1 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:35,875 On that heady morning... 2 00:00:36,041 --> 00:00:38,708 where from my privileged position... 3 00:00:38,875 --> 00:00:43,166 I could hear the birdsong preceding the sounds of the city... 4 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:47,166 I reflected upon the fortune, the audacity... 5 00:00:47,333 --> 00:00:52,500 and, dare I say it, the ingenuity that had led to my being there... 6 00:00:52,708 --> 00:00:55,958 a place where my imagination, albeit colourfu... 7 00:00:56,250 --> 00:00:59,083 could never have brought me alone. 8 00:01:05,083 --> 00:01:07,000 Six weeks earlier I had been... 9 00:01:07,166 --> 00:01:08,666 a strictly one-woman man... 10 00:01:08,833 --> 00:01:11,916 contentedly enamoured of family and homeland... 11 00:01:12,291 --> 00:01:15,000 a man whose gaze was never averted... 12 00:01:15,166 --> 00:01:17,083 by female passers-by... 13 00:02:12,250 --> 00:02:13,291 Sixth floor. 14 00:02:13,625 --> 00:02:15,041 Me too. 15 00:02:41,083 --> 00:02:44,416 - The lights are on a time switch. - You think so? 16 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:49,541 Sorry. Excuse me. Please, forgive me. 17 00:03:03,041 --> 00:03:05,500 Pick me up. I'll leave my car here. 18 00:03:06,791 --> 00:03:08,291 That's right. 19 00:03:08,708 --> 00:03:11,291 Me too, yes. 20 00:03:12,750 --> 00:03:14,083 Do you love me? 21 00:03:14,666 --> 00:03:16,125 Undeniably. 22 00:03:17,416 --> 00:03:19,208 Yes. indisputably. 23 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:22,666 Marthe, I don't have time for this... 24 00:03:25,708 --> 00:03:26,875 Pintard! 25 00:03:27,083 --> 00:03:31,250 That's twice this week you've stuck Le Priouret in the minister's file. 26 00:03:31,458 --> 00:03:32,750 Are you ill? 27 00:03:32,958 --> 00:03:35,958 The minister specifically asked for another copy. 28 00:03:36,083 --> 00:03:38,916 Really? I'm sorry. Don't worry, love. 29 00:03:39,875 --> 00:03:41,750 Are you afraid of me? 30 00:03:43,083 --> 00:03:44,208 Bastard! 31 00:03:48,375 --> 00:03:51,500 Information Office Manager 32 00:04:48,083 --> 00:04:49,708 How about dinner? 33 00:04:50,875 --> 00:04:51,916 What? 34 00:04:56,166 --> 00:04:59,041 Tonight at the Recamier, Rue Recamier. 35 00:05:00,708 --> 00:05:02,916 I recognise your voice you know. 36 00:05:05,791 --> 00:05:07,083 At nine o'clock? 37 00:05:08,375 --> 00:05:09,666 Why? 38 00:05:11,541 --> 00:05:12,583 Because. 39 00:05:13,708 --> 00:05:15,458 I can't at nine. 40 00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:18,833 Ten past nine. 41 00:05:42,250 --> 00:05:44,125 Why are you speaking English? 42 00:05:44,416 --> 00:05:46,875 Aren't you... 43 00:05:47,958 --> 00:05:50,958 I'd understood you were British. 44 00:05:51,083 --> 00:05:52,166 Not at all. 45 00:05:52,333 --> 00:05:56,166 I'll check. I'd be surprised though because... 46 00:05:57,625 --> 00:06:00,208 Wait... what time is it? 47 00:06:00,875 --> 00:06:01,916 What am I doing? 48 00:06:35,416 --> 00:06:38,291 Why do you do that at passing cars? 49 00:06:38,458 --> 00:06:40,583 So I can see them. 50 00:06:42,958 --> 00:06:45,541 Why are you staring? How do I look? 51 00:06:47,416 --> 00:06:48,833 Very elegant. 52 00:06:49,166 --> 00:06:52,291 What? I'm off to work in Rue Saint-Jacques. 53 00:06:53,291 --> 00:06:55,083 These are hurting. 54 00:06:55,250 --> 00:06:57,916 - Here, I haven't got a bag. - Careful! 55 00:06:58,083 --> 00:07:02,291 Off to school with the teachers at 41 years old. 56 00:07:02,458 --> 00:07:05,166 - When are the exams? - Silly! 57 00:07:05,333 --> 00:07:07,208 In 23 days' time. 22. 58 00:07:07,375 --> 00:07:09,916 Wearing your little shoes? 59 00:07:24,708 --> 00:07:26,458 I meant to tell you. 60 00:07:26,666 --> 00:07:31,083 Tonight, I think I'll give your bearded classmates a miss. 61 00:07:31,250 --> 00:07:33,208 Where's the cinema programme? 62 00:07:33,625 --> 00:07:35,875 I thought I'd catch a movie. 63 00:07:36,041 --> 00:07:38,166 It's all been organized. 64 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:41,083 You're going to the 8-o'clock show with the girls. 65 00:07:41,250 --> 00:07:45,166 They're a bit fed up so I promised them. ls that OK? 66 00:07:45,875 --> 00:07:47,083 Fantastic! 67 00:07:56,916 --> 00:07:59,250 Mind my earrings! 68 00:08:10,333 --> 00:08:12,416 Good serve! Thirty all. 69 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:21,666 - Out! - Out! Thirty-forty. 70 00:08:21,833 --> 00:08:23,625 - Out? - Just 71 00:08:23,791 --> 00:08:26,291 Get on your bike and see for yourself. 72 00:08:26,458 --> 00:08:28,166 You're putting me off! 73 00:08:28,333 --> 00:08:30,083 Sorry, darling! 74 00:08:30,875 --> 00:08:32,083 Ready? 75 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,083 Go on! 76 00:08:39,791 --> 00:08:42,083 PARDON MON AFFAIRE 77 00:08:45,750 --> 00:08:49,375 I was wrong-footed. They talk too much. 78 00:08:50,375 --> 00:08:52,541 Very funny. It's distracting! 79 00:08:52,750 --> 00:08:54,291 I keep my mouth shut. 80 00:08:55,833 --> 00:08:57,541 How's it going otherwise? 81 00:08:58,083 --> 00:08:59,333 How about you? 82 00:09:00,125 --> 00:09:01,791 Awful. Don't ask. 83 00:09:01,958 --> 00:09:03,000 Hey' guys... 84 00:09:04,791 --> 00:09:07,083 Can we have our ball back, miss? 85 00:09:07,291 --> 00:09:08,541 Thanks a lot. 86 00:09:11,375 --> 00:09:13,041 She missed! 87 00:09:13,375 --> 00:09:15,250 Check out the legs! 88 00:09:17,083 --> 00:09:18,416 There you go! 89 00:09:20,250 --> 00:09:22,500 Like the short and curlies, guys? 90 00:09:22,750 --> 00:09:25,791 Cut it out, it's embarrassing. I don't like it. 91 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,666 Haven't I seen you around? 92 00:09:29,916 --> 00:09:33,541 If they attack, aim for their feet. Don't lob. 93 00:09:33,791 --> 00:09:37,000 - Why not? - You leave them short. 94 00:09:37,166 --> 00:09:40,250 - Are those Peugeot rackets? - They're Montana! 95 00:09:40,458 --> 00:09:42,291 They're so irritating. 96 00:09:42,666 --> 00:09:45,625 I think I must have pulled a muscle. 97 00:09:45,791 --> 00:09:47,041 Come on, Simon! 98 00:09:50,208 --> 00:09:52,208 And mind the foot faults. 99 00:09:52,833 --> 00:09:54,958 Are you losing your socks? 100 00:09:55,375 --> 00:09:56,208 Foot faults! 101 00:10:00,583 --> 00:10:01,666 An ace! 102 00:10:01,916 --> 00:10:04,291 Fifteen-love. Go, Mr Bouly! 103 00:10:04,458 --> 00:10:06,291 Well played. 104 00:10:06,958 --> 00:10:08,000 Ready! 105 00:10:14,083 --> 00:10:15,708 What a passing shot! 106 00:10:15,875 --> 00:10:18,333 Well played, Mr Bouly! 107 00:10:18,875 --> 00:10:21,416 It's so easy. He doesn't even need me. 108 00:10:21,625 --> 00:10:23,625 Got a cigarette, Simon? 109 00:10:24,083 --> 00:10:26,541 - Ready? - Thirty-love. Keep 'em peeled! 110 00:10:31,208 --> 00:10:33,166 Quick, quick! 111 00:10:35,458 --> 00:10:37,250 Excuse him, miss. 112 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,250 They have no manners. 113 00:10:41,416 --> 00:10:44,000 You're a good player. Are you ranked? 114 00:10:44,291 --> 00:10:45,916 What was that? 115 00:10:46,083 --> 00:10:47,333 A topspin lob. 116 00:10:47,541 --> 00:10:50,833 You're useless at topspin. I asked you not to lob! 117 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,666 What do you expect? My shoulder hurts. 118 00:10:53,875 --> 00:10:56,166 I love playing mixed doubles. 119 00:10:56,416 --> 00:10:57,833 We'll lose. 120 00:10:58,041 --> 00:11:00,083 - How many? - Forty-love, match point. 121 00:11:03,041 --> 00:11:05,791 Leave it! Go on! 122 00:11:09,041 --> 00:11:11,541 - Sorry. - You're just a bit off form. 123 00:11:11,750 --> 00:11:13,291 Wait till Sunday. 124 00:11:14,083 --> 00:11:16,291 I didn't know she had a sister. 125 00:11:16,458 --> 00:11:18,750 She turned up at the factory yesterday 126 00:11:18,916 --> 00:11:22,000 and said, "Meet Carmen." You should have seen her! 127 00:11:22,125 --> 00:11:24,833 Are they really Spanish? 128 00:11:25,458 --> 00:11:29,208 I don't know, I didn't ask for their passports. 129 00:11:30,458 --> 00:11:33,541 I doubt it. The big one's called Esther. 130 00:11:33,750 --> 00:11:37,083 - Esther doesn't sound very... - Iberian! 131 00:11:37,208 --> 00:11:40,583 - Is she good? - I'd give the big one 6 out of 10. 132 00:11:40,791 --> 00:11:42,541 Ask me about the other tomorrow. 133 00:11:42,791 --> 00:11:45,083 I'm taking her out tonight. Simon! 134 00:11:46,541 --> 00:11:50,083 Simon! I bet he's forgotten his towel. 135 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:53,083 Come on, the shower's yours! 136 00:11:55,416 --> 00:11:56,458 Simon! 137 00:11:57,291 --> 00:11:59,291 I can't, I don't have a towel. 138 00:11:59,458 --> 00:12:02,000 Always the same, guys! 139 00:12:06,833 --> 00:12:08,833 Mr Boulifet? Telephone! 140 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,083 Wait. 141 00:12:11,708 --> 00:12:13,791 Bouly, you're wanted on the phone. 142 00:12:13,958 --> 00:12:16,958 Can't you take the call for me? Sorry but... 143 00:12:17,083 --> 00:12:19,875 If it's SEITA, say I'll call back. 144 00:12:20,083 --> 00:12:22,083 Problems with corn paper. 145 00:12:22,250 --> 00:12:25,000 - Serious? - An orchestra conductor died. 146 00:12:25,125 --> 00:12:28,125 - He smoked corn. - That's not how he died, idiot! 147 00:12:28,375 --> 00:12:29,916 The family attacks but... 148 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:32,041 What about Marie-Ange? 149 00:12:32,208 --> 00:12:35,125 Hasn't she ever picked up on any of this? 150 00:12:35,291 --> 00:12:39,250 Carmen... That girl from the chemist's... 151 00:12:39,416 --> 00:12:41,500 - Snow White. - No, the chemist. 152 00:12:41,708 --> 00:12:42,791 Jocelyne. 153 00:12:43,416 --> 00:12:47,208 Marie-Ange... the kids, the home, her radio... 154 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:50,916 38 years old. I don't want to stereotype but... 155 00:12:51,166 --> 00:12:53,041 She's a happy woman. 156 00:12:53,166 --> 00:12:54,791 What about her? 157 00:12:55,916 --> 00:12:56,958 What? 158 00:12:58,250 --> 00:13:00,666 Don't her ears ever prick up? 159 00:13:03,125 --> 00:13:04,166 Marie-Ange's? 160 00:13:06,083 --> 00:13:07,833 Now hang on... 161 00:13:09,416 --> 00:13:11,041 The guy's stupid! 162 00:13:12,375 --> 00:13:14,083 Marie-Ange... 163 00:13:16,125 --> 00:13:17,958 Staying for lunch, doctor? 164 00:13:37,875 --> 00:13:39,083 Bloody hell! 165 00:13:59,625 --> 00:14:01,250 I don't believe it. 166 00:14:10,875 --> 00:14:12,333 I don't believe it! 167 00:14:12,958 --> 00:14:14,875 What else did she say? 168 00:14:15,041 --> 00:14:16,833 Who? Mrs Philippot? 169 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,208 She'd come to do the ironing and passed them on the stairs. 170 00:14:21,375 --> 00:14:25,041 Marie-Ange, the kids, the furniture... 171 00:14:25,250 --> 00:14:27,083 Why did you bring your bag? 172 00:14:27,208 --> 00:14:29,208 It'd get stolen. His car's unlocked. 173 00:14:31,083 --> 00:14:32,583 I don't believe it! 174 00:14:39,916 --> 00:14:43,250 I don't believe it, guys. She's taken everything. 175 00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:48,041 This is where the tapestry was. 176 00:14:48,166 --> 00:14:50,583 With the two shepherdesses and that idiot... 177 00:14:51,958 --> 00:14:54,500 Did you have a premarital agreement? 