1 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,040 Emilio... 2 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,440 - Office on fire? - Yes, 3 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:39,240 your manuscript was due in June. In November, you deliver 50 pages! 4 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:40,400 72! 5 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,720 You don't even come to me, you go to accounts! 6 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,080 And you ignore my faxes! Do you think I'm dumb? 7 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,360 Dumb? No, not at all! 8 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,280 Shit! It's noon, François! 9 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,360 Sorry, I have to talk to François. 10 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,280 You're just scared. 11 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,720 This is a nightmare! 12 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,520 Your first novel was great. 13 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,440 But of course you wrote it in Besançon 14 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,920 where you could concentrate. Now, in Paris, 15 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,800 you drink, you've no discipline. 16 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,560 I am not a boxer! 17 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,160 Tell me if you're in trouble, François. 18 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,960 I know it's hard, it's tough on you. 19 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:32,720 What do you know about it? 20 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,640 What would you publish if we didn't write? 21 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,760 Loads of women like you give advances, I can leave any time. 22 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,160 Sadly, there are no transfer fees. 23 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,200 Well then, what's stopping you? 24 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,960 - I'm Emilio. Coffee? - No thanks. 25 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,040 Right... 26 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:55,560 Listen, François... 27 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:59,800 As I'm here... There's one bit in your text that works. 28 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,960 I don't need you to tell me what works! 29 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,680 Trust me, I know you're talented. 30 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,640 Well I don't. "What can I shove up my ass to power my brain?" 31 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,720 Flaubert. Come on, let's go. 32 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:13,200 François! 33 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,280 The little bastard! 34 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,640 Why do I bother? 35 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,920 He can find himself another publisher. 36 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,280 Pretty lively, isn't it? 37 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:33,560 Nice and cool? 38 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:36,800 Thank you. 39 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,720 - Whisky? - No thanks. 40 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:44,160 Nothing? 41 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,200 - What are you doing? - Creating a safety zone. 42 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,240 This is Miguel Entrentodos. 43 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,720 Don Quixote! Bit on the young side. 44 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,800 He says human and humane are synonyms. 45 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,320 But politics and aid aren't. 46 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,320 We're drinking to the self-righteousness 47 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,240 of charitable democracies. 48 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,960 Sure. You've found a fellow tequila fan. 49 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,280 Could I have an autograph? It's for my friend. 50 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:15,840 Hello. I'm so pleased! 51 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:20,280 I only came for you. You know I hate prizes. 52 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,400 It's like the Légion d'Honneur. 53 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,320 If you don't get it, you needn't refuse it. 54 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:30,800 - I'm off. - Bye, thanks. 55 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,840 I'll just have a drink. 56 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,800 Is that the bloke on telly? 57 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,360 - Are you a doctor? - No. A plumber. 58 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:40,600 Really? 59 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,600 I told you to come? Can't think why. 60 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,880 I need to be on my own to write, see? 61 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:48,680 Oh fine, is that it? 62 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,440 Watch my ass, you won't see it again. 63 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,520 - Good. Now you can work. - Leave it out. 64 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,040 Quiet... 65 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:10,320 My dear Miguel... 66 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,000 You've been through something very painful. 67 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,680 That is why it is right 68 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,400 that you should receive this prize. 69 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:21,360 I must add that 70 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,600 with Diane Clovier's help, 71 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,760 though her help 72 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,040 is not always conventional... But without Diane 73 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,720 we shouldn't be here tonight, it was she who... 74 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,040 Your skirt's stuck in your pants. 75 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,160 What do you do? 76 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:48,320 So we await... 77 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,480 impatiently and confidently... 78 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,960 Miguel's book is somewhere here... 79 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:01,080 I saw you talk to him, he's very brave... 80 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,360 Very charming and bright. 81 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,880 This is our bread and butter, here, 82 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,480 not brilliant but... if you like food... 83 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,880 You've read François' book already? 84 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,680 This is one of my authors. 85 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,640 Here, have it. 86 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,080 I've looked after Miguel for a year and a half. 87 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,360 This is his first in French, the others aren't out yet. 88 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,640 I can't find... ah! Here! 89 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,720 Tell me what you make of it. 90 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:38,120 Thank you. 91 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:43,240 Excuse me. 92 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,040 I'm always keen on... 93 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,760 ordinary readers' opinions, silly really. 94 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,160 Thank you. 95 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,520 Help me pick them up. 96 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,120 I must get back, come on. 97 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,200 Sorry. 98 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,080 Can I call you? 99 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,920 - What's happened? - I don't know. 100 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,840 The police are at the Lepluches'. 101 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,520 She's killed her husband. 102 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,760 Move along... 103 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,280 Madame Lepluche's killed her husband! 104 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:47,840 With a fork! 105 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,120 Amazing! 106 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,440 So, Madame Lepluche has killed her husband. 107 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,240 Careful, it's greasy. 108 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:02,760 She was asked if she had a lawyer. Yes, she said, him upstairs. 