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David, hurry up!

Come on, we'll be fucking late.

You don't need this, it's not cold outside.

- But I want... - No, it's fine.

Come the fuck on!

I'll go first, you meet me there.

Are you sure about this movie?

I don't think I want to see it.

Are you for real?

You don't like Rohmer anymore?

Well, I don't recall ever liking Rohmer.

Is this a joke?

The last time we went to see a Rohmer, you went into a frenzy.

You talked about it for the whole evening.

I don't remember that.

You don't remember Boyfriends and Girlfriends?

Boyfriends and Girlfriends, yes, of course.

But I watch so many movies, they get mixed up in my head,

and I don't even know what I liked or not.

Boyfriends and Girlfriends, you saw it twice.

Twice, you say?

Memory problems?

The more I learn about you, the less I understand.

I'm the same, I understand myself less and less.

That's rough.

- Do you really think so? - Yup...

So, what do you want? To see this movie?

Or another one?

Well, I will think about it...

Maybe there is another movie playing here?

- But I want to see this one... Oh! - Hi. - Hi.

Hi, David.

You want to see this shitty movie?

You think it's bad too?

- Well, I... - You see, he also thinks it's bad.

- It sucks. Sucks.

You already saw it?

It sucks, it's boys and girls talking for, like, an hour and a half.

- But did you see it? - Yes, I did!

Yeah.

It sucks, it's cheaply made.

Don't waste your time on this one.

Is she Esther?

Take a guess.

Yes, it's Esther.

Yeah, she's not as pretty as Beatrice Dalle.

She doesn’t have to look like Beatrice Dalle.

- Esther is Esther, and that's all. - Thank you, André.

You are made for each other. We'll leave you to it.

I guess.

- I guess. - Goodbye.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

Do you know these guys?

I know David. The little one.

Who's the tall one?

Sebastien.

The Cinephiles (The Return of Jean)

Written by:

A Louis Skorecki Film

You're acting strange, Marie. Going to the movies at this hour,

eating an ice cream when it's so cold outside...

This ice cream tastes like urchin or shrimps.

I thought it was pistachio.

And they told me it was kiwi.

Oookay...

- You want a taste? - No thanks.

This line doesn't move.

We should have gone to the seaside.

Seaside?

Why not?

Look! There is some guy at the ticket stand.

He holds the line. What's his problem?

I don't know.

I'll go check what's going on.

It's some dude, he says he's a critic, he wants to have free tickets.

Always those dodgers... When will we go in?

Do you have something planned after this?

After?

I don't know, we'll see. I'll see.

It's strange how much you seem to like it.

Yes, I like it a lot.

I meant waiting in line, you seem to enjoy it.

It's the dude I told you about.

Do you know this young man?

- Why should I answer this? - Because I asked you. Do you know him?

- Why? Are you a cop or something? - Answer him.

- Of course, we're here together. - Yes, she knows me.

Do you think she loves you?

I hope.

If she loved you, she wouldn't let you go outside wearing only a fluffy shirt.

In such cold weather.

You must think you're in the North Pole.

With this toupee-like fur. What a joke.

You seem to be in a better mood than at the register.

I'm amused seeing people dumb enough to wait in line in this weather

Do you think any movie, even the best one, is worth your health?

- If you love him, take care of him. - Thanks for the advice.

- How kind. - What a lunatic. He's got problems.

- It's a critic. - The line is moving, let's go.

How bothersome.

♪ At last it stopped raining ♪

It's awful. Three Seats for the 26th.

This title! When you ask for it at the stand:

I want one seat for Three Seats, no, I mean

three seats for three seats...

The usherette was confused.

She's right to be angry, it's such a low paying job.

This movie, my God! Yves Montand, Matilda May.

She looks dirty, she's so ugly...

And it will never stop,

because this old man, this pachyderm,

Montand, he just sired another one.

20 years from now, they'll show us Montand's son,

with his long nose,

and Serge Gainsbourg's granddaughter.

