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[quiet electronic music]
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[coughs]
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[moans]
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[sigh]
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[man] Façade after facade after facade.
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Our country is full of it.
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People put in so much effort
to keep that facade clean.
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I'll say even more.
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You can even get a fine here...
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...as your facade
has not been cleaned.
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All that effort.
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But yes, I say...
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...your facade may as well be clean
if you want...
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...as your back building
on the verge of collapse...
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...you can't sell your house either,
tho.
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Well, the same goes for the people
who live in it.
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They all try
to hide their little sides...
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...behind their facade.
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Keeping up appearances,
that's what they call it.
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Everyone's working on it, right?
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People are so obsessed
by the shining of their facade...
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...that they no longer see...
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...that that facade is uglier
then their little sides.
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Well, people make themselves
would like something wise, right?
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Well, I'm not like that.
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I always say, 'Everyone has
aren't there small edges?'
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Yes, even me.
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But in the end...
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...honesty takes the longest.
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Well, on the other hand...
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...I always liked everyone
been honest...
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...then I wouldn't have been able to tell
what I'm going to tell you now.
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[taps on window]
Sweetie.
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Open the door.
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Thank you.
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You don't mean that, do you? I live here
yes, yes. Goddammit.
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[upbeat music]
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Good day.
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Cold, huh?
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That's ten.
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Fifteen.
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Continue that wall.
-Sixteen.
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Seventeen.
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Eighteen.
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Nineteen.
-And 20.
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Nineteen and fifty,
nineteen and seventy.
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Yes. [cheers]
-Nineteen and ninety.
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And 20.
-Yes, thanks. Thank you.
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Name?
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Why?
-Warranty.
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Warranty? That's not necessary.
It seems okay, right?
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I have complete confidence in it, don't I?
-Name.
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Verbrugghen.
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[man watching TV] Stand back.
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Consumption...
-Yes, with two G's and an H.
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First name?
-Tom.
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Address?
-Sorry, but I don't have much time.
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Never mind that guarantee. Hey?
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But say...
-Renzo.
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[Tom sputters]
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What's the problem?
-He doesn't want a guarantee.
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[Renzo] Don't you want a guarantee?
-I don't have much time.
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Typical. It doesn't cost much,
so you don't want a warranty.
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And if it's broken,
Let's buy a new one, right?
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Here, the throwaway society
squared.
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Enter address.
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[door opens]
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Anja.
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Is that from the Gang of De Roste?
-Yes.
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What kind of crap is that?
As if they want to laugh at it.
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Don't worry
that they can clean it up themselves.
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And are you doing well?
-Yes, well, well.
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I've had a lot of trouble with it, you know.
-Hmm?
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Yes, she was one-sided, wasn't she?
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Well.
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But hey, she's still your mother, right?
-Well, well.
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And did you still sleep together?
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Not anymore in the end, right?
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And what people at the funeral?
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Well.
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Yes. I would have liked to come too
but Danny had an appointment.
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And so he preferred
that I didn't come either.
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But you shouldn't...
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Yes, but a woman alone,
so without a man.
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That would be talked about, right?
-Yes.
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Yes.
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Cremation?
-Yes.
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That's cleaner, isn't it?
-Yes.
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Yes. And cheaper too, right?
-Yes.
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People know the value
no more money, eh, Dikken.
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My father saved for ten years
for such a record player.
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And after 20 years he could
still showing its warranty.
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Tell me, Dikken, how is my life?
father of Italy came here?
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On foot.
-On foot.
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Completing the Internet. There. Yes.
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Tell Kurt, what am I actually here for...
-Yes?
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You told me
that you would take that away from the lotto?
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That's advertising for my store.
-And yet I want you to get rid of it.
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But, Anja, your name isn't even on it.
-No.
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And what if I agree
wear something else? Or go on a trip?
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The people will
Don't make the connection, right?
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Look, Kurt. I actually think so
very selfish of you.
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Do you actually have
no professional secrecy?
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[watch beeps]
Renzo.
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Yes. We'll have to wait a while.
Lunch break.
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Excuse me?
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You think we're not syndicated?
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Sandwiches.
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Guys, come on.
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[bell rings]
[door closes]
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Yes. You're right. The people
shouldn't know that?
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I say: 'Cremation is cleaner, isn't it?'
Do you know what he says?
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'No, it's because it's cheaper.'
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His own mother, say.
