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WITH THE NOSE IN THE STREAM

I am now alone on earth,

no longer having any brother,
neighbor, friend, or society

other than myself.

You must read this out loud.

You must hear the voice
as it asks itself the question,

who is speaking?

Rousseau's voice
is made even stronger

by the fact that he wrote this
without pausing or breathing.

You must read it and listen to it
the way it was thought,

in one breath.

Can you read, please?

I am now alone on earth,
no longer having any brother,

neighbor, friend,
or society other than myself.

Thank you.

You must feel it.

You must hear the voice.
Miss?

I am now alone on earth,
no longer having any brother,

neighbor, friend,
or society other than myself.

The most sociable and the most
loving of humans has been...

Thank you.

Is it possible to live like this
today, without the others?

If you don't have a life, yes.

The actual question is:

can you live out of society
and be happy?

I'll let you think about it.

Is he here?

Since when
do you choose my subjects?

- Can we talk later?
- No.

Munch wants something about the
tercentenary of Rousseau's birth.

It'll be a special event
for the network.

- Are you kidding me?
- Get real, Marie.

You lose viewers every day.
I don't perform miracles.

Come on, every network
is losing plenty of viewers.

This has nothing
to do with my show.

Don't make things harder
than they have to be.

Find a nice angle
and an expert for credentials.

Make something nice
and they'll be happy.

What if I say no?

Asshole.

May I get the check, please?

Diderot?

Diderot?

You must be hungry.
Come here.

Come here, my cat.

You're hungry.

Can you remind me why you're here?
It wasn't clear on the phone.

I'm going to show you.
It'll be easier.

- Is it going to take long?
- No, only a minute.

Put it here.

- Do you know who Rousseau is?
- Rousseau?

A man who writes a treaty
on education and abandons his kids?

I don't get him, and I don't have
a good opinion of him.

Is he a football player?

It's really stupid
to interview children.

Wait, here it comes.

Rousseau trusted man.

No, if men were less envious,
they'd be happier.

Enough, my boy.

He knew that man's salvation
would mean going back to nature.

It's not true.
Going back to nature is impossible.

How do you know that?

Let me talk.
Go away very far.

He can't know that at his age.

It takes several years of study.

Either he's a gifted child,

either he repeats
what he's been told.

I think the second solution
is more likely.

Have you seen his eyes?

And the way he talks?

Don't you think it'd be worth it
to ask him how he knows that?

I don't own a TV, Miss Mercier.

I don't know
what you want to do with him.

You must understand

that Rousseau's thought
is complex and precious.

Symposiums and interviews will
celebrate him as he should be.

I don't think
I can be useful to you.

I can understand
why you're not interested.

It is a way
to show Rousseau's ideas

on a national network, at 9 p.m,
on prime time.

I'll find someone else.

I guess there is no lack
of Rousseau's experts.

Wait.

Tomorrow, after my class, at 10.30.

Why did you decide
to dedicate your life to Rousseau?

It's not common to dedicate
one's life to a dead man.

You should watch the road.

I rambled about in this manner
till I got to Confignon,

in Savoy, at about two leagues
distance from Geneva.

Hello.

Yes, hello?

Hello.

- I'm Marie Mercier.
- I know.

I did vox pop interviews here
two days ago.

I asked your son
whether he knew about Rousseau.

What he answered was astonishing.

Tom spends his time
saying weird things.

He's a very, how shall I put it,
different boy.

- Can we see him for a minute?
- Of course.

I have to go, though.
I have some work to do.

He must be in his room.

Thank you.

How come you're so late?
Do your homework.

Tom?

He's not here.

Hello, Tom.

We just wanted
to ask you a question.

Can we talk?

Remember what you said when I asked
you if you knew Rousseau?

Get out of my room.

Go away.

Men always believed
what they wanted to believe.

People won't believe
that a little boy

could know Rousseau
without ever studying about him.