109 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,640 I've agreed to defend her. 110 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 So he hits her with a poker? 111 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,360 Who cares?! She doesn't matter. 112 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:15,840 No, come on... 113 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,840 Antonio's the one who matters, I promise you. 114 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:22,760 - Really! - I swear he isn't! 115 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,480 I don't care about her! 116 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,560 Who? Oh yes, I'll take him. 117 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,840 I can't this evening, no. 118 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:40,800 Hello François. 119 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,840 I see you're hard at it. 120 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:51,560 Well, I'll be off then. 121 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,160 Tomorrow, at 7.15 then. Bye. 122 00:09:58,040 --> 00:09:59,400 François? 123 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,560 I can't. I don't know why I mentioned her at all. 124 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:04,960 It'll come right. 125 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,480 This is as far as my talent goes. 126 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,120 You don't know what impotence is. 127 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,640 Work on it, that's all there is. 128 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,920 Take your time. I can wait. 129 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,440 And as for the rest, don't worry. 130 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:22,920 I'll manage. 131 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,160 Come and see me again. 132 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:27,760 Have a good day... Bye! 133 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,840 Fillet of duck sounds nice... 134 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:43,240 Let's go. 135 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:49,480 I'm a bit hungry. 136 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:55,480 - Aren't you? - Yes, very. I'm starving. 137 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:56,840 Let's eat. 138 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:03,560 Sorry. 139 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,640 What's this about plumbing? 140 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,920 I'm a plumber in the Third World. 141 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,160 I got that bit. 142 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,160 I'm a hydraulic engineer. 143 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,200 When did you start? 144 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:27,640 '91. 145 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:30,920 What? 146 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:32,760 April '91. 147 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:42,640 What about you? 148 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:45,520 Me? 149 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,480 Yes. Life apart from books. 150 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:51,920 Nothing really. 151 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,520 I love my husband. Well... we're good friends. 152 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:57,800 Two children... 153 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,240 How old are they? 154 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,760 13 and 14. 155 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,840 We each have a bedsit and there's a sort of no man's land... 156 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:11,680 which kind of... 157 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,800 What's the no man's land for? 158 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,560 It's nothing... it's a wardrobe... 159 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:24,800 I'll be right back! 160 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,000 - God, I'm stupid! - Diane! 161 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:03,800 Stop it, you're mad! 162 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:23,480 I must get home! 163 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:26,600 I must get home! 164 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,640 - Hi Mum! - Hello boys. 165 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:32,880 - Sleep well? - Yes... very. 166 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,320 Where was the cat? 167 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,760 - There's Dad. - Hello love. 168 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,640 - Careful. - Croissants! 169 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:43,720 Hello cat. 170 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,000 Were you asleep when I came in? 171 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,120 No croissants for us? 172 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,040 You've had your cornflakes. 173 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,720 - Don't you ever use a brush? - Leave him alone. 174 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,520 Well, we're off. 175 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,120 - What is it this morning? - Delume. 176 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:13,680 - Who? - Delume, our English teacher. 177 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,640 Wait! I've got the cat! 178 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,000 We'll manage. 179 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:26,480 He's so dumb! 180 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:34,560 It's Edmonde Charles-Roux, not Edmond, she's not a man. 181 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,280 Oh! It's a woman! 182 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,560 I love Chinese food. 183 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:47,440 Goodbye then. 184 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,040 Oh... I'll join you. At the Chinese. 185 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,280 Well what a stud! 186 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,520 Emilio, I'm... 187 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,440 a lifetime ahead of you. 188 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,240 Help me choose some socks. 189 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:15,000 My sense of aesthetics got the best of me! Stupid bitch! 190 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,600 Hello hello! 191 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,240 - How much? - 3,800. 192 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,600 Your hair makes you seem younger! 193 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:35,600 Thank you. 194 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,640 - Have a nice day. - Thanks. 195 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,200 Wait... 196 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,440 - You OK? - Yes... 197 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:40,760 I want to see you. 198 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,800 Put your foot on the stool. 199 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,240 Bend over. 200 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:19,960 Cough. 201 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:27,800 You can stand up. 202 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,200 - What! - Your thing! 203 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,720 Oh shit! 204 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:41,160 Diane? 205 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:44,400 Yes? 206 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,960 Such a dull dinner. And they overfed us. 207 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:55,480 You look sweet. 208 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,520 You look like a student. 209 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,120 Really? 210 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:01,520 - Are you OK? - Yes, fine. 211 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,200 What's wrong? Your chin's red. 212 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:07,480 Really? 213 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:11,400 It's just... we had strawberries. 214 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,280 Are you hungry? 215 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,880 I'm starving! 216 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,920 I thought they overfed you! 217 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,960 I just felt like a bite... 218 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,640 - Want some milk? - No thanks. 219 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,920 Know why she killed her husband with a carving fork? 220 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:41,680 Because it was a Sunday. 221 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,200 There was a Sunday roast. 222 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:52,000 But why... 223 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,800 How did it get to that? 224 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,880 She was miserable. He'd asked for a divorce. 