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Yes. If she heard it,
she turned in her grave.
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Allee, in her...
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Sorry,
can I speak to a responsible person?
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Yes, you have to go to Anja for that.
I'm just a volunteer.
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Sorry, ma'am, but this
I have never experienced this before.
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I'm standing there at the cash register...
-I have to interrupt you right away.
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I'm in my notice period. You must feel
to the store staff.
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Ah yes, it's already after 12 o'clock.
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You will arrive at two o'clock
have to come back again.
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Incredible.
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Say, Anja, eh,
I would like to go home for a while.
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Why?
-It's the 14th.
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Yes, that's true. Good luck, eh.
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I heard there were no people
at the funeral.
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[Dikken] Renzo, have you won anything?
-Hey?
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Yes, sorry. I would have liked to come.
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But yes, Anja...
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She says: 'I'm on my notice.
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If I lose a whole day
at that funeral...
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...then I will after my last day
allowed to work an extra day.'
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And she didn't like that.
-I understand that.
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Do you have something, Renzo?
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Yes, but I say to her:
'You know what? I'll go alone.'
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She says: 'You can see that from here.
A man alone?'
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'Everyone will talk behind your back',
she says.
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'They will think
that there is a hair in the butter.'
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She says: 'You just stay at home.'
And so I stayed home, right?
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God damn it, huh.
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In any case, my deepest condolences.
Really, Kurt.
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Thank you, thank you.
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Damn you, thief.
I want the other one.
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Lorenzo, that's already the fourth pack
that I have to open.
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That's a game of chance, isn't it?
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I can still open many packages.
That doesn't increase your chances, Lorenzo.
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If it doesn't matter, give me one
from the other suit. Thief.
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Come on, Dickens. Come.
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What is?
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Can I have a sugar waffle, please?
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['Dreamer' plays on the radio]
[hums along]
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♪ dream, dream ♪
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[sings high note]
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[bass heard from car]
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Just a second, eh.
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I just have to pay
I'll be right back.
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['The Air That I Breathe' plays]
♪ peace came upon me ♪
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♪ and it leaves me weak ♪
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♪ silent angel ♪
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♪ sometimes ♪
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[playback]
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[whispers] Fabien.
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Do you write it down? I'll pay later.
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[whistle]
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I should actually point that out
in the police, eh.
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That's carjacking
what you're doing, Freddy.
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Carjacking, don't exaggerate, buddy.
How long have we known each other?
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I admit, it's not the cleanest
way to use someone's car...
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...but it's not like I do this
planned with premeditation.
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You also know that I
I'm improvising.
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People notice that right away, don't they?
-Who?
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All those people in the waiting room.
What should they do now?
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That's what it says on the door
what should they do?
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To wait.
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In the hall.
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Would you like a pint?
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Voila.
-Thank you.
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And a pack of tobacco, red.
And blue leaves.
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Wuk?
-Red, blue leaves.
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[low voice] Wuk?
-Wuk?
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You always say that in your shows,
[low voice] Freddy De Vadder.
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Yes...
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What's my fault?
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Seven euros forty. Freddy.
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This looks interesting. Loft with courtyard.
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Birdie?
-Yes.
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Where are you going?
-I'm going cycling.
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It's the 14th, isn't it? Come.
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[bed creaks]
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[moans]
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Not too fast, not too fast.
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Give me that pillow.
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Say, what's wrong with you?
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Martine,
Actually, I don't see it that way anymore.
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[sigh]
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I'm not a cash cow.
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['Get Miles' plays]
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Second.
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Yes, good day.
-Day.
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Eh, I'm looking for Rudderveldestraat 58B.
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Fifty-eight, that's right here. But 58B?
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No?
-What is it for?
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Well, I have an appointment
with a certain Claude...
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...for a loft that would be available for rent.
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Yes, yes, yes, a loft. That doesn't mean anything to me.
-No?
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But I do know Claude, right?
-Ah yes.
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Say... but I know you too, don't I?
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Freddy, huh?
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Yes.
-Freddy De Vadder, eh?
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Yes.
-Yes.
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Yes... Do you remember me?
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Er, three years ago, Ruddervelde.
CC things... The Guild.
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Well, in the foyer.
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You would write something on the DVD
that I bought from you.
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You said, 'What should I write on that?' I
said, "I don't know, something original."
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Do you know what you wrote down?
"I don't know, something original."
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When I showed that to my girlfriend,
she said, "What's on that DVD?"