178 00:14:54,708 --> 00:14:55,750 Oh, come on! 179 00:14:55,916 --> 00:14:58,916 Did she have the right to take the furniture? 180 00:14:59,083 --> 00:15:00,666 Can I make a call? 181 00:15:06,583 --> 00:15:08,958 There's a note. 182 00:15:10,875 --> 00:15:13,541 - What? Where? - Over there. Look. 183 00:15:13,791 --> 00:15:15,375 That's a note, isn't it? 184 00:15:15,666 --> 00:15:17,416 It's a note, but... 185 00:15:21,916 --> 00:15:22,958 Mouchy? 186 00:15:24,666 --> 00:15:28,291 I couldn't call from the club. I'll explain later. 187 00:15:29,791 --> 00:15:31,083 No Mouchy, I... 188 00:15:31,750 --> 00:15:32,791 What? 189 00:15:33,791 --> 00:15:35,666 He told you what? 190 00:15:36,541 --> 00:15:38,208 Well, that's great! 191 00:15:40,125 --> 00:15:42,041 Doesn't sound like Charles. 192 00:15:42,333 --> 00:15:44,833 No, I can't speak to him now. 193 00:15:45,333 --> 00:15:49,458 Who did you say would be well rid of you when you're in hospital? 194 00:15:51,208 --> 00:15:53,250 Does she say where they went? 195 00:15:58,041 --> 00:16:00,000 Didn't she say why? 196 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,041 Yes. 197 00:16:05,791 --> 00:16:08,000 She found a photo... 198 00:16:09,416 --> 00:16:11,791 The one of me with that old bird. 199 00:16:12,916 --> 00:16:14,083 Naked? 200 00:16:16,333 --> 00:16:18,333 No, in a nightclub. 201 00:16:27,625 --> 00:16:29,000 My kids... 202 00:16:31,291 --> 00:16:32,791 What did he say? 203 00:16:33,250 --> 00:16:35,000 My kids... 204 00:16:35,250 --> 00:16:36,916 You said they were stupid. 205 00:16:37,083 --> 00:16:40,750 He only said that because he was tired. 206 00:16:41,291 --> 00:16:42,958 He adored his children. 207 00:16:43,125 --> 00:16:44,875 I don't believe it. 208 00:16:45,083 --> 00:16:47,333 Shit, I don't believe it! 209 00:17:04,875 --> 00:17:07,250 I've cut myself. What a pillock! 210 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:21,750 Maybe the kids are at school. 211 00:17:21,916 --> 00:17:24,250 No, it's the Whitsun holidays. 212 00:17:27,250 --> 00:17:28,291 Marie-Ange... 213 00:17:29,291 --> 00:17:30,416 She'll come back. 214 00:17:30,666 --> 00:17:33,625 Don't you believe it. They never come back. 215 00:17:33,791 --> 00:17:36,708 A woman leaves you after 15 years of marriage. 216 00:17:36,875 --> 00:17:39,625 Before you know it you're a stranger to her. 217 00:17:39,791 --> 00:17:40,791 It depends. 218 00:17:41,166 --> 00:17:44,333 Bouly has been overdoing it for the last few years. 219 00:17:44,541 --> 00:17:46,458 But supposing, for example, 220 00:17:46,708 --> 00:17:50,000 a chap has a one-off dinner with another woman. 221 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,958 Maybe they start an affair, maybe not. 222 00:17:55,083 --> 00:17:59,000 His wife doesn't just take off with the furniture and kids. 223 00:17:59,125 --> 00:18:01,708 Yes! They're capable of anything. 224 00:18:10,750 --> 00:18:13,291 - What about Mrs Luberon? - Same. 225 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:14,791 Who's that? 226 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 This was while you were in Iran. 227 00:18:17,166 --> 00:18:20,666 The wife of the professor. His boss! 228 00:18:21,416 --> 00:18:23,416 I can only see her nights. 229 00:18:23,625 --> 00:18:26,541 Even then only when the professor's called out! 230 00:18:26,791 --> 00:18:30,000 Depends on the seriousness of the operation. 231 00:18:30,125 --> 00:18:32,750 If it's appendicitis I don't bother. 232 00:18:32,916 --> 00:18:36,208 But let's say it's peritonitis... 233 00:18:37,041 --> 00:18:39,041 Then she calls me. 234 00:18:40,416 --> 00:18:44,166 It's a 25-minute round trip in a car. 235 00:18:45,250 --> 00:18:49,333 So by the time he's carefully washed his hands, 236 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:51,333 slipped on the gloves... 237 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:53,916 "Hi, babe. He's got two legs to amputate." 238 00:18:54,083 --> 00:18:56,083 "Don't move, I'm on my way!" 239 00:19:00,375 --> 00:19:02,416 Dr Simon Messina General Practitioner 240 00:19:13,083 --> 00:19:15,250 Will you be in this afternoon? 241 00:19:15,416 --> 00:19:17,500 Yes, I'm consulting. 242 00:19:17,708 --> 00:19:19,708 - Can I drop by? - What's wrong? 243 00:19:19,875 --> 00:19:22,166 I wanted to ask a favour of you. 244 00:19:22,333 --> 00:19:24,791 But it's... personal. 245 00:19:25,791 --> 00:19:29,541 Do you mind hurrying up? I have to get the car back by 3. 246 00:19:47,791 --> 00:19:48,833 Jean! 247 00:19:49,333 --> 00:19:51,875 - Is the customer here for the Rolls? - Not yet. 248 00:19:52,041 --> 00:19:53,291 I'll wait... 249 00:20:14,375 --> 00:20:17,500 That afternoon I was back at work as is only natural 250 00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:20,541 for a man whose destiny is suddenly shaken. 251 00:20:21,833 --> 00:20:26,833 I was perfectly aware that I was planning for the first time 252 00:20:27,041 --> 00:20:30,375 to betray Marthe and the thought of it appalled me. 253 00:20:30,958 --> 00:20:33,125 The stares from colleagues, 254 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:35,625 oblivious to the drama now unfolding, 255 00:20:35,833 --> 00:20:39,083 devoted to their stupid work, nevertheless pierced me. 256 00:20:40,208 --> 00:20:42,250 I interpreted them as disapproval. 257 00:20:42,416 --> 00:20:45,833 Although challenging a society whose morality I respected, 258 00:20:46,041 --> 00:20:48,416 I must confess that the young lady in red 259 00:20:48,583 --> 00:20:51,041 had set my conscience ablaze... 260 00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:19,083 Now that's enough, Lucien! I've had it up to here! 261 00:21:19,291 --> 00:21:21,208 Why won't you answer my letters? 262 00:21:21,416 --> 00:21:23,375 What letters? I didn't get them. 263 00:21:23,625 --> 00:21:26,875 I've never heard of 14 letters going astray before. 264 00:21:27,041 --> 00:21:29,000 - Lucien! - I love your breasts. 265 00:21:29,125 --> 00:21:31,875 - I can't live without them. - My breasts? 266 00:21:32,083 --> 00:21:35,958 I saw them in the window when I gave Fats Waller to Delphine. 267 00:21:36,083 --> 00:21:37,916 - The window? - Of your room. 268 00:21:38,083 --> 00:21:40,375 I love your breasts. Especially the left one. 269 00:21:40,583 --> 00:21:43,708 - I'll tell your parents! - I already did. 270 00:21:43,916 --> 00:21:46,833 I said I was going to marry a married woman. 271 00:21:48,875 --> 00:21:50,916 You're completely crazy! 272 00:21:52,375 --> 00:21:53,458 What did they say? 273 00:21:53,666 --> 00:21:56,416 The old fools can't accept it. 274 00:21:56,583 --> 00:21:59,500 But we don't need their permission, my love. 275 00:22:03,791 --> 00:22:06,250 Simon, you're the only man I can ask. 276 00:22:08,166 --> 00:22:11,333 What are you going to say back to me? 277 00:22:12,291 --> 00:22:15,250 "Can't you sort it out, Deschanel?" 278 00:22:15,416 --> 00:22:19,541 "Do you want me to come over? Deschanel, you're a nuisance." 279 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:21,000 Who's Deschanel? 280 00:22:21,125 --> 00:22:24,000 A chap who works with me at the Ministry. 281 00:22:24,125 --> 00:22:27,708 Come on... Goodbye, doctor. And thanks. 282 00:22:33,541 --> 00:22:36,583 At nine. Don't do anything stupid. 283 00:22:38,083 --> 00:22:39,625 Will you be home? 284 00:22:39,833 --> 00:22:43,083 Daniel and I are taking Bouly out. Without you it seems. 285 00:22:43,208 --> 00:22:44,083 Mr Daoud... 286 00:22:49,625 --> 00:22:52,583 Come in, Mr Jouglen. I'll see you right away. 287 00:22:58,125 --> 00:23:00,041 Is it another woman? 288 00:23:00,166 --> 00:23:01,833 Are you mad? 289 00:23:02,250 --> 00:23:03,916 Political? 290 00:23:04,458 --> 00:23:06,000 Goodbye, dear boy. 291 00:23:09,458 --> 00:23:11,916 Did you get the results? 292 00:23:15,291 --> 00:23:16,375 Thanks. 293 00:23:16,541 --> 00:23:19,333 Didn't the lab call you about them? 294 00:23:20,250 --> 00:23:21,291 No. 295 00:23:22,583 --> 00:23:24,208 That's not right. 296 00:23:24,791 --> 00:23:26,291 No, it isn't right. 297 00:23:27,208 --> 00:23:28,250 Well? 298 00:23:30,666 --> 00:23:33,250 Last time I came, you frightened me. 299 00:23:37,208 --> 00:23:39,625 - What's wrong? - Nothing. 300 00:23:39,791 --> 00:23:41,875 So why did you go... 301 00:23:44,916 --> 00:23:48,250 Call the lab and make sure they haven't made a mistake 302 00:23:48,416 --> 00:23:52,541 with Mr Jouglen's triglyceride and cholesterol levels. 303 00:23:52,833 --> 00:23:54,875 Because if they're correct... 304 00:24:00,791 --> 00:24:03,916 I don't know what's wrong with me. It really throbs. 305 00:24:05,166 --> 00:24:07,791 Maybe I've pulled a muscle. 306 00:24:08,125 --> 00:24:09,250 It's hellish! 307 00:24:11,541 --> 00:24:15,833 Barney Bigard on the clarinet, Cozy Cole on drums. 308 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,958 Not Cozy Cole. Gene Krupa on drums. 309 00:24:19,083 --> 00:24:22,416 Bet you anything you like. That's Cozy Cole's sound. 310 00:24:22,583 --> 00:24:24,666 Recorded April 20, 1950. 311 00:24:24,833 --> 00:24:27,833 Gene Krupa left Benny Goodman in '39... 312 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,458 You're so annoying with your clarinets! 313 00:24:30,666 --> 00:24:33,416 Lucien, get off my bed. I've got work to do. 314 00:24:33,625 --> 00:24:35,708 In bed? No wonder you're crap. 315 00:24:35,916 --> 00:24:38,666 Yeah, right. Now get out. 316 00:24:40,583 --> 00:24:42,208 Got a cigarette, Lucien? 317 00:24:42,375 --> 00:24:45,083 Stop pretending you smoke. You do it wrong. 318 00:24:45,250 --> 00:24:47,291 She can't exhale through her nose. 319 00:24:47,458 --> 00:24:50,750 I've given up smoking. It stops you getting a tan. 320 00:24:50,916 --> 00:24:53,083 What the hell do you care? 321 00:24:53,333 --> 00:24:55,916 I'm taking care of my body. 322 00:24:56,250 --> 00:24:58,666 - Haven't you got your keys? - Yes but... 323 00:25:00,083 --> 00:25:02,125 Didn't they come about the lift? 324 00:25:02,291 --> 00:25:04,500 I always take the stairs. ls it broken? 325 00:25:04,708 --> 00:25:06,458 It doesn't stop at our floor. 326 00:25:06,708 --> 00:25:09,833 You have to go to the top then walk down. 327 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:13,541 Hello, Lucien. 328 00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:16,458 Delphine tells me you've been accepted.That's great! 329 00:25:16,708 --> 00:25:18,916 - How old are you? - 17. 330 00:25:19,208 --> 00:25:21,958 I'm really motivated this year. 331 00:25:23,416 --> 00:25:24,916 What time are we going? 332 00:25:25,083 --> 00:25:26,916 - Where? - To the movies. 333 00:25:27,833 --> 00:25:29,666 We'll have to cancel, love. 334 00:25:29,833 --> 00:25:33,166 I've been lumbered with this. I have to go out again. 335 00:25:33,750 --> 00:25:34,791 Naturally! 336 00:25:35,083 --> 00:25:37,083 And don't make that face. 337 00:25:37,250 --> 00:25:39,458 I'm in a bad mood as it is! 338 00:25:40,583 --> 00:25:43,333 I wanted to talk to you about... 339 00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:44,708 Hello, everyone. 340 00:25:46,041 --> 00:25:49,125 A contract isn't just a professional commitment. 341 00:25:49,291 --> 00:25:52,208 Today, I wanted to discuss a case... 342 00:25:56,666 --> 00:25:58,083 Hi, old fella. 343 00:25:58,541 --> 00:26:00,250 Fetch me a beer, would you? 344 00:26:00,416 --> 00:26:03,083 Can it wait till I've put my stuff down? 345 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:05,000 Thanks awfully. 