 00:44:18,988 which was in the past. 567 00:44:24,228 --> 00:44:26,060 It's beautiful. 568 00:44:27,265 --> 00:44:29,564 I am very sensitive to beautiful things. 569 00:44:30,968 --> 00:44:33,369 Too sensitive. 570 00:44:33,437 --> 00:44:35,702 I can't look for too long, though, 'cause I get bored. 571 00:44:42,380 --> 00:44:44,406 Interested? 572 00:44:44,482 --> 00:44:47,384 He's cute. Look at his moustache. 573 00:44:48,486 --> 00:44:52,184 It's not that I'm crazy about men with a moustache, but... 574 00:44:52,256 --> 00:44:54,452 I like them. 575 00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:58,754 And last night, you clearly demonstrated that you don't like me. 576 00:45:04,902 --> 00:45:08,304 - Are we going back to work? - No. 577 00:45:08,372 --> 00:45:11,604 - Then I'll stroll around. - Right. 578 00:45:22,386 --> 00:45:24,719 Do you have "That Summer" by Jérôme Hervé? 579 00:45:24,789 --> 00:45:27,725 "That Summer," by Jérôme Hervé. 580 00:45:29,794 --> 00:45:31,524 Here. 581 00:45:34,599 --> 00:45:37,330 You're not going to read this, are you? 582 00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:40,701 It's boring to death. Really. 583 00:45:44,375 --> 00:45:47,709 Do you really feel like reading? 584 00:45:47,778 --> 00:45:50,612 Wouldn't you rather chat with me? 585 00:46:00,591 --> 00:46:01,991 Check, please! 586 00:46:40,865 --> 00:46:43,664 That's enough! I'll break your-- 587 00:46:55,413 --> 00:46:58,611 You-- you bastard! 588 00:48:55,199 --> 00:48:58,226 Please give this back to the hair stylist. Thanks. 589 00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:04,233 Take your clothes off! Now! 590 00:49:04,308 --> 00:49:06,937 Do you want me because other men desire me? 591 00:49:07,011 --> 00:49:08,536 - Quiet! - I have to be quiet? 592 00:49:08,612 --> 00:49:11,480 - Yes! - Well, sorry. I didn't know. 593 00:49:11,549 --> 00:49:15,316 You want me with or without the shoes? 594 00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:19,019 If you think you'll discourage me, think again! 595 00:49:20,090 --> 00:49:22,025 Do you like me, or is it just our contract? 596 00:49:22,092 --> 00:49:23,651 Do you want to tear up that contract? 597 00:49:23,727 --> 00:49:26,094 That contract doesn't give you permission for such familiarity! 598 00:49:47,284 --> 00:49:49,776 Okay, let's get to work. 599 00:49:49,854 --> 00:49:53,291 Don't forget you're my secretary. Here. 600 00:49:56,494 --> 00:49:59,020 I'll try to be a good secretary, 601 00:49:59,096 --> 00:50:02,624 since I wasn't a good-- 602 00:50:03,701 --> 00:50:04,760 a good... 603 00:50:05,803 --> 00:50:08,363 - how can I put this? - That was nothing but sabotage. 604 00:50:08,439 --> 00:50:09,964 I acted according to the contract. 605 00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:12,373 - You ruined it for you, not for me. - Good for you, then! 606 00:50:20,117 --> 00:50:22,814 - There. - All right. 607 00:50:22,887 --> 00:50:26,915 - Type this-- it's your only talent anyway. - Then you should dictate something. 608 00:50:26,991 --> 00:50:29,961 Right. Where were we? 609 00:50:30,027 --> 00:50:32,087 We're through with Marianne 610 00:50:32,162 --> 00:50:36,122 and you've avoided the danger of living with a woman who's good for you. 611 00:50:37,768 --> 00:50:39,999 I never forgot her. Period. 612 00:50:42,606 --> 00:50:47,374 The sight of women made me sick as long as it wasn't Marianne. 613 00:50:47,444 --> 00:50:50,107 The reason I looked at Hélène-- this woman here-- 614 00:50:50,180 --> 00:50:52,581 is because she didn't seem like a real woman to me. 615 00:50:52,650 --> 00:50:55,916 She was a sports fiend-- skydiving, skiing, you name it. 616 00:50:55,986 --> 00:51:00,924 She was the fastest, the highest, the deepest woman in the world. 