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My love.

My first love.

My great love. My great lover.

MyValentino.

- ?? [ Sings ] - [ Laughs ]

?? [Man Singing In French, Indistinct]

You know, I thought you had manylovers.

When I first saw you at the Cin�math�que--

you and Theo-- you looked so cool.

So sophisticated.

- Like a movie star. - I was.

I was acting, Matthew.

How did you and--

How did you and Theo...

come together the way that you are?

Theo and me?

It was love at first sight.

But he's never been insideyou?

He's always inside me.

What would you do--

What would you do ifyour parents found out?

It must never happen.

Yeah, I know. But, uh, what ifit did?

It must never, never happen.

I understand that. But let's say that it did.

What would you--

Whatwould you do?

I would kill myself.

[ Chuckles ]

Where areyou going?

Kitchen. I have to get something to eat.

Goodluck.

Theo?

- Theo? - Hmm?

- Want some honey? - No, thankyou.

- Oh, it's good. - No.

- It's really good. Try some. - No.

-Just try a little bit. - No. Thankyou.

I wantyou to know that I'm grateful.

Grateful?

Rememberwhatyou told me in that caf� aboutyou and Isabelle?

- Hmm. - You were right.

I mean, for me, you two are--

you're like two halves ofthe same person.

Nowyou've made me feel like I'm a part ofyou.

Both ofyou.

Let's get something straight, okay?

You're a nice boy and I likeyou a lot...

but no...

it wasn't always meant to be the three of us.

I told you something else, remember?

That Isa and I are Siamese twins.

Yeah.

I wasn't joking.

[ Sighs ]

What's this?

That, my dear brother, is a cheese fondue...

accompaniedbya compote ofbroccoli andprunes.

- And this? - That's ratatouille.

Andyou expect me to eat this muck?

- You expected me to cook it. - I prefer to starve.

You will. There's nothing else in the house.

Matthew, can I serve you?

The fondue or the ratatouille?

Which is which?

This is fondue, and this is ratatouille.

No. This is the fondue, and this is the ratatouille.

- The... ratatouille. - Ratatouille.

Uh, that-that's fine.

Mm-hmm. Okay.

Just eat it as ifyou were in some exotic country...

you've nevervisited before and this is the national dish.

It looks like he's vomiting in reverse.

- [ Retching ] - It's horrible, isn't it?

I'm sorry, Isabelle. I knowyou tried.

Thankyou, Matthew. I'm glad somebody appreciates my efforts.

- You say there's no food in the house? - Nothingyou'd want to eat.

- And we cashed all the cheques? - Yes.

- So what do we do now? - I'm going to call Papa.

The phone is dead!

?? [Rock]

?? [ Continues ]

- ?? [ Continues, Fades ] - What's all this?

It's lunch.

So, Isabelle, a filet mignon.

- No. - No?

Oh, Matthew, would you like a rump steak?

[ Speaking French ] Stop it. It's disgusting.

Oh, look. What about this banana?

One banana forthree ofus?

- Uh, yes. - I'm starving.

Let me see it.

- Why? -Just let me see it.

- What are you doing? -Just watch.

[ Theo Laughs ]

Et voil�.

[ Gasps, Laughs ]

Oh, Matthew, you never cease to surprise.

- Mmm. - Mmm.

- [ Arguing In French ] - ??[Man Singing In French, Indistinct]

[ Chattering In French ]

[ Shouting In French, Indistinct ]

[ Chattering ]

- Hey, Theo. - Salut.

- [ Speaking French ] Okay? - [ Speaking French ] Fine.

- Where wereyou the other night? - I couldn't make it. Sorry.

What's up? We hardly seeyou now.

- We can't count on you. - Stop pissing me off!

You're not with us anymore.

I am, but it's complicated.

Why?

Because! Get off my back. I can't explain now.

Loser!

[ Speaking French ] Theo, wait for me.

A little souvenir from Nepal.

Thanks, that's sweet.

- Call me. - Okay, with pleasure.

Seeyou.