346 00:26:14,375 --> 00:26:15,416 Well! 347 00:26:16,125 --> 00:26:18,458 Going through my pockets now? 348 00:26:18,708 --> 00:26:20,875 I need 1,000 francs for Catulle. 349 00:26:21,083 --> 00:26:23,083 - With the hair? - That's him. 350 00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:26,916 I think they need more drinks. 351 00:26:31,125 --> 00:26:34,083 - What's wrong? - Nothing, nothing. 352 00:26:35,333 --> 00:26:36,416 Nothing. 353 00:26:37,083 --> 00:26:40,125 I was just leaving. With Deschanel. 354 00:26:40,291 --> 00:26:43,208 Who should I meet in the lift? Old beady-eyes. 355 00:26:43,375 --> 00:26:46,208 "Hello, Minister." "Hello, Dorsay." 356 00:26:46,375 --> 00:26:50,166 "Going home? Good. Go through this with a toothcomb." 357 00:26:50,750 --> 00:26:53,666 The way he talks! Treats me like his lackey! 358 00:26:53,833 --> 00:26:56,833 The one night you were taking the girls out. 359 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,833 Tell me about it! I feel awful. 360 00:27:00,250 --> 00:27:02,083 Will it take long? 361 00:27:02,250 --> 00:27:06,083 Oh no! I have to read 600 pages and pick out 12. 362 00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:09,625 I've delegated half of them to Deschanel. 363 00:27:09,791 --> 00:27:12,666 Let's just hope Deschanel can manage. 364 00:27:14,791 --> 00:27:18,083 - Fancy a drink? - Yes. Maybe. 365 00:27:19,750 --> 00:27:22,041 No, right now I'm... 366 00:27:24,833 --> 00:27:26,083 worn out. 367 00:27:26,333 --> 00:27:29,916 - Who fancies a movie? - No-one! Let's go to my place. 368 00:27:30,125 --> 00:27:31,416 I can't... 369 00:28:08,916 --> 00:28:10,791 Why are you shaving? 370 00:28:15,416 --> 00:28:17,291 Why am I shaving? 371 00:28:22,875 --> 00:28:24,458 What's all this? 372 00:28:24,666 --> 00:28:28,500 What? Well, it's Bouly's kid. 373 00:28:29,125 --> 00:28:31,500 I know that but what's he doing here? 374 00:28:33,291 --> 00:28:37,208 Haven't you... heard? 375 00:28:49,416 --> 00:28:51,291 I was asking you where she is. 376 00:28:51,458 --> 00:28:53,541 I understood. But I don't know. 377 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:55,541 I swear. 378 00:29:07,416 --> 00:29:10,083 - Gentlemen... - What'll you have, Andre? 379 00:29:10,208 --> 00:29:11,708 A pastis. 380 00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:13,083 Two pastis. 381 00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:15,208 Rene! 382 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:19,208 I feel good. 383 00:29:26,166 --> 00:29:27,750 I'll be right back... 384 00:29:28,125 --> 00:29:30,083 Want one? What was that? 385 00:29:30,250 --> 00:29:32,666 Nothing, sir. I'll get you a Ricard. 386 00:29:35,083 --> 00:29:37,791 - Rene! - He'll be right back. 387 00:29:39,958 --> 00:29:41,000 Rene! 388 00:29:49,541 --> 00:29:51,375 - Enjoying it? - Oh, yes! 389 00:29:56,541 --> 00:29:58,041 What a prick! 390 00:29:58,208 --> 00:29:59,416 Where's Rene? 391 00:30:01,333 --> 00:30:02,416 Not this way! 392 00:30:02,666 --> 00:30:03,916 Not this way! 393 00:30:04,250 --> 00:30:06,208 Please, follow me. 394 00:30:06,666 --> 00:30:08,791 There's a table in the corner. 395 00:30:08,958 --> 00:30:10,416 I want Rene. 396 00:30:12,375 --> 00:30:14,000 What's this? Rene! 397 00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:17,000 Where's Rene? 398 00:30:17,666 --> 00:30:19,500 He's so stupid. 399 00:30:19,708 --> 00:30:21,625 Maybe but it's funny! 400 00:30:30,791 --> 00:30:32,083 I'd better get back. 401 00:30:36,708 --> 00:30:38,250 Well, Andre? 402 00:30:39,083 --> 00:30:41,500 There you are. Why did you leave me? 403 00:30:41,708 --> 00:30:43,458 Don't ever leave me. 404 00:30:44,041 --> 00:30:45,708 Come on, let's go. 405 00:30:49,083 --> 00:30:51,166 You'll have to excuse him, he's... 406 00:31:06,125 --> 00:31:08,166 You know, you're crazy! 407 00:31:09,083 --> 00:31:11,833 It was better last time at La Coupole. 408 00:31:14,083 --> 00:31:17,000 I prefer telephone tricks. Nobody sees you. 409 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:24,750 I called her family in Arcachon. They don't know where she is. 410 00:31:24,916 --> 00:31:28,708 - Don't think about it. - I can't help it. 411 00:31:28,875 --> 00:31:33,083 Want me to play the cop? Just give me a policeman's helmet. 412 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:36,875 Thanks, it's nice of you but... 413 00:31:37,041 --> 00:31:39,166 Come on, let's go to a brothel. 414 00:31:39,791 --> 00:31:41,875 It's not as if we know of any. 415 00:31:42,250 --> 00:31:43,458 Bedtime! 416 00:31:44,833 --> 00:31:48,083 Mummy will come for you in the morning. 417 00:31:49,666 --> 00:31:51,166 Goodnight, little man. 418 00:31:51,666 --> 00:31:54,875 I hear you do lousy smashes at tennis! 419 00:31:55,041 --> 00:31:56,375 What did he say? 420 00:31:56,833 --> 00:31:57,791 Nothing. 421 00:31:59,750 --> 00:32:01,916 Best get some sleep. It's late. 422 00:32:02,291 --> 00:32:05,166 Apparently, you always want to smash 423 00:32:05,416 --> 00:32:07,750 but you're awful at it. 424 00:32:07,916 --> 00:32:09,375 Who told you that? 425 00:32:09,708 --> 00:32:13,208 My dad. He can beat you any time. 426 00:32:13,708 --> 00:32:16,291 Ridiculous! Give him a kiss. 427 00:32:20,083 --> 00:32:21,083 Creep! 428 00:32:22,875 --> 00:32:23,916 Great! 429 00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:27,708 She takes off after 13 years and we get the ugly one! 430 00:32:27,875 --> 00:32:32,250 Look, she asked me to have him for one night. What could I say? 431 00:32:32,458 --> 00:32:34,666 - What do we tell Bouly? - Nothing! 432 00:32:34,875 --> 00:32:37,125 She forbids it. So do I. 433 00:32:37,333 --> 00:32:39,791 You too? Does she need a manager now? 434 00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:42,083 She doesn't need anyone. 435 00:32:42,750 --> 00:32:44,333 Especially not him. 436 00:32:46,416 --> 00:32:48,333 The guy's a bastard. 437 00:32:48,708 --> 00:32:52,416 It's been going on for ages. If I were her, I'd... 438 00:32:52,916 --> 00:32:54,041 You'd what? 439 00:32:56,583 --> 00:32:58,666 I warn you, Etienne... 440 00:32:59,166 --> 00:33:03,541 were anything to happen to us, there'd be no holds barred. 441 00:33:04,916 --> 00:33:07,083 Anyway, let's not... 442 00:33:08,125 --> 00:33:10,750 Yes, let's! Since we've started... 443 00:33:13,083 --> 00:33:15,041 You have to protect me. 444 00:33:15,166 --> 00:33:19,458 I may look strong but you know that deep down I'm... 445 00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:25,250 - Not all the time. - Why are you telling me this? 446 00:33:25,416 --> 00:33:28,208 - Because you asked. - Look, Marthe... 447 00:33:28,375 --> 00:33:30,583 - Now where is it? - What? 448 00:33:33,250 --> 00:33:36,833 Are you off your rocker? Who gave you that? 449 00:33:37,250 --> 00:33:39,833 - Mum. Ages ago. - When? 450 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,208 When she moved. She gives her kids everything. 451 00:33:44,666 --> 00:33:46,291 What if you'd shot me? 452 00:33:47,083 --> 00:33:50,083 I wouldn't have, since you wouldn't hurt me. 453 00:33:50,416 --> 00:33:51,666 You're not Bouly. 454 00:33:52,458 --> 00:33:56,791 Guess what he did to Marie-Ange last Thursday, right in front of me. 455 00:33:57,416 --> 00:33:59,291 The secretary calls at ten 456 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:01,916 to say he's working late at the office. 457 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:06,583 He did that? Do such ruses still work? 458 00:34:06,833 --> 00:34:08,958 That's just it, they don't. 459 00:34:09,083 --> 00:34:10,333 What was that bang? 460 00:34:10,541 --> 00:34:12,125 Nothing. 461 00:34:13,333 --> 00:34:15,083 You could have knocked. 462 00:34:15,375 --> 00:34:16,958 The door was open. 463 00:34:17,125 --> 00:34:20,208 Right, I'll get back to work. 464 00:34:20,791 --> 00:34:23,125 Will you go to sleep! 465 00:34:23,916 --> 00:34:26,000 Instead of patrolling the hallways! 466 00:34:26,125 --> 00:34:27,541 It's too early. 467 00:34:27,791 --> 00:34:29,375 What time is it? 468 00:34:37,458 --> 00:34:39,625 Yes... Deschanel! 469 00:34:51,708 --> 00:34:52,833 What? 470 00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:58,291 What's wrong with you? Calling me at home! 471 00:34:59,125 --> 00:35:01,958 I told you... I told you! 472 00:35:02,708 --> 00:35:05,000 I said nothing of the sort! 473 00:35:06,166 --> 00:35:08,166 No. I don't want to go out! 474 00:35:10,291 --> 00:35:12,458 No, Deschanel. I'm not going out! 475 00:35:13,041 --> 00:35:15,083 No, Deschanel... 476 00:35:15,208 --> 00:35:18,875 Right. Goodbye. My regards to Maude. 477 00:35:20,458 --> 00:35:22,750 That really takes the biscuit! 478 00:35:32,291 --> 00:35:35,458 What's the matter now? 479 00:35:36,750 --> 00:35:39,916 This is stupid. Shake hands. 480 00:36:14,083 --> 00:36:16,750 You're sure it's a haemorrhage? 481 00:36:17,125 --> 00:36:18,916 I'm on my way, sugar. 482 00:36:28,250 --> 00:36:29,708 Where are you going? 483 00:36:30,958 --> 00:36:34,000 Never you mind. Won't be long. 484 00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:36,000 It's twenty past one. 485 00:36:36,541 --> 00:36:39,125 Who called? Was it Marie-Ange? 486 00:38:07,833 --> 00:38:09,333 Esperanza! 487 00:38:09,625 --> 00:38:12,125 - Hello, Mrs Esperanza. - Hello, Mr Deschanel. 488 00:38:12,291 --> 00:38:13,333 Hello, Dorsay. 489 00:38:15,375 --> 00:38:17,166 Incidentally... 490 00:38:17,375 --> 00:38:20,708 Shouldn't that list for Mauritania be here by now? 491 00:38:20,875 --> 00:38:23,708 The photocopier's broken down. But I've got it. 492 00:38:23,875 --> 00:38:26,041 Oh no, I don't have the time. 493 00:38:29,916 --> 00:38:31,625 Thank you, Mr Deschanel. 494 00:38:31,958 --> 00:38:33,541 Hey, Esperanza, 495 00:38:33,750 --> 00:38:36,750 what did they say at your medical last month? 496 00:38:36,916 --> 00:38:39,125 Hurry, we're starting 15 minutes early. 497 00:38:39,291 --> 00:38:43,375 Why 15 minutes early? They never tell me anything! 498 00:39:12,750 --> 00:39:15,666 It's like an oven in there. No air-conditioning. 499 00:39:15,833 --> 00:39:18,833 If anyone can explain why, drop us a line. 500 00:39:20,916 --> 00:39:24,041 - What's that? - The mock-up for the loan campaign. 501 00:39:27,750 --> 00:39:28,916 Who's that? 502 00:39:29,458 --> 00:39:30,583 Who? 503 00:39:35,458 --> 00:39:36,500 Her. 504 00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:39,750 Ask the minister. He found her. 505 00:39:40,333 --> 00:39:41,916 Where? 506 00:39:42,083 --> 00:39:45,083 On a horse in Saint-Germain. He goes every Thursday. 507 00:39:45,208 --> 00:39:49,791 And what did old beady-eyes spot galloping through the mist? 508 00:39:50,666 --> 00:39:51,833 Money! 509 00:39:53,916 --> 00:39:54,958 She isn't... 510 00:39:56,083 --> 00:39:57,125 No. 511 00:40:10,083 --> 00:40:11,125 Next day... 512 00:40:11,291 --> 00:40:13,041 Hello, godmother. 513 00:40:13,791 --> 00:40:16,291 It was Thursday. Braving Marthe's questions, 514 00:40:16,458 --> 00:40:20,500 I removed my riding boots from the bag which had been their home 515 00:40:20,750 --> 00:40:24,208 since 1958, the year of De Gaulle's return to power, 516 00:40:24,375 --> 00:40:28,083 although the two events were entirely unconnected. 