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Hey, Dennis. You escaped?

Paroled.

Time flies.

You got a light?

Got a smoke?

...Dennis.

Why?

Wake up.

She's asleep.

Don't tell me you quit.

You've been dead over a year.

Nobody told me.

I'm telling you.

Hey.

I will not get caught twice.

That's not how I
want to live anymore.

Why does she hum like that?

She's practicing.

She does it all day long.

The only time she sees a real
piano is in a church basement.

Oh.

They dust the hymnals
while she plays.

Just let me stay a little while.

Come on.

Dennis, no.

Then let me see her at least.

You're dead.

She's asleep.

Hey, let me stay...

tonight.

Oh.

Is that?

Is that Rene?

Ouais.

Why are you kissing him?

Rene is going to
ask me to marry him,

if Marie ever
agrees to a divorce.

What makes you think that?

He told Michi.

Are you all in love
with him or something?

That's that's none
of your business.

Rene is not a thief.

Rene is a thief. Ex-thief.

He never had the stomach for it,

or the heart. Or the head.

You just don't really know him.

I've known him my whole life.

Well, then you should
know he's not a thief.

What do you call this?

Michi: Maman?

You don't want me to be a thief?

I will stop being a thief.

What would be left of you?

How did I die?

Cancer.

Doctors were never
exactly sure what kind, but...

you suffered

a lot.

Of course I tried to keep
Michi from the worst of it.

Maman?

Dennis: Monsieur Tremblay?

Um... English,
if you don't mind.

You caught me in the
act of losing all hope, huh?

Water is not enough.

They they told me to see you.

Then they must have
told me to see you,

Monsieur... Girard, Dennis.

Girard.

Girard. Ay.

Gir Girard.

Um, Gi

ah, there you are.

Voilà.

Dennis Girard.

Dennis Girard.

Tah!

Fresh out of the
can, I see. Yeah.

I need a job. Teh! Good luck.

What? Terrible economy.

So what am I supposed to do?

Uh, I'd rely on
family if I were you.

I don't have any family.

Then you might try
living off the land.

I don't have any land.

You know, I don't even
have anywhere to live.

You also need to
stop being so negative.

Listen, you.

I'll see you next month.

Ooh.

No, four weeks from now is
one day past Christmas day.

Okay. I'll see you the
Wednesday following.

Okay, so if there's
no work here,

I should go somewhere else, huh?

Well, except you can't.

Federal statute forbids
you leave the district.

Listen, you.

You have a great month

and a very merry Christmas.

They're not too bad.

Fuck.

Is that you?

Hello, Dennis.

Welcome home, Dennis.

What are you drinking?

Scotch. It's scotch.

Jackie, glasses, scotch. Ah.

You're back.

Jackie: Rene, ici.

Good for you.

Why didn't you call me?

I called my wife.

Technically she's not

Jackie: Oh! Dennis: Fuck!

Dennis: Yeah. Yeah.

I need a job.

I've gone straight. Me too.

There are no jobs.

What do you do for money?

I bought a truck, you know.

I get jobs with
it this and that.

It's nothing steady.

Oh, it's straight,
but not steady.

So what are these jobs?

Selling Christmas
trees in New York City.

There's money in
holidays. I did it last year.

You got her that
refrigerator selling trees?

Half of it.

Yeah, okay, good.
I'll go with you.

I already got a guy
who goes with me.

Yeah, me. No, you don't

I do it with Huge Antoine.

He's hooked up down
there. I get the trees.

All right, we'll all go.

No, you except we
don't need three guys.

We need two guys. It'll
be a lot easier with three.

Yeah, but I just I don't
think it's a good idea.

You know what I don't
think is a good idea?

Me with no home, no money,

no wife, no kid,
four years in jail

and then finding out I died
from some shitty kind of cancer!

All right, look, let me see
what I can do, all right?

We load trees tomorrow
morning at 9:00.

Pick me up at the Timmy's
on Chemin Calamar.

Ah, Rene. Okay.

Trois mille. All right.

Okay, salut. Bye. Salut.

Joyeux Noel. Joyeux Noel.

Dennis: How much? Rene: 3K.

Rene: That's wholesale
price. Dennis: No shit.

Rene: We've gotta
pick out the trees.

Just gotta go down.
They're right down there.

Dennis: That's where
they are? Rene: Yeah.

It's got my name on it and all.

Dennis: I don't see no goddamn
Christmas trees around here.

Rene: Where's the truck?
I don't know. You parked it.

Rene: Where did I park it?

I just need a second
here. All right, yeah.

Take your time.

I've got insane stamina.

I've been doing Stav.

Stav made its way
into prison culture yet?

Probably not.

It's a Norwegian art form a
Norwegian martial art form

discovered by a
Norwegian in the '90s.

Guess what kind of
mythology it's based on.

Norse Norse mythology.

It's got all these rune
stances, you know?

Fe.

Ur.

R-U-N-E stances.

Bjork. I know it's but it is

Dennis: Where did
you get the 3K from?