225 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,800 That Sunday, he'd taken the best bit of the joint 226 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,360 which usually he gave her. 227 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,160 What's more, the meat was overcooked. 228 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:13,400 Killing someone with a carving fork can't be premeditated, can it? 229 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,240 There... 230 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:18,640 Where will you sleep? 231 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,200 It's François Narou. 232 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:31,600 I haven't slept for four days. I'm going back to teaching. 233 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:33,560 There's nothing to say. 234 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:37,600 It's wonderful to write. 235 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,720 Stop complaining, no one's forcing you. 236 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,360 I can't get the woman right. 237 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,360 My first book was child's play next to this. 238 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:51,240 They always are. First novels are autobiographical. 239 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:55,160 The second is harder because one is really writing. 240 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,680 It's called the second book syndrome. 241 00:20:58,520 --> 00:20:59,680 What time is it? 242 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,120 It's four. 243 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,800 You'll be OK. I'm never wrong. 244 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,200 Sleep on it. Tomorrow is another day. Call me, OK? 245 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,360 Yes. Good night. 246 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,480 I know someone who feeds maggots to a baby swallow. 247 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,680 Weymann-Lebeau, good morning. 248 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,800 Who are you? 249 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,200 I'm afraid Madame Clovier is out. 250 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:31,600 She's at lunch. 251 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,520 - What? - The music of my first kiss. 252 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,920 - Lucky her. How old were you? - 12. 253 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,520 She was 14. I go for older women. 254 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:33,120 Screw you! 255 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,000 You must wear leather, they stink. 256 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,840 - I prefer sneakers. - Really? 257 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,840 - Where's Elisa? - With JB. 258 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,280 Cut it out! 259 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,400 Oh. You're not too upset, are you? 260 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,440 No, Cathy fancies him. 261 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:27,960 Cut it out, I said! 262 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,800 Heartbreaker! Is Cathy good at Russian? 263 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,760 No. She does Spanish. 264 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,480 You're a real pain. 265 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,480 Don't tell him then. 266 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,880 Other one... 267 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:49,320 He's great, Marie, I really like him! 268 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,880 The way he holds my waist, it makes me swoon. 269 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:17,920 - Did I miss the foot-rub? - Yes. 270 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,440 I was with Madame Lepluche. 271 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,440 She's OK, a bit upset because... 272 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,640 her sons won't visit, but she's all right. 273 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,080 What's wrong with your sister? 274 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,600 She's in trouble. 275 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,240 Marie's always in trouble. 276 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,040 I know but... 277 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,240 We talked for an hour, then I called round. 278 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,240 You were an hour on the phone? 279 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:45,880 Tonight, she's better. 280 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,760 It took me years to admit I was an orphan. 281 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:00,520 I must have been, maybe, 21... 282 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,000 Silly, isn't it? 283 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:32,600 I should have said I loved you. 284 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,400 You smell nice. 285 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,920 You know the first thing I noticed? 286 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:52,720 Your gums. 287 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,000 Your lips are all cushioned. 288 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:05,400 You're beautiful. 289 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,600 You've woken me out of a long sleep. 290 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,440 I'm Prince Charming. It's my job. 291 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:22,920 Wait... Don't move. 292 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,160 2 months ago, I hugged a little girl. 293 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,720 We were mending a dyke 294 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,400 on a river in Bangladesh. 295 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,200 There was an Indian woman with a child... 296 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,800 They carry them on their hips. 297 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,720 I saw the flood tide, the banks had broken. 298 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,800 I grabbed the child, 299 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,200 and somehow I took the mother's hand... 300 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,240 When the wave came, I let go the hand 301 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,600 and I just held on to the child. 302 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,320 I felt nothing. 303 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:17,880 For the first time. 304 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:20,200 Nothing. 305 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,440 - Hello. - Hello duck. 306 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:52,360 - You OK? - Yes. 307 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:00,280 I fancy a lie-down. 308 00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:02,000 I'm exhausted 309 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,440 and there's no rush. 310 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:09,080 Leave me alone... I'm so cold. I'm freezing. 311 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:10,480 Morning boys! 312 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,560 You look tired, Mum. 313 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:18,240 Really? 314 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:19,920 I've got loads of work. 315 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:23,880 Bye! 316 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,200 See you tonight. 317 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,760 Am I lying down or not? 318 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,320 As you wish. I feel peckish. 319 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,280 I had a piss in the sink... 320 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,160 How disgusting! 321 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,000 How have you been? 322 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,000 Since earlier on? 323 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,200 Sure you don't want a croissant? 324 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,240 I have to go. 325 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:56,920 I must go! Let go! 326 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,440 - I'm so lucky to have you. - Why? 327 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,680 Because I'm not in love. 328 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:07,680 Swine! 329 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,240 Don't! I have no time. 330 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,520 Let me go. 331 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:19,480 When are we meeting? 332 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,160 Never again. 333 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,440 You're so mean! 334 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,960 You work too hard, Diane. 335 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,440 Good morning. 