617 00:51:00,991 --> 00:51:03,483 She had done everything and she would do everything. 618 00:51:03,561 --> 00:51:06,190 She excelled in all areas and she loved danger. 619 00:51:06,263 --> 00:51:09,097 She was not out to please but to win. 620 00:51:11,502 --> 00:51:13,801 Her rule was to always defend herself. 621 00:51:15,105 --> 00:51:18,473 Modesty was her passion, 622 00:51:18,542 --> 00:51:21,569 and one could only take her need 623 00:51:21,645 --> 00:51:24,638 to avoid the gaze of men seriously. 624 00:51:26,050 --> 00:51:29,179 I was still thinking of Marianne, but for me, Hélène was like sports. 625 00:51:30,287 --> 00:51:33,121 To beat the champion she was 626 00:51:33,190 --> 00:51:36,285 was my goal, a real goal. 627 00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:38,955 I loved the war I was waging against her 628 00:51:39,029 --> 00:51:41,021 and I wanted to be victorious. 629 00:51:42,266 --> 00:51:45,293 That quiet, patient war, which was new to me, 630 00:51:45,369 --> 00:51:48,862 gave me a reason to live, 631 00:51:48,939 --> 00:51:50,999 to wake up in the morning... 632 00:51:53,077 --> 00:51:54,545 to shave. 633 00:51:56,447 --> 00:51:58,507 I followed her everywhere, 634 00:51:58,582 --> 00:52:00,642 even to the places that bored me the most. 635 00:52:00,718 --> 00:52:04,485 Hélène was charmed by the fact that I showed interest in her passions... 636 00:52:05,623 --> 00:52:08,286 but I was growing impatient. 637 00:52:10,928 --> 00:52:12,920 It was the first time 638 00:52:12,997 --> 00:52:16,161 I dedicated myself to a woman for months 639 00:52:16,233 --> 00:52:19,533 without making any progress whatsoever. 640 00:52:21,972 --> 00:52:24,441 It was the first time I had to make such an effort, 641 00:52:24,508 --> 00:52:27,342 to show so much patience, to resort to trickery to seduce a girl 642 00:52:28,579 --> 00:52:30,605 who still turned me down. 643 00:52:41,859 --> 00:52:44,419 If I say no to everything, 644 00:52:44,495 --> 00:52:47,727 it may be because you ask for everything. 645 00:52:49,466 --> 00:52:51,059 Maybe. 646 00:52:57,041 --> 00:52:59,567 But tonight, you're not asking for anything. 647 00:53:01,812 --> 00:53:04,077 I'm just asking for this to last. 648 00:53:10,788 --> 00:53:12,780 Let's go to my place. 649 00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:15,121 Please, take the first street on the left. 650 00:53:22,032 --> 00:53:24,058 You can ask me anything. 651 00:53:28,806 --> 00:53:30,604 Anything. 652 00:53:32,609 --> 00:53:36,808 Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be in Rome in a few minutes. 653 00:54:45,215 --> 00:54:47,081 Thanks. 654 00:54:50,287 --> 00:54:53,485 - So, tell me about Hélène. - Ah, Hélène. 655 00:54:53,557 --> 00:54:57,392 I pursued her because of her modesty. 656 00:54:57,461 --> 00:55:01,398 She had barely lent herself to me, never fully given herself. 657 00:55:01,465 --> 00:55:05,869 I was more celibate than ever. 658 00:55:25,823 --> 00:55:28,122 It was unbearable. 659 00:55:29,726 --> 00:55:33,390 I wanted to know if I could go too far with her. 660 00:55:34,598 --> 00:55:37,090 Please, don't say that. 661 00:55:40,103 --> 00:55:42,504 I find you unattractive at times. 662 00:55:42,573 --> 00:55:44,405 Really. 663 00:55:52,649 --> 00:55:55,881 I would have probably given up, had I not sensed she was hesitating, 664 00:55:55,953 --> 00:55:59,253 that she was quivering, that she loved me. 665 00:55:59,323 --> 00:56:02,259 I asked for the undeniable proof of her love. 666 00:56:03,293 --> 00:56:06,195 "I want the undeniable proof of your love!" 667 00:56:06,263 --> 00:56:09,859 What better proof can you give than to act against your own nature, 668 00:56:09,933 --> 00:56:12,334 to accept what's unacceptable. 