My viewers are people
who need entertainment,

who need to be told stories that
are not about their daily lives.

Even if they're
not completely true,

they just need
to believe they're true.

Tell them
the story of Rousseau's life.

You'll see it's full of surprises.

Do you know why
he wrote 'The Confessions'?

No.

After 'Emile' and
'The Social Contract' were banned,

everybody attacked him.

His books were burned,
he was proscribed.

Overnight,

even though his only crime
had been to seek the truth,

every police were allowed
to arrest him.

He started writing the first book
of 'The Confessions'.

The first words made history.

"I have entered upon a performance
which is without example,

"whose accomplishment
will have no imitator.

"I mean to present my
fellow-mortals with a man

"in all the integrity of nature;
and this man shall be myself."

Can you imagine the courage needed
to write this?

Let's go back there.

When I came near him he backed away
as if he were scared by me,

as if he were impressed.

You'll talk to him.

Come.

- It's your story, not mine.
- Come!

Please, come.

My name is Auguste.

Everybody calls me
Professor Stohler,

but you can call me Auguste.

I know your name's Tom.

- You know why I'm here?
- No.

Me neither.

May I ask you a few questions?

Yes.

What is nature to you?

Things that were not
touched by man.

Is man part of nature?

It depends how you look at things.

What do you mean?

Man does things
that are not part of nature,

but he was created by it.

He transformed nature.

That's true.

He talked about nature,

about the signs in nature
that show everything's there.

All you need to do
is open your eyes.

You can hear
the truth of man better.

Animals know everything at birth
but men need to learn everything.

- How does he know that?
- He won't say.

What's unsettling is that it seems
to come from the inside.

- Do you want more?
- It's okay, thanks.

If you don't want to do it,
you don't have to.

It's okay.

Don't do it to please me.
You have to like doing it.

It's okay, dad.

It's your birthday soon.
We could have a party.

Only with Thérèse.

We could do something special
with her.

Bon appetit.

- Time to sleep.
- I'll turn the lights off.

- Dad?
- Yes?

Didn't you want
another boy instead of me?

Of course not.

- I'm going to sleep now.
- Have nice dreams.

- Do you take your pills?
- Yes.

- How do you react to it?
- It's okay.

You should consider surgery.

- You really should.
- Yes.

We'll see.

You've already had a heart attack.

- Don't forget your beta blockers.
- I won't.

- Goodbye, doctor.
- Goodbye.

- You could say hello.
- Hello.

Hello, Tom.

I'm sorry I entered your room
without asking.

I wouldn't have liked it either.

I'll leave you alone.

I have a gift for you.

My brother had a carnivorous plant
like you when he was little.

These flies are from my office.

I'm the best at catching them.

I can show you if you want.

- Do you want me to?
- Tom, come and get your bike.

Thank you for the flies.

When was he born?

1912.

Are you doing this on purpose?

He was born in 1712.
How hard can that be?

In 2012, we'll celebrate
the tercentenary of his birth.

You know what a tercentenary is?

I'm not an idiot.

Rousseau was born
on 28 January 1712

at 40 Grand Rue, Geneva.

His mother died in labor.

What was his father's job?

He was a watchmaker.

No, it's over.

Yes.

My mother's so annoying.

I have to learn about Rousseau
because I might get interviewed.

- Leave him alone.
- You can't fight, you're a girl.

Let's go, guys.

They're a bunch of assholes.

Today, we'll study a great man

who left an imprint on his time and
who's called Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Does anyone know who he was?

- He was a philosopher from Geneva.
- Right, Kelly.

- Yes, Gaspard?
- He wrote 'The confections'.

No.

He didn't write 'The Confections',
he wrote 'The Confessions'.

Does anyone know
what a confession is?

Thérèse?

It is when you do something bad

and you tell Father Antoine
and he forgives you.

Yes. Tom?

Towards the end, he felt the need
to write about his life.

Why do you think
he felt that desire?

Tom?