336 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:41,320 Gaudin says Fayolle has put in for a night in a hotel. 337 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,840 Why? Wasn't the flat free? 338 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:45,440 When was it? 339 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,120 Thursday. Last Thursday. 340 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,960 I completely forgot Fayolle was due up. 341 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,480 François Narou asked for the key. 342 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:58,680 But Narou lives in Paris! You know the flat is for out-of-towners. 343 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:00,680 Yes... 344 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,320 He's feeling a bit shaky. 345 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,080 How does a flat help? 346 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:08,880 Watch out... 347 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,600 I'm abandoned! 348 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,560 I'm abandoned! 349 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,720 Philippe! 350 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:37,640 If you had an... 351 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:39,840 An affair... 352 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:42,520 I mean... 353 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,240 Would you put us at risk? 354 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:48,640 What is this? 355 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,280 If you were screwing someone, would he wear a condom? 356 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:53,760 I'm not! 357 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,120 I'm looking for volume two of Dr Zhivago. Do you have it? 358 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,320 For Madame Lepluche. 359 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:13,360 The prison copy's got pages missing. 360 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,360 I'll find it. 361 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:20,600 Thanks. 362 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,480 By the way, do you know what happened? 363 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,960 There were two phones in the Lepluches' flat. 364 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:32,680 One day she picked up the receiver, she heard a woman saying 365 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,760 `Ì wanted to hear your voice." 366 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,680 `Ì wanted to hear your voice." 367 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:42,160 So she kept an ear out for the phone, 368 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,240 she learnt to unhook it just right. 369 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:50,880 Unbelievable, no? 370 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,120 Terrifying. It went on for 43 years. 371 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:58,880 Can I sleep with you? 372 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,120 - Can I? - Yes. 373 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:08,720 Emilio... 374 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:12,480 Go sleep next door. I can't work with you here. 375 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:44,120 Jesus, this is tough. 376 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:48,400 I can't help it. 377 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,400 Let he who... cast the first stone. 378 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:53,840 Stop it! 379 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:05,160 Wait, I'll make sure your pyjama buttons are done up. 380 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,560 It's all right, they are, they're all there. 381 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,160 What's this about? 382 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:11,920 "What'sh thish about?" 383 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,520 So you don't catch cold. 384 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,240 These are my ski pyjamas, I'll be fine. 385 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,240 No... I meant... 386 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:27,880 I'll get it! Don't move! 387 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,280 It's me. 388 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:35,720 How are you? 389 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:37,840 Fine now. 390 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:40,960 How was Christmas? 391 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,040 I missed you. 392 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:45,840 When are we meeting? 393 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:48,920 Kiss me. 394 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:50,920 Where? 395 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:55,400 In my neck! 396 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:57,320 Know what? 397 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,160 I've got a hard-on. 398 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:01,600 I'm on my way! 399 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,880 - It's not clearing up. - No. 400 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,560 Can you fetch the kids from the Edelweiss please? 401 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,960 - What about you? - No I can't, I've had a call. 402 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,520 Weymann-Lebeau's had a stroke. 403 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,480 A stroke? 404 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:44,240 His wife called. 405 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:46,320 His wife? 406 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,160 It's a bore, I've got to go up. 407 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,480 - I'll be back tomorrow. - OK. 408 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,440 - Sugar? - No thanks. 409 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,240 I've had one already, I think. 410 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,600 - This is Victor's room. - The one who does Russian? 411 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,240 I've been asked to go here. I don't want to, right now. 412 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:29,960 Happy Christmas Emilio! 413 00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:49,160 Shit! 414 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,360 Hello François. 415 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,680 A little. Go ahead. 416 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,080 What title? 417 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,400 "Maria Republica"? Nice, but it's taken. 418 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,720 `Ùne femme espagnole." Not great frankly. 419 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,440 François, could we do this some other time? 420 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,960 OK, I'll call you. Good night. 421 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,400 He's like me. He needs you. 422 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,240 Shut up! 423 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,280 Shoot, Mum, shoot! 424 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:43,800 You can do it! 425 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,080 Gotcha! 426 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,400 "That ardent night, she turned Republican." Is that all? 427 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,480 I'm not writing a sex scene! 428 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,880 I'm not asking for one. But what about her... 429 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,440 her agitation? That starts it all. 430 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:14,440 I'm not up to it. I don't understand women's desires. 431 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,800 I can't do it. I've never been penetrated. 432 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,920 - Don't mess around, François. - All right... 433 00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:23,920 Seriously... there are a thousand reasons 434 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,120 why a woman runs to her lover. 435 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:28,400 Choose any of them. 436 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,120 Some women get all wet talking on the phone. 437 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:33,960 Randy bitches! 438 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,760 They play their messages over and over. 439 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,760 - Women are craven. - Excuse me... 440 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,400 Hello François. Better, are we? 441 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:44,040 I'm fine, thanks. 442 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,640 Diane, we're off to Prague a bit sooner. 443 00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:49,840 And don't forget our lunch today. 