517 00:40:30,291 --> 00:40:31,958 That summer on lle d'Oleron, 518 00:40:32,125 --> 00:40:34,166 having been trained by enthusiasts, 519 00:40:34,375 --> 00:40:37,041 my riding activities were curtailed 520 00:40:37,208 --> 00:40:40,750 by a falling-out between horseflesh and my good self. 521 00:40:41,750 --> 00:40:44,541 As Marthe was quick to point out. 522 00:40:46,875 --> 00:40:50,333 I countered tartly that she had gone back to college 523 00:40:50,541 --> 00:40:52,250 20 years after her last failure. 524 00:40:57,041 --> 00:41:00,583 Then I kissed her, censuring myself for my fit of anger. 525 00:41:08,333 --> 00:41:12,416 Thus attired, I sallied forth on the arm of my godmother 526 00:41:12,666 --> 00:41:15,833 with whom I lunched or dined alone 527 00:41:16,041 --> 00:41:18,000 every Thursday of my life. 528 00:41:18,666 --> 00:41:20,666 I gave no backward glance 529 00:41:20,833 --> 00:41:23,958 but I could feel Marthe's eyes following me closely. 530 00:41:24,166 --> 00:41:26,541 She was still puzzled... 531 00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:30,708 As was the horse that had to contend with me. 532 00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:42,208 I set off at a sedate pace 533 00:41:42,375 --> 00:41:45,083 so that my mount would stay the distance. 534 00:41:46,291 --> 00:41:48,083 But its happy-go-lucky nature 535 00:41:48,291 --> 00:41:50,583 soon led me astray. 536 00:41:52,083 --> 00:41:53,916 And thus did it dawn on me that, 537 00:41:54,083 --> 00:41:55,666 desirable as women are, 538 00:41:55,875 --> 00:41:59,750 horses are high and forests deep... 539 00:42:01,250 --> 00:42:02,958 It's personal. 540 00:42:05,958 --> 00:42:08,375 Would you like to make peace? 541 00:42:09,541 --> 00:42:11,666 What do you mean, "Who's that"? 542 00:42:12,041 --> 00:42:15,875 Someone who had supper alone. At the Recamier. 543 00:42:17,166 --> 00:42:19,000 Rue Recamier. 544 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,250 Is that you? 545 00:42:22,250 --> 00:42:25,875 It is you. My mother had an attack at about 8 pm. 546 00:42:26,041 --> 00:42:28,666 I spent the night at Ambroise Pare. 547 00:42:28,833 --> 00:42:31,375 Obviously you had no way of knowing. 548 00:42:31,541 --> 00:42:33,875 Much better, thank you. 549 00:42:34,875 --> 00:42:36,583 She's up and about. 550 00:42:37,708 --> 00:42:39,458 Do you know the Ascot? 551 00:42:39,708 --> 00:42:43,000 An American bar on the Champs-Elysees. 552 00:42:46,083 --> 00:42:47,416 Six o'clock. 553 00:42:49,541 --> 00:42:50,791 You will? 554 00:42:53,416 --> 00:42:56,000 Pavillon du Regent? 555 00:42:56,750 --> 00:43:01,458 I'd like to book a table for two for this evening. 556 00:43:02,416 --> 00:43:05,083 Nine o'clock. 557 00:43:09,416 --> 00:43:10,791 Blomet. 558 00:43:11,666 --> 00:43:13,333 Mr Blomet. 559 00:43:15,458 --> 00:43:19,000 I hear you also have some... 560 00:43:19,125 --> 00:43:21,250 small bungalows. 561 00:43:21,541 --> 00:43:23,916 Now where did I read that? 562 00:43:24,416 --> 00:43:27,916 The girls are out, Lucien. What do you want? 563 00:43:29,666 --> 00:43:31,333 Don't come in, there's no point. 564 00:43:31,625 --> 00:43:33,625 And what's with the skis? 565 00:43:33,791 --> 00:43:37,250 I'm selling them to a friend. We'll need the money. 566 00:43:37,416 --> 00:43:39,708 I told you not to come in! 567 00:43:39,875 --> 00:43:42,208 Have you had a smallpox jab? 568 00:43:42,583 --> 00:43:45,916 Why do you ask? Just leave me alone! 569 00:43:46,083 --> 00:43:48,500 If we go to Mexico with Friends of the Louvre 570 00:43:48,708 --> 00:43:52,000 as I said in my letter, you'll need a jab. 571 00:43:52,875 --> 00:43:56,458 I'm not going to Mexico with you, Lucien! 572 00:43:57,041 --> 00:43:59,916 Otherwise it's southern Morocco. 573 00:44:00,083 --> 00:44:01,916 No... No! 574 00:44:03,833 --> 00:44:06,125 I'm married with children. 575 00:44:06,291 --> 00:44:09,208 To you it may seem stupid and conventional. 576 00:44:09,375 --> 00:44:12,000 - I must say... - That's just the way it is! 577 00:44:12,125 --> 00:44:15,666 You're only 17, I'm 41. Poor fool! 578 00:44:15,875 --> 00:44:18,458 - You know, society... - Go away! 579 00:44:19,083 --> 00:44:21,458 Have you had a smallpox jab? 580 00:44:21,875 --> 00:44:24,375 It's you who's small and poxy! 581 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:33,041 I've been running. It was ringing as I arrived. 582 00:44:33,166 --> 00:44:34,458 No. Go ahead. 583 00:44:36,666 --> 00:44:39,041 Really? At the Ministry or his place? 584 00:44:39,208 --> 00:44:42,791 Don't worry about me. There'll be fifteen of us here 585 00:44:42,958 --> 00:44:45,250 and I don't know how long... What? 586 00:44:45,416 --> 00:44:49,958 You know it wasn't very smart to call me "small and poxy". 587 00:44:50,125 --> 00:44:52,458 You must be unhappy to resort to that. 588 00:44:53,208 --> 00:44:56,000 Why are you giving me all these details? 589 00:44:56,375 --> 00:44:58,708 Because you're explaining everything: 590 00:44:58,916 --> 00:45:02,083 the phone, the Germans, the schedule... 591 00:45:05,291 --> 00:45:06,416 I'll scream. 592 00:45:06,583 --> 00:45:09,041 So will I. You'll be more embarrassed. 593 00:45:09,208 --> 00:45:11,875 You'd better call Simon though. 594 00:45:12,041 --> 00:45:16,041 He's expecting you to dinner. I told him I wasn't free. 595 00:45:16,208 --> 00:45:18,083 I didn't know you were... 596 00:45:20,125 --> 00:45:23,250 Yes. I suppose it's for Bouly's kid. 597 00:45:24,041 --> 00:45:24,958 She came... 598 00:45:25,791 --> 00:45:27,208 How come you're here? 599 00:45:27,375 --> 00:45:31,666 You mother's hairdryer was playing up. It's the fuse. 600 00:46:54,166 --> 00:46:55,833 It worked this summer 601 00:46:56,041 --> 00:46:58,916 when me and Mouchy did the Massif Central. 602 00:46:59,541 --> 00:47:01,333 I won't be cooking souffles... 603 00:47:01,500 --> 00:47:03,000 Mind your backs! 604 00:47:03,375 --> 00:47:06,000 Come on, you scouts. It's ready. 605 00:47:08,125 --> 00:47:10,958 Don't you have anything for stoning olives? 606 00:47:12,083 --> 00:47:15,541 It's all in the bag: plates, bowls... 607 00:47:15,750 --> 00:47:17,166 camping table... 608 00:47:18,208 --> 00:47:20,583 What's that? What time is it? 609 00:47:20,791 --> 00:47:22,500 Come and sit down. 610 00:47:23,208 --> 00:47:24,708 Help yourself. 611 00:47:25,166 --> 00:47:26,791 What was your totem? 612 00:47:26,958 --> 00:47:29,791 Don't wind me up. I was never a scout. 613 00:47:32,875 --> 00:47:35,833 Do you want to know how I stoned the olives? 614 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:41,000 There! 615 00:47:41,958 --> 00:47:43,208 Artistic, isn't it? 616 00:47:43,833 --> 00:47:45,333 You're disgusting. 617 00:47:45,666 --> 00:47:48,250 So you made it. How are you? 618 00:47:48,500 --> 00:47:52,083 Just imagine, that idiot went and... 619 00:47:52,833 --> 00:47:55,250 Anyway, he didn't turn up. 620 00:47:55,916 --> 00:47:57,625 We waited and waited. 621 00:47:57,833 --> 00:48:01,250 To employ a rather bold image, we are but pawns. 622 00:48:01,625 --> 00:48:02,583 Have you eaten? 623 00:48:02,791 --> 00:48:06,458 I hate anyone going through my things! You did it again! 624 00:48:06,666 --> 00:48:07,916 Yes, I did! 625 00:48:09,708 --> 00:48:13,291 My sister advised me to get a bailiff's report. 626 00:48:13,458 --> 00:48:16,083 What does your sister know? 627 00:48:16,208 --> 00:48:19,458 She's going to be a lawyer I'll have you know. 628 00:48:20,916 --> 00:48:23,333 It's nothing to do with bailiffs. 629 00:48:24,958 --> 00:48:28,000 Surely you don't expect her to pay you alimony. 630 00:48:31,625 --> 00:48:34,208 Sorry but he makes me laugh. 631 00:48:36,166 --> 00:48:38,083 Go and have a word with him. 632 00:48:38,250 --> 00:48:39,958 Mouchy, can't you see... 633 00:48:40,125 --> 00:48:44,083 Talk to him, I say! Or would you rather I put the gas on? 634 00:48:44,291 --> 00:48:45,541 Then say so now! 635 00:48:45,791 --> 00:48:48,875 Hello, Etienne. Don't get up. 636 00:48:50,125 --> 00:48:52,041 Hello, my poor Bouly. 637 00:48:53,333 --> 00:48:57,625 Simon told me. You're living alone? I envy you, believe me. 638 00:48:57,833 --> 00:48:59,500 You've had a haircut! 639 00:49:00,083 --> 00:49:01,833 - Want some? - No, thanks. 640 00:49:02,291 --> 00:49:04,875 - Still as beautiful as ever. - Flatterer! 641 00:49:05,166 --> 00:49:07,541 I get a letter. Perfectly innocent. 642 00:49:07,750 --> 00:49:09,458 Nothing improper. 643 00:49:09,666 --> 00:49:12,375 You can read it. A boy I met at some friends'. 644 00:49:12,541 --> 00:49:15,208 It's a free country. He can write, can't he? 645 00:49:15,458 --> 00:49:16,916 Mum! 646 00:49:17,083 --> 00:49:18,041 Well, him... 647 00:49:18,208 --> 00:49:21,083 He makes a fuss! By what right? 648 00:49:21,250 --> 00:49:25,000 I said, "Until we're married, keep your comments to yourself." 649 00:49:25,125 --> 00:49:28,375 - Know what he said? - Why are you telling us this? 650 00:49:28,541 --> 00:49:32,083 If I can't even get a warm welcome at my son's... 651 00:49:32,208 --> 00:49:33,666 You want me out too! 652 00:49:33,875 --> 00:49:37,458 No, but you just turn up like a tornado! 653 00:49:37,666 --> 00:49:40,166 Everything was nice and peaceful... 654 00:49:40,333 --> 00:49:42,958 So you expect me to write before visiting? 655 00:49:43,083 --> 00:49:46,833 I live next door but I need an appointment. Like a patient! 656 00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:51,208 Look at these men here. They're staring at you. 657 00:49:51,416 --> 00:49:53,000 Have you no shame? 658 00:49:53,166 --> 00:49:56,875 No shame! Are you talking to your mother or Mrs Luberon? 659 00:49:57,041 --> 00:49:59,083 - Mrs Luberon? - No shame! 660 00:49:59,208 --> 00:50:01,541 What's Mrs Luberon got to do with it? 661 00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,875 I know what you're up to with Mrs Luberon! 662 00:50:12,541 --> 00:50:16,291 Women liked Simon but they had to like him discretely. 663 00:50:16,458 --> 00:50:18,125 For 35 years he'd had 664 00:50:18,333 --> 00:50:20,083 this love affair with his mother. 665 00:50:20,541 --> 00:50:23,625 She was his sunshine and his bane. 666 00:50:23,833 --> 00:50:27,291 The man who lived with her was called Charles du Tillet. 667 00:50:27,458 --> 00:50:31,083 His playful stoicism commanded our respect. 668 00:50:32,083 --> 00:50:36,666 Mouchy liked to claim he was an "international sports shoe boss". 669 00:50:36,916 --> 00:50:39,458 He looked a lot older than he was. 670 00:50:39,708 --> 00:50:41,625 He had his reasons. 671 00:50:42,791 --> 00:50:46,708 Consumed by problems which, with hindsight, were academic, 672 00:50:46,875 --> 00:50:51,250 my friends failed to realise that, despite my missed rendezvous, 673 00:50:51,625 --> 00:50:56,166 I was setting sail for a strange land populated by just one woman. 674 00:50:56,791 --> 00:51:00,500 In matters equestrian, my progress stuttered somewhat. 675 00:51:00,708 --> 00:51:04,000 Oddly, the animal seemed to sympathise with my predicament, 676 00:51:04,166 --> 00:51:06,958 even keeping lookout behind the locker room 677 00:51:07,083 --> 00:51:11,708 from where - alas! - we saw no sign of a woman in red. 678 00:51:14,083 --> 00:51:18,416 At the Ministry, my sporting development went unnoticed. 679 00:51:19,541 --> 00:51:22,875 Still, Mrs Epseranza's behaviour towards me 680 00:51:23,250 --> 00:51:25,291 remained inexplicably shady. 