669 00:56:12,402 --> 00:56:16,134 I told her what I wanted and she said yes. 670 00:56:16,206 --> 00:56:19,404 I wanted what represented the worst thing for her. 671 00:56:25,749 --> 00:56:27,479 This way. 672 00:56:31,588 --> 00:56:33,853 - No, I can't! - Not again! 673 00:56:33,924 --> 00:56:36,826 Don't be stupid! Come on. 674 00:56:36,894 --> 00:56:39,295 It's very simple. You'll see. 675 00:56:41,531 --> 00:56:42,999 - You'll see. - Not that. 676 00:56:43,066 --> 00:56:45,092 You did promise. 677 00:56:47,170 --> 00:56:50,663 You said yes. You gave me your word. 678 00:56:50,741 --> 00:56:53,734 You are not going to go back on your promise, like a little girl. 679 00:56:53,810 --> 00:56:56,837 - Listen-- - Do it for me. Please. 680 00:56:56,914 --> 00:57:00,112 We're here. It's ridiculous. 681 00:57:00,183 --> 00:57:01,981 Come on. 682 00:57:02,052 --> 00:57:03,816 Let me go. I don't want to. 683 00:57:03,887 --> 00:57:06,322 It's an order. Let's go. 684 00:57:06,390 --> 00:57:08,484 - We're here. - I'm so ashamed. 685 00:57:08,558 --> 00:57:10,220 Go this way. 686 00:57:39,723 --> 00:57:41,988 You're the new girl? 687 00:57:42,059 --> 00:57:44,358 What are you waiting for? You're next. 688 00:57:58,575 --> 00:58:01,272 That's it, you are obeying me. 689 00:58:05,782 --> 00:58:11,414 You are tolerating what goes against your nature the most. 690 00:58:13,023 --> 00:58:16,721 You used to rebel under my gaze... 691 00:58:17,761 --> 00:58:19,787 the gaze of the man you loved... 692 00:58:21,898 --> 00:58:25,096 and now every gaze is on you. 693 00:58:29,806 --> 00:58:32,776 I was overwhelmed 694 00:58:32,843 --> 00:58:36,541 with the pleasure I felt watching Hélène lose the battle. 695 00:58:43,487 --> 00:58:47,390 I was wondering if she was holding out for the sake of our love... 696 00:58:49,860 --> 00:58:54,992 or if, in her shame, she found this as pleasurable as I did. 697 00:58:57,934 --> 00:59:00,426 She was all I could think about. 698 00:59:01,938 --> 00:59:05,841 It was probably the first time it happened. 699 00:59:07,544 --> 00:59:09,069 I was going crazy... 700 00:59:10,113 --> 00:59:12,207 crazy with pleasure. 701 00:59:52,923 --> 00:59:55,119 Hélène, I want to marry you. 702 01:00:12,409 --> 01:00:14,674 Your stories about women are getting on my nerves. 703 01:00:18,181 --> 01:00:20,741 I wish you were unhappy. 704 01:00:21,785 --> 01:00:24,345 - I am. - Of course not! 705 01:00:24,421 --> 01:00:26,720 You just don't know what to do. 706 01:00:28,492 --> 01:00:31,189 I wish you were sick, 707 01:00:31,261 --> 01:00:34,754 stuck in the jungle and covered with flies! 708 01:00:34,831 --> 01:00:37,130 I would swat them away. 709 01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:40,295 It's not possible anyway, since I hate the heat-- 710 01:00:40,370 --> 01:00:42,737 except in the winter, of course. 711 01:00:45,609 --> 01:00:48,841 - You fascinate me, Clara. - Shut the fuck up! 712 01:00:52,549 --> 01:00:56,145 So, will you marry Marianne or Hélène? 713 01:00:58,755 --> 01:01:02,317 Tell me how you got back together with Marianne. 714 01:01:04,995 --> 01:01:07,988 Once you managed to subjugate Hélène, you got bored with her, right? 715 01:01:08,064 --> 01:01:11,034 On the contrary, I was taken by her. 716 01:01:11,101 --> 01:01:13,900 The following day, we left on a trip together. 717 01:01:13,970 --> 01:01:16,371 And you found Marianne. 718 01:01:16,439 --> 01:01:17,964 Indeed. 719 01:01:30,287 --> 01:01:33,689 Doesn't it mean anything for us to reunite here? 720 01:01:33,757 --> 01:01:37,216 It probably does. 721 01:01:37,294 --> 01:01:40,287 It means we should never be apart again. 722 01:01:40,363 --> 01:01:41,956 Yes. 723 01:01:45,602 --> 01:01:47,468 When you think of it, 724 01:01:47,537 --> 01:01:50,564 it is quite odd that a man your age shouldn't be married. 