All language subtitles for Fanny Ardant - 1982 - Le Chef de Famille (mini série complète) (English)

You women,

you the shamans,

Your smiles attract us,

we souls,

You adorable angels.

And we are,

we men,

poor and devils,

With thousands of heroes,

We surround you,

We love you, and without saying a word,

We'll test you,

We think we're completely crazy.

We think we know you.

We always tell you,

you might reply,

Poor and devils,

and we are,

Doesn't your mom have a fricot crossed in red?

If the men stayed home doing their housework,

It would run better.

I'm turning,

Mrs.

I just dropped the little one off at kindergarten.

Try not to get run over.

That would be a shame.

THANKS,

Mrs.

What?

What?

You can't stand it when you sneak out while I'm sleeping?

It's so difficult to wake me up gently,

to say goodbye to me,

to tell me that I'll call you in the evening or tomorrow morning.

It's so difficult to behave like a civilized person.

It's unbearable.

What ?

To do all that,

It's unbearable.

Good.

My plea is at 11am.

So I have very little time.

I'm just going to ask you a question.

Why have we been seeing each other for the past 3 months?

It's very important to always have a good lawyer on hand.

You are one of them,

you flee,

You're lying.

I don't know how you behave with others.

But I'll tell you,

You are behaving badly towards me.

Do you want me to give you Mom's phone number?

I know I have.

So you can tell her she raised me badly?

Damn it!

I'll call you tonight or tomorrow.

Antoine is coming to have breakfast with you.

See you later, old man.

Will you walk me to the car and then come back?

Do you want some eggs?

Yes.

Ben Gaël will prepare them for you.

I don't know what time I'll be home tonight.

I'll call you during the day.

Are you coming, Antoine?

I needed to talk to you.

I absolutely had to tell someone.

I'm madly in love.

Ah good ?

It's a girl.

my old man,

a real woman.

You see what I mean?

A real woman?

Damn,
I'm going to be late.

Come.

I want you to meet her.

I want you to see what it is.

You didn't suspect a thing,

seeing me?

Me,
I'm sure it shows.

I'm sure it shows on my face.

No ?

Yes,
yes.

And your wife,

Does he like that you look so good?

Stop,

You're crazy at home.

She dominates.

What kind of girl is she exactly?

Ah,

She's a unique girl.

Is she as stupid as the last one?

Yeah.

Perhaps even a little more.

A courageous woman,

intelligent.

I have that at home.

That's very good.

Very happy.

Proud and all.

But,

We must remain humble.

Two like that,

That would be too much for a little guy like me.

Women's football is doing well.

It's a rapidly growing sport.

There are already more than 800 women's clubs and sex clubs in France.

The establishments already have 20,000 licensed young women.

This phenomenon is generating numerous reactions...

Hey, do you mind if I take a shower before eating?

Do you not care if the eggs are cold?

No,
no,

That's not it.

but I wouldn't be able to take one afterwards.

With digestion,

All that...
Don't you have a bathroom at home?

You want me to

Ouch?

We're screwing.

Is everything alright?

Do you know what that idiot is doing?

He secretly smiles at himself in the mirror.

They're practically blowing kisses.

And you know why?

No.

But you know why!

He told you!

He really wanted to tell you!

Who is it?

I don't know.

I want him to die.

I want him to kill himself in a car accident.

that he gets a dumpster dumped on his head,

that his elevator falls 15 stories,

I want him to die.

and that he remains disabled.

That's even better.

Didn't you tell me that when you truly love someone,

We really want him to be happy.

Even with someone else?

If,

it's me.

And that's true.

When you love someone,

Even I can't see it.

I hate him.

And get revenge?

No.
Why would I want revenge?

To deceive him.

With me,

For example.

I understood perfectly.

Would you do that?

My boyfriend?

Yes yes.

Before or after the shower?

After the shower.

And before the omelet.

No...

Do you know Kharib Dessila?

Marc is a scumbag, but you're even worse because you're better looking.

Come on,

Go take your shower.

I'll make you some more eggs.

Wait.

What ?

How are you ?

Alright.

Life is beautiful.

Oh,
leave me alone, guys.

I love what we can see through this window.

Grey and black.

No glass.

Nothing I hate more than glass.

Apart from the glass.

Stop trying to be clever.

Are you abandoning me in a forest?

Or in a meadow,

Me ?

I'm falling head over heels!

You don't believe me?

You already told me that.

That's why I enjoy meeting new people.

I can invite myself over easily.

Have you ever been in love?

I am all the time.

It's best not to talk about that.

Hey,
do you mind if I stay here to work?

No,
no,

I don't want to be alone.

Are you writing a new thriller?

No,
no.

I have a column to finish for this afternoon.

Do you want me to leave the radio on?

No,
no.

I wonder why you pay rent and you're never home.

What's your column about today?

On love,

a work in popular song.

When he takes me in his arms,

that he speaks to me very quietly...

Making love about everything.

I find it completely pointless.

What's the point of making fun of everything?

To pay the rent for an apartment in which I don't live.

That's absurd.

No ?

Yeah.

Like ironing a guy's shirts that he wrinkles with another one.

What else will influence your purchase decision?

I might make one of those.

Let's team up,

casserole.

No, not at all.

Sit down,

You're your boyfriend.

Look at,

All the actors from the play we just saw are there.

Do you want to write something about that?

Perhaps about Chekhov,

more generally.

We will go to Moscow,

thingamajig,

One day we will be happy.

my darling.

Look,
we made our choice at the bar.

This is at least the fourth Chekhov play this year.

No ?

In Paris alone.

Did you like it, my bunny?

I prefer to listen to both of you rather than say a sustained statement.

Fever in the morning

Fever on the moon

Everybody's got Fever

Like a song from you Now fever isn't Such a new thing Fever started long ago Have you found this girl?

You're sick

Why are you smiling at them?

a kind of tower-filler?