444 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,160 So we're using the flat, are we? 445 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,320 Diane told me 446 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,520 you were too shaky to work at home. 447 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,040 Well, we're longing to read it, 448 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,280 - my dear François. - How kind. 449 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,360 I hope he was good-looking. 450 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,640 "Lend me your sound, your gentle speed... 451 00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:20,320 "gliding past the lights of Europe, oh luxury train! 452 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:24,080 `Ànd the strange music of your gilded corridors, 453 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,920 "where, behind lacquered doors, heavy with brass, 454 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,040 "millionaires slumber." 455 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:31,520 Very beautiful. 456 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,360 Do you have a light? 457 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,480 Here we are... 458 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,320 Give me your bag. 459 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,360 I'll get the papers, I won't be long. 460 00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:58,680 - Are you staying? - No. 461 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:02,880 I tried to call. I wanted to go to your grandfather's. 462 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,520 Never mind. I've got you something. 463 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:12,080 - A box of matches, is it? - Earrings. Magic ones. 464 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,960 - Can I see? - No. In Prague. 465 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:16,520 I'd better go! 466 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,080 When are we meeting? 467 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,280 Let him be mad about me. 468 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:48,920 How did you do it? 469 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,000 I'm so happy you're here. 470 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,000 Prague is hot! 471 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:14,280 "Drainpipes and steeples, urban masts 472 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,560 `ànd broad skies that dream of eternity." 473 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,120 Baudelaire. 474 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:20,760 Charles Baudelaire. 475 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:42,480 - Are you cold? - No. 476 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,040 Shit, he's drunk! 477 00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:53,480 - I'm off to Africa. - What? 478 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,240 I'm off to Africa. 479 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:05,760 What about going to your grandfather's? 480 00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,480 In March. I'm leaving in April. 481 00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:12,360 How long for? 482 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:14,480 Six months. 483 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:20,240 That's ages. 484 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:29,680 I'm going but I'm not leaving you. I swear. 485 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,480 I don't care. I don't want you to. 486 00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,560 I'll find you a great job in Paris. 487 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:41,080 I'm going because it's worth doing. 488 00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,240 Like you and your books... You're up all night, 489 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:57,600 glued to the phone, to the TV, desperate for a prize. 490 00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,360 You're pushing François! 491 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,560 - He's very talented. - He's making himself ill. 492 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,280 We're the same, we're passionate about work. 493 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:09,280 - No! - Yes! 494 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,880 No! We're passionate about love. 495 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:18,800 You're hurting. 496 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,240 Come on, let's go home. 497 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,600 You can't imagine how strongly I feel you 498 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,160 even when you're not there. 499 00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:46,600 - She could commit suicide. - I won't have her dying! 500 00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:49,480 When she watches the fascist parade 501 00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:52,360 she leans out so far, you think she'll fall. 502 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:56,320 Leave her alone, she's only just looking down the street. 503 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,840 She can't die, she can't turn to murder. 504 00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:01,720 It's not an autobiography. 505 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:06,440 Calm down. Writing about one's feelings isn't being autobiographical. 506 00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,800 Come and have a drink at home. 507 00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:24,160 But you did take me to your grandfather's. 508 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,280 What are you doing? You idiot! 509 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:36,720 It's this way. 510 00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:56,640 - This is Big Louis. - Jesus! 511 00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:59,840 He's been annoying us for months. 512 00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:01,720 - Is it a pike? - Yes. 513 00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:20,680 You bring a decent bottle, and that's it. 514 00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:22,560 Excuse me... 515 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:32,440 Excuse me... 516 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:35,200 Right then... Bye Emilio. 517 00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:37,760 Bye Emilio. 518 00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:40,680 - Is she married? - Diane? 519 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,040 I don't think so. 520 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:49,640 - Does she have children? - Two boys. 13 and 14. 521 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:54,480 And you? What'll you do? 522 00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:58,440 Will you have a family? 523 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,240 I'll see. 524 00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:03,800 Sure. 525 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,760 Sorry. The Czech deal's gone through. 526 00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:12,200 I'm going to spend a few extra days with grandad. 527 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:14,720 Goodbye. 528 00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:10,800 Nadine Dubreuil to the visiting room. 529 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:27,520 Is Diane back? 530 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:29,960 - Out shopping. - She's cross. 531 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,360 - It's Balthazar. - Hi. 532 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:57,160 Have you done the maths exercise? 533 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:02,560 I can't live without him. 534 00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,280 I'm sure he's still loves me a bit. 535 00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:21,920 It can't just stop. 536 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,400 I'm with a patient, I can't talk now. I'll call you. 537 00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:27,000 OK. 538 00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:44,480 Thanks Lepluche. 539 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:48,000 8000 francs is not much! 540 00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:51,320 No! You've spent all your money. Be responsible! 541 00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:54,320 It's going well now, Emilio thinks it's great. 542 00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:57,680 - Who? - Emilio, you know, my flatmate. 543 00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:00,240 I thought I was your reader. 544 00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:05,640 - When did he read it? - The day before yesterday. 545 00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:10,640 5000 francs would do. 546 00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:14,840 Paul, François's coming by. Give him 5000 francs. 547 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:17,080 Thanks. 548 00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:19,160 Get out! 549 00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:39,760 Hello Diane. 550 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:43,440 It's been three days. 551 00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:47,280 We're getting ready... 