725 01:01:52,709 --> 01:01:54,837 What about my age? 726 01:01:54,911 --> 01:01:57,540 I'm not the only one. 727 01:02:00,150 --> 01:02:02,483 So we were meant to be married, right? 728 01:02:02,552 --> 01:02:05,078 Yes, exactly. 729 01:02:13,363 --> 01:02:16,026 The thought of marriage disgusts you, doesn't it? 730 01:02:16,099 --> 01:02:18,534 - No, but you know-- - You think 731 01:02:18,602 --> 01:02:21,834 that the best relationships are the superficial ones. 732 01:02:21,905 --> 01:02:23,806 Yes, I do. 733 01:02:25,442 --> 01:02:27,468 You're probably right. 734 01:02:27,544 --> 01:02:30,036 Do you know why those relationships are superficial? 735 01:02:30,113 --> 01:02:32,742 - No. - Because they are open. 736 01:02:32,816 --> 01:02:34,648 Yes. 737 01:02:39,789 --> 01:02:42,759 I think it's called the "Panther 2." 738 01:02:42,826 --> 01:02:44,488 What "Panther 2"? 739 01:02:44,561 --> 01:02:47,258 That's the name of his boat. 740 01:02:47,330 --> 01:02:48,764 Whose boat? 741 01:02:48,832 --> 01:02:50,767 Bob's boat. 742 01:02:50,834 --> 01:02:52,393 He's crazy about me. 743 01:02:53,536 --> 01:02:55,562 He's been waiting for me for a week. 744 01:02:56,606 --> 01:02:58,370 Poor guy. 745 01:02:58,441 --> 01:02:59,875 What-- 746 01:03:02,879 --> 01:03:04,939 So, good bye. 747 01:03:05,015 --> 01:03:07,211 See you later. 748 01:03:07,284 --> 01:03:09,685 Call me. 749 01:03:12,922 --> 01:03:15,619 Come on, don't be stupid. 750 01:03:16,760 --> 01:03:18,991 I am not stupid. 751 01:03:19,062 --> 01:03:20,894 I am free. 752 01:03:21,931 --> 01:03:24,162 Just like you. Just like him. 753 01:03:24,234 --> 01:03:26,601 You don't want to marry me, do you? 754 01:03:26,670 --> 01:03:29,037 - I don't know. - Neither does he. 755 01:03:29,105 --> 01:03:31,973 He's just like you. He wants to love me. 756 01:03:33,009 --> 01:03:35,342 - What a good idea. - I forbid you-- 757 01:03:35,412 --> 01:03:37,176 You have no right! 758 01:03:40,183 --> 01:03:42,243 Be reasonable. 759 01:03:46,589 --> 01:03:49,525 And don't just stand here. You look stupid. 760 01:03:49,592 --> 01:03:52,562 And I don't like that... 761 01:03:52,629 --> 01:03:54,530 my love. 762 01:04:08,011 --> 01:04:09,809 You suffered. 763 01:04:11,014 --> 01:04:12,277 I like that. 764 01:04:13,683 --> 01:04:15,481 So what about Marianne? 765 01:04:15,552 --> 01:04:18,215 How did you decide you wanted to marry her? 766 01:04:19,422 --> 01:04:23,086 First of all, I was tired of Hélène and her wedding. 767 01:04:23,159 --> 01:04:25,128 I managed to push the date back. 768 01:04:25,195 --> 01:04:26,629 I was resigned to it, 769 01:04:26,696 --> 01:04:30,929 but I managed to push the date and to pick a distant location. 770 01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:34,027 I was like a prisoner who doesn't torture himself anymore, 771 01:04:34,104 --> 01:04:35,697 who accepts his fate. 772 01:04:35,772 --> 01:04:39,402 Put yourself in the shoes of a prisoner. 773 01:04:39,476 --> 01:04:41,945 He is used to a certain routine, 774 01:04:42,011 --> 01:04:46,142 then suddenly something happens, something unexpected. 775 01:04:46,216 --> 01:04:50,347 Not something that could get him out, or grace him, 776 01:04:50,420 --> 01:04:54,255 but something like a noise, 777 01:04:54,324 --> 01:04:56,384 a smell, 778 01:04:56,459 --> 01:04:59,122 a particular event. 779 01:04:59,195 --> 01:05:03,496 For a prisoner, that one event means everything in the world, 780 01:05:03,566 --> 01:05:07,901 and for me, that event was Marianne's phone call. 781 01:05:07,971 --> 01:05:10,497 Made me jump out of my bed. She was in Megève. 782 01:05:12,409 --> 01:05:15,902 She wanted to see me. She couldn't wait. 783 01:05:15,979 --> 01:05:19,916 Of course she didn't say why. Marianne never explains anything. 