[Matthew Narrating] We hardlyleft the apartment anymore.

- We didn't know or care ifit was day or night. - Come on. Come on.

- What? - It felt as ifwe were drifting out to sea...

Ieaving the world far behind us.

[ Coughing ]

- Too strong foryou? - That was really good.

- Good? Again? - Yeah.

No. [ Laughs ]

Clapton's God, Matthew.

I don't believe in God. But ifl did...

he would be a black, left-handed guitarist.

This is not Chaplin and Keaton.

This is Clapton and Hendrix.

Matthew, Clapton reinvented the electric guitar.

- [ Muttering, Laughing ] - Matthew, believe me.

- Clapton plugs in a guitar-- - Okay,Jimi Hendrix--

He plugs in an electric guitar, and he plays it like an acoustic guitar.

Hendrix plugs in an electric guitar, he plays with his teeth.

[ Screeching ]

There aresoldiers in the Vietnam Warright now.

Who are they listening to? Clapton?

No. They're listening to Hendrix, the guywho tells the truth.

[ Yells ] It's fucked up! It's all fucked up!

You're talking about soldiers in Vietnam?

- Yes. - Okay, what are they doing in Vietnam?

- They're at war. - What are they doing? Please tell me.

- They're fighting. - [ Speaking French ] They're killing farmers!

They're dying too.

[ Speaking French ] They're killing children, they're burning fields!

Theywanna be there. Theywanna die, and theywanna kill people.

Shouldn'tyou be-- Shouldn'tyou be in Vietnam?

- Right now, shouldn'tyou be in Vietnam? - I don't believe in violence.

- Where areyou, Matthew? Shouldn'tyou be there right now? - I'm lucky.

I'm in a university. I have friends who aren't in university.

And they're expendable. They're expendable.

I'm am fucking lucky.

[ Speaking French ] Youngsters that don't want the war.

Doyou thinkyou can say it to the government?

"No. I'm againstviolence. I don't agree with yourwar."

- Maybe in France. - Okay, anybody--

In America, you have to go. Ifyou don't go, you go to jail.

Okay, I prefer to go in jail. I prefer to go in jail.

- Instead ofkilling people, Matthew, I prefer to go in jail. - You don't understand.

I read it in Cahiers du Cin�ma.

"A filmmaker is like a Peeping Tom."

A voyeur.

It's as ifthe camera is a-- [ Blows ]

the keyhole toyour parents' bedroom.

[ Laughs ]

And you spy on them, and you're disgusted.

You feel guilty...

butyou can't-- you can't look away.

It makes films like crimes...

and directors like criminals.

- [ Laughs ] - It should be illegal.

There goes my chance to be a filmmaker.

- Why? - My parents always left the bedroom door open.

[ Laughs ]

- You'll have to direct theater, not cinema. - [ Sighs ]

[Theo ] Oh, maybe.

Uh. [ Makes Airplane Sound ]

- Whoop. - [ Laughs ]

Oop.

My parents only fucked once in their life.

That's whywe're twins. They didn't want to make it twice.

[ All Laughing ]

?? [ Singing ]

??[Blues Rock]

??[Continues ]

??[Continues ]

Don't be alarmed, Matthew.

It's good news.

It only happens once a month.

[ Laughs ] Oh.

I loveyou, Isabelle.

I loveyou too, Matthew.

Yeah, but I really loveyou.

I really, really loveyou too. We both do. Don't we, Theo?

Oh, yeah.

[Matthew] That's not what I wantedyou to say.

What do you want us to say?

I wanted you to say you love me.

Wejust did, Matthew.

No, you said you love me too.

I don't want you to sayyou love me too.

I want you to say that you... Iove me.

Oh, we love you, we love you, we love you.

That's not right, either. You have to sayit first.

My God, Matthew. You already said it first.

Why is that? Why am I always the first to say it?

Oh, poor Matthew. Oh!

We do love you very much.

I don't want to be loved very much. I want to be loved.

You know what someone once said?

"There's no such thing as love. There are only proofs oflove."