It'll never stop.

Even dead, Truffaut is still making movies,

starring Jane Birkin's daughter,

by-products, going downhill, sons and daughters...

And we'll get.... I don't know... some horrors...

My God! And they sing!

I want to pee on this rotten cinema.

Ah, that was needed.

My God, this movie...

I can't even...

The seats are so bad.

The Little Thief, played by Birkin.

No, her daughter... no end in sight.

What's in there?

They must have gorgeous movies in the archives,

some wonders they never show.

What a lousy picture.

Excuse me, can I piss here?

You are welcome!

Can you imagine, in 1988, peeing on a movie theater?

They deserve as much!

Did you see a good movie?

No, an awful movie.

My only reaction was to quickly go out and pee on the movie theater.

I wouldn’t be so extreme. I don't often go to the movies.

When you're at home, and a bad film is on TV, do you piss on your TV set?

No, but I go to the bathroom during the movie.

Yeah, but it's not the same as what you're doing now.

The way things go, I will have to pee inside the screening room.

Everybody would see, you would be caught,

the show would be in the room and not on the screen.

Thanks for sharing your spot.

I'm done too.

How did it go with André, last week?

"So, you like Egyptian cinema?"

I didn't know anything about it.

I just let it happen, I was charmed.

How do you go to the movies?

Does someone have to invite you? Do you go on a whim?

Even if the movie's already started.

Do you read the programming, plan it the day before,

call a friend to go with you?

A movie...

Can you go see a movie three times in theaters?

Stranger Than Paradise and Boy Meets Girl, the first Carax,

I saw them with Vladimir before seeing them with you

Eszter Bálint, I don't say this because

I'm also named Esther, but I feel like her.

It's the same with Mireille Perrier: she's just like me.

I had a weird experience with Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire.

I saw it three times,

but the first time, I was late,

because I was with my friend Jean, a journalist.

We were in a bar, drinking,

and we missed the first 20 minutes.

The second time, I tried to see the whole movie,

but I was with a friend,

when we were in the lobby,

he went to buy cigarettes

and I waited for him

and when he came back it was 10 minutes late.

And the third time, I missed the first 5 minutes.

I think I have a problem with this film.

It's weird. It's the first time it's happened to me.

I don't know if I'll ever see it fully.

Well...

I don't know if it's your fish I love

or you.

Sometimes, I wonder what I am doing,

being there on this statue, talking to you

You're finally here!

I waited a long time.

Who are these two chicks?

Listen, there is a problem.

I can't come with you to L'Escurial [movie theater] today.

I don't understand.

I said there is a problem, and I can't come to L'Escurial.

But what's the problem?

I said: what's the problem?

I said: what's the problem? What is it?

I told you.

I said: what's the problem? What is it?

How long have you known Esther?

Since a long time, I guess.

And, how is she?

She's nice.

Why are you asking me this?

I don't know, because...

I saw her with some guys.

I thought she slept with anyone.

She goes to the movies with anyone.

Esther.

Are you even sure it's your name?

I am.

Why?

Do you know the tale of Esther?

Yes, shall I tell you?

It was a long time ago.

A king, who didn't love his wife anymore,

summoned all the young women of the kingdom

When he saw Esther, he found her beautiful.

He told her,

that she could ask anything of him,

and he made her his favorite.

His favorite? You mean he slept with her?

Why are you asking me this?

I'm just asking.

Because I feel like Esther is not your real name.

Well...

That's because I have several names.

Many names, in fact.

[the graffiti means "Linked", "Connected", "Bound"]

Hello, are you waiting for the shooting?

- No, what shooting? - There is one right here.

- You must know about it. - No, I don't.

I think you would be a good actor.

I bet you would have a better part than mine.

I don't want to act in movies,

I want to make movies.

It's dumb: that's the same thing.

Maybe I'm dumb, but I know I am.

What's your name?

- André. My name is André. - I'm Pierre.

Do you want to come with me?

No. And I know I'm dumb, so you don't have to tell me.