Rene: It's a loan till we come
back with five times that much.

Dennis: Each?

Rene: It's Christmas
trees, Dennis, not heroin.

By the way, we're not
equal partners in this.

This isn't the land of
50/50. It's the land of 70/30.

Dennis: Oh, no, this
is the land of 60/40.

Rene: You're on my land, Dennis.

Dennis: I never dealt
in heroin, you know.

Rene: I never said you did.

I don't miss looking over my
shoulder every second of the

money that's the great, big

Therese, bless her
she's got the steady

you know, she went
back to school...

You want this next exit up here.

...to be a nurse's aid.
Isn't that something?

She looks after old
people in their houses.

It's this one up here, okay?
After her first day of work,

she came home and she made
me promise to shoot her in the head

the day she turns 65.

I said, "Okay, Res, okay."

Because that's love.

It's this one right
here. Go, go, go.

Guard: How are you
doing? How are you?

Good. Passport.

Oh, yeah. There you go.

Rene: You having a good night?

Having a good night.

Rene: That's great.

Guard: So that's you,
huh? Yeah, unfortunately.

Yeah.

Well, that's it.
That's my house.

I sleep in there.

It gets a little lonely,
but it's not too bad.

Gosh, it is cold out here.
How do you do it every night?

Unbelievable.
That is impressive.

Guard: Yeah.

What, is that 45/55? What?

The blend on your
uniform 45 wool, 55 poly?

Don't touch me, sir. Oh, sorry.

Fabric content is something
I'm very interested in.

My skin is sensitive.
I can't wear wool.

Wool socks forget about it.

A wool scarf that makes
me want to rush off

to the nearest guillotine,
you know what I'm saying?

My mom, when I was little, used
to put me under this wool blanket.

She said, "Rene, you
gotta sleep under this.

It's gonna keep you warm."

Go back to the
cab, sir. Sure thing.

By the way, I really
appreciate what you do.

These trees haven't
been inventoried.

I would consider it a Christmas kindness
if you picked one out for yourself.

Please go back to the cab, sir.

I'm going back to the cab.

And I don't care
how big it is either.

Grab a big one for your kids.

Okay.

Move it.

Mwah.

It just seems cruel to keep it
locked up in an apartment all day.

And that's what I told her to
tell the nurse Lucy, you know.

You gotta it's not like a chair.

It's a dog, you know.

You can't expect it to
tell itself it doesn't need

to take a piss when it
clearly does. Please shut up.

It's not like a chair. Shut up.

It wouldn't do that or even
couldn't. Shut up, shut up,

shut up, shut up, shut up.

Please.

I just I love 'em, Dennis.

I just love 'em. Shut up.

I do.

Answer it. Christ.

It's her. What?

It's Therese. Well,
answer it. I'm driving.

Hey, Res. How are you?

Yeah, I'm, uh

hey, guess who's here with me.

Uh, uh, no, no.

Um, Antoine couldn't
make it this year.

It's a friend of a
friend of Oscar's.

No, he's an an Inuit,

Inuit friend of a friend
of Oscar's, yeah.

But, you know, he grew up
around trees, so that's good.

He he can really help out.
He knows what he's doing.

Yeah. You know what?

Can I call you when
I'm not driving my rig?

My rig.

I'm glad.

Good. I'm glad when
I can cheer you up.

Yeah, okay.

There's no trees
there, you know.

Where? Nunavut.

Where's that?

Where Oscar's best
friend the Inuit lives.

Trees. Fuck.

I didn't say "best friend."

Oh, man.

Dennis, why are
you with me, huh?

Why are you coming?

I want money money
on the up and up.

I'm gonna buy Michi
a Christmas present.

Oh, really? A
present from a ghost?

What do ghosts give for
Christmas? White sheets?

She would like a present.

Dennis: What, this
is it? Rene: This is it.

This is it.

Dennis: This is garbage.

This is where you
were last year?

Rene: You know, we should
probably get a good night's sleep,

start on everything tomorrow.

We've got a lot of work to do.

It's gonna be a
good month, Dennis.

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Who's gonna guard the trees?

They're fine.
They're in the truck.

No. No. Someone could break in.

We're totally fine.

Hey.

How are you?

Hey, guess what they
still don't have stars here.

What are you doing?

She asleep?

Hey, I left something for her.

Will you put it in her room?

It's an Advent calendar.

Yeah, she can eat chocolate.

She can tell you
about baby Jesus,

then count down the
days till I get home.

I know. It's gonna be tough.

But I'm gonna be coming
back with some major dollars.

Okay. Dream good.

Hey, if you need to
pee or poo or anything,

you can use Nick's
Restaurant on the corner.

Kristoff! Come here, you moron.

You can get one
pee for free, man.

You do not get two.

You hear me? What
does that sign say?

Jeez, I heard it all, man.

Customers only, man.
Customers fucking only, man.

Get the fuck out of here.

Bring me some money!

Hey. Hey. Monica, right?