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And when I explained that to her...
We had quite a laugh.
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[laughs]
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Boys anyway.
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Um...
-Otherwise you'll have to wait here for a while.
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Ah yes, thanks.
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Is it to look or to buy?
-I'm just looking around a bit.
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Are you looking for vintage?
-Not special.
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Yeah, but... I know your kind.
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The thrift stores
empty in West Flanders.
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And then for ten times the price
sell...
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...in the Kloosterstraat in Antwerp, right?
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Excuse me?
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Do you think I don't hear?
where you come from, perhaps?
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Hey guys.
Is there a problem perhaps?
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[quiet electronic music]
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Come on, Dikken. Shut it down.
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I'll keep an eye on you, buddy.
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I think everything is clear then.
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Um, who wants to try first?
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Bernard?
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Francine, yes.
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Okay.
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Nothing is getting done right now.
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[engine roar]
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And we stop traffic.
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[squeaking brakes]
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And we cross.
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Sorry.
Authorized supervisor training.
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Yes, and everyone is off the streets,
so we clear the way.
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Anja, schetebezeke, how are you?
-Come here.
250
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,320
Say, if it's between the sheets
to dive, I don't have time.
251
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:14,680
Have you been drinking?
252
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,680
Say, what's wrong with you? It's two
o'clock in the afternoon and I'm by car.
253
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,080
Yeah, you wouldn't dare, surely, right?
-Like I'd take that risk.
254
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,840
Then it's on the front page
from De Weekbode:
255
00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,440
'OCMW chairman sounds positive.'
256
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,560
Besides, I'm here on business.
I'm expecting someone.
257
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:34,880
[whispering] He's already here.
258
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,960
Say, I didn't know
that you knew Freddy De Vadder.
259
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,160
Freddy De Vadder?
-Yes, that famous comedian.
260
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:48,600
Ah, yes, yes, yes. Yes, Anja, how is that going?
Everyone knows everyone at the top, right?
261
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,760
He talked about a loft
which is for rent.
262
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:51,880
Hm, hmm.
263
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,920
Is that the warehouse above?
-Yes.
264
00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,840
That belongs to the municipality, right?
You're not allowed to rent that out, are you?
265
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,720
Yes, I told you
that I wanted a concierge here?
266
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,200
With all that material here.
And at night, that's not safe, is it?
267
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,120
Anja, I notice that you have given notice.
You are not aware of anything.
268
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:14,200
Allee, a BV as a concierge. Claude...
269
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,160
Yes, you know those BVs?
In the books: let the wind blow.
270
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:22,680
But at home they eat dry sandwiches.
Those artists are artists, you know.
271
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,440
They like to present it better
than it is.
272
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:27,800
Allee.
273
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,080
And we cross.
274
00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,680
Oh.
Say, Johan, what should we do...
275
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,760
...when someone's laces are untied
in the middle of the street?
276
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,560
Ah. Oh dear. Always stand still, okay?
-Yes?
277
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,280
An authorized supervisor
certainly shouldn't help.
278
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,080
Um, he's controlling traffic, isn't he?
-Come on, guys.
279
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:52,280
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
-There are people who have to work, right?
280
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,440
We do that for the children, right?
281
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,520
Maybe it will work for you too.
You will be grateful to us.
282
00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,160
Hey, calm down, buddy.
-Whoa, whoa.
283
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:04,680
Just a moment.
284
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,200
Wait, huh?
-And everyone is off the streets...
285
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,200
...so we clear the way.
-Yes.
286
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:17,800
Amar. Wouldn't you wear a helmet?
-Mitten, kiss my nuts.
287
00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:23,240
But it's not mandatory, right?
It's just safer.
288
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:29,600
Here, the one and only Freddy De Vadder.
289
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,640
Claude Delvoye, chairman
of the recycling center and of the OCMW.
290
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:39,040
According to some even
future mayor. And cousin of, huh.
291
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,640
Wim Delvoye.
292
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,120
From that poop machine.
That's very well known, isn't it?
293
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,960
Did I call you?
294
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,560
The loft.
295
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,120
It will be for the quick decision makers.
There have been seven here already.
296
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,960
And they have all seven
immediately took an option.
297
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,200
But no one has
paid an advance.
298
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:03,440
So if you say yes, it's for you.
299
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,360
Can I maybe see it first?
-It must be.
300
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:11,400
But I'm sure
that you will love it.