Perhaps you'd like me to stick my tongue out at him?

Noticed,

It's not all bad.

That's what I think.

There it is.

You didn't look too scary,

So I mustered up my courage.

Well now,

Put it down.

And have a drink.

It's you, my little one.

I wanted to tell you,

I am an admirer.

I love your columns,

Sometimes they make me cry with laughter.

Really.

THANKS.

Are you going to write something about us?

Yes.

What kind?

I hope it will be funny.

Didn't you like the show?

No.

And the actors?

Some are correct.

More?
That's not so bad.

It's not something everyone can do.

That's not something I'm given.

For example.

For example.

You dirty bastard!

Oh, you didn't wrap that up!

He's pulling your leg, my poor little thing!

I'm managing!

Within the context he describes in his letter,

We must do him favors and lick his feet!

But he can insult us coldly.

In person or in writing!

He could put us out of work!

It could starve us to death!

The worst part is that he can be wrong.

what we have,

It happens, you know!

Oh, but that...

It doesn't even suit his mind!

But calm down,

He's joking and he's not going to write anything at all!

But I'm not kidding!

Stretch a little!

I'm going to dissect you like you dissect others.

You're not terrible,

You know.

You look filthy.

I am Sombra.

And your nails are black.

That's disgusting.

And you have pimples.

And you're not very tall,

Your shoulders are tiny.

And then,

It's obvious you're cross-eyed.

You have a vacant stare.

Your articles,

They never made me laugh.

I think they're mean.

I don't find them funny.

Are you in a car?

Yes, but after reading your article, I think I could sell it!

I don't have any...

Will you take me home?

I'm afraid of many things in life.

But among other things, I'm afraid of guys like you.

Marco,

Hi !

Hold a pair of briefs over the box.

I'll be there right away.

Hi beautiful!

Hello!
How are things with you?

Alright.

Yeah ?

Yeah Gaël?

Oh,

Good old Cathy!

always so tactful.

Give your wife a kiss for me, darling.

Who is this girl?

By the plague!

She's actually a childhood friend.

I love it!

Yes yes yes yes!

He told me about it!

Did you meet him in Brittany?

She lived in a luxury hotel and you lived in a boarding house.

But you still got along well!

That's a really enlightening story.

Yes,
except it's the other way around.

She was the one staying in a guesthouse and I was in a luxury hotel.

Thank you, sir.

What do you call it?

Cathy.

I knew her when she was more crazy than you've ever been.

She's a real hard worker,

She got through it.

Yes,
we will.

She must have done well to reek of money like that.

That girl,

in '89,

He was supposedly commissioned to work on Marat.

...to suffer this stigma of synonym.

Recognize that you've caught her eye and stop delusional.

So you were buying waffles for that crazy woman?

Yeah.
You must have been showing off quite a bit when you were out with her.

Serious,

Yes.

I agree with Antoine.

I think she looks awfully cocky.

Well,

Where are you going?

I'm very comfortable sitting here.

I much prefer sitting with my back straight.

Like this,
on a kawashi chair.

I've changed my mind.

I'd like you to take me home.

But that's not going to work.

I really wonder what I'm doing here.

I think I got on it out of masochism.

I want to hear exactly what you thought of me.

Wait a minute.

Come and see me.

There's a sort of...

The willingness to hear someone articulate your worst fears.

To tell you what we dread hearing the most.

Oh !

For that,
I know I can count on you.

Go for it.

There's not much more to say.

This evening,

You were very bad.

You are speaking incorrectly.

You're moving incorrectly.

No,
there is only one thing I did very, very well for you.

Oh yes ?

You threw your glass in my face,

That,
that I really liked.

Ah,

Oh well,

If you like it that much.

Shit.

Ah,
ah,

Ah,

I couldn't help myself.

That stings.

I can tell you that it stings more than champagne.

Oh well,

I certainly hope so.

If I remain blind,

You are closer to me.

You will be my white cane.

Ben,
at least take off your glasses.

What would I do if I didn't have you?

There's something that's been puzzling me for a while now.

What do you have under your shirt?

My pyjamas.

Oh,

Well, they are truly crazy people who are really in this country.

I am not in order.

No more than me, anyway.

You know,

It's a matter of habit.

People undress completely twice a day.

Then they get dressed again.

I only undress halfway.

Because I'm very sensitive to the cold.

Is that all?

Do you like it?

That's what I'm wondering.

Ben,

We become two before we ask.

So answer us.

Yes,
I've heard that somewhere before.

You look much better without your glasses.

Hello ?

You told me you'd dress me tonight?

You've made a fool of me again!

I can't sleep when people are making fun of me!

That makes me so angry!

What time is it?

Are you talking to me?

No,
no...

Listen...

It's past 3 o'clock...

My plea is tomorrow at 11 a.m.

I'm going to throw you out the windows!

I absolutely must sleep before midnight.

Otherwise, it's the end of everything!

But you don't care about that,

You don't care about my job,

You only think about yourself.

I took a bath,

I took some tranquilizers.

I drank,

I smoked,

I listened to some women from Valsienne,

I broke a glass.

I cut my foot.

I told you I would call tonight or tomorrow.

I hang it up,

I admit it.

Good,

I'm coming.

I'm having problems with my mother.

I have to go.

Give me your phone number.

I'll call you during the day.

sleep.

Just slam the door when you leave.

Say goodbye to me nicely.

Come under the sheets,

You'll light me up, my brunette.

the eyes.

Antoine!

I fell asleep all of a sudden,

like a mass.

The bath,

alcohol,

tranquilizers

nerves...

My poor darling...

Good,

Come on, let's go.

Come quickly and go to sleep.

I heard the doorbell.

I feel so peaceful when you're here.

When I feel you arousing me,

I grate everything.

I can't do anything anymore.

Did you see?
I got home around 4 a.m. on tiptoe.