Tabar-fucking-nak.

Monica: Nice to see you.

Hey. Hey.

Monica: It smells so good.

Yeah. That?

Just a little taller.

Oh. Oh...

Crank it.

Another $25, I can deliver it.

Oh, it's such a pleasure
doing business with you.

That's 200 for that one.

You got it. Thank you very much.

Enjoy. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you.

Ah!

Shit. Rat.

That's it.

Hey, are you okay?

Dennis, come no, no. Dennis.

Dennis, no.

Hey, you have a customer.

Season's greetings.
Looking to buy a tree?

Uh, no. Uh,
looking to sell them.

Yeah.

We were here first.

Oh, man.

Yeah, I'm so sorry.

It's just we've been coming
down here the last seven years and

May I ask where you're from?

Originally? Mm.

Chevy Chase. But we
tree out of Bennington.

Oh, okay. Yeah.

See, I I just got out
of Hochelaga CCC.

Do you know it? I don't.

It's a penitentiary
in Quebec, Canada.

Crazy. Yes, sir. Yeah.

But right now I'm
trying to go straight,

you know, for the
very first time in my life.

Wow. Good for you.

You know, Laird's brother
just got out of rehab.

He was in rehab for oxy

Which I cannot do

with you right here
across the street.

Oh, I don't want to have to
do anything that I'll regret.

Well, I don't really
know what you're saying,

but we're all set up, you know.

We're already moving bush
and we're just gonna stay put.

Sorry.

Okay.

Good understanding, bro.

Hey, what the fuck?

You are gone,

or whenever I want, I take this

and I saw right through
your little fucking neck.

It'll happen so fast,

you won't be able to
open your fucking eyes.

Now you see that guy over there?

I'm gonna get him to help me.

He just waved at me.

He just Yeah, well,
that's what he does.

Season's greetings

from Canada.

Did you say "please" at least?

You know, if they call
the cops, we're done.

Oh, he won't.

I wouldn't be surprised.

Oh, that's all you
ever are is surprised.

Hey! Ho! Ho! Ho! Hey!

Argh.

Trees!

That was terrible. "Trees"?

I'll take care of
that from now on.

Wo "Trees!"

We need to hydro

We need I'm g I just want

Christmas trees!

Can I interest you in a tree?

We've got Christmas trees.

You don't want that tree.
Why would you buy this

That isn't even real.

Ugh, that smells like
a fire hazard. Hey!

These are more than
just Christmas trees.

These are memories.

Get over here and
smell some memories.

Whoa.

I see a naked woman
in that apartment.

Oh, Dennis.

Oh, we got some naked jigs.

Man, New York.

New York City at
Christmas, Dennis.

Radio commentator: Where you saw

the Flyers and Penguins
obviously some...

Dennis: Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

Rene: Oh, yeah?
Dennis: There you go.

Commentator: ...right
there, two teams that really

just can't stand each
other... Dennis: All right.

Radio commentator:
...the NHL this year,

obviously are a very
big cause for concern.

Canada is in a
recession, isn't it?

Rene: Trees!

Ho, ho, ho!

You need a tree?

Come on, look at 'em. Smell 'em.

'Tis that t jolly
time of the season.

Are you looking for a
tree? We've got trees.

I've got eyes. Yeah,
they're an amazing color.

What, are they
purpley-brown? No.

Regular brown. No.

Blue. Go away.

Idiot.

Eh, she'll be back. You watch.

Want to buy a tree? Fuck off.

We need wood.

Hey, what are you doing? Rene.

Christ's sake. Hey, put it back.

No, God da put it back!

We've been here 10 days
and we have sold nothing.

We could have hit three
stereo stores back home

with half the trouble.

Coming here is the
stupidest thing I ever done.

Yeah? Well, I disagree.

Yeah.

Last year we barely broke even.

And I nearly got
pneumonia twice.

Going straight is
10 times the work

and you make about a million times
less than the bullshit we used to do.

But you know what else? What?

You don't go to prison.

Oh, wow.

You really are a dumb, dumb...

fuckhead, Rene.

Therese was right about you.

Sorry?

You're a criminal.

With a small dick.

Nobody wants to sell me tree?

Okay, don't sell me tree.

Oh.

Oh, hey.

Sorry, the other guy's not here.

And what is wrong with you?

What? Nothing. Why
can't you sell me tree?

Yeah.

You got light?

Light?

You got biggest,
best tree? Mm-hmm.

You're liar. Vermont
guys three block over got

they have biggest, best trees.

Mm-mm. But I feel so lazy.

No sleep last night. There.

Yes, good.

Maybe.

How can I see this?

Give me that. I got it.

There you go. Okay.

Yeah? How much is this?

Oh, uh, $20.

Ay, no. $15.

$15? This $200 tree.

What? Yeah.

But, you know, then I
do the thing with you

and you give it to me for $175.

Okay. Yeah.

I got money. I
need it delivered.

Oh, uh, well,

I I can't leave
the lot right now.