Line up in pairs
and leave the room quietly.

What's wrong?

You didn't want to talk
in front of the others?

- They mock me.
- They're all gone.

It's just you and me.

I know you could answer.

He wanted to tell the truth.

He didn't want
to keep it for himself.

It would have been stupid.

He thought he'd help people
to live better.

How do you know that?

- Who taught you that?
- Nobody.

How do you know it then?

Cut.

Why do they do a story on him?

Because he's a retard.

Einstein!

He kept me from losing it
when his mother died.

How old was he?

He was barely one.

He was like a beacon in the night,
a small light of happiness.

It was as if he instinctively knew
how to comfort me.

There was the first time
he said "dad",

and his eyes shining for two.

He had his mother's eyes.

He started talking very young.
He wouldn't stop.

Sometimes,
he'd say something amazing,

some truth out of his kid's mouth.

He was already different
from the others?

Different?

It's hard to say.

He was more sensitive.

You said Tom somewhat clammed up
through contact with the others.

Yes, when he started
going to school,

his teacher often asked me to come.

She'd tell me he didn't do
anything like the others.

Was it difficult?

To the contrary,
I was happy he was different.

He had his own world.

I was even sometimes afraid

he'd suffer from being ostracized.

Being ostracized...

Are you the one who taught him all
the things he knows about Rousseau?

No.

No, madam.

Diderot?

Diderot?

Diderot?

Tom, it's late.
You should sleep.

- Dad?
- Yes?

Do I really have to do it?

No, but it's already started.

You should show the other kids
how great you are.

But if it really makes you sad,

we can stop.

Victor calls me 'Einstein'
at school.

Don't pay attention to him.

He's jealous.

I'm sure many other kids
want to be friends with you.

Don't let Victor bother you.

Next time, slap him.
Once and for all.

Wait for the right time.

In his face!

Okay?

I can see you're sad
I'm not like the other kids.

I want you to be happy.

I want you to be happy.

Happy.

What's wrong?

They want to cancel my show.

I'm losing viewers, or so they say.

I have something to do about
Rousseau and I don't want to.

Don't do it then.

I have to.

- You don't get it.
- What don't I get?

I have to get up
early tomorrow morning.

I'm beat.

We don't need that to live.

I do.

They've spent a lot of money
for the tercentenary.

- She's jealous.
- I'm not.

But that's too much for a guy
who despised women.

You're going to make him upset.

Look at the female characters
he created:

the New Heloise, Julie...

I'm sorry, but a guy who writes
that women are here to please men

it too much for me,

even though he tried to make up
for it with his novels.

Remember it was written in the
context of 18th century's thought.

The depiction of women as weak
figures with a modest behavior

fit the hierarchical system
of the time.

Look at now.

Men have to be competitive
in every way.

The fear of not being efficient
is an issue.

Wouldn't a modest woman
bolster their sense of manhood?

He was the worst type of macho man.

Give me one example
of him being a macho man. One!

Are you okay?

What's wrong with you
upsetting him like this?

If you want to kill him,
you should mention Voltaire too.

Do you have some apple pie
or some floating island?

- We have apple pie.
- I'll take some.

- Do you want some dessert?
- No, thanks.

- A cup of coffee?
- Yes, please.

It must be one of your fans again.

Yes?

I'd like you to help me.
I'm not good with kids at all.

I need you to talk to Tom.

He only listens to you.
Could we film in your office?

It can't happen.

- Please.
- No means no.

- You've read everything?
- Yes.

I've even read some of them twice.

What will happen to what
you learned when you're dead?

I passed it on to my students,
who will pass it on to others.

Otherwise...

We can get ready.

Professor?

Sit there with Tom next to you.

I'm not used to it, but I guess
I shouldn't look at the camera.

No, look at Tom.

Before we start,

I'd like to show you something
I'll ask you to comment on.

Just touch the screen, please.

He wanted to tell the truth.

He didn't want
to keep it for himself.