I stopped making noise.

There was nobody left.

No more bed sheets,

no more terry cloth towels,

more women,

No more kids.

She took everything.

She even emptied the fridge.

No, but I slept on the sofa.

I am being called to his mother's office.

She won't even give it to me.

Do you realize that...

She doesn't even want me to talk to my kids.

Ah, some weekend you've got there.

I don't even want to see Sabine anymore.

Those women are there to ruin your life.

They know what they're doing.

What should I do?

And that's what we should do to enjoy it.

I'm not made to live alone.

It makes me anxious.

Yeah,
do you hear that silence?

I need to hear kids arguing.

who are listening to their record.

Gaël is chatting on the phone with his girlfriends.

And here I am, yelling at her to hang up.

So.

The milk that saves lives.

The soup that smells good.

That's my life.

Have you had lunch?

No !

Here we go ?

Don't let me down, Antoine.

I'll kill myself if you ever let me down.

I was thinking I'd be working in Montpellier today while chatting with Gaël.

And there you have it.

We both needed her.

Well, there you have it.

She let us down.

No,
she's not telling me it's my fault.

She doesn't tell me that I only get what I deserve.

The only thing that sustains me,

It's thinking that she's a selfish jerk.

She's a heartless bitch,

There.

No,
if I ever tell myself that it's my fault,

I'm going to take it as a noose.

Oh shit,

The bitch!

He must be that idiot.

Who is it?

Tony.

Are you alone?

Yes.

Swear it.

I swear it.

Swear it on your manhood.

If you lie,

You will be powerless.

You're going to be able to get scratched.

Put yourself in my shoes.

We don't know what might go through our minds at a certain moment.

SO ?

Okay,

I swear,

It's about my virality.

Why did it take you 20 seconds to swear?

I took stock to see if I was swearing on something that still exists.

The problem with you guys,

It's because you locate your virility below the belt.

As long as the little creature raises its head,

You think you are men.

Are you doing well ?

Alright.

And you ?

How many bubbles are there underneath?

Three.

Is it because it's June?

Damn.

Weren't you the one who told me that psychological shocks always gave you colds?

If.

And I also told you that all the memories and regrets would fly away as I blew into my handkerchief.

No,

You never said that.

Yes,
I told you.

Men always forget what suits them.

I miss you,

My Polar is broken.

I took the...

Are you here for yourself or to talk to me about your boyfriend?

You always called me a dirty goy,

You haven't changed.

Didn't you eat that at 4 o'clock when you were a kid?

My obsession was the peanut bar with a Coke.

like the Americans.

How is he?

No,
nothing.

I don't want to talk about that guy.

Settle in there if you want to work.

I promised the children I would make them pancakes.

Do you want me to turn on the radio?

Yes,

Yes.

Are you singing?

Yes,

I sing.

I naturally engage in sexual activity.

so as not to get demoralized.

It demoralizes you,

Dear ?

How do you expect us to compete with you?

You are incomprehensible and frightening monsters.

You should write it down.

That.

I'm writing it.

I sing when I think about the state that poor guy is in.

That's it,

You said it.

You did your good deed.

NOW,

the next time you talk about him,

I'll shove the frying pan over your head.

No, but don't speak so brutally.

eh.

Don't forget that men are made differently than you women.

They have a heart.

They have a small, beating body.

who causes heart attacks.

Don't worry.

I never forget anything that gives us our superiority over you.

I'll tell you what I wrote last time,

You're fine with what you think about it.

With mixing,

OK?

Go ahead.

The door slams.

He found himself alone.

The ticking of the clock was becoming threatening.

Pic-tac,

pic-tac.

The sound of her own heartbeat was deafening her.

She couldn't bear life without her.

He loved her like crazy.

He had never felt how much he loved.

He knew it was his fault.

He had done some stupid things.

He wanted to crawl to her knees to beg her forgiveness.

But it was too late.

Everything was ruined.

He turned on the gas.

Wait a minute.

Afterwards,
all the kids will be able to eat jam on toast.

That'll teach you to take me for a fool.

You've left some dough behind.

I gave you a few colds.

I ask for your forgiveness.

Are you mad at me?

Ah!
With redcurrant jam and hot chocolate.

I know what was unbearable.

It's that I don't forgive him.

That scares you.

You want to do all your stupid things and be sure that you'll still be forgiven.

Well, no.

I was happier with Marc.

He would no longer live with him.

That's all.

The world we have built over the last 2000 years is collapsing around us.

She said that's all.

The only fun thing left for us in this grim life,

It's about lying to a woman.

What's even more fun,

It's about lying to several women.

SO,

if she no longer wants to play,

Who can one lie to in order to have the illusion of freedom?

adventure?

But you will always have your mother!

Mom!
Mom!

My job is driving me crazy!

I've had it up to here !

I don't care,

I won't go anymore.

I don't care,

I won't go anymore.

I...

I've had it up to here,

I don't care.

I won't go anymore.

Patient!

They can't force me!

Wolves shouldn't howl like that.

It is 11 a.m.

The neighbors are going to call the police.

The woman is a real little minx.

I will remain silent.

I will remain silent.

What floor are we on here?

At

8th

I wonder if we have time to count to 8 on the way down. It's too fast in the mountains.

Don't touch!

Give me a good reason.

Just one.

not to jump

Oh!
I'm not going, my poor old man.

Furthermore,

I'm wondering if I should jump with you.

Here we go ?

But that's not right, you made me fall here!

Okay, that's enough now.

Come on,

Stand up.

What amazes me is that most people don't kill themselves.

They are as late as I am.

They do jobs just as shoddy as mine.

and their wives make fun of them just like they make fun of me.

I thought it was the opposite.

There are appearances,

my little,

and the profound truths.

Look at me closely,

And tell me if it's worth it for me to keep getting up every morning and going to bed every night.

I don't care.