I'll get going.

- Hello. - Hello, Jean.

Did you see François? I've been waiting for an hour?

We were supposed to see the Ophüls, he's not here yet.

He's too much!

François, it's the same François we both know?

It's rather worrisome.

Weird, even. He wouldn't miss his eighth meeting with Joan Fontaine,

he's dumb enough for that.

François loves Joan Fontaine?

He loves this type of woman, filmy as a liana.

He only likes trees.

He goes to the movies as ones walks in the forest.

Did you hear about the movie shooting nearby?

Yes, I heard about it.

They're still shooting movies...

What a pity. It's dreadful.

Shall we go? Why are you still waiting? He won't come.

Right?

This is really annoying.

You don't seem like a Langian.

I'll bet you don't like Fritz Lang movies.

Maybe his first period:

Woman in the Moon.

Woman in the Moon? That's a nice title.

Yes, Woman in the Moon, or Destiny.

But Lang's last films,

The Tiger of Eschnapur,

The Indian Tomb, I'm sure you wouldn't like them.

You'll find them silly.

I'm convinced that you only go see a film for the actors.

You think so?

Worse: you only go for the actresses.

You’re killing my appetite.

Why?

I think you'll like it.

Anyway, I only like black and white movies.

You'll see, there is black and white.

You'll see, there is black and white and color.

And I'm sure you'll... Well...

I can feel you'll like it.

But is it black and white or color?

You saw it three times. So, which is it?

It's both. I can't explain it.

You'll see. I'm sure, I can feel you'll like it.

No, I don't feel like it.

Well... Is it because you want to see André?

You're annoying me. I'm fed up.

You’re really starting to piss us off,

parroting Jean's bullshit on "Death of Cinema".

And you don't even think it's true.

You always rush to see every new movie.

Jean, it suits him, he's old, or it's his style.

But you...

I don't know what I can be.

I'm a half-breed.

Between generations.

When you go to the movies,

you are soft, it's always soft,

you're serene.

No affectations.

And Jean... Jean, we talked about this.

He's dissatisfied, even before the movie.

And after, he's even more dissatisfied.

So, what am I, in between?

And what if I'm parroting Jean? I like him.

I haven't known him for a long time.

But, the other evening, randomly, I peed with him,

And he talked to me about the relationship

between cinema and television.

I was truly surprised.

I don't know, maybe you won't listen to him as much as I do,

because you can't understand him now. Someday, maybe.

I don't think we can talk with each other.

If you shut it down now, you'll never understand him.

I don't understand you either.

We can't talk to each other.

I don't know...

You're pissing me off.

Jean says a lot of crap, but Nidam's also a piece of work.

It's all rubbish.

Rio Bravo, the last of...

The last great classical movie.

What's that supposed to mean?

It's just wrong. Since 20 years, there's a lot of new things, never seen before.

Cassavetes' movies, a lot of Godard, I don't know...

What does he want?

If cinema stopped 20 years ago, we would have missed a lot.

And this whole cinema vs television stuff, it pisses me off so much.

A film on TV is not the same as in a movie theater. OK. That's it.

They don't even know where they stand, and they try to confuse us.

They are totally confused by... I don't even know what.

He's just senile.

- It's true! - Yes, he is kind of...

What was the movie they were shooting here?

Pierre told me he was an extra in it.

But he wouldn't tell me the director's name.

You must know it.

Jean told you at the last editorial board meeting?

He tells you everything.

He told me it was a TV serial about the French Revolution.

But I think he lied to me.

Are they still shooting?

No, it was finished yesterday.

Is it a movie for television or a TV movie for movie theaters?

Is there a difference?

Yes, there is.

André, take a look.

What is it?

Look.

There's nothing.

There is, look.

There's nothing.

Don't you see?

No.

You are so dumb.

I know.

You are truly dumb.

I know that, thanks.

What is it, then?

Nothing.

Well, what are we going to do?

You really want to see this?