301
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,720
Yes, look.
We're in the final phase, aren't we?
302
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,160
You have to look through it a bit,
Freddy.
303
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:22,160
It will be one big space.
You have to see its potential, right?
304
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,960
Well, you're from Ghent
came to Bevergem?
305
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,720
That's a bit of an adjustment,
sure?
306
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,920
There is something going on here, in Bevergem.
You've seen it before, right?
307
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,080
Sometimes I think I'm here
am the only normal one.
308
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:45,120
There's a lot to do in Ghent.
I've been there too, haven't I?
309
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:50,120
Did you study there?
-First candidacy Overpoort.
310
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,520
Look, those are the heating elements.
311
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,200
Very beautiful, all authentic.
From the 50's.
312
00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,080
Ghent, say.
313
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:05,240
First seat, second seat,
departure of the Leffe. [laughs]
314
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:07,040
I lived in Leuven. I...
315
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,440
Leuven?
-Yes.
316
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:13,000
That seems to be good too, Leuven.
The city of tight grooves.
317
00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:17,360
Yes, but I have to say:
you don't linger in Leuven.
318
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,840
After three months I was sick of it there.
319
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,360
I was happy to leave.
320
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,600
Well, ultimately, Leuven...
It's a big sandbox, isn't it?
321
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,080
Ghent, yes...
322
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:33,120
That's... That's a big city, that is
culture. You can't compare that with anything.
323
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,160
What do you have there, the Ghent Festivities?
We have crazy parties too, don't we?
324
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,960
The Zeugefeesten. You'll love that.
325
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,080
These are mini Ghent Festivities,
the oldest in the region. Real.
326
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,560
But yes, Ghent, yes...
There is always something to do there.
327
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:51,720
All those halls, you know. So crazy.
The Capitole, 2000 men.
328
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,960
What else do you have there?
329
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,720
I'm not aware of that,
I don't go to the theater often.
330
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,160
If you constantly have to act...
-Voilà. That's where you say something.
331
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:06,040
As if I volunteer in the city council
would sit down after my hours.
332
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,000
You can compare it with that.
333
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:13,400
Well, but I gotta say, Freddy,
politics, yes... That is a calling.
334
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:18,040
It's like a woman having a child
received. You don't have time for anything else.
335
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:23,480
Yes. I've been in politics since '95, right?
And I did everything.
336
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,200
I did the red one
I did the blue one...
337
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,000
...I did the orange one.
338
00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:32,600
And people have always known
what Claude Delvoye stands for.
339
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,880
And that is important, I think.
340
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,200
And green?
341
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,880
Green? You have to a little
remain credible, right?
342
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,600
Green...
Look, you see everything is fine here.
343
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:49,720
There is water and electricity here.
Yes. It's one big room.
344
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,560
What you see is what you get, Freddy.
345
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,400
Yeah, but what I don't understand, uh...
346
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,640
The ad stated
that it was furnished.
347
00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:01,040
Ah yes, of course, with furniture
from the thrift store.
348
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:05,400
Secondhand?
-Secondhand...Vintage.
349
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,000
You're an artist, right?
350
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,280
It's vintage after all
what matters to you?
351
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,080
[clears throat]
352
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:12,200
Amar?
353
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,360
Um, that's Amar, my brother-in-law,
the best garage in Bevergem.
354
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:20,400
Can you also confirm this here
are all authentic elements?
355
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,880
Yes, yes, it's so authentic
that it's all rotten.
356
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,440
Claude, now.
357
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:26,600
Um...
[door closes]
358
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,000
Think about it.
We're going to short circuit for a moment.
359
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:33,000
Here's my card.
If there's anything, call me.
360
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,280
Twenty-four on twenty-four,
you know.
361
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,280
Have you completely fallen on your head?
Rent out.
362
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:50,240
That means someone here
Will be present 24/7, right?
363
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,680
Amar, you won't let me finish.
364
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,400
Look.
365
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:59,400
He pays 800 euros per month.
366
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,000
Yes.
367
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:06,360
Of this, 200 euros will go directly...
368
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,920
...to Service Invest.
369
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:14,040
You're leaving Service Invest out of it, aren't you?
-Let me finish.
370
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,520
The remaining 600 euros...
371
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,760
...he pays in cash,
in black.
372
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,440
Amar...
373
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:30,960
...suppose you have 100 euros there every month
gets to do nothing, man.