It would have been stupid.

He thought he'd help people
to live better.

Professor?

What Tom says is interesting,
but we should be careful.

One lifetime is not enough
to understand Rousseau.

Even if what ten-year-old Tom says
might seem right,

one shouldn't forget
what makes Rousseau great.

Many of his thoughts are universal
and haven't aged at all.

As a result, Rousseau's ideas,

even to a smart and full
of common sense ten-year-old,

might be difficult to understand.

What's the use of Rousseau today?

Rousseau is a mountain.

He is a way of life.

One just has to read
or read him again

and they'll find
all that today's society needs.

He knew that man would need
to respect nature to be saved.

He was the first to condemn
consumption and speculation.

He was wrong.

Why do you say that?

He wanted man to be like him:
genuine.

But man isn't genuine.

He trusted man.

- He shouldn't have.
- Why?

It's true he thought

that man isn't naturally vicious,
greedy, and evil,

but that he became like that
because of society.

He thought
man was innocent by nature.

He wanted to change man
because he trusted him.

But man is attracted to Evil.

There was nothing
he could do about it.

Do you have children?

I have a daughter about your age.

I'd rather not talk about her.

You never stop asking questions

and being a journalist.

- Please.
- Sorry.

- Yes?
- Marie, it's me.

I just wanted to tell you that...

I'll tell you about it.

- Are you coming home?
- Yes.

- I was chatting with PR Stohler.
- You should invite him to diner.

I'd like to meet the guy my wife
spends so much time with.

- It'd be nice.
- Yes, okay.

Do you have plans tonight?

No, not really.

Then please come to eat diner
at our place.

Please.

It's really nice of you,
but I have to get up early.

I'll give you a ride.

That's nice,

but when you're hungry, the issue
at hand is not philosophy,

but finding food.

- He'll say he's a self-made man.
- I am.

As a kid, I already knew you had to
earn money to get a better world.

Where I come from, there isn't much
space for thinkers.

You might be surprised, but I also
come from a low-income family.

My father was a stationmaster.

But I've never thought
money meant happiness.

Quite the opposite,
it creates inequality.

Look around you, it's never been
more obvious than today.

How can you be happy

when millions of euros, dollars,
or Swiss francs

are given as bonus by banks,

while some others
earn barely enough to survive?

Having been poor as a child,

I can tell you money is happiness,
or at least a big part of it.

It depends on how you use it,

on how you redistribute it.

Simply through consumption?

When I consume,
I give money to many people,

who can also consume, and so forth.

Today, consumption
makes the world go round.

You can't deny it.

I don't think I could make
those people live with ideas.

You're wrong.

All those ideas, as you call them,
give people hope,

and allow them not to be crushed
by the system.

That's what you find in
'How to be happy without money'.

Vincent is good with catchphrases.

He could sell anything to people
who don't need anything.

You know,

Rousseau's always had detractors.

I could imagine him
being with us tonight, smiling.

He'd think deep down that despite
all our band-aid speeches,

we're not happy.

I can imagine the glimmer in
his eyes because sooner or later,

some people would realize it.

Don't you agree?

I'm a little bit tired.

- It's okay.
- I'll give you a ride.

- It's okay.
- I will.

Diderot?

Diderot?

He's interesting,

but he's not really grounded,
is he?

Is he?

To teach my students means

that the more they can think by
themselves, the freer they'll get.

You can't tame a wolf.

If you do, it'll get closer
to humankind.

Then it's no longer a wolf
and it's not happy,

like a child
who's no longer a child.

Let's stop here.

Nobody will believe this.

What we filmed is a proof.

A proof of what?

I don't believe in the divine.

Your world doesn't interest me,
it's too different from mine.

I'm tired.

It's lasted long enough.

You don't believe me.

I don't know how to tell you,
but you're wrong.

Rousseau wanted to touch the heart
more than reason.

It's Julie. I left you a message
on your cell but you don't answer.