784 01:05:22,118 --> 01:05:24,781 I imagined her... I could see her... 785 01:05:26,022 --> 01:05:28,355 I could hear her voice and see her body. 786 01:05:30,927 --> 01:05:35,126 No woman has ever teased my imagination the way she did. 787 01:05:36,232 --> 01:05:40,602 I wanted to be near her. I was as impatient as she was. 788 01:05:40,670 --> 01:05:43,697 I imagined her, after hanging up the phone, 789 01:05:44,741 --> 01:05:48,234 and I rushed to that body. 790 01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:53,582 I had never forgotten her body 791 01:05:53,650 --> 01:05:59,248 because her soul had remained an enigma for me. 792 01:06:00,757 --> 01:06:04,387 I must say that the mere thought of Marianne's body 793 01:06:05,662 --> 01:06:08,325 drove me insane 794 01:06:08,398 --> 01:06:11,562 and that being near her was pure exaltation. 795 01:06:11,634 --> 01:06:13,967 The thought of seeing her... 796 01:06:16,639 --> 01:06:18,972 made me hope for happiness 797 01:06:19,042 --> 01:06:22,570 in a way I never had. 798 01:06:24,414 --> 01:06:26,315 She made everything in me more intense. 799 01:06:29,652 --> 01:06:31,416 I was beside myself. 800 01:07:00,717 --> 01:07:02,413 - That's ridiculous! - Not at all. 801 01:07:02,485 --> 01:07:05,284 He's the first man who gave me the desire to be faithful. 802 01:07:05,355 --> 01:07:07,756 Really? 803 01:07:07,824 --> 01:07:09,520 Good, then. 804 01:07:09,592 --> 01:07:12,460 Things were so great when I left you on that boat in Saint Tropez? 805 01:07:12,529 --> 01:07:14,430 - Tell me! - I don't want to. 806 01:07:14,497 --> 01:07:16,796 - Do tell! - No. 807 01:07:18,701 --> 01:07:20,431 Let go of me. 808 01:07:34,851 --> 01:07:37,082 I asked her questions. 809 01:07:37,153 --> 01:07:40,180 The guy was some kind of tycoon 810 01:07:40,256 --> 01:07:42,157 who went from one marina to the other. 811 01:07:42,225 --> 01:07:44,421 At that moment, he was in America. 812 01:07:44,494 --> 01:07:46,463 He called three times a day, 813 01:07:46,529 --> 01:07:48,930 he telegraphed 10 times a day, he sent her huge letters, 814 01:07:48,998 --> 01:07:52,594 and he was taking French and Swedish lessons! 815 01:07:52,669 --> 01:07:55,161 He was insane. And so was I. 816 01:07:57,006 --> 01:08:00,101 - Tell me! - I don't want to. 817 01:08:00,176 --> 01:08:02,543 - Tell me. - No! 818 01:08:03,580 --> 01:08:05,708 Let go of me! Let go of me. 819 01:08:07,283 --> 01:08:10,811 Tell me! Tell me how it happened. 820 01:08:10,887 --> 01:08:12,378 No! 821 01:08:14,190 --> 01:08:15,317 You bitch! 822 01:08:22,031 --> 01:08:25,433 He would go mad if he saw you here. 823 01:08:25,501 --> 01:08:27,299 But he can't see me. 824 01:08:27,370 --> 01:08:30,169 - Thankfully. - No. 825 01:08:30,239 --> 01:08:32,902 When I left you in Saint Tropez, I knew. 826 01:08:32,976 --> 01:08:35,036 Now he needs to know. 827 01:08:36,112 --> 01:08:38,013 You are insane. 828 01:08:41,250 --> 01:08:44,015 You want me to call him? 829 01:08:44,087 --> 01:08:45,419 I do. 830 01:08:57,100 --> 01:08:59,365 I had a crazy idea. 831 01:08:59,435 --> 01:09:01,927 I was obsessed with her 832 01:09:02,005 --> 01:09:04,531 and I told her what I wanted. 833 01:09:04,607 --> 01:09:06,735 I wanted her to make him come back. 834 01:09:06,809 --> 01:09:09,005 He was in the Bahamas or something. 835 01:09:10,546 --> 01:09:13,141 I wanted her to make him come back as soon as possible, 836 01:09:13,216 --> 01:09:16,516 - the next day. - Giving him what excuse? 837 01:09:17,553 --> 01:09:19,647 A good one: 838 01:09:21,090 --> 01:09:23,582 the truth, barely altered. 