I don't want the neighbors to call the police.

That's all.

Okay,
so you bring your boyfriend downstairs,

please.

On one side or the other,

I would like to close the window.

Beautiful hair,

And you have beautiful eyes.

Eh ?

My head hurts.

I'm not funny,

eh ?

You said you would make me recite my text.

Let's go.

Come on.
We're going to have him recite his lines.

OK!

Good...

Perhaps we'll be in pain now.

He hasn't woken up?

I would like him to go home.

Leave him alone.

There is enough space.

Yeah,
I get the feeling that this guy doesn't really have much of a reason to live.

Finally,

How is her good shape?

You never ask yourself why you live.

And is it worth it?

Well, those are things you don't talk about.

even if it happens that we think them.

I find it disgusting to bury it like that in front of everyone.

Do you want me to make you recite your text?

Can I ask you something personal?

Try it.

This is the fourth time we've seen each other and slept together, and not the first time we made love.

Well, I don't know...

Why are you coming to sleep with me if you don't like me?

I don't know.

I didn't think about it.

Well, think about it, I'm waiting.

What about the other guys?

Well...

Well, the others either come or they don't.

Perhaps...

You think I'm nice but you think I'm too fat.

Maybe you prefer flat-chested girls.

I don't think so.

Oh, you guys are unbelievable.

You do things that I don't even know why.

Finally, you don't see yourself living.

We need to do some introspection.

It wouldn't do you any harm.

I'm sure you never do that.

It's what,

Introspection?

I wish a guy would fall for me a few times less.

That's never happened to me before.

Maybe I'm just not the right type.

You were like me when you were a kid.

I don't remember.

I wondered if you were a little bit homosexual.

Ah good ?

Have you never been in love with a boy?

No,

But I've never fallen in love with a girl either.

SO...

That's what I tell myself sometimes.

You say love doesn't exist.

You don't say it sometimes?

If.

Sometimes.

Okay,
come on,

see you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

We can make love if you want.

No,

No,

It's not worth it.

Good night.
Good night.

Maria!
If you brought glasses,

It would be easier to drink!

Ah!

Hello Marc!

Come in.

Come in!

Hello Isa!

It's a bit silly to have put flowers there.

Hi

Zelda!

Do you remember me?

Marc!

What ?

Two things,

three, rather.

Good morning, gentlemen.

Hello Maria.

My friend Tony,

I don't know if I've mentioned it to you.

He was very keen to get to know you.

Hello Maria.

Hello Sir.

Secondly,

You put that on the dining room table.

You give the flowers to Thaïssa.

She will do what needs to be done.

And thirdly,

after lunch,

meet me in my room,

I'm going to talk to you.

You look awful.

So much the better.

Go on,
go away.

I also need to talk to you.

Give it to me.

You're lucky we're still in this house.

Good morning.

Oh,

What a great idea to have brought flowers.

Oh no,

You're not kidding me.

You're not going to choose gifts with refinement.

You wouldn't be in the situation you're in,

my dear Marc.

I'd like to introduce you to my friend Tony Fischer.

Hello Mrs.

Hello Mrs.

Hello Mrs.

Oh,
that's not great.

But it's readable.

Actually,
I'm really not in a position to talk about it.

I don't like detective novels at all.

That bothers me.

That was it.

the fala.

I'll be back.

The dear and sad one is here.

I have read all your books,

Tony Fischer.

I don't like detective novels set in France.

Jean-Paulo,

But come here.

If I take you,

You'll see.

Cattivo,

No, you don't have to leave anymore.

Ho vergogna di te.

So,
so,

SO.

It suddenly feels like we're at Fort Daple.

What's going on?

Your son threw all the orange juice to the soldier and now he has escaped.

THANKS.

No,
in French,

we say escape,

But we can escape.

Oh,

Sandy,

Pierrot,

if the Italians,

They disgust you.

if the port of Naples,

It's crap.

Why did you come looking for me?

over there ?

You had it,

Your French wife.

Why didn't you keep it?

Agostina,

hold,

I beg you,

We are not alone.

This is not a tragedy.

Oh,

Mamma mia,

You're so cute when you talk about surprise.

Pardon,

Marc.

Don't you want to wake up?

Fati,

I'm sorry.

My policeman is speaking,

I was all orange juice.

Where is she now?

I am here.

So, my hero?

Come, my darling,

We're going to buy it back.

Were you playing the part of being single?

Oh,

Your eagle, too.

Dad,
we're going to ask you something about the sangria,

I believe.

Oh yes.

How are you ?

You don't talk about it,

No ?

Fati!

Alright.

Dad,
do you know Marc?

Hello Marc.

Hello Sir.

Tony,

I'd like to introduce you to my father.

You wouldn't think you were seeing it if...

So simple.

But Tony has written best-selling books,

dad.

Oh,

Alright,

Alright.

Where is Marie-Claire?

She was a canine,

But...
Good.

That's perfect.

I completely forgot to give you something to drink.

Come.

So,

Everything is there.

Put that there.

At your place,
there are little things to nibble on,

But don't overdo it.

You will need more for lunch.

Zelda!
I'm busy.

Have you seen Zelda?

Oh yes ?

Why is she so cheeky?

I don't know,

A story about orange juice.

Try to get him to put a smear of butter on it.

We have time.

Mathieu Basquet,

my daughter's father.

Denis Fichard,

the author of Romand Policier.

Turn ahead!

That's it,

It's ready!

Should I get my head around it or can I just leave it as it is?

Stay like that.

Dear.

This is my sale!

Got it,

I'll be back.

GOOD,

Paolo.

Okay,
Paolo.

I promised God I would see you.

Come on over.

This is the queen mother.

Actually,

my birthday,

It breaks my heart.

But as a way to get out of this family.

It's because we love you.

If any of you sing this horrible song,

I go back up to my room.

What a song!

Dear mother?