I'll leave the day after tomorrow.
I would have wanted to see you.

To teach my students mean

that the more they can think by
themselves, the freer they'll get.

You can't tame a wolf.

If you do,
it'll get closer to humankind.

Then it's no longer a wolf
and it's not happy,

like a child
who's no longer a child.

Let's stop here.

You don't believe me.

I don't know how to tell you,
but you're wrong.

Rousseau wanted to touch the heart
more than reason.

- Where are we going?
- You'll see.

I don't like it
when you have secrets.

If you don't tell me,
I'll stay right here.

It's my paradise.
Only you can see it.

- If I'm late, I'll get scolded.
- Don't worry about it.

These are the tracks.
Probably from roe deer.

There must be the mother
and the fawn.

Are you coming?

Tom?

I have to tell you something.

My mother doesn't like it
when I'm with you.

She says you're weird.

It's not true!

Professor, your mail.

- There isn't much.
- Thanks.

- How are you today?
- Fine, thank you.

Man is born free,
and everywhere he is in chains.

What do you think about this?

That it means society is a prison?

That you're free but you need to
control others to live with them.

You could say man has the right
to freedom but is actually a slave.

People always think humans
and animals are different

because humans are considered free.

But the social man is less free
than animals.

It means freedom is an illusion.

It is actually
an unattainable ideal.

Rousseau thinks it can be attained.

I agree with him
that in order to do it,

you need some real moral courage.

And, deep down inside,

there must be
a just and sincere emotion.

Is that courage
only a matter of emotions?

How do you know if they're just?

I could want to kill someone

and it'd be a virtue only because
it is a genuine emotion?

Freedom is a very

complex matter.

Moral courage too.

A personal emotion

is stronger
than the state of society.

Rousseau...

Professor?

I was thinking about freedom,

about the price to pay to be free

and what you sometimes
must sacrifice to do it.

It's your father.

If you don't have any plans
for lunch, call me back.

It was your father.

Are you insane?

It's Dubois' fault.

Come to my office, both of you.

There'll be two of us today.

Thank you.

It's Julie. I can't come, sorry.

I have a friend who's the principal
of a school in Lausanne.

She accepts a few gifted children
like Tom every year.

He can't stay in a normal school
that slows him down.

Really, I have only
his best interests in mind.

Think about it.

Don't wait too long.
Registration is right now.

Tom.

It's an opportunity.

How do I come home after school?

You'll sleep there.

You'll have your own room,

you'll have friends,
and you'll come back on weekends.

Nobody will bully you because
you're not like the others.

Tom, it's not what I meant.

He kept me from losing it
when his mother died.

He was like a beacon in the night,
a small light of happiness.

It was as if he instinctively knew
how to comfort me.

There was the first time
he said "dad"...

What's wrong with you?

He had his mother's eyes.

Don't pressure me.

Sometimes,
he'd say something amazing...

I don't recognize the sharp
and powerful Marie I used to know.

Maybe she's changing?

Professor, it's for you.

Take it here.

Yes?

You never turn on your cell?
I've been trying to reach you.

They want to put him in a school
for gifted school.

- Who is 'they'?
- His father.

He wants to do it for him.

You started all this, Marie.

He was fine before he met you.

Maybe he should go to that school.

Maybe it'll stimulate
his intelligence.

This shows you haven't watched
the DVD I've sent you.

Watch it and you'll understand.

Could I watch this
on your computer, please?

I don't know how to tell you,
but you're wrong.

Rousseau wanted to touch the heart
more than reason.

Sir?

Are you okay?

Everything's alright.

You're at the hospital.

- What do you want?
- I've come to say bye. I'm going.

Aren't you asleep?

Turns the light off,
we have to get up early.

Goodnight, Cutie Head.

Goodnight, mom.

I hate it
when she calls me Cutie Head.

She called me that
when I was little.

How did your father call you?

Don't talk about him, I hate him.