Can we hurry? It's almost time.

I'm really hungry.

Don't you want to go eat nearby?

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

will stay in cinemas for a long time.

The big Rabbit...

I promised Vladimir I'll go see it.

Shall we go?

Well, I'll come with you.

François, I got preview tickets.

Guess for what?

I don't care. I hate previews

and private screenings.

Do you? You like to suffer, then.

I think you love to pay to see a movie.

Then, if it's a bad movie,

you are furious.

And happy. Am I wrong?

I just need to see the name of the producer,

of the director...

the actors, or even an excerpt on TV,

and I can already know if the movie sucks or not.

So, I'm never really disappointed.

I always know what to expect.

I can only be surprised.

Show me the preview tickets.

What a laugh.

- Ah, well, let's go see it. - Let's go.

I met André.

He bored me with the magazine.

He told me about the board review.

Hours of talking.

Where did he get all the details?

Jean must have told him.

Anyway, Jean...

I don't trust anything he says.

He doesn't even go to the meetings. It's been years.

What did he say? Tell me. I'm interested.

You're such a girl.

Only girls are so interested in

gossip and drama between four old critics.

Lenitzer was melodramatic,

Jaja screamed like a monkey,

Both Jean... Jean and Jean-Pierre, I think.

They still won't talk to each other.

I don't see why you should care.

They haven't even talked about cinema for 15 years.

First, I'm not a girl.

And second, if I want to care about old critics,

who are not that old, by the way, it's my business.

If you're not a girl, what are you?

Duh, I'm a boy!

And anyway, like all boys, my favorite movies

are those of Jean-Claude Biette.

You love the natural tone of Biette's movies?

Exactly!

Why are you looking at me like that?

What do you want?

It's not a whorehouse here.

I'm not a whore. I guess....

Why are you so close to me? Stop.

I'm waiting for the movie, like you.

Better go back to your mom.

I want to see Ministry of Fear.

What do you know about cinema, you little idiot?

I want to see Ministry of Fear!

What's that? Ministry of Fear? You know about it?

It's a movie with Ray Milland. It's awesome.

Ministry of Fear. I saw it on TV, I liked it.

I love spy movies.

Why?

Cause I love spy movies!

Stop laughing.

- Did you like it? - No.

- And you? - I didn't see it.

- You didn't? - And I won't see it.

- Why? Don't like Besson? - Because... I don't like blue.

- Don't like blue? - No.

I like blue. It's good. It's blue. It goes well with red.

It's kinda pale, the blue in The Big Blue.

...bathroom, for two hours. - During a movie.

Watch out for drowning in your bathroom.

With a blue ceiling, you never know.

We're not making sense. I'm tired talking about The Big Blue.

And why The Big Blue? He's big?

Who's The Big Blue?

- We don't know. Nobody knows. - It doesn't mean anything.

You know, it's... the entity.

An entity? I thought it was a man.

The dolphin man, the dolphin woman...

Well, you know I [inaudible] the movie. So, I couldn’t explain it to you.

- It's French? - There's not much to understand.

You turned me off it. I won't see it.

If you like water, maybe...

I do, actually. I like the sea.

So, they're scuba diving?

No, they're freedivers.

- What diving? - Freediving

No bottles, no oxygen, they do it themselves.

They do the oxygen... like if they were pregnant with it.

Oxygen... it's H2O, something like that...

You talk about it, but you didn't see it. During the film...

- She did see it. - ...you were powdering yourself.

Every twenty minutes, she does that...

Maybe she wiped her face, she thought she was wet.

Yeah, I was crying. The film made me cry.

You cried?

To wipe out the water, I put some powder. Made sense.

Did Vladimir tell you about Jean?

Not really.

Why? About what?

You know it.

Do you think someone can write for this magazine?

It's up to you.

If you have ideas, why not?

I could write about Fritz Lang.

Everything ever written about him is vague.

But he's a precise director.

Nobody ever wrote he was both an architect and a homosexual.