She wants to talk about happy birthday.

THANKS.

I don't know where my preference lies.

to the music or the lyrics.

She works at Gallimard.

Then she does lots of other things too.

She's doing very well.

She even wrote history books.

I would tell you that I haven't read your work because, for me, the story...

But,

Whose house is this?

It's in Siena.

She bought it 5 or 6 years ago.

Before, she rented a not-so-great apartment near the Saint-Coup gate.

And then, precisely,

One of his history books was quite successful.

SO,

She bought the house.

All those people,

Do they live here?

And what about the two of you?

Here,
is the grandmother,

the mother,

the aunt,

Cathy and her daughter.

And the father of her daughter?

No.

Here,
there are only good women.

Even a female dog is not a dog.

Ah!
She did everything by hand.

That's very good.

That's good,
very good.

Very well,
thank you.

Is she here?

How are you.

What is the name of Marc's friend?

I don't remember.

His name is Tony.

Oh, he knows everything.

He sees everything.

He can smell everything.

Tony!

Aren't you going to finish your little skull yet, my darling?

No, I don't like it very much.

Mathieu,
do you want to finish it?

Sit down next to me and tell me a little about yourself.

No, but before that,

You're going to get me some Russian salad and a nice stuffed skull.

Not too much Russian salad though.

We need to be reasonable.

So now,

I'm going to get dessert.

It's good,

THANKS.

Ah,
but put another spoonful and a little mayonnaise on the side of the plate.

After all,

It's my birthday.

THANKS.

How do you manage to stay so slim?

I don't particularly like to eat.

Oh, what a shame.

Me,
I actually prefer being too fat.

So,
you write detective novels.

Yes.

And you don't feel like writing anything else?

I deny a lot of talent and a lot of ambition.

Oh,

it's a shame.

It's so nice to have a lot of talent and a lot of ambition.

My little girl,

Catherine,

That's how it is.

Did you chat with her?

I hope that despite these problems,

Poor Marc introduced you to everyone.

Yes.

Yes,

But it's a bit complicated at first.

I admit it.

René-Charles is my first husband,

The blonde lady is his friend.

Tessa and Isa are our two daughters.

Yes,
to René-Charles and myself.

Alain is Tessa's friend for the time being.

I don't need to remember his name,

He won't be around for long.

I'm not bothering you.

Pierrot was Isa's husband before he was Agostine's husband.

Pierrot is Gatier's father and Isa is Gatier's mother.

Giampaolo will be 10 years old and Zelda will be 7.

Giampaolo is the son of Pierrot and Agustina

He is therefore Katharine's half-brother

And Zelda is the daughter of Katharina and Matthew.

So it turns out that little Jean-Paul is little Zelda's uncle.

Mathieu,

It's the tall, dark-haired boy who is sitting on the steps next to her.

You know the young women of today.

The poor boy wants to get married,

but doesn't want to hear anything.

As for me,

My name is Liane.

And don't laugh.

I don't feel like laughing at all.

Good,

Catherine,

my darling,

Come and take care of this young man.

I tell him things that don't interest him at all.

You are perishing in the night.

People usually love to chat with my grandmother.

I'm sorry,

But it makes me feel down.

What ?

Don't be aggressive.

Cathy.

But what made you sad?

Tony?

All of that,

I'm not in my element here.

It's a matter of education.

or lack of education.

But I don't like it.

You're right to stick to your cheap, penny-pinching palates.

When we met you,

We even wonder how you manage to write them.

I don't like families.

meals,

the children,

the grass,
the flowers.

It makes me want to run away as fast as I can to find the asphalt.

cafes,

exhaust fumes.

This is provocation.

young man.

And then all those names,

Not possible.

Zelda,

Tessa,

Isa...

Dora.

Isa Dora,

Katharina.

See,
add Liane,

Don't be afraid.

I'm not afraid.

But...

In what era do you believe you are living?

This is a time for laughter.

And what's even worse,

That's what you think is the earth chamber.

You think everything else is crap.

Wake up.

You are ghosts.

You see,

I wonder if I prefer it when he talks or when he doesn't.

When you have the misfortune of running into someone like you,

Marc is going to hear from me for bringing that idiot.

You absolutely must not try to explain things to him that he cannot understand.

Hi !

But please explain one thing to me.

Why is your name Katharina and not Catherine?

So, me, my...

my dear old man,

I'm not explaining anything to you at all.

In our poor family of ghosts,

It is traditional to name girls after heroines of novels.

or famous women.

Katharina,

It's because of...

There's a dent!

It's because of that mean girl...

tame.

You see, he's not as stupid as all that.

Liane de Pougy,

Isadora,

Duncan,

Tessa,

the nymph with the faithful heart,

Zelda...

Fitzgerald,

That's not possible.

I'm sorry,

I'm trying to be objective.

That's ridiculous.

It's so cultured,

It's so refined,

It's so...

Reactionary

Tell me,

It should be part of your vocabulary.

When your name is Tony,

We are liberals.

Tony,

Hey Tony,

Hi Tony!

When your name is Zelda,

We're fascists.

No ?

When you love asphalt,

We're awkward.

When you love flowers,

We are straight.

No ?

Poor guy!

You're sick of demagoguery!

You're being eaten alive.

consumes,

You no longer exist!

You're lost in the surrounding stupidity!

Stop avoiding your banalities.

Marc is crazy for taking me to this museum.

That's enough now!

Get out of here, you ill-mannered person!

You just found out what I tolerate in your...

What makes me almost enraged?

But who cares!

It's about being in love with you.

Help, this guy is crazy!

If you don't love me,

i love you.

And if I love you,

If I love you.

If you don't love me,

If I love you.

I love it too much.

i love you,

if I don't look at you,

i love you.

If you don't love me,

If you don't love me,

i love you.

And if I love you,

If I love you,

look at.