Anyway, I'm going to leave.

- I won't go to his school.
- Where do you want to go?

I don't know,
but I still have time.

- When do you come back?
- In September.

- Will you write?
- I promise.

I'm going to miss you.

You can't watch before I'm gone.

I LOVE YOU

FOREVER.

Hello, how are you today?

Could you open the curtain, please?

Thank you.

I'll go get your breakfast.

I'm going to rest, I'm tired.

- You should eat.
- I'm not hungry.

Rest then, I'll come again later.

Hurry up, Thérèse!

Where is the man of room 15?

Are there things you did
or didn't do that you regret?

- May I ask you a favor?
- Of course.

Drive very fast.

Hello.

If you're here to convince me
not to send Tom to Lausanne,

you're wasting your time.

I just want to talk to Tom.

- Are you okay?
- Yes.

- May I come in?
- He's not here.

He's always
at the Allandon river's edge.

Thank you.

You'll find him there.

Your father told me
where I could find you.

It's quite far.

Thank you.

You were right.

Sorry, I must learn
to switch it off.

You must choose
what's important for you.

To us.

Sometimes, I miss her.

That's life.

- Your mother is still alive?
- Yes.

Do you see her often?

No.

Why?

I don't know.

You don't have time?

- Do you have children?
- No.

You don't want any?

I can't have children.

I want to have some
when I'm married to Thérèse.

- Are you married?
- Yes.

How is your story going?

It doesn't seem to please you.

- It doesn't.
- Really?

I shouldn't have entered his life
like this.

It's made me understood

that I don't want
to do my job this way.

Not anymore.

I might sound
as if I'm repeating myself,

but you have a choice.

Without you and your story,
I wouldn't have met Tom.

I don't know how to thank you.

Convince Tom's father not to send
him to that school.

He's happy here.

- Are you staying here?
- Yes.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Bye, Auguste.

Bye.

Why are you so silent?

I'm not happy.

What do you mean?

My life, all that.
I don't like it.

- I'm not happy.
- Since when?

It's been a while.

Do you want to leave me?

I don't know.

I don't know
if it'd be better without you.

I need to know if the woman
I used to be still lives in me.

Do you understand?

Rousseau gives us a very strong
message of freedom

and a very strong message
of solidarity.

I don't get it.

How do you expect me to sell this
to the network?

They're going to
throw it back at my face.

I won't change a thing.

I did my job without
taking the viewers for fools.

I didn't betray this little boy.

If you want to fire me...

Auguste?

I'm coming.

Brilliant flowers,

diverse colors of the meadows,

fresh shady spots,

brooks, thickets, greenery,

come purify my imagination sullied
by all these hideous objects.

My soul, being dead to all
great impulses,

can no longer be touched by
anything

except things that appeal
to the senses.

Sensations are all I have left,

and through them alone

can pain or pleasure
now reach me here on Earth.

I do not seek to educate myself:
it is too late for that.

In any case, I have never seen
any of this science

contributing to
life's happiness.

But I do seek to offer myself
pleasant and simple pastimes

which I can enjoy effortlessly

and which will distract me
from my misfortunes.

Plants seem to have been
scattered profusely

over the face of the Earth
like the stars in the sky

as a means of inviting men, through
the lure of pleasure and curiosity,

to study nature;

but the stars
are placed far above us.

Are you okay?

You're too fast for me.

- Sorry.
- It's okay.

Here you are.

Where were you?

We were worried about you.

We'll call your master
to tell him you're back.

Come, you must be hungry.

I'll fix you something. Come.

Come.

Kitty.

- Look.
- You're removing everything.

Then if you do this...

The heart's is the best part.

How was Rousseau as a kid?

- Are you interested?
- Yes.

His mother died
giving birth to him.

His father raised him.

In the evening,

after diner,

they would read together the books
his mother left.

They were so into it that they
sometimes read until dawn.