839 01:09:24,794 --> 01:09:27,923 I wanted her to tell him she'd met a man in Megève 840 01:09:27,997 --> 01:09:29,829 who was getting really close to her 841 01:09:29,899 --> 01:09:32,994 and that she was afraid she wouldn't resist him very much longer, 842 01:09:33,069 --> 01:09:35,436 that if he didn't show up the next day, 843 01:09:35,505 --> 01:09:37,633 she was afraid something might happen. 844 01:09:37,707 --> 01:09:39,699 It was a cry for help. 845 01:09:39,776 --> 01:09:42,644 - But she refused to do it. - She did. 846 01:09:48,217 --> 01:09:51,210 It was time for her morning phone call from that man. 847 01:09:56,693 --> 01:09:58,218 Hello? 848 01:09:58,294 --> 01:09:59,853 Is that you? 849 01:10:02,699 --> 01:10:04,600 It snowed all night. 850 01:10:06,369 --> 01:10:08,702 You have no idea how cold it is. 851 01:10:13,276 --> 01:10:15,507 You are bare-chested? 852 01:10:15,578 --> 01:10:17,672 I envy you! 853 01:10:17,747 --> 01:10:21,309 - Bare-chested, you say? - Come on, Marianne. 854 01:10:23,352 --> 01:10:26,584 Honey, I'm becoming a better skier just for you. 855 01:10:26,656 --> 01:10:29,717 You say you wanted me to be a great skier. 856 01:10:31,794 --> 01:10:34,229 Marianne. 857 01:10:34,297 --> 01:10:37,597 Do it or not, but if you don't, I'm leaving right away! 858 01:10:37,667 --> 01:10:41,001 No, I didn't get the letters two days ago. 859 01:10:41,070 --> 01:10:43,665 I got them yesterday afternoon. 860 01:10:45,508 --> 01:10:49,411 I read them both. They were delightful. 861 01:10:51,948 --> 01:10:54,543 Marianne, if you do it, we'll get married. 862 01:10:55,651 --> 01:10:58,780 If you do it, we'll get married. 863 01:11:05,294 --> 01:11:08,958 Bob, I have to tell you something. 864 01:11:11,067 --> 01:11:13,969 So everything went the way you wanted. 865 01:11:14,036 --> 01:11:16,164 He arrived the next day. 866 01:11:16,239 --> 01:11:19,971 You know, there's always an interval between a dream and its becoming true, 867 01:11:20,042 --> 01:11:22,739 so he actually arrived two days later. 868 01:11:22,812 --> 01:11:24,246 I was ready. 869 01:11:24,313 --> 01:11:26,441 I had booked a room in another hotel, 870 01:11:26,516 --> 01:11:28,781 he came in, he saw us-- 871 01:11:28,851 --> 01:11:31,320 - Making love? - Yes! 872 01:11:33,790 --> 01:11:35,986 So which woman will you marry? 873 01:11:36,058 --> 01:11:38,994 None of them. They are inseparable: 874 01:11:39,061 --> 01:11:42,327 I loved one because of the other, and loved the other again because of the first one. 875 01:11:42,398 --> 01:11:45,368 Choosing between them would be a crime. 876 01:11:45,434 --> 01:11:47,630 So what you need is a third woman. 877 01:11:48,771 --> 01:11:50,069 I already have one. 878 01:11:51,474 --> 01:11:53,739 Why not? 879 01:11:53,810 --> 01:11:56,507 Because I'm not in love with you. 880 01:11:56,579 --> 01:11:59,344 I don't love you either. 881 01:11:59,415 --> 01:12:02,579 I have a taste for you, and it's delightful. 882 01:12:03,820 --> 01:12:05,914 What you really want is for me to help you. 883 01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:08,752 That's how men are nowadays. 884 01:12:08,825 --> 01:12:10,851 All they want is help. 885 01:12:12,328 --> 01:12:15,321 I hate being useful to someone. 886 01:12:15,398 --> 01:12:17,629 I don't want to. 887 01:12:19,068 --> 01:12:21,765 Sorry, I forgot about the contract. 888 01:12:21,838 --> 01:12:24,364 I don't give a crap about the contract! I might as well tear it up! 889 01:12:25,575 --> 01:12:28,101 - Tear it up? - Yes! I want you to want to. 890 01:12:29,612 --> 01:12:31,581 But I don't want to. 891 01:12:36,452 --> 01:12:38,751 Hello? Yes. 892 01:12:40,156 --> 01:12:42,125 A journalist? 893 01:12:42,191 --> 01:12:44,524 Really? 894 01:12:44,594 --> 01:12:47,189 Is she--I mean, 895 01:12:47,263 --> 01:12:49,994 is she pretty? Is she young? 896 01:12:51,067 --> 01:12:52,501 Really? 