You women,

you the shamans,

Your smiles attract us,

we souls,

You angels,

let us adore each other.

Antoine is fragile,

tender and elusive.

He has humor and uncertainties.

By a mocking twist of fate,

He met Cathy.

He immediately caught the flu.

That is to say, he felt his first crush on her.

Cathy is passionate,

stubborn and independent.

She is not married.

But she has a daughter.

She lives within a family of women, of which she is the central pillar, and which includes her daughter,

from her grandmother,

from his mother and his aunt.

And we are vulnerable.

wretches,

we men.

I was born in France.

My parents divorced when I was 6 years old.

And my mother remarried, this time to a diplomat.

That's how I came to speak many foreign languages.

My stepfather was English.

And my friends were all children of diplomats of different nationalities.

I attended Araba High School and the University of Montreal.

That's where I married a Mexican student.

I lived in Mexico for about ten years and I recently returned to France permanently.

I speak and write English and Spanish fluently.

and German almost fluently as well.

I suppose that here...

Ten or twenty years ago,

to get a job like that,

All that was needed was refinement,

to speak several languages, indeed.

and to have a certain familiarity with the world.

It's not like that anymore.

For a job,

There are many applicants,

and we can afford to select the best one.

I won't waste any time and I'll tell you right away that...

You are not the best we could find.

That's quite possible.

on certain points.

I don't have much time,

But I will still explain the situation to you.

This might be useful to you.

Thank you.

First of all,

You have no reference.

Otherwise you would have a file in your hands,

Am I wrong?

You are very observant.

That's why I'm here.

Have you ever worked?

Yes,

in Mexico.

I was specifically in charge of receiving clients.

First, in a large hair salon,

and then into a fashion house.

But even if you had certificates from these employers,

That wouldn't change anything.

You see,

The advertisement specified a maximum age of 40.

but actually...

Management prefers to hire young women under the age of thirty.

On the other hand,

in a fashion house like ours,

We ensure that all staff members visible to customers have a perfect figure.

I don't want to sugarcoat it for you,

And quite frankly,

at your age,

It's not going to be easy.

You have

47 years old,

No ?

Almost a year.

Yes.

Well, there you have it.

I believe it was useful for you to know all of this.

So, in your opinion,

What do I need to do?

Should I take the plunge?

I regret that you take it that way.

Society as it is,

I didn't make it.

You must be 35 years old.

And in twelve years,

You too will have 47.

Bye,

Mrs.

But me,

I would have some pretty impressive credentials.

Are you sure that will be enough?

I am currently arranging all my diaries in chronological order.

I'm not going to stay in a tent.

I even found the one from the year I met your mother.

What is peace?

Ian, 6 PM.

And when you separated,

Which one is it?

Ah,
I haven't gotten my hands on it yet.

I may have misplaced it.

I hope your book will make some heads roll.

Dear dad.

He must know some juicy secrets and stories that sound pretty bad.

There are specialized funds for that.

I have no intention of competing with them.

I hope to give the young people who read me a taste for public service and not to turn them off it.

Can I type something on your machine?

Yes,
if you want.

I'm doing pretty well now.

Attention,

I mustn't look at my fingers.

Hmm...

Did you see?
I'm going pretty fast.

What is this?

Rydribsiveramexardizime?

Let me see.

I typed everything wrong.

I wanted to write "Dad,

You're a bit of a simpleton.

But that's how I love you.

Thank you very much.

I'm not ready to find a job as a secretary.

And apart from that,

How's it going ?

Alright.

Alright.

Are you sure?

You see,

That,

That was my room.

And then,

They were living rooms.

All of that,

all of that,

All of that,
all of that,

They were bastards.

Who is it?

them ?

Wait.

That,

It's Bijou.

the cook.

And then,

It is

Lali and Toukou,

who helped him in the kitchen,

both.

Here,

It is

Anjouli, Sita and Kairi,

who took care of us.

And then...

Those two,

Aliar and Madou were driving the cars.

And the elephants,

Where are they?

You said you had elephants in your house,

over there.

Ah,

We put them behind the house.

Otherwise,

They would have hidden it.

the house.

How many are there?

There are eight of them.

Eight adults and one baby.

Is it still a baby?

No !

Now he's a grown-up.

Know !

In Hindi it means "Who is there?"

Darling,

It means "There,

there ! "

So !

And Tessa in French,

It means "Good rear!"

Between,

my darling,

It's tiring having to perch on your heels.

Do you want the good news first?

Or the bad one?

The right one.

My appointment didn't work out.

And I'm really relieved because...

It gave me chills to work there.

And the bad one?

It's the same.

But from your point of view.

Run away!

Bouchou.

Go on,
run away.

What is it?

Art there?

I want to stay with you.

Oh no.

That's not possible.

It's your sisters' turn now.

I don't want to be all alone.

Listen,

Do you know what you're going to do?

You go into the bathroom,

You put on your makeup and come back.

All right ?

Even black eyelashes,

Never ?

Yes yes,

even black on the eyelashes.

Go on,
go.

Good.

You can take some jewelry from my room if you want.

Good.

Did you see the faces she's making?

Did you see that martyr's area?

I wonder where she got that from?

In my opinion,

She took it from there.

I think you're right.

How come I haven't had any children?

Oh no.

No,
no,

Not that.

Don't make me sad with melancholy.

There's no war,

No one is sick.

everything else,

It's getting better.

If you had seen the look on the face of the woman who received me,

You would be less cheerful.

Well,
luckily for me,

I didn't see her.

So don't talk to me about it and let's talk about something else.

Can't you give me anything better?

But I can't live off you forever.

That's precisely why you need to work.

But there is no emergency.

Listen,
in three weeks,

We're going on vacation.

I propose that we put all of this aside until the start of the new school year.

Eh ?

Come on,
phew!

After the holidays,

I wouldn't have gotten 15 years younger,

I'll even have 3 more months.