374
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:36,200
Okay, but leave Service Invest out of it.
We can't do that.
375
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,960
You know what will happen
if that all comes true?
376
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,200
But you don't get it, that's just it.
377
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,360
It's actually his, isn't it? Hey.
378
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,360
He rents that here, right?
379
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:53,000
When they discover it,
it's his court, isn't it? Yes?
380
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,960
Can you follow? It is a loft with a courtyard.
381
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:03,680
Loft with courtyard?
-Loft with courtyard, yes.
382
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:08,920
If they discover anything in that garden,
he pays for it, doesn't he?
383
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:15,240
It will be like this: don't pass start,
go to jail immediately.
384
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,960
Okay, but then I want half.
-Fifty euros?
385
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,160
Three hundred.
386
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,920
And no one needs to know
except you and me, eh.
387
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,440
Hey, Amar.
388
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:35,760
[quiet electronic music]
389
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,920
You're the biggest moron I know.
390
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,080
[bell rings]
391
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,160
And? Have you ever thought about it?
-Well, actually...
392
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:09,400
Normally it is 900 euros
per month, but they are sales.
393
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:13,120
Because it's you.
Eight hundred and fifty euros. What do you think?
394
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,880
But all right, Claude. So little.
395
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,640
Eight hundred and fifty euros,
that is less than a living wage.
396
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,680
And that for a full-time concierge?
397
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,320
One thousand eight hundred and fifty euros, Anja.
398
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,120
You're not listening again, are you?
399
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,600
But concierge, I like that.
400
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,840
Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes...
401
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,800
Then we will
fill out the papers, right?
402
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,240
[bell rings]
403
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,240
[whispering] Hey, Martine. Psst.
404
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,360
Freddy's coming to live here, isn't he?
-Freddy?
405
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,360
Freddy De Vadder. Don't you know him?
406
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:56,680
No.
407
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,400
But Martine... Allee.
408
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,280
Hey, thanks for playing along,
you did that really well.
409
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,520
What do you mean?
-That was just for a laugh, wasn't it?
410
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,520
I know that too.
That rent still has to come off, right?
411
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:15,720
1850 minus 850. With 1000 euros
I am content as a concierge.
412
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,080
I was just telling Kurt.
413
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:33,320
I said, 'All right. Kiano's mom.
Turned twenty-two years old.
414
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,400
Karel's mother, 19.
415
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:41,560
And, uh, Kristientje's mom
turned 17.'
416
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:45,480
Allee, take Kiano's mom, 22.
417
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,680
Times three. From a goldfish
you can do that times three, right?
418
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:54,040
That is 66.
That's not an age, is it?
419
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,920
I know, it's just a goldfish.
420
00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:01,280
But Kurt can really be happy
that his mother has grown so old.
421
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:05,600
Eighty-four years.
Congratulations, sir.
422
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:08,400
Day.
423
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:12,960
That is absolutely correct.
424
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:14,360
[clears throat]
425
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:20,080
Goddammit, man.
I really respect that.
426
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,720
You only see that with self-employed people, right?
-Yes.
427
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,600
“Yes,” he says. But some have to
work hard for it...
428
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:29,880
...and some get everything
for nothing. Huh, Danny?
429
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:36,760
Kurt, man. Your mom is only half old
buried and you're standing here again.
430
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:41,080
Working from morning to evening
to make ends meet.
431
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:45,000
An official would be home for three weeks
sitting there crying and you're standing here again.
432
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:47,320
And the people say:
433
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:51,360
'Look at Kurt, what a cheapskate.
He bites every franc in half.'
434
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,280
But they don't understand, do they?
435
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,560
It's thanks to people like you and me
that the world keeps turning.
436
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,400
I never thought that.
437
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,280
Actually we are just the same.
438
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:07,440
Hey?
439
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:09,960
Yes, yes...
440
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,120
Thanks, Amar.
441
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:15,920
Say.
-Yes?
442
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:17,960
I'm just complaining, aren't I?
443
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,960
[bell]
[Danny chuckles softly]
444
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,240
[quiet electronic music]
445
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:47,200
[whispering] Fatties?
446
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:50,920
Fat?
447
00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:54,880
Thicken.
448
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,280
Hey, psst.
449
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,560
Something's not right, right?
450
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,840
I've been saying it all the time,
it stinks in here.
451
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,720
That guy's only been here a few hours
and he already has a key.