897 01:12:52,568 --> 01:12:55,060 Well, send her up. 898 01:13:04,780 --> 01:13:06,840 Clara... 899 01:13:07,984 --> 01:13:11,284 - You want me to go for a walk. - You understand everything. 900 01:13:55,398 --> 01:13:57,162 - Would you like some water? - What? 901 01:13:57,233 --> 01:13:59,498 No--I mean, yes! No, thanks. 902 01:13:59,568 --> 01:14:02,265 The Algerian War, the Vietnam War, the war in Biafra... 903 01:14:04,073 --> 01:14:06,474 - Ice? - No. 904 01:14:08,577 --> 01:14:09,875 Suez... 905 01:14:10,980 --> 01:14:13,347 - Budapest-- - Exactly: Suez, Budapest, 906 01:14:13,416 --> 01:14:15,647 Prague, the famine in Africa and Asia-- 907 01:14:15,718 --> 01:14:18,210 You know, I'm not really to blame for those. 908 01:14:18,287 --> 01:14:21,155 The question of Israel, the question of minorities... 909 01:14:21,223 --> 01:14:24,887 Do you really think that my being a writer for 15 years generated those calamities? 910 01:14:24,961 --> 01:14:26,862 You've been indifferent to all of those issues. 911 01:14:26,929 --> 01:14:29,626 The conflicts of neo-capitalism and neo-Marxism, 912 01:14:29,699 --> 01:14:32,498 the questions of decolonization, of the youth protests, 913 01:14:32,568 --> 01:14:35,265 overpopulation, which in 20 years will be out of control 914 01:14:35,338 --> 01:14:37,466 since the population will have doubled 915 01:14:37,540 --> 01:14:41,033 while automation will have taken the jobs of half of it. 916 01:14:41,110 --> 01:14:43,170 Where do you buy your glasses? 917 01:14:43,245 --> 01:14:46,010 Instead of addressing the tragedies of your time, 918 01:14:46,082 --> 01:14:48,881 you've wasted your time on women. 919 01:14:50,286 --> 01:14:52,778 The question of women today is tricky. 920 01:14:52,855 --> 01:14:55,825 They claim to be both free and oppressed, 921 01:14:55,891 --> 01:14:57,723 demanding and traditional, 922 01:14:57,793 --> 01:15:00,422 equal to men and protected by them. 923 01:15:00,496 --> 01:15:02,965 There is less risk in addressing today's political issues 924 01:15:03,032 --> 01:15:04,728 than to tackle today's women. 925 01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:07,929 Tell me, what's your name? 926 01:15:08,004 --> 01:15:09,563 Louise. 927 01:15:12,842 --> 01:15:15,107 You know, Louise, your glasses-- 928 01:15:16,679 --> 01:15:19,706 some glasses can make your eyes look bigger, 929 01:15:19,782 --> 01:15:22,013 but yours only make them look smaller. 930 01:15:22,084 --> 01:15:24,451 How would you know? 931 01:15:25,921 --> 01:15:27,446 May I? 932 01:15:30,793 --> 01:15:33,024 Of course. 933 01:15:33,095 --> 01:15:34,859 I am absolutely right. 934 01:15:34,930 --> 01:15:37,923 I knew it for sure. 935 01:15:39,635 --> 01:15:41,604 I liked you from the start. 936 01:15:42,671 --> 01:15:44,196 I don't know why. 937 01:15:46,342 --> 01:15:48,937 There are two women in you, aren't there? 938 01:15:50,780 --> 01:15:52,749 First of all, I'm not in love with him. 939 01:15:52,815 --> 01:15:56,650 Secondly, if I love him, I shouldn't go back. 940 01:15:56,719 --> 01:15:58,813 Thirdly, he's a bastard. 941 01:16:00,056 --> 01:16:03,151 Fourth, if I love him and go back, 942 01:16:03,225 --> 01:16:05,057 I'll be miserable. 943 01:16:05,127 --> 01:16:10,065 Fifth, I shouldn't go back whether I love him or not. 944 01:16:10,132 --> 01:16:11,657 It's all the same. 945 01:16:28,050 --> 01:16:31,043 Sixth, if I don't go back-- 946 01:16:31,120 --> 01:16:33,555 will that stupid little bastard leave me alone?! 947 01:16:34,890 --> 01:16:37,655 Seventh, if I don't go back, I'll be miserable. 948 01:16:37,726 --> 01:16:40,218 I'll be miserable anyway. 