When can you? When
the other guy gets back.

Very soon. Okay.

The house is Van Toller
Street, number 192.

192 Van Toller Street. Here.

Very good. Thank
you. Good. Thank you.

Dennis: Uh, sorry,
what about the money?

First tree, then money.

I know what people
like you are like.

I was just talking to this man

who says he hasn't
eaten anything

for the last three
years of his life

except bananas
and vegetable broth.

Says he's never felt better.

Guess what.

I brought you something.

You know, you really hurt my
feelings when you called me a fuckhead.

Now you should
have some of this.

All right? Just

where are you?

Dennis, come on.

Where?

Where are you going?

De

hey, did you sell a tree? Did?

Oh, yeah.

Amazing!

Dennis: Hi there.

You're lucky I still
suffer the insomnia.

Okay, come in, please. This way.

And remove your shoes.

Where I am from, my father
cuts down Christmas tree himself

in Chernyayevsky Forest.

This is before they shot
him to death, of course.

This way.

You have family?

Yeah. I mean, I'll be
going back to them, yeah.

You should put
it here by window.

Dentists like to show
off all their acquisitions.

Olga, how many
times must we tell you?

We are not dentists.

I am periodontist,
she is oral surgeon.

Yeah.

No, fresh painted!

Fresh. Oh, sorry.

Ugh.

Guess what color
dentists choose.

Guess.

Dentists. I don't know.

Enamel.

Pshh.

No fucking imagination.

No. Wait here.

Get this.

Ah, they're here.

Here we are.

Oy.

I got it.

You like this piano?

Uh-huh.

It plays beautiful music.

But I cannot say
the same for me.

You like Rachmaninoff?

Hmm?

This is not Rachmaninoff.

Arthritis.

Don't I look too young
for joint issues, huh?

Okay, we do this.

Here, please this way. Okay.

In here.

Okay. Here.

Okay? Yeah, just get it...

Olga: Down, down,
down, down, down.

Dennis: Is it in?

Yes. It's there?

But it's not in center.

Up, up, up, up.

Dennis: Like that? Down, down.

Okay, now screw put in.

Olga: Yes, we can screw Ow.

Okay, good.

Oh. Oh.

You okay? Here, sit.

Sit. Okay.

Okay.

If you're going to throw up,

do it in tree stand,

not on hardwood floor.

Okay?

Morning. Here.

Sorry. It's okay.

Have this.

Okay.

Here, this is yours.

Thank you.

This.

Tip,

courtesy of dentists.

Thank you.

120.

Thanks.

Dennis: Merry Christmas.

What's that?

It's for the money. What money?

From the sales.

I'm gonna keep the key

and you record the sales.

We should be Quebecois.

It might help.

I go to cut down this tree

behind the humble shack

that I call home
in the Motherland.

I see a butt of a bear.

- He's in what do
you say? hibernation.

I don't want to wake this bear,

so I do what any resourceful
Quebecois lumberjack does

I put the silencer on the axe.

I have a tree so pretty,
it look like your twin.

Together, you look
like the Mona Lisa

and the Mona Liser.

Oh, fuck me.

Hey, we moved, okay? We moved.

Hey, hey. Dennis:
Get out of the way.

We don't want

That's fine. That's it?

What the fuck?

She home?

Who? Our naked neighbor.

This is about the time
she usually gets back.

I thought I saw her on
the street the other day

but with clothes
on. It's so hard

Hey.

Hey, it's me.

Yeah? Aww.

I miss you too.

By the way, I meant to tell you,

I found myself in a conversation
with a male nurse the other day

and we got on the
subject of footwear.

And he swears by this
brand called Fushies or

no, Kushies with a K.

Kushies. Yeah. Yeah. I think so.

He said expensive,
but it was totally worth it.

Yeah, he said he had his pair
for, like, three years or something

and that they were like
new. And you know what?

I looked at them and they
did look completely new.

Dennis: Hey, what are you doing?

Rene: You know, there's this
naked woman who lives across

I'm just taking this to Nick's.

He's gonna help
us with business.

Dennis: Oh, you're not
giving away our trees.

Let me call you back.

Love you too.

Dennis: We've
sold one tree so far.

I've sold one tree so far.

Rene: Yeah. One.

We're on a roll. Oh?

Don't fight it.
This is a business.

You what kind of
trees are these?

Christmas trees.

Right, but what
kind? Are they firs?

Are they pines? What kind?

I don't know. It doesn't matter.

We're we're not selling
trees. We're selling a mood.

We're selling a
feeling, you know?

The tale of two Quebecois

with the joual and the tuque

and the tobacco-stained teeth...

...who snowshoed their way here

and spread their
winter carnival vibration.

You're kind of sickening. I
tell you, the joint has crushed

whatever little left
you had in there.

I'm taking this to
Nick's, all right?

It's gonna help
us with business.

Don't worry, I won't
be gone for very long.

Ha! Yeah, gone.
Exactly. That's you.