681 00:51:29,375 --> 00:51:33,041 I was racked by questions I dared not ask her. 682 00:51:33,166 --> 00:51:36,583 The advantage their intuition affords women over men 683 00:51:36,791 --> 00:51:40,666 had maybe alerted her to an intrigue the day I was mad enough 684 00:51:40,875 --> 00:51:44,041 to call the young lady in red in her office. 685 00:51:44,333 --> 00:51:49,083 It all suggested that Mrs Esperanza, a wife and mother, 686 00:51:49,208 --> 00:51:52,125 was siding with Marthe whom she had never met. 687 00:51:54,416 --> 00:51:56,916 Whatever the reason, after much thought, 688 00:51:57,083 --> 00:52:00,125 I opted to ignore her, despite the provocation. 689 00:52:01,958 --> 00:52:05,500 I did suffer, however, a short period of depression... 690 00:52:10,125 --> 00:52:13,291 Come on! Forwards! Hey! 691 00:52:13,458 --> 00:52:15,083 Forwards! Come on! 692 00:52:23,125 --> 00:52:26,333 However futile my search, I was as patient as ever. 693 00:52:26,750 --> 00:52:29,666 But it was taking its toll physically. 694 00:52:29,958 --> 00:52:32,708 Especially as I had to keep up tennis 695 00:52:33,333 --> 00:52:36,083 which Marthe knew I was so keen on. 696 00:52:39,166 --> 00:52:42,500 Nevertheless, I likened my predicament to happiness 697 00:52:42,833 --> 00:52:45,416 when compared to the misfortune of a friend 698 00:52:45,666 --> 00:52:48,000 who always put on a brave face for us 699 00:52:48,166 --> 00:52:49,666 despite his anxiety. 700 00:52:50,583 --> 00:52:52,458 Marie-Ange had vanished. 701 00:52:52,791 --> 00:52:54,916 Bouly was camping out at home 702 00:52:55,083 --> 00:52:57,750 with the equipment lent to him by Simon. 703 00:52:58,083 --> 00:53:02,000 As for myself, just as hope was slipping away, 704 00:53:02,458 --> 00:53:04,541 my life became a fairytale... 705 00:53:47,416 --> 00:53:49,833 Whoa, Morning Glory! 706 00:54:06,833 --> 00:54:09,875 He's exquisite. I know horses. 707 00:54:10,041 --> 00:54:14,125 I'd seen him many times in his stall and he... 708 00:54:14,916 --> 00:54:18,083 He's... Whoa! He's... 709 00:54:18,250 --> 00:54:19,791 He's superb. 710 00:54:19,958 --> 00:54:22,000 Yes, she is beautiful. 711 00:54:37,708 --> 00:54:39,750 We've met before. 712 00:54:42,333 --> 00:54:43,791 Let me see... 713 00:54:44,333 --> 00:54:46,708 The Ministry when I signed my contract. 714 00:54:46,875 --> 00:54:48,333 Are you sure? 715 00:54:49,250 --> 00:54:50,291 Do you ride often? 716 00:54:50,458 --> 00:54:52,708 Every day for years now. And you? 717 00:54:52,875 --> 00:54:55,291 No, only for the last 4 or 5 years. 718 00:54:55,458 --> 00:54:58,083 Then you must have started as a kid. 719 00:55:03,625 --> 00:55:07,916 About the other night. It was cruel, but well played. 720 00:55:08,833 --> 00:55:10,375 The other night? 721 00:55:10,583 --> 00:55:11,916 All right... 722 00:55:13,291 --> 00:55:14,708 Oh, my whip! 723 00:55:18,208 --> 00:55:19,875 Apologise, Morning Glory. 724 00:55:20,083 --> 00:55:22,375 When a horse is stupid... 725 00:55:42,916 --> 00:55:44,916 Careful, Morning Glory! 726 00:55:46,083 --> 00:55:48,083 - Thanks. - You're welcome. 727 00:55:54,166 --> 00:55:55,750 Now keep still. 728 00:56:04,083 --> 00:56:05,375 You forgot that! 729 00:56:07,375 --> 00:56:08,416 Sorry? 730 00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:32,291 Excuse me. 731 00:56:46,958 --> 00:56:48,666 - Well then? - About time! 732 00:56:48,833 --> 00:56:50,666 Hey, don't rush! 733 00:56:50,833 --> 00:56:53,416 - Sorry. I had a puncture. - Again? 734 00:56:53,625 --> 00:56:55,416 Your phone was engaged. 735 00:56:55,625 --> 00:56:57,500 Change your tune or your tires. 736 00:56:57,750 --> 00:57:01,208 - Did a bird bite your knees? - No. Don't you believe me? 737 00:57:01,375 --> 00:57:02,916 - No. - Who plays with who? 738 00:57:03,083 --> 00:57:04,416 This is the decider. 739 00:57:04,583 --> 00:57:06,958 Simon is serving. Come on! 740 00:57:07,083 --> 00:57:09,625 Just a minute! Let him warm up. 741 00:57:09,791 --> 00:57:11,416 He'll warm up as he plays. 742 00:57:11,625 --> 00:57:13,958 Give us a break, will you? 743 00:57:15,125 --> 00:57:16,708 Come on, serve! 744 00:57:18,083 --> 00:57:19,541 I've located the kids. 745 00:57:20,208 --> 00:57:22,083 What? And you just say it... 746 00:57:22,250 --> 00:57:24,333 I could hardly sing it. 747 00:57:24,500 --> 00:57:26,666 - Where? - With their uncle in Dunkirk. 748 00:57:27,708 --> 00:57:30,125 We're not even allowed to warm up. 749 00:57:30,333 --> 00:57:33,166 - And Marie-Ange? - Still underground. 750 00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:37,041 Ready? 751 00:57:37,250 --> 00:57:39,458 If she comes back, do I thrash her? 752 00:57:40,083 --> 00:57:42,750 I think that's up to you to... 753 00:57:43,041 --> 00:57:45,625 Simon! Don't let me interrupt you. 754 00:57:45,833 --> 00:57:48,041 Carry on playing, boys. 755 00:57:48,166 --> 00:57:51,291 Play, Bouly. I just want a word with Simon. 756 00:57:51,625 --> 00:57:53,083 Simon, come here. 757 00:57:53,208 --> 00:57:56,250 - What's with all the fur coats? - I'm leaving. 758 00:57:56,541 --> 00:57:59,541 Do you know what he said? And he woke me, too. 759 00:57:59,750 --> 00:58:01,750 Guess! No hints. 760 00:58:01,958 --> 00:58:04,291 I don't know. Don't tell me this here! 761 00:58:04,500 --> 00:58:07,083 Where then? This morning, that madwoman 762 00:58:07,291 --> 00:58:09,916 stopped me going into your office. 763 00:58:10,083 --> 00:58:11,083 Mrs Paquet? 764 00:58:11,291 --> 00:58:13,291 But I was with Mr Simoni! 765 00:58:13,458 --> 00:58:17,333 You lock yourself up with him when your mum's suicidal? 766 00:58:17,500 --> 00:58:20,875 - Mum! - There's nothing wrong with him. 767 00:58:21,041 --> 00:58:25,250 Nothing wrong? Shall I show you his X-rays? 768 00:58:25,416 --> 00:58:28,041 Nothing at all. Ask Mrs Paquet! 769 00:58:28,166 --> 00:58:31,041 But he pays you, so he can just stroll in. 770 00:58:31,166 --> 00:58:34,750 Do I have to pay money to see you? How much? 771 00:58:34,916 --> 00:58:37,708 Stop it! Stop it! 772 00:58:37,916 --> 00:58:41,666 Simon, don't use that tone of voice. I'm still your mother! 773 00:58:41,833 --> 00:58:44,166 I can slap you in front of your friends! 774 00:58:44,333 --> 00:58:48,250 What have I done to deserve this? Mum, must you? 775 00:58:48,458 --> 00:58:50,916 Goodbye, Etienne. Goodbye or farewell! 776 00:58:51,083 --> 00:58:53,666 Farewell, Bouly. I've no time for your news. 777 00:58:53,833 --> 00:58:55,541 But where is she going? 778 00:58:55,750 --> 00:58:58,041 Don't worry, I'm leaving no address. 779 00:58:58,166 --> 00:58:59,625 You'll save on stamps! 780 00:58:59,833 --> 00:59:01,916 Stop it... Stop it! 781 00:59:09,291 --> 00:59:10,291 Goodbye. 782 00:59:10,875 --> 00:59:12,708 See you tomorrow, Pintard. 783 00:59:13,541 --> 00:59:15,208 Goodbye, Delpech. 784 00:59:37,041 --> 00:59:39,375 Dorsay! Just the man I... 785 00:59:58,916 --> 01:00:01,416 I came to return your earring. 786 01:00:01,833 --> 01:00:03,208 My What? 787 01:00:03,375 --> 01:00:06,708 I picked it up when your horse had convulsions. 788 01:00:09,875 --> 01:00:11,333 Yes. But... 789 01:00:12,791 --> 01:00:16,083 It isn't mine. I can't imagine where... No. 790 01:00:17,083 --> 01:00:18,166 What else? 791 01:00:18,458 --> 01:00:19,625 Nothing. 792 01:00:20,958 --> 01:00:22,083 Dinner? 793 01:00:22,541 --> 01:00:23,708 - No. - Tomorrow. 794 01:00:23,916 --> 01:00:26,000 I know a Chinese restaurant. 795 01:00:26,166 --> 01:00:27,666 Lunch? 796 01:00:28,291 --> 01:00:31,875 I'm not free for lunch tomorrow. Nor dinner. 797 01:00:32,125 --> 01:00:33,916 How about tea-time? 798 01:00:34,791 --> 01:00:36,000 You're drenched. 799 01:00:36,166 --> 01:00:37,958 And your tone is a bit dry. 800 01:00:39,833 --> 01:00:41,166 Why? 801 01:00:44,041 --> 01:00:45,375 I'm flustered. 802 01:00:46,416 --> 01:00:47,541 I'm sorry. 803 01:00:48,875 --> 01:00:50,666 You were taken in, there! 804 01:00:53,375 --> 01:00:55,666 - Well... I'm late. - No! 805 01:00:55,875 --> 01:00:57,083 Absolutely not! 806 01:00:57,250 --> 01:01:00,500 - That's just not possible! - What's not possible? 807 01:01:00,708 --> 01:01:03,083 I was about to say something. 808 01:01:03,291 --> 01:01:04,958 Your name, perchance? 809 01:01:06,041 --> 01:01:07,625 Etienne Dorsay. 810 01:01:08,666 --> 01:01:10,708 How old are you? 40? 811 01:01:10,875 --> 01:01:12,250 40-odd. 812 01:01:13,041 --> 01:01:14,916 Tomorrow, 4.30 at La Rhumerie. 813 01:01:15,083 --> 01:01:18,125 - Martinique? - Yes. Will you be there? 814 01:01:21,291 --> 01:01:22,708 I should think so! 815 01:01:37,541 --> 01:01:40,083 The lift still hasn't been repaired. 816 01:01:40,250 --> 01:01:41,833 Hi, kids. 817 01:01:42,250 --> 01:01:43,833 Hi, old fella. 818 01:01:45,083 --> 01:01:47,916 - Fall in some water? - Water fell on me. 819 01:01:48,083 --> 01:01:50,166 Have you seen the weather? 820 01:01:50,375 --> 01:01:53,250 - What about your mac? - My mac... 821 01:01:54,083 --> 01:01:55,291 My mac... 822 01:01:55,500 --> 01:01:58,166 It was at Bouly's. 823 01:02:02,750 --> 01:02:05,666 And today... I lost an earring. 824 01:02:05,833 --> 01:02:06,875 What? 825 01:02:14,791 --> 01:02:15,958 Oh no... 826 01:02:16,500 --> 01:02:19,750 Horses are certainly sweeter than dogs. 827 01:02:20,125 --> 01:02:22,125 Dogs are more... 828 01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:24,500 Horses are colder. But wait. 829 01:02:24,750 --> 01:02:27,875 By cold, don't think I mean... 830 01:02:29,083 --> 01:02:30,083 No. 831 01:02:30,333 --> 01:02:33,000 You'll say it's a cliche but with horses, 832 01:02:33,125 --> 01:02:36,708 when we climb onto their backs, do we humans 833 01:02:36,916 --> 01:02:39,333 ask their opinion? 834 01:02:39,541 --> 01:02:40,416 No. 835 01:02:42,333 --> 01:02:46,416 Charlotte, maybe it's because I never married or maybe it's... 836 01:02:47,166 --> 01:02:49,000 the need to have children 837 01:02:49,208 --> 01:02:50,416 but... 838 01:02:51,833 --> 01:02:55,166 if it weren't for my animal friends, some evenings... 839 01:02:56,875 --> 01:02:59,041 I hate such displays of emotion! 840 01:02:59,208 --> 01:03:00,916 I'm not about to... 841 01:03:01,208 --> 01:03:03,708 Where did you get that suit? 842 01:03:06,250 --> 01:03:09,041 That's just what you needed. 843 01:03:10,125 --> 01:03:12,166 Because to be honest... 844 01:03:12,458 --> 01:03:15,208 that photo of you on the Ministry steps, 845 01:03:15,375 --> 01:03:17,958 the one at your place, it's so lugubrious! 846 01:03:18,125 --> 01:03:20,416 - How many pants? - One. 847 01:03:20,583 --> 01:03:23,083 No, two. You work sitting down. 848 01:03:23,250 --> 01:03:26,458 Michel, one with turn-ups, one without. 849 01:03:26,666 --> 01:03:28,916 And no pockets. 850 01:03:30,583 --> 01:03:32,458 With a half-belt? 851 01:03:32,666 --> 01:03:35,458 Now then... how about a half-belt? 852 01:03:36,208 --> 01:03:38,708 To be honest, I don't know. 853 01:03:39,208 --> 01:03:43,083 Did she just came out with it, "You're a lousy dresser"? 854 01:03:43,750 --> 01:03:46,875 No, she isn't like that. You know Marthe. 855 01:03:47,666 --> 01:03:49,458 She looks at you, silently. 856 01:03:49,666 --> 01:03:53,416 You say, "What's the matter with me?" 857 01:03:54,541 --> 01:03:58,833 That's when she says, "How long have you had that suit?" 858 01:03:59,958 --> 01:04:01,083 Hyenas. 859 01:04:02,666 --> 01:04:04,333 They're all hyenas! 