Areyou ready to give us proof ofyour love?

[Matthew] You wantproofofmylove?

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Get out ofthe bath.

[ Speaking French ] Shaving cream.

- [ Speaking French ] Razor. - [ Speaking French ] Thanks.

- What areyou doing? - What doyou think I'm doing?

- You're not serious. - Yes, I am.

It's nothing you need to worry about.

- It's an operation I've performed before. - Relax. It grows back.

- You're both fucking crazy! - What's the matter?

This is whatyou call proof oflove? Turning me into a freak?

- One of us, one of us, one of us, one of us. - It'sjust a game.

It's just a game!

A game, Isabelle? A game? Think about it.

Think about it. Is this something you do to each other?

You want to shave my pubic hair? You want me to be a little boyforyou?

A little prepubescentTheo at six, whoyou can play games with?

- You can touch peepee. - Matthew,just--

I'll showyou mine. You show meyours. Come on! Come on!

Just calm down. We hearyou.

Theo, think about it. Think.

You sleep in the same bed together, every night.

You bathe together. You pee in the john together.

You play these little games.

I wish you could step out ofyourselves and just look.

- Why? Why areyou so cruel? - Because I loveyou.

You have a strange way ofshowing it.

No, I love-- I really loveyou. Both ofyou.

And Iadmireyou.

And I look atyou, and I listen toyou and I think...

you're never gonna grow.

You won't grow like this. You won't.

Not as long as you keep clinging to each otherthewaythatyou do.

Isabelle, haveyou ever been out on a date?

- A date? -Yeah, a date.

- What kind of date? - You ever been out with a boy?

- I've been out with Theo. - Not Theo.

Haveyou ever been out with a boy...

thatyou met at school thatyou liked?

I was never taken to school prom, ifthat's whatyou mean.

I'm afraid we don't have proms in France.

You have dates in France, Isabelle.

Come on. Haveyou ever been out with a boy?

Why doyou keep asking me that? You know I haven't.

Would you like to?

- Is this an invitation? - It's an invitation.

Would you like to go out on a datewith me?

Just the two ofus. Don't look atTheo.

Isabelle, you don't need his permission.

??[Woman Singing In French ]

??[Continues ]

?? [ Continues, Indistinct]

[Woman Speaking French, Indistinct ]

Oh, no, no, no. We can't sit in the front. We have to sit in the back.

The front is for people who don't have dates.

Ooh. Sorry. Excuse me.

- Chocolats glac�s, cacahu�tes, bonbons. - So we sit in the back.

[ Continues, Indistinct ]

?? [ Movie Soundtrack ]

[Man On Screen ] Ladies and gentlemen...

the motion picture you are about to see...

is a story ofmusic.

I play the role ofTom Miller, an agent--

a small-time theatrical agent who had been a--

Wel l, you'l I see.

This motion picture was photographed in the grandeur of CinemaScope, and--

Pardon me.

?? [Rock 'N'Roll]

[Tom ]Sorryl can'tstay, but I have a train on tap.

All the best,Jerri.

[Jerri] Can't stand to hear me sing again, huh?

You know it isn't that.

?? [ Doo-wop ]

?? [ Continues ]

?? [ Ends ]

[Applause ]

?? [ Singing I n French, I ndistinct ]

[ Shouting, Chanting ]

[Matthew Narrating] When I lookedat the TVscreen...

I remembered the battle ofthe Cin�math�que.

Except this time the demonstrators weren't film buffs.

They weren't even just students any longer.

It was hard to figure out what was happening...

but it looked like shops had closed their doors, factories had gone on strike.

And it was beginning to spread all over Paris.

[ Speaki ng French ] We're wi I l i ng to consider...

all legitimate demands.

Theo and I never watch television. We're purists.

[ Speaking French ] The purest ofthe pure.

- Well, let's go. - Yeah, but--

Jesus.

[ Laughing ]

- What's wrong? - They're not mine.

[Woman Laughing]

[ Softly] No, no, no. Your room.