552 00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:51,240 Everything's fine. 553 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:55,360 Not tonight, no. 554 00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:58,280 Tomorrow about five or six, if you like. 555 00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:01,320 OK. Big kiss. Bye. 556 00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:11,520 I want you one last time. 557 00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:15,920 Sappho committed suicide here. 558 00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:20,280 It's different to the usual image of Greece. 559 00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:23,720 Personally, I prefer this one. 560 00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:31,840 It's called the Leucadian Leap. 561 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:34,960 Koskas told me a beautiful legend. 562 00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,280 Sappho killed herself for love. 563 00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:41,480 Apollo thought that was silly so he decided 564 00:51:41,720 --> 00:51:45,480 that lovers who jumped off that cliff would not die, 565 00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:48,840 they would be cured of lovesickness instead. 566 00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:50,440 That's a nice legend. 567 00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:54,040 I've found some old prints... 568 00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:57,520 A bit morbid, isn't it? Sappho's corpse. 569 00:51:57,600 --> 00:52:00,200 It won't sell, not enough colour. 570 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:04,000 It's more original than the standard picture. 571 00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:05,400 I'll show you. 572 00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:20,760 What does Koskas say? 573 00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:22,280 Sappho was wonderful! 574 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,720 I don't want it to end. 575 00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,160 I want you, damn it, I want you! 576 00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:46,440 I'm done for! 577 00:52:48,240 --> 00:52:49,480 I'm done for! 578 00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:37,000 Jugular... yes... 579 00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:42,040 Quite something... 580 00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:45,120 She kills him! 581 00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:01,280 All right? 582 00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:11,200 Great! 583 00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:15,000 I've just earned 200 francs, guess how. 584 00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:16,840 Don't know. How? 585 00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:21,840 With that madwoman you work for. 586 00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:25,160 4 fucks and she thinks I'm her future. 587 00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:32,120 So now she's after you, surprise surprise. 588 00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:35,600 It was pretty cosy, nothing more than that. 589 00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:38,760 It wasn't nothing. It was an affair. 590 00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:43,080 You needed some loving, a place to land. 591 00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:45,000 She's just an old bag. 592 00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:46,840 Why? What's bothering you? 593 00:54:47,720 --> 00:54:49,640 The great anarchist writer! 594 00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:52,440 You're bourgeois, you are! 595 00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:55,520 Go dig latrines for the deprived. 596 00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:59,520 So she and I can do some work. I can't manage without her. 597 00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:01,720 Now I can't call her, 598 00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:05,680 I can't lunch with her, I am churning out shit. 599 00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:09,160 - Time you went. - I'm going! 600 00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:14,480 I'll dig those latrines for the deprived. 601 00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:18,840 But their governments will pull the chain. 602 00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:25,680 So this is the deal, right? 603 00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:31,240 If I stop screwing her, you do a masterpiece. 604 00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:33,720 Because you're talented, right? 605 00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:36,800 I don't know. 606 00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:50,680 Leave the little darling alone, Emilio... she's a doll... 607 00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:03,960 Shit, François! Someone's shat on your doorstep. 608 00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:06,320 Emilio! 609 00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:12,400 That's nice. 610 00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:20,040 I've come to get murdered. 611 00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:24,400 Say something inexcusable. 612 00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:27,360 What do you want me to say? 613 00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:36,200 Let's see less of each other. 614 00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:39,360 So one fine morning, you decided it was over. 615 00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:42,120 It was one night. 616 00:56:47,560 --> 00:56:49,200 Why are you so cold? 617 00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:53,040 "Why are you so cold?" 618 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:55,960 Why are you so cold? 619 00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:57,920 - Coming? - I'll be right there. 620 00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:01,680 I want you to tell me why you don't want me. 621 00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:06,280 - That's life. - No. It's death! 622 00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:08,920 You're supposed to be an aid worker. 623 00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:11,800 You tell everyone what to do, so... 624 00:57:11,880 --> 00:57:16,200 tell me why I hurt all over and you feel nothing. Go on. 625 00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:18,280 Is the lecture over? 626 00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:19,680 No! Your snobbish, 627 00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:24,120 bourgeois girlfriend has something else to say... 628 00:57:36,080 --> 00:57:37,200 Philippe? 629 00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:42,960 Don't leave me... 630 00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:51,920 I need you. 631 00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:57,480 I won't. 632 00:57:59,880 --> 00:58:02,680 But I can't see you suffering like this. 633 00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:12,720 It's over, Diane. 634 00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:15,000 I've come to say I'm sorry. 635 00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:17,880 I never thought I'd do a thing like that. 636 00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:24,680 I feel awful, I've never been like this. 637 00:58:25,080 --> 00:58:27,720 I can't concentrate, I need your help. 638 00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:31,320 Come in. François'll be here soon. 639 00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:42,080 You don't know how much I loved you. 640 00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:48,680 Me too. 641 00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:01,800 I was fond of you too, Diane. 642 00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:08,320 You're great. You deserve to be happy. 643 00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:19,200 I fall in love once every 15 years. 644 00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:33,520 You made a big difference. 645 00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:36,800 You taught me about time. 646 00:59:37,080 --> 00:59:40,440 You taught me when not to speak. 647 00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:50,360 Now, you're going, 648 00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:54,120 I'll never see you again. 649 00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:58,560 I'll have to forget you, it's as if you were dead. 650 00:59:58,920 --> 01:00:00,440 Bizarre, isn't it? 651 01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:04,480 Better now? 652 01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:13,320 80 litres of water to get over me. 653 01:00:15,760 --> 01:00:17,720 In Africa, we have to provide 654 01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:22,360 10 litres for a mother with child, so they can survive. 655 01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,640 This isn't a suffering competition. 656 01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:28,680 I know. Stupid of me. 657 01:00:36,520 --> 01:00:37,600 Here... 658 01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:40,280 Thanks. 