SO,

The problem will be the same.

Well, I'm telling you that if I,

at my age,

I wanted to find a job,

I'll find some.

like that.

The worst,

That's probably true.

So don't bother us with your date of birth.

That's not the problem.

Are you sure I'm not a foundling?

A daughter of Romain Nichel,

Good-for-nothings like me?

Don't be racist, my dear.

That's not the family's style.

Tell me you still love me.

I love you.

Anyway.

Since I didn't have the courage to go directly to the Saint-Lazare train station...

I stopped by my dad's place for a drink.

Oh yes ?

So what?

He was arranging piles of papers for his memoirs.

The memoirs of René-Charles Boer,

former member of parliament,

honest,

very discreet.

But who do you think would be interested in that?

Him.

That's already pretty good.

All right.

Wearing such high heels is very bad for your back.

And for the stomach too.

Did he tell you about Marie-Claire?

No.

On my birthday,

I noticed that he was following her with his eyes a lot.

I'm sure he suspects something.

Maybe.

He has a slightly yellow complexion.

I wonder if this is a sign of melancholy.

A crisis of faith.

Both of them,

probably.

You know,

beneath that air he has...

Finally,
I can't find the word.

But you see what I mean.

Beneath this somewhat...

He is very sensitive.

for the better.

You're not finishing your omelet?

It is absolutely delicious.

but...

I don't know why,

This evening,

I'm not very hungry.

I'm sorry.

This evening,

I deliberately did things that you like.

but...

I couldn't even wait until you'd finished dinner to talk to you.

It's human nature.

my little.

You were in a hurry to make your mark.

No way.

I wanted the situation to be clear.

I was tired of living between two stools.

The other chair,

Do I know her?

That's just a figure of speech.

There is no one else.

I was living with someone and I'm tired of living with that person.

This person,

it's me,

i guess.

Of course.

Well,
you know,

I hadn't noticed it.

I made quite a bit of effort.

Oh !

For a long time?

For quite some time now.

How curious.

I really can't believe that you haven't noticed anything after all this time.

You know very well that we are always the last to be notified.

We ?

Who are you talking about?

Cuckolds.

Have you finished dinner?

Perfectly.

Good.

So I would like to sit somewhere other than these chairs that you never wanted replaced and that hurt my back.

Deep down, it doesn't surprise me that you didn't realize anything.

Did you ever know that there were other humans on Earth besides yourself?

Me, for example.

You never tried to find out who I really was.

You've never truly seen me.

We have been living together for twelve years.

Before I can no longer stand myself,

How did you put up with me?

I loved you.

I blinded you.

I couldn't see anything, and you were blind.

What a couple!

For ten years we looked at each other eye to eye without seeing each other.

It's been two years since you had a lover.

Yes,

since it makes you happy.

I suppose he's young.

He is certainly younger than me.

That seems logical to me.

I hope he's not much younger than you.

You lived for 12 years with a woman much younger than you.

Why shouldn't I have the right to do the same?

I said that because of my experience,

very recent,

informs me that it ends badly.

Your age has nothing to do with it.

Yet that's the only thing about me that has changed since we met.

And it's not because you've changed that I'm leaving.

It's because I've changed,

Me.

When are you leaving?

Tomorrow.

I rented a small apartment in the 8th arrondissement,

to be close to the shop.

All things considered,

I believe you.

I had a reaction of jumping out of jealousy.

Who wasn't very realistic?

I can see from your face that you're implying something nasty.

I didn't quite understand.

Set the record straight.

I don't believe you're leaving me for a man.

The number of contenders must nevertheless become less frequent.

You have many flaws,

But you were never a cad.

So I think you're trying to provoke me into telling the truth.

I understand that you prefer to interpret my words that way.

He is 45 years old.

5 years younger than me.

He is handsome.

He is athletic.

He has a very good situation.

I've known him for two years.

And we'll get married after the holidays.

Did you want it?

That's a lot to say.

eh ?

Do you know if there are any other covers available somewhere?

Are you cold?

I'm going to sleep in the living room.

That's ridiculous.

The wind is very strong.

If it is too hard,

I will read or work on my book.

This kind of circumstance increases lucidity and the sharpness of thought.

Lie down in your bed,

René Charles.

You'll wake up to Alain Bagot tomorrow.

He didn't reply to me about the covers.

In the cupboard,

Right at the top.

Don't you want us to spend our last night together?

Our last night,

That was yesterday.

when I knew nothing.

I know what you're doing right now.

You are writing the final chapter of your memoirs.

I have a lot of affection for you, my dear.

But I don't intend to die tonight.

I therefore hope that there will be many more chapters in my life and in my memories after this one.

Good evening.

Did you clearly tell the driver to come all the way up here?

Yes.

I gave it to you in Venice.

You don't want to take it?

Yes,
I'd like that.

It will bring back memories.

They are not all bad.

I hope so ?

No.

You've always loved this painting.

I would be happy if you kept it.

You're crazy.

Are you sure you took everything that belongs to you?

Oh,
there are people who are very good at that.

Personally,
I don't find it very elegant to conduct a raid before slamming the door.

I wrote my phone number on the notepad.

If you see that I've forgotten something,

You'll tell me.

Get off.

After all,

You owed me nothing and you gave me so much.

THANKS.

I would give anything to hear what you really want to tell me right now.

Pardon ?

No.

I didn't say anything.

It doesn't change anything.

Living with you,

It wasn't fun every day.

but here,

You amaze me.

Regarding breakups,

You have the right approach.

It's a real pleasure to leave you.

THANKS.

There was a lot of luggage,

Hey.

Yes,

Madam,
we always carry too much when she goes on vacation.

The lady had told me that I would have done well to cut off the gentleman.

because she was leaving completely,

The little man is left all alone.

Ah,

I hope the taxi driver was helpful.

How are you.