It made Rousseau write:

"I had no idea of things

"but all varieties of feeling
were already known to me."

One day,

because of an argument, his father
had to leave Geneva.

He entrusted him
to the care of his brother,

who in turn entrusted him
to a minister,

the Minister Lambercier.

There, something really important
happened to Rousseau.

He was spanked

for something he didn't do,
breaking a comb.

To him, that was unfair.

He said:

"That first feeling of violence
and injustice

"has remained so deeply graven
on my soul,

"that all the ideas connected
with it

"bring back to me
my first emotion."

Do you understand?

What makes you sad like this?

Tell me.

Is it about that school?

Can a ten-year-old
have an old grumpy professor

as his best friend?

What do you think?

Thank you for today.

Go home,
your father will get worried.

Go home.

See you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Yes, I'll wait.

Thank you.

Doctor?

Auguste Stohler speaking.

Nothing serious, I'm fine.

I wanted to ask you whether surgery
was still an option.

Yes?

I see.

Very well.

Thank you.

My dear daughter,
please don't be upset.

Forgive me.

I just want to make up
for lost time.

We've wasted a lot of time
looking for each other.

You must know
I've never stopped loving you.

Even though I don't always agree
with your choices,

even if I don't exactly
share your beliefs,

I love you.

Unconditionally.

That will never change.

Auguste?

He's here.

I have to mail this.

I was searching everywhere.

I had found
her jewelry's hiding place,

her savings under her mattress.

In her closet,
there were hardbacks.

I had never seen any before.

They looked like church books,
but bigger and more beautiful.

They had golden edges.

I opened one and I read:

"Here is the only portrait of a
man, painted exactly after nature

"and in all her truth, that exists
and probably ever will exist.

"Whoever you may be, whom destiny
of my trust

"has made the arbiter
of the fate of these notebooks,

"I entreat you, in the name of my
misfortunes, of your compassion,

"and of all human kind,

"not to destroy a unique
and useful work,

"which may serve as a first point
of comparison

"in the study of man."

That was "The Confessions".

That's how I discovered Rousseau.

He spoke to me.

To me only.

I know it's late.

I'd like to talk to you.

At first, what mattered to me
was to share what I knew.

I wanted to feel I could influence
the life of a young person,

or change a life.

I didn't want to change society,

just a life,

or another, that in turn
might change society.

Instead of that,
society changed me.

I'm not here to talk about this.

Well,

I don't want you to make the same
mistake I did with my daughter.

I sent her to a boarding school
when she was a kid.

For her sake.

I didn't know it was the biggest
mistake of my life.

I should have kept her with me.

Instead, I wasted those years
without ever thinking about her.

Don't do the same mistake.
Tom isn't a gifted child.

He's just a lively
and imaginative child.

His school is nature.

That's where he learns.

That's where
he has so much to teach us.

- Are you okay?
- Yes.

I overdid it today.

- Do you want a ride?
- I'll be fine.

Can I ask you a favor?

Of course.

Thank you.

Thank you.

He died last night.

He left this for you

in case something happened to him.

Tom,

I wanted to thank you for
the amazing times you're giving me.

You're like a star, my boy.

Keep on growing up.

Don't change a thing.

Nothing at all.

Promise me.

That's what I wanted to tell you

that I couldn't tell you
lest I ruined our good times.

I didn't know how to say it.

Should something happen to me,

I left Diderot to the lady
who takes care of my house.

He'd be happier with you here.

You'll see, he's a nice friend.

This is not goodbye,
because I'll be there.

Always in your heart.

You'll just have to call me,
with all your heart.

Hello.

My name is Thomas Dubois.

Keep your books closed.

I'll talk about Rousseau.

First, I'd like to talk about
a man, a man who taught here.

He taught this:

"I have entered upon a performance
which is without example,

"whose accomplishment
will have no imitator.

"I mean to present
my fellow-mortals

"with a man in all
the integrity of nature;

"and this man shall be myself."

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