Maybe he didn't know he was homosexual,

but you can tell with his movies,

and his relationship with actresses.

Nobody was worse with Marlene Dietrich,

than Lang on the set of Rancho Notorious.

How do you know that? You were there?

I just know it.

Even Sternberg wasn't as hard on her.

Do you think that's interesting?

Yes. You can feel it.

Even...

Jean Renoir, who was a coward, a hypocrite,

was not...

...as mean...

as Fritz Lang.

Even Ford was less mean with his actors.

That's why he's the greatest.

Because he didn’t love anyone.

Lang was meaner than Renoir?

Yes, he was the meanest.

And the greatest.

You're annoying me.

Got news from Eric?

No, nothing lately.

Last news was since...

...

was...

since the return of Jean.

After Jean's return.

What's going on? You look weird?

No, I'm fine.

It's just...

I heard they had an argument at the last board review.

I thought about that, that's all.

About François' paper on Lang?

How do you know about that?

Dunno.

Jean must have told me.

Jean.

I think.

You know what's the best part? Or the worse?

They didn't even read François' paper.

François never wrote the paper.

What did they argue about then?

They argued...

They argued... that was unclear. About Bertolucci's movie.

His last movie. [The Last Emperor]

Jaja left when Godard came up,

Lenitzer couldn't stand it.

And the three George can't stop arguing with each other.

It was a ruckus.

Is it true that Jean worked there as a critic?

That's what he says.

I learned not to trust what George, I mean Jean, says.

How did they call him? The rabbit?

No: the rake! That's the one?

- The rake was Glenna. - Glenna?

She was the only woman they could stand.

She had teeth wide apart, like that.

And Jean was the seal.

The seal!

Dunno. I would like to see an Alan Rudolph.

- There's Trouble in Mind... - Oh no, no, no.

- Nuh, nuh. What... - No, Rudolph's fucking boring.

No, Rudoph's fucking boring.

There's a lot of good films to see.

Some Dreyer's, some Rossellini's.

- Some Dreyer's, some Rossellini's. - An Antonioni, I think.

Some Antonioni's.

You don't like Antonioni?

All the shitty movies you go see are even more boring.

What?

All the shitty movies we go see are even more boring.

Yeah, okay.

It's true.

And it's true.

- So what? - What, what?

Make up your mind.

I don't know what to choose.

It stopped raining.

The weather is awful!

What shall we do?

We'll go to the movies!

No, I don't have that much time before going home.

Going home? But we still have time to eat?

- To eat? - Why are you laughing?

I thought about Jean.

He always tells us:

when you go to the movies, you eat, you consume,

so you can't regurgitate anything,

but you must digest, and to digest, there's sex.

But he's wrong, because you, me, anyone,

we eat together more frequently than we have sex together.

What did she say?

She said: we eat together more frequently than we have sex together.

Fortunately!

Who is he?

- That's my cousin. He's half-deaf. - What are you saying?

I say you're my cousin.

- He's deaf... - So, what are we doing?

...and he doesn't speak often. - And when he speaks, it's loud.

It's not very hot out there.

- Good weather for a movie. - I'd like to, but...

So, what are we doing?

Listen, I’ll leave you with your deaf guy and I'll go.

- He didn't hear you, it's okay.

- Not a high chance. - He can lip read.

- No way! - So, watch out.

I'll go, then. Bye.

- Bye. - Bye

- Well, let's go see your Pinocchio. - Huh?

Let's go see your Pinocchio!

Did you even know Jack Lang [the Minister of Culture] made a film?

You're kidding me?

No, it's true.

It was in '68 or '69. A short film.

Not that great, but not bad, I'm told.

You're kidding me.

Believe me if you want.

I know people who saw it. Good people.

Trouble is, the movie has been missing for 15 years.

No print available anywhere.

- I would like to see that. - Me too.

Well, there's no chance.

I wonder if this André is a good guy.

He hates Ophüls' Le Plaisir How can you?

But this François is worse.