860 01:04:06,541 --> 01:04:09,875 With all those kids around I don't want to lag behind. 861 01:04:10,875 --> 01:04:13,791 - Hairspray, or soft? - No hairspray! 862 01:04:13,958 --> 01:04:16,000 Soft. Totally soft. 863 01:04:16,250 --> 01:04:18,416 You can look at yourself now. 864 01:04:21,791 --> 01:04:23,666 - Crikey! - What? 865 01:04:24,791 --> 01:04:26,208 Errol Flynn... 866 01:04:34,583 --> 01:04:36,125 Hello, godmother. 867 01:04:36,875 --> 01:04:39,166 Hello, girls. 868 01:04:45,083 --> 01:04:46,833 Good evening, Marthe. 869 01:05:02,250 --> 01:05:04,291 Hello, everyone. 870 01:05:05,166 --> 01:05:06,375 Sorry. 871 01:05:07,500 --> 01:05:08,875 I'm late. 872 01:05:11,791 --> 01:05:14,500 I was with... what's his name again? 873 01:05:46,250 --> 01:05:48,958 Pavillon du Regent? Hello. 874 01:05:51,125 --> 01:05:53,250 It's Mr Chabert. 875 01:05:55,666 --> 01:05:56,750 Chabert. 876 01:06:16,833 --> 01:06:18,750 Hold the line, I'll see. 877 01:06:28,250 --> 01:06:30,083 Mr Dorsay. 878 01:06:38,791 --> 01:06:40,375 Yes, if you like, miss. 879 01:06:40,583 --> 01:06:42,333 Miss Charlotte what? 880 01:06:43,250 --> 01:06:44,083 Sorry... 881 01:06:44,291 --> 01:06:45,500 It's for me! 882 01:06:49,125 --> 01:06:52,583 Charlotte? It's Etienne. Aren't you coming? 883 01:06:52,833 --> 01:06:55,625 - I'm in London. - London? Why? 884 01:06:55,833 --> 01:06:59,125 Working. I tried to call but it was engaged. 885 01:06:59,291 --> 01:07:02,583 The minister ofjustice kept me talking for an hour. 886 01:07:02,791 --> 01:07:04,083 Come over here. 887 01:07:04,250 --> 01:07:05,250 Where? 888 01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:10,125 The last plane arrives at 10 pm. I'll wait for you at the airport. 889 01:07:11,875 --> 01:07:13,333 In London? 890 01:07:14,750 --> 01:07:15,791 But... 891 01:07:16,458 --> 01:07:20,291 We'll spend the evening here and return tomorrow at ten. 892 01:07:23,291 --> 01:07:25,125 Tomorrow morning? 893 01:08:15,083 --> 01:08:16,541 Aren't they here yet? 894 01:08:16,791 --> 01:08:19,000 - What's that for? - A party! 895 01:08:19,166 --> 01:08:21,083 - For what? - For fun. 896 01:08:21,291 --> 01:08:25,416 I'm tired so I thought we'd have a knees-up at home. 897 01:08:25,666 --> 01:08:26,708 It'll be great! 898 01:08:26,916 --> 01:08:29,166 I'm sure it will be wonderful. 899 01:08:29,750 --> 01:08:31,833 Look what dad gave me. 900 01:08:33,208 --> 01:08:34,458 An orchid. 901 01:08:55,875 --> 01:08:58,416 What do you want? Whiskey? 902 01:08:58,708 --> 01:08:59,958 Why not? 903 01:09:02,208 --> 01:09:04,833 And take the phone off the hook. 904 01:09:06,583 --> 01:09:08,750 You don't want to make love now... 905 01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:13,250 I said take the phone off the hook. 906 01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:18,416 - Who's that? - No idea. 907 01:09:18,583 --> 01:09:20,291 Are you 90mg? 908 01:09:32,083 --> 01:09:33,166 A telegram. 909 01:09:33,333 --> 01:09:35,375 Telegram? For whom? 910 01:09:35,750 --> 01:09:36,875 For you. 911 01:09:37,083 --> 01:09:38,500 Open it. 912 01:09:41,458 --> 01:09:43,708 - It's the Ministry. - You're joking! 913 01:09:43,875 --> 01:09:46,500 Really. Who's Martin-Guyot? 914 01:09:46,958 --> 01:09:49,500 That guy who's... You know... 915 01:09:49,708 --> 01:09:52,333 The bloke who's head of... 916 01:09:52,791 --> 01:09:55,500 - You know, the department. - He's senior to you? 917 01:09:55,750 --> 01:09:59,208 Not for long but he is for the time being. 918 01:10:00,833 --> 01:10:02,416 Read it out then. 919 01:10:02,666 --> 01:10:07,166 "Your presence vital this evening at Brussels symposium. 920 01:10:07,500 --> 01:10:10,125 "Stop. Return midday tomorrow. 921 01:10:10,958 --> 01:10:12,375 "Martin-Guyot." 922 01:10:18,750 --> 01:10:19,791 No. 923 01:10:22,250 --> 01:10:24,875 Not this time. No, no, no! 924 01:10:25,416 --> 01:10:26,750 I will not go! 925 01:10:27,291 --> 01:10:29,041 - I'm not... - Etienne! 926 01:10:29,208 --> 01:10:32,583 I'm not some puppet! This is the camel that broke the... 927 01:10:33,083 --> 01:10:36,208 - I won't be held hostage! - What are you going to do? 928 01:10:36,416 --> 01:10:38,083 Nothing. I don't know. 929 01:10:38,250 --> 01:10:41,125 Call the minister. I have his private number. 930 01:10:41,375 --> 01:10:45,791 Balzac 14-39. Tell him to go to Brussels with his lackeys. 931 01:10:45,958 --> 01:10:48,875 I'm staying right here. 932 01:10:49,083 --> 01:10:51,958 With my wife and children! 933 01:10:53,541 --> 01:10:57,875 Look, Etienne, you'd better go. Be grown-up about it. 934 01:10:58,125 --> 01:10:59,125 No! 935 01:11:00,958 --> 01:11:03,083 Hey, wait for me! 936 01:11:04,541 --> 01:11:08,583 We shall be arriving in London in 45 minutes... 937 01:11:12,750 --> 01:11:13,791 Oh, shit! 938 01:11:14,208 --> 01:11:15,208 Marie-Ange! 939 01:11:26,750 --> 01:11:29,041 What did she say, Mrs Philippot? 940 01:11:29,458 --> 01:11:31,333 Did she go up to the flat? 941 01:11:32,500 --> 01:11:34,750 - No. - What did she want? 942 01:11:34,916 --> 01:11:37,208 - Her mail. - There was none. 943 01:11:37,375 --> 01:11:38,416 No. 944 01:11:42,250 --> 01:11:43,375 "Driving school"? 945 01:12:01,791 --> 01:12:03,750 There's some guy there. 946 01:12:04,541 --> 01:12:07,041 - A guy? - Yeah, a guy. 947 01:12:07,166 --> 01:12:10,333 When I rang, a guy answered the door with a... 948 01:12:10,500 --> 01:12:13,666 A blue T-shirt. You know, a stripy one. 949 01:12:14,041 --> 01:12:16,541 I don't give a shit. Did you see Marie-Ange? 950 01:12:16,791 --> 01:12:17,708 No. 951 01:12:18,041 --> 01:12:19,125 What did you say? 952 01:12:19,791 --> 01:12:22,416 Nothing. When I saw the guy... 953 01:12:22,583 --> 01:12:25,458 I just said I'd got the wrong buzzer. 954 01:12:30,833 --> 01:12:33,666 I'll drag her out by the scruff of the neck! 955 01:12:33,833 --> 01:12:35,666 Watch yourself. 956 01:12:36,291 --> 01:12:38,541 He's unpleasant. 957 01:12:39,708 --> 01:12:42,125 Bouly's a joker, asking us to... 958 01:12:42,291 --> 01:12:45,208 Let him come and get her. It's not ourjob. 959 01:12:47,791 --> 01:12:49,666 She's not our wife... 960 01:12:58,583 --> 01:12:59,875 Ladies and gentlemen, 961 01:13:00,083 --> 01:13:02,458 we are beginning our descent towards London. 962 01:13:02,666 --> 01:13:04,375 Please fasten your seat belts 963 01:13:05,041 --> 01:13:07,708 and extinguish your cigarettes. Thank you. 964 01:13:19,875 --> 01:13:21,208 Ladies and gentlemen. 965 01:13:21,416 --> 01:13:25,083 Due to adverse weather conditions 966 01:13:25,250 --> 01:13:27,708 we are unable to land in London. 967 01:13:27,916 --> 01:13:30,250 We have been diverted to Brussels. 968 01:13:30,416 --> 01:13:34,875 Further information will be available in the airport terminal... 969 01:13:38,791 --> 01:13:42,041 I put the hood up. I felt a few drops. 970 01:13:42,166 --> 01:13:43,666 What happened to you? 971 01:13:44,083 --> 01:13:47,250 The guy's a contender for Wanker of the Year. 972 01:13:49,250 --> 01:13:52,291 It's funny. Blokes like him just wind me up. 973 01:13:52,458 --> 01:13:55,333 Bang, I'm off! Pass me a tissue. 974 01:13:55,666 --> 01:13:57,916 - Shall I treat you? - Leave it out! 975 01:13:58,166 --> 01:13:59,833 Just a scratch. 976 01:14:01,291 --> 01:14:02,333 Wanker! 977 01:14:03,333 --> 01:14:05,625 And did you see Marie-Ange? 978 01:14:06,041 --> 01:14:09,791 Vaguely. She's really hit the jackpot. 979 01:14:09,958 --> 01:14:12,166 Taking 3 kids from their dad for... 980 01:14:12,541 --> 01:14:13,666 Hyenas! 981 01:14:14,208 --> 01:14:16,333 What did you say to her? 982 01:14:17,833 --> 01:14:20,958 Nothing. I was having a spat with that dwarf. 983 01:14:21,125 --> 01:14:22,166 What dwarf? 984 01:14:22,541 --> 01:14:23,541 The guy! 985 01:14:34,375 --> 01:14:36,375 What do we tell Bouly? 986 01:14:37,125 --> 01:14:39,833 I don't know. A bit of tact is called for. 987 01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:41,958 We could write him a letter. 988 01:14:42,583 --> 01:14:45,958 No, no... We'll tell him that... 989 01:14:46,750 --> 01:14:50,083 ...there was a driving school because we can't... 990 01:14:50,416 --> 01:14:55,000 As for Marie-Ange... we'll say the bird had... And presto! 991 01:14:55,333 --> 01:14:58,916 We'll think of a nice way to put it. 992 01:14:59,083 --> 01:15:02,708 - Without mentioning the dwarf. - Exactly. 993 01:15:05,041 --> 01:15:07,166 Welcome to Brussels. 994 01:15:07,333 --> 01:15:09,875 Passengers traveling to London 995 01:15:10,041 --> 01:15:14,000 are invited to present themselves at the restaurant 996 01:15:14,125 --> 01:15:16,875 where refreshments will be served. 997 01:15:17,041 --> 01:15:21,041 Further information will be given in due course... 998 01:15:37,500 --> 01:15:39,833 Yes... why are you calling me? 999 01:15:42,250 --> 01:15:45,833 I'm delighted... I know you're in Brussels... 1000 01:15:51,166 --> 01:15:52,708 Not at all but... 1001 01:15:54,083 --> 01:15:59,041 I wasn't really worried. Brussels isn't... 1002 01:16:01,333 --> 01:16:03,958 Oh, you're so sensitive! 1003 01:16:04,541 --> 01:16:07,625 No, I was fast asleep. I took a pill... 1004 01:16:11,375 --> 01:16:12,583 No. It's your turn. 1005 01:16:13,291 --> 01:16:16,458 Last time, I was the one who hung up. 1006 01:16:18,333 --> 01:16:19,541 I love you. 1007 01:16:19,916 --> 01:16:21,208 One, two, three... 1008 01:16:48,333 --> 01:16:50,375 I know he's away. 1009 01:16:51,833 --> 01:16:52,958 Mum! 1010 01:16:55,708 --> 01:16:59,750 Switch the light off and go to sleep! That's enough! 1011 01:17:08,291 --> 01:17:10,708 You're not going to ring all night. 1012 01:17:10,875 --> 01:17:11,916 I am. 1013 01:17:12,125 --> 01:17:13,166 What do you want? 1014 01:17:13,375 --> 01:17:15,166 It's now or never, my love. 1015 01:17:15,958 --> 01:17:17,458 To do what? 1016 01:17:21,958 --> 01:17:23,125 Go away! 1017 01:17:23,375 --> 01:17:25,208 Leave me alone. 1018 01:17:25,541 --> 01:17:27,083 Leave me alone! 1019 01:17:27,291 --> 01:17:30,875 This'll be disappointing but I have to be frank. 1020 01:17:31,041 --> 01:17:34,500 I'm not as tenacious as Moreau in A Sentimental Education. 1021 01:17:35,083 --> 01:17:36,916 - Really? - I have to be tough. 1022 01:17:37,416 --> 01:17:41,000 Very tough. I know it's hard to be dumped when you're 40 1023 01:17:41,166 --> 01:17:43,375 but Lucien Raki is out of your life. 1024 01:17:45,125 --> 01:17:46,708 It's for the best. 1025 01:17:46,958 --> 01:17:50,958 Are you for banning HGVs from the banks of the Seine? 1026 01:17:52,208 --> 01:17:54,208 Why do you ask? 1027 01:17:54,416 --> 01:17:57,916 I've got a job with a polling organization. 1028 01:17:58,083 --> 01:18:00,333 So since I'm here... are you for? 1029 01:18:00,583 --> 01:18:03,375 Well, I don't know... Against. 1030 01:18:05,333 --> 01:18:06,541 Goodbye, madam. 1031 01:18:08,500 --> 01:18:11,250 Anyway, you gave me a thrill. 1032 01:18:13,791 --> 01:18:17,083 At that moment, had I sifted through my past, 1033 01:18:17,208 --> 01:18:21,333 I'd have had to admit there had been more pleasant nights. 1034 01:18:22,166 --> 01:18:26,666 Yet in this foreign land where chance had plunged me, 1035 01:18:26,833 --> 01:18:31,500 I felt the mad wind of adventure on the back of my neck! 1036 01:18:31,708 --> 01:18:34,125 A woman awaited me in London, 1037 01:18:34,291 --> 01:18:38,750 another in Paris, while I was stranded in sleepy Brussels. 