452
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,920
And we have been working here for three years
and we never got a key.
453
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,640
That thing stinks
and we are going to expose that.
454
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:25,360
Hey?
455
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:27,120
[distant rumbling]
456
00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:28,400
[whispering] What is that?
457
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:32,200
[banging]
458
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,040
What are you doing here?
-What are you doing here?
459
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,720
[gasps]
Oh, yes...
460
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,640
I thought: that ugly sign,
How long has it been here now?
461
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:01,200
Who uses that anymore?
So dirty, so ugly.
462
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:03,560
And so old-fashioned.
463
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,200
[sighs] Let's go here
hang something new.
464
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:11,160
[gasps]
465
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:16,840
[Kurt] Voilà, the shutter is down
and the billboard is inside.
466
00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:19,560
We're comfortable, aren't we?
467
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,680
[chicken croaking]
468
00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:25,760
That Amar, huh...
469
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,960
You must know him, right?
[chicken clucking]
470
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,840
If you hear us doing this,
you probably think...
471
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,160
But hey, that's camaraderie, right?
472
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,400
Amar and I, that's...
473
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:44,960
...tick tock, huh.
474
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:48,080
Hmm.
475
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,200
Ah, I, uh...
476
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:57,840
I like having guests like him,
with his heart on his sleeve.
477
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:04,560
Well yes. He shouldn't be exaggerating, but...
478
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,160
[sigh]
479
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,280
The Gang of De Roste,
that's just crap. Really crappy.
480
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:15,360
[cackle]
481
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,600
But I once told them my thoughts.
482
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:21,320
They were back here quickly
to put away those wreaths.
483
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,360
[slowly building rock music]
484
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,040
But come,
now just look at your serial.
485
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:30,960
It doesn't stand out for me, does it?
486
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:42,920
[Freddy] A new reality, there you go
deal with it in two ways.
487
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,480
You can try her
to face...
488
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:47,800
...or you can just walk away from it.
489
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,880
I wouldn't call it fleeing.
490
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,520
Rather distance yourself.
491
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,760
Suppose you go with your children
to Delhaize.
492
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,280
And you are at the cash register.
493
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:10,600
Of course it's full there
with sweets and chocolate.
494
00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:14,080
And those kids nag you
the ears of the head.
495
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:19,200
You think: what a dirty sales trick.
496
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:25,480
Well, you don't do that, do you?
All that candy, just at their eye level.
497
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,960
Well, that's just my point.
498
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,160
The fault does not lie there.
499
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,040
You have to create distance.
500
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:37,680
You are not obliged to your children
to take with you to the store?
501
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,720
Just leave them in the car.
502
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,040
'But only, Freddy.
[man groans]
503
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:49,520
Allee. And if it is very warm
day is? You can't do that, can you?'
504
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:55,320
Well, then turn on the air conditioning
and keep your engine running, eh?
505
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,840
[man] Freddy, all well and good,
but why are you calling?
506
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,000
It's the middle of the night.
507
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,080
You said it
that I could always call you?
508
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:07,680
[man] Yes, what then? I'm sitting here
in my pajamas. [police siren]
509
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,640
Can you come pick me up?
-[man] Allee. Come pick you up?
510
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,120
Do you even know what time it is?
511
00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:17,960
Where are you? Where are you?
-In, er, Seraing.
512
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,720
['The Air That I Breathe' plays]
513
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,640
[music fades]
514
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:21,480
[doorbell]
515
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,320
Is Freddy home?
-[sighs] No.
516
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,920
Where is he?
-I don't know myself.
517
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:41,200
Are you his love?
518
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,400
No, a friend. I'm watching his house.
519
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,920
It's for an autograph, right?
Guard.
520
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:21,880
[TV turns on]
521
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:43,640
[ominous music]
522
00:42:55,880 --> 00:43:00,800
Most service apartment residents
would like to live longer.
523
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:04,320
I'm only 76, right?
-Yes, but it can go fast, right?
524
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,160
You have to make a good impression
on your new boss.
525
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:10,200
[Renzo] Hopefully it's a nice one.
-[woman] Hilde Verbanck.
526
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:14,280
Oh, yes, yes. Yeah, but girl
I'm super happy you're here.
527
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,800
Hopefully she can run things here.
528
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,360
She did an internship in Africa.
-And then?
529
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,120
Africa is the largest thrift store
in the world.
530
00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:23,680
Everything there is second hand.