- No. - I don't know how long I've been here, but in all that time...

I haven't-- I haven't seen your room.

- You do have a room, right? - Yeah, yeah. Of course I have.

Don't think I've always lived in Theo's pigsty.

- How comeyou never go in there? How come we never-- - No, no, no.

No, no one's making love on my bed.

- Oh, please? Come on. It's your room. It's part ofyou. - No. No. No. No.

- I want to see it.Just tonight. - No. No.

Non, non, et non.

[Matthew Narrating] I discovereda side oflsabelle I'd neverseen before...

a secret side she hadn't wanted me to see.

I suddenly thought ofmysisters' bedrooms in San Diego.

I thought ofour house, and our neighbors'houses...

all alike, and their green lawns...

and their sprinklers and their station wagons parked outside the garage door.

?? [ Rock ]

?? [ Continues ]

What scul pture?

I always wanted to make love to the Venus de Milo.

- ?? [ Continues ] - I can't stop you.

I've got no arms.

[ Whispering ] I can't stop you!

?? [Ends ]

?? [Man Singing In French ]

?? [ Continues ]

What's wrong?

- What's wrong? - [ Crying ]

Don't. Don't.

Don't. Don't listen to it.

Don't listen to it. Don't cry.

- ?? [ Continues ] - Shh!

- Don't. - Please. Leave me alone.

Leave me alone. Please. Please.

- Please! - [Woman Laughing]

?? [ Continues, Louder]

- [ Screaming ] Go away! - Isabelle! Isabelle!

- [ Speaking French ] Theo! Open up! Theo! - Isabelle!

- Theo! - You're gonna hurt yourself! You're gonna hurtyourself!

- Who areyou? - What? What areyou talking about?

- What areyou doing in my room! - What doyou mean, what--

Get out! Get out!

- Theo! Theo! Theo! - ??[Continues ]

- Theo! Theo! - [Banging Continues ]

Theo!

Theo!

?? [Ends ]

[Theo Speaking French ] A revolution isn't a gala dinner.

It cannot be created like a book, a drawing or a tapestry.

I t cannot unfold with such elegance, tranquillity and delicacy...

or with such sweetness, affability, courtesy...

restraint and generosity.

A revolution is an uprising...

a violent act...

bywhich one class overthrows another.

[ Forced Breathing ]

[ Speaking French ] Chateau Lafite, 1 955.

Chateau Chasse Spleen, 1 959.

Grand vin, 1 937. Happy Birthday, Papa!

- [ Laughing ] - Uh, good.

- Listen, Matthew. - Yes?

- You're a big movie buff, right? -Oui.

Then why don'tyou think of Mao as a great director...

making a movie with a cast of millions.

All those millions ofRed Guards...

marching together into the future...

with the Little Red Book in their hands.

Books, not guns.

Culture, not violence.

Can't you see what a beautiful, epic movie that would make?

I guess, but...

it's easy to say, "Books, not guns."

But it's not true. It's not books.

It's "book." A book. Just one book.

- Shut up. You sound just like my father. - No, no.

No, listen to me. The Red Guards...

that you admire...

they all carry the same book...

they all sing the same songs...

theyallparrot the same slogans.

So in this big, epic movie...

everybody... is an extra.

That's scaryto me. That gives me the creeps.

I'm sorry to say it, but for me there is...

a distinct contradiction.

Why?

Because... ifyou really believed what you were saying...

you'd be out there.

- Where? - Out there, on the street.

- I don't know what you mean. - Yes, you do. There's something going on out there.

Something that feels like it could be reallyimportant.

Something that feels like things could change.

Even I get that. But you're not out there.

You're inside, with me, drinking expensive wine, talking about film.

- Talking about Maoism. Why? - Okay. That's enough.

- No, tell me why. Ask yourselfwhy. - That's enough.

Because I don't think you really believe it.

I thinkyou buy the lamp, and you put up the posters, but I don't--

I don't thinkyou-- [ Choking ]

- You speak... too much. - [ Breathlessly] Okay.