1038 01:18:39,666 --> 01:18:42,166 Next day, Charlotte made light of the fog, 1039 01:18:42,375 --> 01:18:44,458 and winged her way back to Paris. 1040 01:18:44,958 --> 01:18:47,541 There followed a succession of thrills. 1041 01:18:47,750 --> 01:18:51,083 Every day between 4.55 pm when I left the office 1042 01:18:51,208 --> 01:18:54,791 and 5.50 or 5.52 pm when Marthe came home 1043 01:18:55,000 --> 01:18:57,916 - with or without her classmates - 1044 01:18:58,083 --> 01:19:01,375 it's fair to say that in the hour we had together 1045 01:19:01,541 --> 01:19:04,083 Charlotte and I lived life to the full, 1046 01:19:04,208 --> 01:19:07,750 alternating exhilarating excursions with hilarious meetings. 1047 01:19:08,416 --> 01:19:12,500 Charlotte and I cultivated the mystery of Charlotte. 1048 01:19:13,250 --> 01:19:17,833 She said little about herself. I dared not violate her silences. 1049 01:19:19,541 --> 01:19:23,250 Better still, so that she would never for a moment suspect 1050 01:19:23,416 --> 01:19:25,875 the obscenity of my intentions 1051 01:19:26,083 --> 01:19:28,333 I was careful never to suggest 1052 01:19:28,541 --> 01:19:31,375 that we meet after nightfall. 1053 01:19:31,708 --> 01:19:34,666 We would part without leaving an address, 1054 01:19:34,875 --> 01:19:37,916 her, breathless with pleasure, 1055 01:19:38,708 --> 01:19:41,458 me, face puffed-up with desire! 1056 01:19:42,541 --> 01:19:47,000 Meanwhile Marthe passed the exams that had so daunted her. 1057 01:19:47,375 --> 01:19:50,416 She failed just one oral and was ready to re-sit. 1058 01:19:50,583 --> 01:19:53,666 ...so hard! You wouldn't believe it. 1059 01:19:53,833 --> 01:19:55,333 I admired her. 1060 01:19:55,541 --> 01:19:58,458 As for me, I was promoted, without exam or intrigue, 1061 01:19:58,666 --> 01:20:01,250 and given Martin-Guyot's job 1062 01:20:01,416 --> 01:20:04,833 when he opted to put his pension fund to work. 1063 01:20:05,416 --> 01:20:07,791 I was now head of the whole floor 1064 01:20:07,958 --> 01:20:10,875 and my promotion, rather than exciting jealousy 1065 01:20:11,083 --> 01:20:12,958 as was the custom, 1066 01:20:13,125 --> 01:20:15,458 heralded unexpected friendly overtures 1067 01:20:15,708 --> 01:20:18,166 from the more aggressive souls. 1068 01:20:19,875 --> 01:20:24,041 I was far too busy to seek an explanation for this upturn 1069 01:20:24,208 --> 01:20:27,958 on which, although mystified, I congratulated myself. 1070 01:20:28,750 --> 01:20:32,875 That summer, the lives of others also took a bewitching turn. 1071 01:20:33,958 --> 01:20:35,416 Simon 1072 01:20:35,916 --> 01:20:37,416 married off his mother. 1073 01:20:37,791 --> 01:20:39,083 He was delighted 1074 01:20:39,291 --> 01:20:40,916 and we shared his joy. 1075 01:20:41,083 --> 01:20:43,083 Charles married reluctantly 1076 01:20:43,250 --> 01:20:45,666 but as Mouchy said at the reception, 1077 01:20:46,125 --> 01:20:48,833 "lt's the result that matters." 1078 01:20:49,208 --> 01:20:52,125 The wedding party was rambling, 1079 01:20:52,333 --> 01:20:54,958 showy and a triumph. 1080 01:21:06,333 --> 01:21:08,791 - Whose is this? - Mine. 1081 01:21:11,083 --> 01:21:12,541 You're too careless. 1082 01:21:24,375 --> 01:21:27,250 But the best surprise of the following week 1083 01:21:27,458 --> 01:21:31,666 was the sudden reappearance of Bouly's wife and furniture. 1084 01:21:35,458 --> 01:21:37,625 The reasons for her return were vague. 1085 01:21:37,791 --> 01:21:40,833 Simon and Daniel claimed they had precipitated 1086 01:21:41,041 --> 01:21:44,333 the reunion the evening I had spent away from Paris. 1087 01:21:45,083 --> 01:21:49,416 But their account of the incident was confused and contradictory. 1088 01:21:50,500 --> 01:21:53,875 As for Bouly, he thought deep down 1089 01:21:54,041 --> 01:21:57,083 that the charm he exuded was just too powerful 1090 01:21:57,250 --> 01:22:00,583 for the poor girl to resist. 1091 01:22:01,833 --> 01:22:05,208 Sad to report that the very next day he was to be found 1092 01:22:05,458 --> 01:22:09,500 fishing in the same waters for which he had been punished. 1093 01:22:10,083 --> 01:22:12,875 I'll call you in the middle of the night 1094 01:22:13,041 --> 01:22:16,875 and say I'm Mrs Luberon. You'll come and find them in bed. 1095 01:22:17,041 --> 01:22:20,541 Don't do that. Anyway, you don't know her name. 1096 01:22:21,041 --> 01:22:23,166 What is her first name? 1097 01:22:23,333 --> 01:22:25,416 Come on, tell us! 1098 01:22:25,625 --> 01:22:26,666 Hyacinthe. 1099 01:22:31,083 --> 01:22:34,458 We laugh because we're stupid. Hyacinthe's quite nice. 1100 01:22:34,666 --> 01:22:38,166 - "Hello, Hyacinthe..." - Hey, guys, who fancies 1101 01:22:38,375 --> 01:22:40,333 a game with the ladies? 1102 01:22:40,666 --> 01:22:44,333 Save it for when you're at home, not with us. 1103 01:22:44,541 --> 01:22:46,083 Don't be ridiculous. 1104 01:22:46,291 --> 01:22:50,416 Hello, ladies. How about a game of draughts? 1105 01:22:50,583 --> 01:22:52,458 Is it any wonder? 1106 01:22:52,708 --> 01:22:54,833 - Is what any wonder? - Nothing. 1107 01:22:55,125 --> 01:22:57,833 - Go on, say it. - Nothing. That's my glass! 1108 01:22:58,000 --> 01:23:00,125 Check out the pins! 1109 01:23:00,375 --> 01:23:03,250 Maybe it's all that running after guys. 1110 01:23:03,458 --> 01:23:05,208 Coffees please, Francoise. 1111 01:23:05,375 --> 01:23:07,916 No bra, did you notice? 1112 01:23:08,083 --> 01:23:09,500 Didn't you see? 1113 01:23:10,250 --> 01:23:13,958 - I don't give a damn, stop it! - Stop what? It's cute. 1114 01:23:15,666 --> 01:23:17,208 Stupid bitch! 1115 01:23:55,166 --> 01:23:56,375 Goal! 1116 01:24:15,500 --> 01:24:17,000 Hey, Daniel... 1117 01:24:18,958 --> 01:24:20,833 What about my car? 1118 01:24:23,250 --> 01:24:26,666 I'd have had it today but the guy's in Marseilles. 1119 01:24:27,083 --> 01:24:28,833 Because this one... 1120 01:24:29,291 --> 01:24:30,958 has had it! 1121 01:25:04,500 --> 01:25:06,125 The key's in the door. 1122 01:25:15,875 --> 01:25:17,375 Oh, it's you. 1123 01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:20,750 How's it going? It's been awhile... 1124 01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:33,875 Been decorating? 1125 01:25:34,083 --> 01:25:37,250 Yes. Well, I started but... 1126 01:25:44,083 --> 01:25:46,208 You should paint the floor too. 1127 01:25:46,500 --> 01:25:48,666 Then put some varnish on it. 1128 01:25:51,083 --> 01:25:52,833 Fancy a drink? 1129 01:25:53,333 --> 01:25:54,541 Come on. 1130 01:25:55,125 --> 01:25:57,333 Let's see what I've got... 1131 01:26:03,416 --> 01:26:05,458 Do you like chartreuse? 1132 01:26:06,750 --> 01:26:08,458 Well... yes. 1133 01:26:11,750 --> 01:26:15,416 I wanted to tell you that my life isn't as transparent... 1134 01:26:17,208 --> 01:26:19,083 as people... 1135 01:26:21,916 --> 01:26:25,208 I've been hiding someone too. 1136 01:26:28,416 --> 01:26:30,375 Just feel the dashboard. 1137 01:26:30,541 --> 01:26:33,458 Excuse me, Charlotte. May I call you Charlotte? 1138 01:26:33,666 --> 01:26:36,041 Touchit Feels like hide, not wood. 1139 01:26:36,291 --> 01:26:39,500 Like a baby's bottom! Go on, tell me what you think. 1140 01:26:40,083 --> 01:26:41,958 Spare me the sales patter. 1141 01:26:42,833 --> 01:26:46,250 Where should I "depose" you, as we say in Paris? 1142 01:26:46,416 --> 01:26:49,083 Puy de I'Ermite, since we're in the area. 1143 01:26:50,083 --> 01:26:52,791 You're going to your godmother's? 1144 01:26:52,958 --> 01:26:55,208 Of course. Like every Thursday. 1145 01:26:57,500 --> 01:26:59,083 Have you met? 1146 01:27:02,125 --> 01:27:04,750 What did you tell your poor godmother? 1147 01:27:05,166 --> 01:27:07,708 Nothing. It's a surprise. 1148 01:27:10,791 --> 01:27:11,875 Well... 1149 01:27:13,916 --> 01:27:15,750 That speaks volumes. 1150 01:27:16,583 --> 01:27:20,000 We never get invited to dinner at your godmother's. 1151 01:27:20,333 --> 01:27:24,000 Pop up for a drink. She'll be pleased. 1152 01:27:24,250 --> 01:27:28,083 Quick one, then. I love warm sparkling wine. 1153 01:27:37,833 --> 01:27:39,250 You're on a crossing. 1154 01:27:39,500 --> 01:27:41,958 Give me a break, I'll only be 5 minutes. 1155 01:27:42,125 --> 01:27:45,625 You're on a crossing. You can't stay there. 1156 01:27:46,791 --> 01:27:48,291 Etienne! Go up. 1157 01:27:48,541 --> 01:27:50,208 I'll park the car... 1158 01:27:55,083 --> 01:27:56,583 Seventh floor. 1159 01:28:00,291 --> 01:28:02,583 She teaches piano at Marguerite Long's. 1160 01:28:02,791 --> 01:28:06,875 She's always lived alone. Her son's married. Lives in Italy. 1161 01:28:07,708 --> 01:28:09,125 His name's Claude. 1162 01:28:15,958 --> 01:28:17,625 You're beautiful. 1163 01:28:18,416 --> 01:28:21,000 You smell nice. What is it? 1164 01:28:21,333 --> 01:28:22,958 Sandalwood. 1165 01:28:24,666 --> 01:28:26,291 Is that you, Etienne? 1166 01:28:26,458 --> 01:28:28,833 Are you in the dark, godmother? 1167 01:28:29,750 --> 01:28:31,250 Come and meet... 1168 01:28:47,333 --> 01:28:49,083 Happy birthday! 1169 01:28:50,375 --> 01:28:51,708 Claude! 1170 01:28:53,250 --> 01:28:54,291 And Jeanne! 1171 01:28:56,500 --> 01:28:58,833 - Aren't you in San Remo? - They're visiting. 1172 01:28:59,000 --> 01:29:01,041 Quite a surprise! 1173 01:29:01,166 --> 01:29:02,708 - And Yaya! - Happy birthday! 1174 01:29:02,875 --> 01:29:05,416 Not Yaya any more. Christian. 1175 01:29:05,625 --> 01:29:07,666 Oh, Marthe, my dear! 1176 01:29:09,291 --> 01:29:10,333 Daddy! 1177 01:29:11,500 --> 01:29:13,041 My big girls! 1178 01:29:13,791 --> 01:29:15,125 You smell nice. 1179 01:29:15,791 --> 01:29:18,500 Marthe... Let me introduce you to... 1180 01:29:19,333 --> 01:29:21,916 I'm so moved I forgot... 1181 01:29:22,083 --> 01:29:25,791 Let me introduce... Let me introduce a friend of... 1182 01:29:25,958 --> 01:29:27,541 Hello, godmother! 1183 01:29:28,041 --> 01:29:30,250 You didn't tell me! 1184 01:29:30,916 --> 01:29:33,625 A surprise for Etienne. We weren't expecting you. 1185 01:29:33,833 --> 01:29:35,083 Hi, kids! 1186 01:29:35,833 --> 01:29:38,583 Don't bother about me, I can't stay. 1187 01:29:38,833 --> 01:29:42,166 I wanted to thank godmother for the sleeveless pullover. 1188 01:29:42,375 --> 01:29:45,541 - Etienne gave it to you? - It was too big for me. 1189 01:29:45,791 --> 01:29:48,500 He means his shoulders weren't square enough! 1190 01:29:48,791 --> 01:29:50,458 Did you say hello, Mimi? 1191 01:29:53,708 --> 01:29:56,791 She hasn't had a chance to yet. Fetch some glasses... 1192 01:29:57,000 --> 01:29:58,958 No, we really must go. 1193 01:29:59,125 --> 01:30:02,458 We're a bit upset. Cost me a fortune, right, babe? 1194 01:30:02,708 --> 01:30:04,208 Tickets for Salle Pleyel. 1195 01:30:04,958 --> 01:30:06,541 But she loves all that. 1196 01:30:06,750 --> 01:30:08,583 You can spare a minute... 1197 01:30:08,791 --> 01:30:12,041 No, no. Out of the question. Anyway... 1198 01:30:12,291 --> 01:30:14,791 Best go or we'll miss the concert. 1199 01:30:15,916 --> 01:30:17,333 Say goodbye, Mimi... 1200 01:30:20,875 --> 01:30:22,750 Happy birthday, Etienne! 1201 01:30:45,375 --> 01:30:48,333 Do you like the gloves? You can change them. 1202 01:30:48,500 --> 01:30:52,458 Why would I change them? They're sensational! 1203 01:30:52,666 --> 01:30:54,916 - Is Etienne with you? - What's up? 1204 01:30:55,083 --> 01:30:56,125 I need to see him. 1205 01:30:57,208 --> 01:31:00,458 Etienne, I don't know what to do. I have to talk to you. 1206 01:31:00,666 --> 01:31:03,000 Excuse us, Marthe. He's gone crazy. 