949 01:16:42,031 --> 01:16:44,193 Eighth, I can be ready to be miserable 950 01:16:44,266 --> 01:16:46,667 whether I stay with him or not. 951 01:16:46,735 --> 01:16:51,173 Ninth, I'll be miserable longer if I stay with him, 952 01:16:51,240 --> 01:16:53,300 because I love him. 953 01:16:57,313 --> 01:16:59,179 It's quite simple. 954 01:16:59,248 --> 01:17:01,274 I'll just tell her, "First of all, 955 01:17:01,350 --> 01:17:05,151 I acted like a fool with that girl because I couldn't stop thinking of you. 956 01:17:05,221 --> 01:17:06,587 I wasn't able to do anything with her. 957 01:17:06,655 --> 01:17:10,183 Second, why wasn't I able to do anything with her? 958 01:17:10,259 --> 01:17:12,251 Because her only flaw was that she wasn't you. 959 01:17:12,328 --> 01:17:14,661 So this is where we stand: I love you." 960 01:17:44,193 --> 01:17:45,923 Are you mad at me? 961 01:17:45,995 --> 01:17:48,055 I couldn't care less. 962 01:17:49,565 --> 01:17:52,057 I tried to forget you. 963 01:17:52,134 --> 01:17:54,330 But I couldn't. 964 01:17:57,940 --> 01:18:02,378 - What's that? - I tried to forget you, but I couldn't. 965 01:18:03,479 --> 01:18:07,348 That girl's one flaw was that she wasn't you. 966 01:18:10,653 --> 01:18:12,121 You bastard. 967 01:18:13,756 --> 01:18:17,215 So I told her, "I love Clara." 968 01:18:22,898 --> 01:18:25,231 You don't love Clara. 969 01:18:25,301 --> 01:18:27,361 You love women. 970 01:20:42,838 --> 01:20:45,364 Help! Help! 971 01:21:27,716 --> 01:21:30,914 You're here. You're really here. 972 01:21:30,986 --> 01:21:34,150 I am safe now. I love you. 973 01:21:34,223 --> 01:21:36,089 I love you. 974 01:22:20,769 --> 01:22:22,670 What, Marianne? 975 01:22:22,738 --> 01:22:25,173 You knew everything? 976 01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:27,539 You knew everything about Hélène? 977 01:22:30,279 --> 01:22:33,408 No, you're mistaken. 978 01:22:33,482 --> 01:22:36,418 If I do marry someone, it will be neither you nor her. 979 01:22:37,453 --> 01:22:40,446 Of course I know. 980 01:22:41,490 --> 01:22:44,289 The only thing I don't know is whether she wants to or not. 981 01:22:45,327 --> 01:22:47,592 Of course not! 982 01:22:47,663 --> 01:22:49,928 I'm no bastard. 983 01:22:52,634 --> 01:22:56,469 You can't decide when you love or stop loving someone. 984 01:22:56,538 --> 01:22:58,905 Of course, it's-- 985 01:22:58,974 --> 01:23:01,307 as you wish. 986 01:23:02,711 --> 01:23:04,475 Take care. 987 01:23:04,546 --> 01:23:07,778 Listen-- hello? 988 01:23:07,850 --> 01:23:09,580 She hung up. 989 01:23:09,651 --> 01:23:11,950 Good for her. 990 01:23:12,020 --> 01:23:14,546 - How about Hélène? - I called her first. 991 01:23:14,623 --> 01:23:16,956 I went alphabetically. 992 01:23:19,061 --> 01:23:20,893 Do you know what we're going to do? 993 01:23:23,332 --> 01:23:25,824 We're going to the beach! 994 01:23:47,523 --> 01:23:49,822 I'll never forget you. 995 01:23:49,892 --> 01:23:52,726 She loved me and she left me. 996 01:23:53,795 --> 01:23:56,993 Why? She believed 997 01:23:57,065 --> 01:24:02,902 that I was unable to bring her happiness. 998 01:24:02,971 --> 01:24:06,066 Her judgment was merciless. 999 01:24:08,143 --> 01:24:10,305 She knew too much about me. 1000 01:24:10,379 --> 01:24:12,348 That's why she left. 1001 01:24:13,382 --> 01:24:15,908 After she left, 1002 01:24:15,984 --> 01:24:17,976 I understood 1003 01:24:18,053 --> 01:24:21,148 there was one thing left for me to do: 1004 01:24:21,223 --> 01:24:24,625 forget about women. Which I did. 1005 01:24:24,693 --> 01:24:27,253 I'm through with women! 1006 01:24:28,497 --> 01:24:30,159 Are you sure? 1007 01:24:31,934 --> 01:24:35,132 - Yes. - Really? 1008 01:24:36,438 --> 01:24:37,997 Yes. 1009 01:24:38,073 --> 01:24:39,666 Well, I think so. 1010 01:24:41,176 --> 01:24:43,236 That's my feeling right now. 1011 01:24:43,312 --> 01:24:46,282 In any case, you can type "the end."