I never would have
had to go to prison

if you had just shown up.

No. No.

Dennis, I gave you
plenty of warning.

I told you that I needed to
stay home and help Marie.

Yeah. It was a safe job and
you were the safe cracker.

That's where you needed to be.

Which is why you
shouldn't have gone in alone.

I told you.

I had to. I have a family.

Oh, no. Don't you
feel sorry for me.

Too late.

I'm taking this to Nick's. Yeah.

You touch my wife's hair?

What?

Do you touch my wife's hair?

Yeah, of course I do.

I don't want you touching it.

I don't want you smelling it.

I'm gonna touch it.

And I smell it.

And I kiss it.

And I'm gonna marry
her. No, you're not.

Yes, I am. No.

As soon as Marie
gives me a divorce...

I am.

Calling collect. Operator:
Name of your party?

Therese. And your name?

Operator: Allô?

Rene.

Operator: Rene.

Therese: Allô?

Therese: Don't call
me like that, cheri.

I could barely say I loved you

The weird thing is,

last night in my dream,

this very tree leaned over
and whispered in my ear,

"Sell me to the guy
with a coat and a hat."

Kismet.

Shit.

You know, she wishes that...

she hadn't done that

told your kid that you're dead.

Oh, fuck yeah!

We sold five trees today, man.

Five trees. Let's get a
drink. Let's celebrate.

No, I'm not leaving the lot.

Every place around
here is closed.

I know a girl who
lives right there.

She'll be up. She'll
give us a drink.

How do you know a
girl who lives right there?

From last year. Come on.

Come on.

Rene: Dennis! Dennis.

Dennis! Rene: Come over here!

Dennis! Dennis, come over!

We got you a

we got you a drink.

Rene: Come on.

Oh, I think that was Dennis's.

Too-big tree is tipping over.

At palace of
dentists. Oh, hang on.

Someone was offering
me a free scotch.

Rene: I I did.

I'll offer you his if
he doesn't take it.

Is he your boyfriend? No.

Is she your girlfriend? No.

Then come, fix
stupid fucking tree.

Rene: I'm gonna marry his wife,
so he's feeling a little mad and sad.

Shoes.

I made you some tacos.

Do you think I am your friend?

Uh-huh.

My friend, you smell.

Huh.

Ugh!

Accidents will
screw me every time.

Better.

Here.

Beautiful.

Yeah. My daughter.

My wife told her I'm dead.

Then you should forget her.

How is dish?

Sorry?

How is stolen candy
dish? You liking it?

Hmm? Big Swarovski fan? Oh.

I

I can bring that back.

Beh. It broke.

Clumsy carpet cleaners
knocked it over on exit.

Have a great holiday.

Excuse me, which
one do you like?

Do you like this
one or this one?

Both.

Hey, what the hell is going on?

They came. I told
you it would happen.

Today is the day.
The rush is on.

I will take this one. Ah.

You make homeless
tree very happy.

Do you need me to
trim those branches?

No, I like it just
the way it is.

Excuse me. Excuse
me. Okay. Thank you.

I've got a question. I've
got these two enormous

vintage cherubs,
very heavy. Okay.

I need a very strong
tree. Ah, yeah. Dennis.

Yeah. Yeah. Dennis is expert,

herbalist professional. Okay.

He can answer any question
you might have, scientific.

Scotch the needles

radiate out from the
branches. Mm-hmm.

It's very strong.
Sharp needles, though.

Do you have children
in the house? No.

Because you don't want
them grabbing the things.

Why don't you just give me $200

and take whatever
tree you want, okay?

Great. You help
yourself, okay? This one?

Yes, ma'am. Any one
you want. Very good.

Thanks. Thanks.

There's got to be about
1,500 there. No shit.

Put it in the box. Okay.

Where did you get those clothes?

Some dentist.

Hey.

Marie, how?

Wow, it's g it's good
to hear your voice.

Look, if you're calling
about this month's

Yeah?

Really?

Congratulations.

Yeah, I'll sign whatever
you need me to sign.

No, I'm I'm this
is I'm pleased for

hello?

Marie is giving me a divorce.

I didn't even take
her on a honeymoon.

Delivery?

Hi. Could you find that
nice French Canadian man?

He told me when I found my
perfect tree, he'd wrap it for me.

I'm very, very sorry, sir.

It'll just be another
five minutes, okay?

God damn it.

Here. Huh?

Oh, no, thanks. Not
right now. Thanks.

Hey. Shit. God damn it.

Hey! Hi.

Hi. How much?

Uh, 50 bucks.

Hey, you know, it cost a
lot to get them down here.

I want a tree, Mama. Shh.

Um, okay, come on. Let's go.

No, I want a tree, Mama.

Come on, let's go.

Dennis: Sorry.

You have heart like Putin.

You're the one who
told me what to charge.

What to charge the
haves, like dentists.

Habs?

I have everything.

Olga: I have Dolce &
Gabbana underwears.

Yeah? Yeah.