[Choking Continues ]

Theo!Just listen to me. Listen.

I think-- [ Chokes ] I thinkyou prefer--

I thinkyou prefer when-- when--

when the word "together" means not "a million," but just two.

-Oh-oh-oh, boys, boys! - Or three?

- [ Coughs ] - [ Coughs ]

- Isa. Come and join us. - No, thankyou, my sweet.

[ Speaking French ] It smells like a whorehouse.

[ Speaking French ] Thanks a lot.

[Speaking English ] I've got a surprise foryou. In the salon.

[ Indistinct French ]

[ Laughing ]

- It's beautiful. - Hey, come on! Get in!

[Theo Laughing]

[ Speaking French ] We used to do this when we were little.

Ow!

[ Chuckles ] More wine.

Thankyou.

[ Sniffles ] Isabelle.

Oh! God, your breath is foul!

- Yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. - [ Laughing ]

- You're drunk! - [ Chuckles ]

[ Speaking French ] Yes, I'm drunk.

And you're beautiful.

And tomorrow morning, I'll be sober...

butyou'll still be beautiful.

- Eh, bien. - [ Speaking English ] Go to sleep, Matthew.

Yes.

[ French, Indistinct]

[ Speaking French ] Idiot...

you can hardly keep your eyes open.

[Isabelle Speaking English ] Night-night.

[Isabelle ] Theo? Theo?

[ Speaking French ] Wake up.

[ Groans ]

[ Speaking French ] What is it?

I want you to listen.

- Why? - Because.

- Theo-- - Mm?

I love you. You know that?

I loveyou too.

You love me too? That's funny.

Are you listening?

It's forever, right?

- What's forever? - The two of us.

- Right? - Yes.

Why did Matthew say that?

What did Matthew say?

That we're monsters, freaks.

I just wantyou to tell me that it's forever.

It's forever.

- Isa! - You don't understand.

We'll talk about it in the morning.

I promise.

Oh!

[ Sighs ]

[Thumps ]

Good. We must leave now, darling.

- Already? - What would you like? To have dinnerwith them?

Let's leave on tiptoe.

?? [Rock Drums, Bass ]

[DoorShuts ]

?? [Rock Guitar]

[ Engine Starts ]

?? [Fades ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Coughs ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Hissing ]

[ Church Bell Ringing]

[Splashing]

[ Glass Shattering ]

[Siren Wailing]

[ Crowd Chanting]

[Men Talking On Megaphones ]

[ Speaking French ] Isa? What's happening?

- [ French ] The street came flying into the room! - What?

The street came flying into the room!

- [Matthew In English ] What's thatsmell? - It's tear gas.

[ Crowd Chanting, Rhythmically]

- [ Crowd Chanting I n French ] Hit the streets! - [ French ] Go! Go on!

[ Speaking French ] Hit the streets!

Matthew!

Isabelle!

Isabelle!

- Hi! - Hi!

[ Isabelle And Theo] Dans la rue! Dans la rue! Dans la rue! Dans la rue!

[ Angry Shouting ]

[ Crowd Chanting In French ] This is just the start. The fight goes on!

[ All Shouting In French ]

[ Speaking French ]

- Theo, this is wrong. This is wrong. - No, this is wonderful!

This is violence! This is violence.

It's not violence. It's wonderful. Come with me!

This is fucking fascism in a fucking bottle!

[ Speaking French ] I'm no fascist! The cops are fascists!

- Yeah, and then police hit people! - Shut up!

[ Speaking French ] You can't understand. Leave me be!

Listen to me for a second, okay? This is what they do.

This is not what we do. We use this.

- We do this. We use this. We use this! - [ Speaking French ] Stop it!

Isabelle. Come on.

Isa--

- [ Screams ] - [Man] Encore lespoulets!

[Chaotic Screaming]

[ Screaming ]

[ Screams ]

[ Cheering ]

?? [Woman Singing In French ]

?? [ Continues ]

?? [ Continues, Indistinct ]

?? [ Rock Guitar]

[ Indistinct Monologue ]