1207 01:31:03,125 --> 01:31:06,916 He wants to kill himself, kill her. He just stuck one on me. 1208 01:31:07,083 --> 01:31:08,416 Who did? How? 1209 01:31:08,583 --> 01:31:11,000 Bouly. Marie-Ange has left him again. 1210 01:31:11,125 --> 01:31:14,250 She's left him! He's in the car... 1211 01:31:14,666 --> 01:31:17,916 Etienne's always been like a big brother to him. 1212 01:31:18,083 --> 01:31:21,416 And Bouly adores him, so at a time like this... 1213 01:31:21,625 --> 01:31:23,625 - You were right to come. - Look! 1214 01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:25,708 Leave me alone! Get lost! 1215 01:31:25,875 --> 01:31:28,000 - Where are you going? - To kill her! 1216 01:31:28,125 --> 01:31:30,958 Let go! Get your stupid gloves off me! 1217 01:31:31,166 --> 01:31:33,666 Button it, Daniel! I'm warning you! 1218 01:31:34,083 --> 01:31:36,041 You don't know where she is! 1219 01:31:36,375 --> 01:31:39,250 Don't be a fool, Bouly! This is serious. 1220 01:31:39,416 --> 01:31:40,833 I'll kill her! 1221 01:31:41,333 --> 01:31:42,458 I'll kill her! 1222 01:31:42,875 --> 01:31:45,208 - Bouly! - Bouly no longer exists! 1223 01:31:45,375 --> 01:31:46,416 Etienne! 1224 01:31:47,291 --> 01:31:48,833 Shall I go back in? 1225 01:31:49,000 --> 01:31:50,208 Go back inside. 1226 01:31:50,583 --> 01:31:51,541 Got the key? 1227 01:31:53,916 --> 01:31:55,000 Come on... 1228 01:31:59,125 --> 01:32:00,166 My kids! 1229 01:32:00,833 --> 01:32:01,875 But Why? 1230 01:32:02,666 --> 01:32:05,375 - I'm bleeding. - You're not. Go on, get in. 1231 01:32:05,541 --> 01:32:08,041 Find me a bridge to jump off. 1232 01:32:08,166 --> 01:32:09,333 No! Look... 1233 01:32:09,500 --> 01:32:11,666 He's crazy. I'm almost deaf. 1234 01:32:11,833 --> 01:32:13,750 You're fine. Get in. 1235 01:32:13,916 --> 01:32:15,791 - Listen to me... - Shut up! 1236 01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:18,083 Have you quite finished? 1237 01:32:18,250 --> 01:32:20,166 Shut your face, asshole! 1238 01:32:21,333 --> 01:32:22,791 He didn't mean it! 1239 01:32:47,916 --> 01:32:49,750 So it was an act! 1240 01:32:50,125 --> 01:32:52,333 That really takes the biscuit! 1241 01:32:53,791 --> 01:32:55,458 What a cheek! 1242 01:32:56,666 --> 01:33:00,208 We didn't know what to get you so... 1243 01:33:03,166 --> 01:33:04,875 I don't know her address. 1244 01:33:05,041 --> 01:33:07,541 Number 72, she said. On the 8th floor. 1245 01:33:08,500 --> 01:33:09,875 What did she say? 1246 01:33:10,208 --> 01:33:11,833 She'll tell you herself. 1247 01:33:12,000 --> 01:33:13,625 That really hurt! 1248 01:33:13,833 --> 01:33:17,750 What about him? He punched me. Good job I've got a six-pack! 1249 01:33:18,083 --> 01:33:19,458 I'm sorry. 1250 01:33:19,708 --> 01:33:22,916 - I'm pissed off 'cause I can't hear. - You're bleeding. 1251 01:33:28,166 --> 01:33:29,458 Here it is. 1252 01:33:30,208 --> 01:33:32,500 Happy birthday, Etienne. 1253 01:33:32,708 --> 01:33:34,541 It gives me great pleasure... 1254 01:33:34,791 --> 01:33:36,458 Give the guy a break! 1255 01:33:45,833 --> 01:33:47,083 Etienne Dorsay. 1256 01:34:08,041 --> 01:34:10,416 Listen to me, Etienne Dorsay. 1257 01:34:12,500 --> 01:34:16,458 A month ago I met an unmarried man with no kids 1258 01:34:17,458 --> 01:34:19,833 who likes horses and traveling. 1259 01:34:21,250 --> 01:34:23,541 In a month you've got married 1260 01:34:23,750 --> 01:34:26,125 and had two 14-year-old daughters. 1261 01:34:26,583 --> 01:34:30,125 We've traveled as far as the top of the Arc de Triomphe. 1262 01:34:30,833 --> 01:34:33,958 You don't get on horses, rather horses get on top of you. 1263 01:34:34,875 --> 01:34:38,250 In the country, your clothes are ridiculed by children. 1264 01:34:38,875 --> 01:34:42,375 And you fly to Belgium while I'm waiting in London. 1265 01:34:44,083 --> 01:34:45,625 Stop gazing at your shoes 1266 01:34:45,833 --> 01:34:47,083 and look at me. 1267 01:34:48,416 --> 01:34:51,208 After what happened earlier, I want you 1268 01:34:51,916 --> 01:34:53,916 like I've never wanted anyone. 1269 01:34:56,291 --> 01:34:57,416 Now why is that? 1270 01:34:58,083 --> 01:34:59,250 I don't know. 1271 01:34:59,916 --> 01:35:03,791 I want your hands. I want to see your body unclothed. 1272 01:35:05,208 --> 01:35:08,708 You mean to say... naked. 1273 01:35:10,916 --> 01:35:12,000 Why? 1274 01:35:15,833 --> 01:35:19,000 Best not look for explanations. 1275 01:35:21,708 --> 01:35:24,958 I suggest you remove your bow tie. 1276 01:35:36,083 --> 01:35:39,916 Pitou? It's Marthe. Are your parents there? 1277 01:35:40,166 --> 01:35:42,791 Mum and dad are out. I'm alone. 1278 01:35:44,875 --> 01:35:49,250 Only he isn't at Simon's. Everybody seems to be out. 1279 01:35:49,958 --> 01:35:52,375 No matter. Know when they'll be back? 1280 01:35:53,083 --> 01:35:55,375 No. My dad broke a chair. 1281 01:35:56,416 --> 01:36:01,541 Had fate decreed that I should be a man of national destiny, 1282 01:36:02,291 --> 01:36:06,916 the night I had just spent would have gone down in history. 1283 01:36:07,625 --> 01:36:10,416 Having fuelled my gluttony with her silences, 1284 01:36:10,583 --> 01:36:12,375 Charlotte said in a second 1285 01:36:12,583 --> 01:36:15,166 what I had been unable to say for a month. 1286 01:36:16,375 --> 01:36:17,625 "Come." 1287 01:36:19,041 --> 01:36:23,041 A wonderful command that put a spark into my life. 1288 01:36:25,375 --> 01:36:28,708 But such is the ugliness of the male soul 1289 01:36:28,875 --> 01:36:31,708 that leaving Marthe did not cross my mind, 1290 01:36:31,916 --> 01:36:36,750 not even for an alimony amounting to 35.8% of my salary 1291 01:36:37,000 --> 01:36:39,125 after deductions, 1292 01:36:39,375 --> 01:36:42,291 as it would have others in my position... 1293 01:36:51,000 --> 01:36:52,083 Simone? 1294 01:36:55,083 --> 01:36:56,125 Simone... 1295 01:37:04,083 --> 01:37:05,375 What is it? 1296 01:37:05,541 --> 01:37:08,208 Nothing. It's my husband. He's downstairs. 1297 01:37:08,375 --> 01:37:09,666 Your husband! 1298 01:37:09,875 --> 01:37:10,916 Yes. Quick... 1299 01:37:11,500 --> 01:37:13,791 What do you mean? What husband? 1300 01:37:14,000 --> 01:37:15,916 Come on, move. Hurry! 1301 01:37:16,875 --> 01:37:17,916 The pillow! 1302 01:37:18,500 --> 01:37:20,375 He's meant to be away all week. 1303 01:37:20,916 --> 01:37:22,416 It's only Friday. 1304 01:37:22,833 --> 01:37:24,791 Shall we demand an explanation? 1305 01:37:27,541 --> 01:37:29,208 Your watch... 1306 01:37:59,375 --> 01:38:01,125 What are you doing? 1307 01:38:01,291 --> 01:38:03,416 Leave him to me. I'll talk to him. 1308 01:38:03,625 --> 01:38:05,500 No! Leave him to me. 1309 01:38:05,708 --> 01:38:07,333 Come on, quick! 1310 01:38:08,375 --> 01:38:10,375 No, that's the window... 1311 01:38:10,541 --> 01:38:13,083 I know. It's either that or the door. 1312 01:38:13,250 --> 01:38:15,166 No, no. Don't worry. 1313 01:38:15,541 --> 01:38:18,375 Just stand on the ledge. 1314 01:38:18,541 --> 01:38:21,166 I won't be long. He won't stay. 1315 01:38:22,125 --> 01:38:25,125 Go on, don't worry. Wait for me there. 1316 01:38:27,250 --> 01:38:28,375 Your clothes! 1317 01:38:28,541 --> 01:38:31,250 They're all folded up, in the bathroom. 1318 01:38:32,458 --> 01:38:33,916 Coming! 1319 01:38:38,708 --> 01:38:40,333 I'd better go, Denis is at the door. 1320 01:38:44,166 --> 01:38:45,875 I was on the phone. 1321 01:38:46,250 --> 01:38:47,625 To Jeannette. 1322 01:38:48,166 --> 01:38:49,375 Hello, darling! 1323 01:39:17,791 --> 01:39:19,041 Hey, look! 1324 01:39:32,083 --> 01:39:34,666 - What's the matter? - That chap up there. 1325 01:39:46,250 --> 01:39:48,166 No. He isn't here. 1326 01:40:04,458 --> 01:40:06,666 Is he going to jumP? 1327 01:40:11,125 --> 01:40:14,416 We land in Marrakech at... ten past three. 1328 01:40:14,791 --> 01:40:17,291 But I have to work on Monday. 1329 01:40:17,458 --> 01:40:20,250 I'll put you on the Sunday night plane. 1330 01:40:20,833 --> 01:40:23,083 - You're beautiful, you know. - What? 1331 01:40:23,250 --> 01:40:26,958 I said you're beautiful. You heard me well enough. 1332 01:40:28,375 --> 01:40:30,083 Stop it, Denis ! 1333 01:41:14,916 --> 01:41:17,791 We'd better call the fire brigade. 1334 01:41:18,208 --> 01:41:21,833 There's a guy wants to jump off a building... 1335 01:41:30,041 --> 01:41:31,625 Look, there he is! 1336 01:42:20,583 --> 01:42:22,750 Hey, are you coming? 1337 01:42:23,041 --> 01:42:25,083 I'm coming but I'll skip the game. 1338 01:42:25,208 --> 01:42:26,416 What now? 1339 01:42:26,666 --> 01:42:29,333 Thanks to your bullshit she's left me for good. 1340 01:42:29,541 --> 01:42:30,708 Marie-Ange? 1341 01:42:30,875 --> 01:42:34,500 We got back so late she thought I was with some bird. 1342 01:42:34,708 --> 01:42:36,166 - Shit! - Damn! 1343 01:42:36,333 --> 01:42:39,500 - Did she take the furniture? - No. What's up with you? 1344 01:42:39,708 --> 01:42:42,875 There was a ruptured spleen so His Nibs here... 1345 01:42:43,041 --> 01:42:46,333 When Luberon got there, the guy was dead so he went home, 1346 01:42:46,541 --> 01:42:48,083 found fat boy and... 1347 01:42:49,458 --> 01:42:53,000 But he was nice about it. Took me to get the bullet out. 1348 01:42:53,958 --> 01:42:55,166 What a guy! 1349 01:42:55,375 --> 01:42:58,208 - Isn't Etienne with you? - Why would he be? 1350 01:43:04,041 --> 01:43:06,583 Not the ladder! It scares them. 1351 01:43:06,791 --> 01:43:08,833 Nearly always makes them jump. 1352 01:43:09,041 --> 01:43:10,291 Come on! 1353 01:43:38,916 --> 01:43:41,375 Did she say she'd drop by? 1354 01:43:43,458 --> 01:43:47,166 If only to see the kids... 1355 01:43:50,375 --> 01:43:55,000 ...at the junction of Rue de Tilsitt and Avenue de la Grande Armee. 1356 01:43:55,875 --> 01:43:59,958 The building is right on the corner of the two streets. 1357 01:44:00,208 --> 01:44:02,666 Fire Chief Commandant Claudon 1358 01:44:02,875 --> 01:44:05,375 is on the scene with his men 1359 01:44:05,541 --> 01:44:08,750 who are trying to reach the ledge from the roof... 1360 01:44:11,750 --> 01:44:14,500 - Who touched the aerial? - Not me! 1361 01:44:21,625 --> 01:44:23,375 That chap looks like dad! 1362 01:44:31,416 --> 01:44:32,666 Etienne... 1363 01:44:35,083 --> 01:44:36,958 Be sensible, sir! 1364 01:44:37,875 --> 01:44:39,708 Don't stay there! 1365 01:44:40,291 --> 01:44:43,000 Jump. Be a good lad. 1366 01:44:45,083 --> 01:44:48,833 Come on, jump. Be a good lad, OK? 1367 01:45:29,791 --> 01:45:30,916 With Charlotte gone, 1368 01:45:32,166 --> 01:45:34,666 I was suddenly troubled by the thought 1369 01:45:35,083 --> 01:45:36,666 that should Marthe leave me 1370 01:45:36,875 --> 01:45:40,208 it would not be without good reason. 1371 01:45:47,541 --> 01:45:49,291 Nevertheless I took steps 1372 01:45:49,541 --> 01:45:51,166 to ensure a soft landing. 1373 01:45:52,000 --> 01:45:55,041 I counted, in my solitude, a large number of women 1374 01:45:55,250 --> 01:45:57,500 in the welcoming committee below. 1375 01:45:59,166 --> 01:46:02,208 I couldn't help noticing one of them 1376 01:46:02,416 --> 01:46:03,916 photographing me. 1377 01:46:04,500 --> 01:46:06,541 One of those blondes one refers to 1378 01:46:07,083 --> 01:46:08,708 as "platinum". 1379 01:46:11,166 --> 01:46:15,208 In actual fact, my ascent had barely begun... 1380 01:46:17,791 --> 01:46:20,416 Subtitles by Kevin Smith for Eclair Group