Yeah.

That should be on there.

Merry Christmas.

Christ loves you!

He loves you,
each and every one.

Dennis: There you go.

It's bare. You know, you can
trim the bottom off a little bit there.

Okay.

Fuck you very much.

Five trees

50, 50, 50, 150, 172.

That's all the guy had.

Thanks, Nzomo.

If I need you tomorrow
night, I'll let you know.

Okay?

Hello.

Christ.

I knew it. And why are
you answering his phone?

Uh, he's not feeling well.

Is he all right? Yeah.

It's just some kind of,
you know, sickness.

Well, put him on the phone.

He's he's sleeping.

All right, well, have him
call me when he wakes up.

Hey, how is she?

She's fine.

You should really put
her out of your mind.

Your parole officer called here.

Oh, really? Did you
tell him I was dead?

No, I told him you were working.

He said, "You're kidding," and
to wish you a merry Christmas.

You know, if you get Rene
into some kind of trouble

Therese, Therese, I
told you I'm straight.

And you should
really think about that.

Just have him call
me when he wakes up.

Hey!

Dennis: Hey!

Merry Christmas, tree man.

Rene!

Still sick. Therese:
Oh, you're lying.

Terry. You always say "Terry"

when you're lying to me.

Why would I lie for him?

He just needs to sleep it off.

Dennis: You know, the
bottoms on these kinds of firs

they they droop sometimes.

You have to trim them.

Right, I owe you 25. Let me see.

We may have moved
into the land of 45/55.

Dennis: Okay.

All right.

Merry Christmas. Same to you.

Sorry about that.
Merry Christmas.

He's a bit, you know,
under the weather.

You got that? Bye.

Don't put any sugar
in the water, okay?

It's not gonna help.
The tree's dead already.

Oh, look who's here.

You know, I should
inventory the trees again.

I haven't done the
count in, like, two days.

And I swear we're
running short a few grand.

Do you have any idea how we
could be running short a few grand?

Oh, no.

How did you pay
for it? I didn't steal it.

I know you didn't steal it,
because I didn't steal it for you.

I bought it. With whose money?

My money. Where the
hell did you get that?

Oh, for Chri this
is not your money.

This is not anybody's
money until we were d

you stole it. No.

Oh, yes, you did. No.

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes,
yes. No, no. No, no, no. No.

All you said all you said
was that I keep the records

and you keep the key.

I don't need a key.

We need a tree. A good one, yo.

Yeah? Big or small? Uh...

Hey, why did you
tell her I was sick?

She didn't know where you
were, so I made something up.

For her, not for you.

Ha! Not for you!

A fake-looking
tree would be good.

How do you do it?

As fake and as
perfect-looking as possible.

Dennis: I mean,
seriously. Do what?

Get away with it all. Dennis.

I'd like a medium-sized
one, you know,

with perfect proportions.
Pamela Anderson.

Exactly. Oh.

I got the tree.
Come on. How how?

Come on. How do you
get away with all this

goddamn wonder, innocent
bullshit... Oh, you know...

...goddamn
fluffy-bunny-rabbit crap?

I cannot believe
anybody buys it,

let alone my own fucking wife!

You know what, Dennis?
I took it pretty good

when you hit me in the
face back in Quebec.

I bought you a drink,
if I remember correctly.

I didn't say anything when
you wanted to come down.

I understand. You need cash.

But I'll tell you something
I'm gonna marry Therese.

I told you. I told you
that the whole time.

Thief. What, did you
think I was kidding?

Guys, sorry about
the drama. Come here.

Check this one out. Thief.

Thief.

How about this?

I like it. I'm kind
of turned on.

Thief! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Fucking Take it easy.

What's your problem, pal?
What is wrong with you?

He stole my wife. Rene: What?

Is that true? I'm marrying her.

Customers: Aww.
That's fucked up.

He was in prison for four years.

I was looking out for
her. Things happened.

Yo, you stole his woman
while he was in the joint.

That's even more
fucked up. Right.

And and he doesn't
even miss her.

He goes out for three days at a
time and he doesn't even miss her.

Of course I miss her.

Oh, yeah? How much? Hmm?

How wh? Uh, would you

would you endure a dull pain

24 hours a day for
the rest of your life

to make her appear
here right now?

What, are you 10?

Would you would you give up

whatever money we're gonna make

to see her here right now?

I'm bringing the
money home for her,

and for Michi, you
idiot. Would you?

And a ring to marry her.
That's the point of all of this.

Would you would you cut
off your own arm and feet

to see her here right now

and and maybe hold
her in the leftover arm

for, like, 10 seconds

and just lay your face

against the right
side of her neck?

Wait, what?

What the fuck are
you talking about?

See? You see?

You don't deserve her.
Oh, and you do, huh?

What about her? Does
she have any say in this?

Does Therese deserve somebody
who makes every single person

feel 10 times worse?

I'll tell you something
I don't blame her.

No wonder she
couldn't take it anymore.