659 01:00:41,120 --> 01:00:42,720 Don't catch cold. 660 01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:46,080 - Careful now. - I'll be OK. 661 01:00:48,560 --> 01:00:50,000 Hug me. 662 01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:03,880 What's wrong? 663 01:01:06,560 --> 01:01:09,160 I'm not specially happy to be leaving you. 664 01:01:40,840 --> 01:01:42,320 I'm dying! 665 01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:46,440 Help! Someone! Help! 666 01:01:56,080 --> 01:01:57,280 Good evening. 667 01:01:57,760 --> 01:01:59,200 Can I have a tequila? 668 01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:01,680 I don't keep tequila. 669 01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:11,800 Do you have any other spirits? 670 01:02:15,360 --> 01:02:17,680 I have some fig brandy. 671 01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:29,760 Thank you. 672 01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:37,120 How much is that? 673 01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:39,040 Nothing, Madam. 674 01:02:41,880 --> 01:02:44,000 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 675 01:02:56,800 --> 01:02:58,200 Closing time! 676 01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:05,480 Navy... my ass! 677 01:04:34,560 --> 01:04:36,120 Shit, Philippe! 678 01:04:49,240 --> 01:04:50,720 Open up! 679 01:04:59,400 --> 01:05:02,480 This should be against the Geneva Convention. 680 01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:06,360 When he holds me, I swoon. 681 01:05:06,440 --> 01:05:08,240 Lucky you, you can swoon. 682 01:05:09,720 --> 01:05:12,280 Young, handsome and from out of town... 683 01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:20,200 - What is it? - You'll see. 684 01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:33,160 It's Diane. 685 01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:38,200 I wanted to hear your voice one last time. 686 01:05:39,240 --> 01:05:41,320 Have a safe trip. 687 01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:43,880 Have a good life. 688 01:05:44,200 --> 01:05:45,320 Thanks. 689 01:05:47,160 --> 01:05:49,360 I'll never forget you. 690 01:05:54,920 --> 01:05:57,240 I love you, Emilio, I love you. 691 01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:02,160 Is that your wife? 692 01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:05,480 See? It works. 693 01:06:05,960 --> 01:06:07,880 You know everything. 694 01:06:08,480 --> 01:06:10,880 You see, it's over. 695 01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:13,920 Don't be like that! 696 01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:17,680 Wait a while, things will go back to normal. 697 01:06:19,080 --> 01:06:21,280 My younger son came to see me. 698 01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:24,840 He brought this. 699 01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:28,000 - Wasn't that nice? - Yes, it was. 700 01:06:28,080 --> 01:06:29,840 So he finally came, did he? 701 01:06:30,840 --> 01:06:32,160 That's good. 702 01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:38,920 By the way... 703 01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:44,640 It was wrong to keep telling your husband you needed him. 704 01:06:45,680 --> 01:06:47,760 He was using you. 705 01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:51,240 It was a form of mental cruelty. 706 01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:57,400 You could nearly call it legitimate defence. 707 01:06:59,400 --> 01:07:01,800 Don't worry, I'll get you out... 708 01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:03,960 We'll manage. 709 01:07:04,040 --> 01:07:07,840 Everyone loves you, I've only heard good things about you. 710 01:07:07,920 --> 01:07:09,640 Everyone loves you. 711 01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:12,920 The jury will take note of that. 712 01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:16,280 Some of them will have known something similar. 713 01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:21,880 Some of them will have felt like committing murder. 714 01:07:53,080 --> 01:07:56,200 I can't cope with two cases at once. 715 01:08:04,320 --> 01:08:05,360 Here. 716 01:08:30,240 --> 01:08:32,760 A child in misery, 717 01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:35,200 there he goes, 718 01:08:35,280 --> 01:08:37,600 from his mother he gets 719 01:08:37,680 --> 01:08:39,840 nothing but blows, 720 01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:42,200 in the city streets, 721 01:08:42,280 --> 01:08:44,560 she holds out her hand, 722 01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:46,720 her little voice says, 723 01:08:46,800 --> 01:08:49,360 give what you can. 724 01:08:50,720 --> 01:08:53,120 - Mum! What are we eating? - Shut up! 725 01:08:55,320 --> 01:08:59,640 When you're 20, you cry for love, because you think it's the last. 726 01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:01,600 When you're 40, you cry 727 01:09:01,840 --> 01:09:03,720 because it really is the last. 728 01:09:03,800 --> 01:09:05,880 Never ever, ever? 729 01:09:06,360 --> 01:09:08,920 That doesn't sound very positive. 730 01:09:12,320 --> 01:09:14,360 Suicide? I don't advise it. 731 01:09:16,280 --> 01:09:18,400 Suicide's different, 732 01:09:18,480 --> 01:09:21,120 it's for when you want to become a tree. 733 01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:25,160 A Republican tree! 734 01:09:29,760 --> 01:09:31,320 Bring me the lot! 735 01:09:36,680 --> 01:09:38,320 Dear François... 736 01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:41,320 You must mention smell. 737 01:09:43,600 --> 01:09:45,000 Why smell? 738 01:09:45,080 --> 01:09:47,800 It's what's hardest to forget. 739 01:09:48,640 --> 01:09:52,840 The smell of a man's sweat. It smells of geraniums. 740 01:09:55,720 --> 01:09:57,360 Geraniums... 741 01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:03,120 Shit! There's no butter! 742 01:10:04,760 --> 01:10:06,760 Heard the one about the mouse? 743 01:10:07,160 --> 01:10:10,920 Well the mouse came in from the shops, 744 01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:13,880 she crossed the tracks checking for trains, 745 01:10:13,960 --> 01:10:16,640 but a train came and cut off her tail. 746 01:10:16,720 --> 01:10:18,800 Not noticing, she went home. 747 01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:20,960 Realizing, she rushed back to the tracks, 748 01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:24,000 checked for trains, got her tail, 749 01:10:24,400 --> 01:10:27,520 but a train came and cut off her head. 750 01:10:27,600 --> 01:10:29,400 What's the moral? 751 01:10:29,480 --> 01:10:30,760 - Asking me? - Yes. 752 01:10:30,840 --> 01:10:31,840 I don't know. 753 01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:34,720 Mice lose their heads chasing tail. 754 01:10:43,920 --> 01:10:47,880 Mum! Stop feeling yourself. You keep feeling yourself. 755 01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:50,760 Shit! It's your fault Dad left. 756 01:10:50,840 --> 01:10:53,080 Well I'm going too. 757 01:10:56,280 --> 01:10:58,280 Don't worry, kitty... 758 01:11:56,560 --> 01:11:58,480 Here, Mum, here's your tea. 759 01:11:59,400 --> 01:12:01,400 I'll go check out the game. 760 01:12:01,480 --> 01:12:03,880 I may go to Granny's for a week. 761 01:12:12,840 --> 01:12:15,400 - Hello Diane! - Hello Isabelle! 762 01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:18,360 Bull's-eye, Eye-tie! 763 01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:25,400 OK, Dédé? 764 01:12:32,680 --> 01:12:34,280 Filth! 765 01:12:46,400 --> 01:12:49,800 You're the only one who ever made me want to die. 766 01:12:50,360 --> 01:12:51,640 Shit! 767 01:12:59,920 --> 01:13:01,440 Dédé! Fire extinguisher! 768 01:13:01,520 --> 01:13:04,080 Can't see a thing! What is it? 769 01:13:07,720 --> 01:13:10,240 Would that it were more powerful. 770 01:13:14,240 --> 01:13:15,680 Careful, Dédé! 771 01:13:16,440 --> 01:13:19,960 I knew she wasn't all there, psychologically speaking. 772 01:13:20,200 --> 01:13:23,840 I'll make some coffee, Diane, that'll cheer you up. 773 01:13:26,120 --> 01:13:28,760 Is it a short-circuit, Dédé? 774 01:13:28,840 --> 01:13:30,280 What's going on? 775 01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:32,040 It's my fault. 776 01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:34,080 Someone call the firemen! 777 01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:39,120 But... what's going on? Is it personal problems? 778 01:13:39,200 --> 01:13:40,640 Caroline, what is it? 779 01:13:40,720 --> 01:13:42,440 I think it's temporary. 780 01:13:42,520 --> 01:13:45,960 Don't worry about today, I can take her place. 781 01:13:49,480 --> 01:13:52,880 I hope it will sort itself out, Diane. I do hope so. 782 01:13:53,600 --> 01:13:55,400 We can't go on like this, 783 01:13:56,280 --> 01:13:59,840 this is impossible. Take two weeks! Take a month! 784 01:13:59,920 --> 01:14:02,200 Take as long as you like! 785 01:14:02,280 --> 01:14:03,880 Better for everyone! 786 01:14:06,320 --> 01:14:09,720 She's looking awful. She keeps crying. 787 01:14:16,080 --> 01:14:18,120 You're totally irresponsible! 788 01:14:18,200 --> 01:14:21,440 Destroy yourself, but don't take us all with you. 789 01:14:23,680 --> 01:14:25,640 I'm taking the boys! 790 01:14:30,120 --> 01:14:32,120 - Bye Mum. - Bye darling. 791 01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:42,240 Sleep well. 792 01:14:44,840 --> 01:14:46,520 We'll call tomorrow. 793 01:15:02,960 --> 01:15:03,960 You OK? 794 01:15:05,600 --> 01:15:09,040 `Ìt is true, I found unexpected delights in loving you 795 01:15:10,200 --> 01:15:12,640 "but they meant strange pain." 796 01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:21,200 `Ì can tell my love for you is witless..." 