He loves Béatrice Dalle.

His favorite role of hers: The Witches' Sabbath.

Where she's the ugliest.

Hey, look, look, it's him, André.

The guy with a blue scarf, there.

Speak of the devil.

- So, what are you plotting? - Oh, nothing.

I heard you hate pleasure. [Le Plaisir = pleasure]

What's this scar, there?

A cycling accident.

A long time ago?

10 years.

How old were you?

15 years old.

- Does it hurt when I do this? - No.

When I do this?

Still no.

And this?

No.

Nothing hurts you, anyway.

- If you knew how many films I missed. - Me too!

I keep missing films in theaters for some time now.

And it's not that I haven't got the time. Or money.

Me, it's time. I never have time for it.

It's crazy, all those films I missed.

Stop, please. One must never regret anything.

Pierre, you're too much. Making us walk this long, my legs hurt.

We've arrived.

- Well. Looks like it's closed. - Well played.

- Very smart. - Pierre's fool's errand.

And it's raining. This day is a nightmare.

- Well, we'll wait. - Wait for what?

Wait for them to open.

It's still open?

Doesn't look like it.

Dunno, Jean told me to come here.

He told me: You'll see, it's like old times.

The seats and the smell are the same

as 20 years ago.

- And the movies are the same. - The movies are the same.

I don't know, I don't really go there,

I was there maybe once.

I go, I was going I mean, to Chaillot.

[Chaillot = old building of the French Film Archives].

Before. Now I don't. This place is a graveyard.

And the pub we walked past,

it was there 20 years ago?

Yeah, it was there too, but...

now it's owned by this guy, who looks like Raf Vallone.

It was better before. Jean says it was better before.

Is it because we prefer places that doesn't exist anymore?

It's Jean who says that.

Do you think that in 10 years, we'll still see

the movies that came out today?

What?

Do you think that in 10 years, we'll still see

the movies that came out today?

I doubt it.

But I don't know. Maybe.

Maybe in 10 years, our life will look better than today.

Yeah. That would be nice.

Wise words.

In 10 years, cinema will be dead.

- No more cinema. - Why?

Just that. No more cinema.

Stop, really. Always with this nonsense.

It's not nonsense. They’ll be no cinema...

Yeah, yeah, I get it. No more films.

No, no more cinema.

- OK. - Never mind.

So, what are we gonna do?

Are we going away?

- Let's go, then. - Yeah.

You like Mocky's films?

I saw all of them.

And it's rare. I never re-watch a movie.

Except...

I saw one twice, by this slag, Miéville, you know, Godard's chick.

You're too much, sometimes.

At least say the title.

It's...

- My Dear Subject. - That's it...

With a title like that...

What's wrong with it?

You don't understand movies.

Or women, I don't know.

It's maybe not great. But it's worth every Godard.

- By far. - Cut the crap!

- Why? - And what? You'll defend Limosin,

and Bergala and all that?

I don't know? Godard?

You like the lousiest stuff that comes out.

It's true. You Parisians sucks.

Why?

Having a laugh, stupidly, while seeing the last Mocky.

Mocky is good.

No, he sucks.

And you don't go see Luc Moullet's films.

My grandfather watches TV all the time, but he chooses his films wisely.

Yeah, you're kinda dumb.

Anyway, all the smart people are in New York.

Go there, then.

If Carax was less dumb,

he would take the first plane to join Jarmusch.

That's funny, he's there. I swear, he left yesterday.

- Hi, David. - Hi.

How are you doing since the 15th of August?

- I'm all right.

We didn't meet since the 15th of August?

No.

Still in love with Orson Welles?

No, it's over.

No, Welles is too fat.

I only like skinny people.

You must not like me very much, I'm so fat these days.

Are you kidding? You're slim as a nail.

Really? I don't think so.

You look like you starred in a Rohmer.

Why Rohmer?

He feeds his actresses biscuits only.

Really?

I saw Touch of Evil, the movie you told me about.