Hey, hey, hey, easy, easy.

Not worth it. Not worth it.

I'm not buying a
tree from this lout.

How much do you
want for the tree?

That's that's a
Scotch pine. $200.

$200? There you go.

Don't give him any, all right?

Yeah, bro, and
get your wife back.

Do whatever it takes.
You get her back.

Dennis: Okay. All right?

You want me to mesh that
up for you? No, I'm good.

I like her how she is, man.
She's perfect. Thanks, bro.

Dick.

Man 3: Hello?

I'd like to buy a
Christmas tree.

Rene: What kind?

One that doesn't look like it
was bought by a blind guy.

Operator. Collect call.

Your party's name? Therese.

Your name?

Dennis.

Michi: Allô?

Operator: I have a
collect call from Dennis.

Michi: Allô? Do you
accept the charges?

Uh...

Michi: D'accord. Maman!

Therese: Allô?
Operator: Do you accept...

All right, Therese, just listen.

Just listen to me, all
right? And don't say a word.

Um... Madame, do
you accept the charges?

Hey, it's snowing here.

The whole scene
out here it looks like

Sir, she must accept the
charges. Like a like a snow globe,

you know, when you shake it up.

Man! Madame, do
you accept the charges?

Hold on! And, um, the

Operator: I'll have to disconnect
unless the charges are accepted.

Um, the whole thing it looks
like one of those snow globes,

you know, with Sir, I am
sorry. I have to disconnect.

That's it?

Yes?

Well, Olga...

turns out that God blesses
the liars and cheaters.

And?

What the fuck are you doing?

No. You quit.

It is bullshit like this, huh?

Mm.

Yeah.

You've not got much, you know?

No wife.

No kid.

No job.

You should keep lungs, yeah?

You hungry?

Hmm?

Let me see what I got for you.

What I got in here?

Ah, I got borscht. Very good.

Not too thick

like bullshit passing
for borscht in America.

I do egg salad.

I eat at least one
egg every day.

Hey! No!

Egg salad? Yes or no, huh?

No, thank you. Okay!

Okay,

then what do we do for you, huh?

You know where
I can find a piano?

Yeah.

That that is Yamaha.

Responsive keys, yeah. Oh.

And Baldwin nice tone,
but costs big dinero.

Uh-huh. Yeah.

Are they always
white like that? No.

Okay.

Olga.

Vlad!

Hey.

We both grew up near Gdansk,
but we met at a wedding in Queens.

Oh.

Nice to meet you.

Um, sorry, what

what's the cheapest
one that you got?

We have uprights in the back.

Oh. Can I see them? Of course.

I think I stay here

for a little bit.

She hates diamonds.

What?

Therese she doesn't
like diamonds.

She says you're
a lousy listener.

She hates diamonds?

She likes rubies.

Where did you get that shirt?

Broadway Shirts.

Rise and shine, cocksucker.

I do well! Here we go. Okay.

Anything you like,
you see, this is

oh, I got tree I got tree
for you this one right here.

This is a strong, is a masculine

this is man tree.

The trees, you know
they have a gender.

They have man tree,
woman tree. You can tell.

Same with the the snow bank.

Rene: There you go.

You have a wonderful,
wonderful Christmas, eh?

Okay, bye.

Olga: Hmm?

Oh. Hey.

Uh-huh.

It's tradition on
first day of winter

to raise toast three
months of night.

Dennis: Oh. Olga: Ah.

Yeah. Mm!

Tomorrow?

The day after.

Mm.

For the FYI, I do not...

say good-bye.

I also do not say hello.

Thanks.

Sergei Gonchar. Guy Lafleur.

Vladislav Tretiak.
Phil Esposito.

Vladislav Tretiak. Bobby Hull.

Dennis: Bernie
Parent. Vladislav...

Sidney Crosby. Vladislav...

Gordie Howe. Alexei Kovalev.

Mario Lemieux. Igor Larionov.

Uh, Maxim Bobby Orr.

And in the sky

The larks, still
bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid
the guns below.

We are the dead,

Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn

saw sunset glow,

Tell tell me his name again.

Dennis: Rene. And now
we lie In Flanders Fields.

Olga: No, this here.

Dennis: Oh, yeah.

Nzomo. Nzomo: I use
something like that...

Olga: Nzomo? ...for a
comedic monologue...

Dennis: Nzomo...for
a class I'm taking...

Olga: Nzomo. Dennis: I think.

...at the Queens Community
College. Olga: Nzomo.

Dennis: Yeah. Salud, Nzomo!

Nzomo: ...acting.
Hey. Rene: Right on.

Nzomo: Hey, salud.

Maybe? Rene: Mmm.

Oh, man.

Nzomo: I'm going home.
I'm going to the subway.

You going? I go.

You go? Where you go?

To the train

to Jamaica, Queens.

Rene: I like it here.

Dennis: Therese hates cities.

I was always trying to get
her to move to Montreal.

Rene: You can move there.

Dennis: I'm on parole.