797 01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:28,680 "Why did you poison my life?" 798 01:15:41,440 --> 01:15:43,960 `Ì challenge you to forget me, 799 01:15:44,040 --> 01:15:48,320 `Ì have rendered you powerless to find true pleasure without me. 800 01:15:48,400 --> 01:15:51,440 `Ànd I am happier than you because I am more..." 801 01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:11,680 Because I am more occupied! 802 01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:53,440 She's resting. She won't see anyone. 803 01:16:53,520 --> 01:16:55,880 - How do you know? - She's my Mum. 804 01:17:04,280 --> 01:17:05,760 Diane! It's François! 805 01:17:21,280 --> 01:17:22,560 Die, you bastard! 806 01:17:41,160 --> 01:17:42,520 Mum? You there? 807 01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:46,800 Mum? 808 01:17:51,880 --> 01:17:52,920 How are you? 809 01:18:00,880 --> 01:18:02,960 I've just had lunch. 810 01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:10,000 - What were you doing? - Thinking. 811 01:18:10,760 --> 01:18:12,440 I've come to do my practice. 812 01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:17,400 - You don't mind? - I don't mind, no. 813 01:18:40,760 --> 01:18:42,640 That's a big one! 814 01:18:50,560 --> 01:18:55,040 You're so proud and narcissistic! 815 01:18:58,680 --> 01:19:01,480 That's what I... what I fell for. 816 01:19:02,280 --> 01:19:04,080 It was good for me too. 817 01:19:13,760 --> 01:19:15,360 Why do men always have to 818 01:19:15,440 --> 01:19:17,280 imitate their fathers? 819 01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:33,080 What did you do for me? Apart from giving me a bit of spunk? 820 01:19:34,280 --> 01:19:36,240 What did you do for me? 821 01:19:39,880 --> 01:19:42,560 I don't want to live without you. 822 01:19:54,960 --> 01:19:56,680 Too much skin... 823 01:19:57,600 --> 01:19:59,600 Reconstruction time. 824 01:20:14,840 --> 01:20:16,600 Old-timers! 825 01:20:28,920 --> 01:20:30,960 Am I still fuckable? 826 01:20:31,480 --> 01:20:33,040 Maybe she doesn't... 827 01:20:33,120 --> 01:20:35,560 You'll see, she'll be delighted. 828 01:20:35,640 --> 01:20:37,680 - Think so? - Definitely! 829 01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:48,880 - Happy Mother's Day! - Hey, Mum! 830 01:21:17,480 --> 01:21:18,760 Hello Didier. 831 01:21:19,520 --> 01:21:20,760 Hello sir. 832 01:21:30,600 --> 01:21:31,840 Thanks a lot. 833 01:22:04,680 --> 01:22:05,800 Thank you! 834 01:22:07,680 --> 01:22:08,840 That's it! 835 01:22:08,920 --> 01:22:11,680 You've got it! Congratulations! 836 01:22:13,560 --> 01:22:15,400 Well done! 837 01:22:15,480 --> 01:22:18,000 So the tour's all fixed for October, 838 01:22:18,080 --> 01:22:20,960 you'll do Lyon, Toulouse, Aix, Montpellier. 839 01:22:21,200 --> 01:22:23,400 We ought to let Diane know. 840 01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:25,000 Why? 841 01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:29,080 It's down to us. She hasn't even read the book! 842 01:22:29,960 --> 01:22:31,920 She's vanished! 843 01:22:32,520 --> 01:22:35,680 `Òut of sight, out of mind, like a naked breast..." 844 01:22:35,760 --> 01:22:37,320 Without her, I'd be nowhere. 845 01:22:37,400 --> 01:22:39,360 Why? Did she write your book? 846 01:22:39,440 --> 01:22:43,520 She gave me energy, she listened. When I gave in, she was there. 847 01:22:44,240 --> 01:22:46,280 She's no longer with this firm. 848 01:22:46,360 --> 01:22:47,640 She is the firm! 849 01:22:47,720 --> 01:22:49,440 You only signed me up! 850 01:22:49,520 --> 01:22:51,640 She was my midwife! 851 01:22:51,720 --> 01:22:55,200 She's collapsed for a reason! She inspired this story! 852 01:22:55,640 --> 01:22:57,040 The passion's in ink! 853 01:22:57,120 --> 01:22:59,480 What is this? You can't say that! 854 01:22:59,560 --> 01:23:02,480 What do you think I am? A flower pot? 855 01:23:03,120 --> 01:23:06,480 How do you think this firm was made? 856 01:23:06,560 --> 01:23:08,440 It's taken me 20 years! 857 01:23:08,520 --> 01:23:10,880 20 years before Diane joined us, 858 01:23:10,960 --> 01:23:13,320 to chase round our authors for us. 859 01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:17,080 So I'm entitled to a make a scene too! 860 01:23:18,600 --> 01:23:22,160 She dumped you, she set fire to this place! 861 01:23:22,600 --> 01:23:26,000 She kept on hold the only author who keeps us going. 862 01:23:26,080 --> 01:23:27,400 She didn't read him! 863 01:23:27,480 --> 01:23:30,160 By the time I noticed, he'd gone! 864 01:23:30,440 --> 01:23:33,160 You know that was only an excuse. 865 01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:37,000 Why? Are you going too? 866 01:23:41,080 --> 01:23:44,040 Be sensible! We won the prize, didn't we? 867 01:24:01,840 --> 01:24:05,920 Diane, open up! For God's sake, I know you're there. 868 01:24:06,600 --> 01:24:08,640 I've got something for you. 869 01:24:11,280 --> 01:24:13,000 I'll camp here then. 870 01:24:16,320 --> 01:24:17,520 I'm staying. 871 01:24:18,240 --> 01:24:20,240 A SMELL OF GERANIUMS 872 01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:25,040 Look! Isn't that nice? 873 01:24:30,600 --> 01:24:31,880 It's my book! 874 01:24:35,280 --> 01:24:39,520 You could at least check the dedication. 875 01:24:43,240 --> 01:24:45,280 Well this is nice... 876 01:24:47,560 --> 01:24:50,520 When you do something, you sure do it well. 877 01:24:53,440 --> 01:24:57,520 You've turned your flat into a tip. 878 01:24:59,240 --> 01:25:03,120 As `àll things turn to ashes" goes, this is perfect. 879 01:25:03,760 --> 01:25:04,880 Champagne? 880 01:25:06,040 --> 01:25:07,440 Where are the glasses? 881 01:25:12,160 --> 01:25:14,000 They're all filthy. 882 01:25:15,120 --> 01:25:16,840 You look a bit off colour... 883 01:25:23,040 --> 01:25:24,960 We certainly deserve this! 884 01:25:27,920 --> 01:25:29,360 I'll rinse them out. 885 01:25:35,400 --> 01:25:36,520 Here's to you! 886 01:25:43,240 --> 01:25:44,520 Here's to our baby! 887 01:25:48,520 --> 01:25:49,560 Where shall we go? 888 01:25:52,880 --> 01:25:54,880 Are you pleased about my book? 889 01:25:57,120 --> 01:25:58,560 Good! 890 01:26:10,600 --> 01:26:12,160 Did you sleep well? 891 01:26:13,680 --> 01:26:16,520 You've ten minutes to cry before we arrive. 892 01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:22,480 You smell nice. What are you wearing? 893 01:26:23,040 --> 01:26:24,960 "Smell of Geranium." 894 01:26:25,520 --> 01:26:27,440 I should get a royalty. 895 01:27:27,480 --> 01:27:29,840 In this day and age, to be in love 896 01:27:30,480 --> 01:27:32,360 demands compromise. 897 01:27:32,960 --> 01:27:36,400 Some people cannot accept such compromise. 898 01:27:37,040 --> 01:27:39,440 Absolute passion is a tragedy. 899 01:27:40,720 --> 01:27:42,880 Does it put people beyond society? 900 01:27:42,960 --> 01:27:45,200 No! Passion has its place! 901 01:27:45,480 --> 01:27:49,200 To Madame Lepluche love was a great ideal! 902 01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:54,000 When your wife comes home at 4 a.m., 903 01:27:54,240 --> 01:27:58,320 have you never considered knifing her... with a fork? 904 01:28:00,280 --> 01:28:02,280 Plunging a fork in her neck... 905 01:28:06,120 --> 01:28:10,040 Do you know what it is to shudder, your heart trembling, 906 01:28:11,520 --> 01:28:15,240 as you overhear words of love destined for another? 907 01:28:17,280 --> 01:28:20,480 Mme Lepluche forgave him all. 908 01:28:21,520 --> 01:28:24,880 43 years of deception, of lies, 909 01:28:25,320 --> 01:28:27,360 43 years of abuse. 910 01:28:28,480 --> 01:28:31,640 How could she let him leave, let him go forever? 911 01:28:31,720 --> 01:28:34,560 The idea was completely unbearable. 912 01:28:34,640 --> 01:28:37,560 Let him do as he pleases, yes! 913 01:28:38,560 --> 01:28:40,560 But leave her, no! 914 01:28:40,920 --> 01:28:42,520 He had no right. 915 01:28:43,480 --> 01:28:46,640 Because she had always given him every right. 916 01:28:47,440 --> 01:28:49,120 Members of the jury... 917 01:28:50,960 --> 01:28:54,720 Marguerite Lepluche, learning of her divorce... 918 01:28:56,560 --> 01:29:00,280 or rather, when he broke the news, he broke the mad pact 919 01:29:00,360 --> 01:29:03,200 she had lovingly, obsessively constructed. 920 01:29:04,560 --> 01:29:06,360 When love turns tragic, 921 01:29:06,800 --> 01:29:10,120 murder, suicide or survival are the only solutions. 922 01:29:12,400 --> 01:29:16,480 He had murdered slowly for 43 years, she did it all at once. 923 01:29:16,560 --> 01:29:20,160 So as not to go mad, she took action! Alone! 924 01:29:22,280 --> 01:29:24,480 Do we call that a crime? 925 01:29:25,760 --> 01:29:27,400 Is it not rather 926 01:29:28,280 --> 01:29:30,960 legitimate defence? 927 01:29:35,280 --> 01:29:39,000 Murder made no difference to her fate. 928 01:29:39,560 --> 01:29:43,920 She had lost forever the only thing that mattered. 929 01:29:46,960 --> 01:29:48,480 Members of the jury... 930 01:29:50,760 --> 01:29:51,840 You OK, Dad? 931 01:29:52,920 --> 01:29:54,200 Fine, darling. 932 01:29:55,720 --> 01:29:57,040 Go to bed. 933 01:29:57,640 --> 01:29:59,080 I can't sleep. 934 01:30:01,480 --> 01:30:03,200 I don't know... Go to bed. 935 01:30:04,640 --> 01:30:06,280 Is Mum coming home soon? 936 01:30:07,560 --> 01:30:09,600 Yes. Soon. 937 01:30:14,920 --> 01:30:16,440 Members of the jury... 938 01:30:16,720 --> 01:30:19,040 15 years in jail... 939 01:30:19,520 --> 01:30:22,560 We have all suffered a loss. 940 01:30:22,920 --> 01:30:25,040 In the name of that loss, 941 01:30:27,240 --> 01:30:31,480 I ask you to grant Mme Lepluche her release within the year. 942 01:30:33,600 --> 01:30:35,440 I sound like shit! 943 01:31:05,480 --> 01:31:07,280 What the hell's she up to?