And I waited for the scene with the bull,

but I didn't find it, I was disappointed.

I saw it too, again.

And I saw the bull, and something I didn't see before.

Welles watches a wall in front of him, with pictures of bullfighters.

And there's a little mirror, and Vargas appears in it.

Welles stand up, we see the bull's head.

- Yeah. - I didn't see that.

I had a bad dream last night.

- What was it? - I...

- Hello David. - Hi.

- Is she your friend, Valerie? - Yes.

- Hello Valérie. - Hello.

She would be fine with a small white apron.

You told me she was more Rohmer-like.

She's more the Sacha Guitry type.

She's not Pauline Carton.

Pauline Carton was 20 too.

Your friend is not very nice.

You don't like Pauline Carton?

I prefer Rohmer.

Ah. You prefer Rohmer. My God.

Sorry to be late.

Club Dorothée [Famous TV show for children] was on, you know me.

Yeah, well. We must not miss the beginning.

Yeah, I'll go.

- Me too. - You join me?

I go with you, yeah.

You're going or not?

No, I don't want to see the beginning of that film.

It's always painful to see.

I'll join you later.

You must be Valérie.

- I am. - I'm early.

I don't mind.

I recognized you, because Nathalie the redhead,

I mean Nathalie the blonde, told me

you're the most Rohmer-like of the group.

But you're more Rivette-like, I think.

Anyway, you're not that bad.

How kind. I would only play in a Pialat film.

Why not in a David Hamilton film while you're at it?

To Our Loves, without Sandrine Bonnaire...

But she's in it, that's the point.

Where's Nathalie?

I don't know. No, here she is.

Here comes Nathalie the redhead.

- Always on time. - Hi.

I'm so tired. I hate living this far away.

All these hours before the movie theater, it tires me so much.

Yeah, you look tired.

I'm tired even before leaving home.

But seeing a film get me back in shape.

It's a known fact, girls know it.

Cinema gives boys a hard on.

And what do you want to see?

- A World Apart, like we planned. - Yeah, he plays nearby.

- You really want to see this thing? - Yes.

- You don't feel like it? - I don't.

But that's what we planned to see.

I don't think so.

Yes, it is. We told so.

I would rather go see The Song of Songs at the Cinématheque.

It's rarest, and surely much better.

- You can go. - Yeah, go.

We can meet after.

If you really want to see A World Apart,

I'll go see The Song of Songs.

- Okay. - Okay.

See you tomorrow, probably.

Another time, perhaps.

Since you are so mean to me.

Going to see a stinker, to not say worse.

- Hey! - If we like it? And it's close.

Don't get carried away.

A director of photography never made a good film, so...

A World Apart, by Chris Menges,

who shot The Mission,

and another David Puttnam production,

The Killing Fields, I smell rubbish.

It's interesting, precisely.

No interest.

We talk, we talk, and we'll miss our show.

- We should go. - Well, I'll go see Mamoulian.

It will be a good religious knick-knack,

a good one, because really...

[Children playing nearby]

Hey, François! François!

- How are you doing? - Fine.

You changed. You're unrecognizable.

Did you shop a new head at BHV? [famous Parisian shopping mall]

It's true. I don't recognize at all my little Clarinou.

I don't know if it's the haircut,

but you don't look like James Mason anymore.

You could almost look like...

John Wayne.

You're so mean, Esther.

I take that as a compliment.

John Wayne, when he was young,

in Raoul Walsh's 1930 movie, he was beautiful.

And he was a perfect tool, for good directors.

Yeah, he had a modeling clay head, just like yours.

What's with you today, being mean like that?

Esther is never mean. She is beautiful.

If someone should know that, it's you.

You're annoying me with these cinema stories. I'll go.

- David, what are you doing here. - I'm waiting for Sébastien.

- Did you lose him? - No, he's at the hardware store.

Isn't that him I see right there?

Yeah, that's him. Sébastien!

And me? What am I doing here?

And me?

What am I doing?

What am I doing here?