Rene: Oh, yeah. How
long does that last?

Dennis: Years.

Rene: I think Marie hates me.

Dennis: You hate that
when people hate you?

Rene: Everyone hates it
when people hate them.

Never bothered me.

How are you gonna
stay dead in Massey?

I can't stay dead, Rene.

Rene: Yeah. It does seem hard.

I got a present
picked out for Michi.

Maybe you could, uh,

stay in Marie's
basement, you know,

till you find something
more permanent.

Okay.

$20,768.

That's a lot of up-and-up cash.

I told you it would
be fine. Yeah.

And it is.

It is fine.

Oh, this is gonna change things.

Everything. Mmm.

Maybe I'll take Res to Jamaica.

She's never seen the sea.

What are you gonna get?

Hello?

It's the blind man who
bought a tree from you.

Hey, man. Oh!
Oh, you're kidding.

Back away from the money.

I said back away
from it! Fuck you.

Rene: You don't want to do
this. Dennis: Go fuck yourself!

I will kill you!
Go fuck yourself!

If you want me
to, I will! Go ahead!

It's Christmas. Nobody
shoots anybody at Christmas.

Go fuck yourself!
Dennis, give him the box.

I'll blow your goddamn
head off! Go fuck yourself!

Denn

Take it! Take it! Just take it.

Just take it.

Now go fuck yourself.

Dennis: Oh, Jesus Christ.

Holy Chri

Oh.

Are you okay? Me? Yeah.

Oh, thank God. Jesus
Christ, what about you?

That guy wasn't blind.

No shit.

All right, all right, all right.

It was in the box. Huh?

The ring. Okay.

The ring was in
the box. All right.

It was in the box. I know.

Dennis. You're all right.

Dennis, the ring Rene, come on.

It was in the box. Whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.

God damn! I can't! Hey!

The trees are innocent, man.
I can't go home with nothing!

The trees are blameless,
man. God damn it.

I can't leave with nothing.

I was this close.

You have to tell her. I can't.
I don't know what to say.

Since when?

I'm the one that cheers her up.

Right. Okay, then fuck
it. I'm gonna do that.

No, don't. No, no, no.

Hey. What are you how are you?

Rene, I'm so happy
to hear your voice.

Oh.

Uh, yeah, yours

yours too.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Therese: Rene? Yes. Yeah. Um...

Yeah, there's something
I have to tell you.

Uh...

we were robbed.

Christ, Rene.

Therese: Rene.

Therese: Just come home.

Just come home.

Hi.

What?

No.

It's the only way. No.

Even if I thought
okay, no, they're back,

the dentists, from
Hole of Jackson.

I thought you said that they
were gone till after the holiday.

It is their house. If they want
to come back, they come back.

Okay, well, then we're just gonna
have to do it after they're asleep.

Believe me, I
hate these dentists.

Want to know Merry
Christmas I get from them?

"Oh, Olga, we're
going to fix your teeth

so they look like teeth of Vanna
White from 'Fortune's Wheel.'"

Do they ever fix
Olga's teeth? No.

They ski slalom
in Hole of Jackson.

Believe me, I hate
these fucking dentists,

but, yeah...

You must have Russian blood.

Why? You do what you must.

I'll leave back window open.

It is not on grid.

Dennis: Just do everything I
tell you to do, like you used to.

Rene: Dennis, I swore to her.

I swo I swore to you did too.

Yeah, that was before we
got robbed of every last dollar.

You really want to
go back with nothing?

No, no, no, no.
But I can't lie to her.

What the fuck are you doing?
I'm threatening to kill you

unless you help me.

And that way,
it'll all be on me.

My fault.

Man, that's

Wow.

She regularly let you in here?

That's a testament, man.

This place is nice.

Maybe she liked you.

Shh, shh, shh.

No, no, no, no.
Don't touch that.

How do you expect
me to get in if I?

We're not stealing that.

We're stealing this.

You brought me here
to steal a fucking piano?

Shh, shh, shh. Yeah.

How much how
much do you love jail?

No. Do you remember
that Sorel job?

It's gonna be easy.
Remember that?

We got the whole safe out.

You are a dumb, dumb fuckhead.

Find your own way home.

I promised her one.

Who?

Michi.

You talked to her?

In my head.

I promised Michi
a piano in my head.

Dennis: Steady, steady, steady.

Got it?

Hold on. Hold on.

Fu

Merry Christmas.

Come on.

I just think it's a really
personal decision, though,

if you go with an epidural or
you have a natural childbirth.

You know, as long as the
baby is born, I suppose.

I read this one thing
is it Scientology?

Where they have a baby in water.

And they don't scream.

So that the baby isn't
brought into the world

with any kind of
negative energy or ions.

Signs of forced entry.

Looks like there might be
some footprints in the courtyard.

We don't know yet.

The piano is obviously missing.

We've got furniture in disarray.

And

oh, oh, there's books
that are stacked in, like

can I help you? I work here.

We've got books
stacked in piles...