What did the gentleman want me to do now?

Oh,

Do as usual.

I'll leave at noon.

How does this gentleman eat all by himself?

Today I'm having lunch at a restaurant.

Tonight too.

I don't know.

I could buy some ham,

cheese,

like that.

You see, my dear Esperanza,

Unfortunately, I hate ham.

This further complicates my situation.

My name is Maria.

Esperanza was the other one before.

The one who stole the nightgowns and the toilet paper.

Oh yes,

Of course.

Excuse me.

Damn,
I'm going to be late.

With all that,

I didn't listen to the weather forecast.

Do you know if rain is forecast for today?

Yes yes,

It's time.

Then they said there would be a storm this afternoon.

Ah,

Thank you, Marielle.

There's nothing I hate more than spending a whole day working in my raincoat for nothing.

To ensure your chocolate charlotte is truly a delight,

It is essential, of course, that your chocolate is not too sweet,

not too bitter.

Chestnut cream,

if you have chosen to include them,

stays in its place.

and that the custard is nice and thick.

All of this is the very least that can be done.

I also mentioned earlier the style of tablecloth and tableware which,

in my opinion,

go best with charlotte.

But what we must not forget,

This highlights the extreme importance of the topic of conversation.

If you want to fully enjoy a chocolate charlotte,

Don't think that we can talk...

Nonsense.

The question is,

For example,

to talk about money or politics,

nor traffic jams,

nor your plumbing problems.

If you do,

You will have eaten your charlotte without realizing it.

I'm going to tell you a little story.

I grew up during the last war,

with deprivations,

of course,

for my tenth birthday.

My parents had succeeded,

with great difficulty,

to make me do a...

Beautiful cake.

overcome,

a crown of whipped cream.

When we brought this cake,

I stared at it with eyes wide with terror at this unknown thing they wanted me to eat.

And I burst into tears.

It was not possible to get me to taste it.

I calmed down and comforted myself with a familiar and reassuring apple.

So.

If you are serving a chocolate charlotte to invite yourself over,

Share a childhood memory.

a memory of your childhood snack.

And your friends will then share their own childhood memories.

because everyone has them,

And you'll see that this will give your chocolate charlotte an unforgettable taste.

like childhood.

Thank you, my dear Isaiah.

see you tomorrow.

Now we have an appointment with Jeannette who will answer your questions about frozen products.

But before that,

Let's listen to Barbara Streisand.

You're all freaked out, Dad.

What's going on?

What are you doing here?

You've gained a terrible amount of weight, Fifi.

How come?

See you tomorrow.

What is this hat?

It looks like the birthday cake you were talking about earlier.

Goodbye, dear father.

Call us when you're safe to be seen.

I was planning to invite you to lunch.

No,
at the moment,

I don't eat in restaurants.

Come,

We're going to eat at home.

Didn't you look in the rearview mirror before reversing?

Dear Dad,

We're both going to kill each other if you start like this.

So I think it would be best if you took a taxi and we'll meet there.

No,
no,

No,
I don't want to take a taxi.

I'm staying here.

And I remain silent.

I remain silent.

Who is here?

I'm bringing Dad back!

Isa stole my cake story!

It was me who didn't want to eat the big cream cake!

Isa!

She,

It's full of cream cakes,

the big liar,

thief of childhood memories.

Your daughter Isa,

sell the soul of the family so that horrible women become even more horrible by gorging themselves on chocolate Charlotte.

Good,

Did someone prepare lunch?

I don't know.

Take Charles, my darling.

Go see your mother.

Valentina is in charge of lunch.

If you stay here with that look on your face,

You're going to make my tarot cards curdle like curdled milk.

Definitely.

Mom,

Dad, can you come up or are you coming down?

Who's calling me?

Isa.

Have you come home?

Oh yes.

Your "soon" story was too long.

That was too much.

Let's not get upset.

That's because you already knew her, dear mother.

Have you prepared anything for lunch?

I bought some lasagna.

Are you here?

What's wrong?

Are you sick?

But I'm going to end up believing it.

You should have left all that in the vestibule.

Have a superb weather,

No ?

They have forecast thunderstorms for this afternoon.

Oh, what a shame!

It's nice of you to come and see him.

If you had called to announce yourself,

Lunch would have been better.

I was thinking of inviting Isa to a restaurant,

She was the one who preferred to bring me here.

Ah,

If it's Isa you want to talk to,

I can call him and take care of lunch.

People stop dissecting my words and actions,

and sit down somewhere.

There are advantages and charms to living among women as we do,

But I confess that I sometimes miss that fine masculine authority.

I have something to ask you.

Oh !

We stop playing the little girl.

Do you want to?

To the little girl,

Me?
Oh,

How awful!

I didn't do it on purpose.

But I'll keep an eye on myself.

I was never able to talk to you,

And that will never change.

But what do I do?

No,
it's all in your head.

I assure you,

my dear.

I am here,

I listen to you with sympathy and interest.

What more can I do to prove my attention to you?

Can't we even wrinkle our foreheads like Chiffon?

Cloth !

Ha ha ha,

Did you see?

I've seen dogs before in my life.

Oh,

I suspected as much.

when you're involved in politics,

You see all sorts of things.

And there you have it.

We're going to talk for another hour without saying anything.

And I won't find a way to tell you what I want to tell you.

Three times said in the same sentence.

You are troubled,

my dear Member of Parliament.

You're unbearable.

You're right.

SO,

Stop beating around the bush,

That's what annoys me.

avoid your bag.

Pardon ?

I'm listening.

I already told you that I was writing my memoirs.

Yes yes.

I have high expectations.

And I wanted to ask you if by any chance you had kept my letters.

Do you want them?

Photocopies would suffice.

Ah,
that's annoying.

Why is that?

Because,

You'll be surprised how funny that is.

I was planning to ask you the same thing.

Me too,

I am writing my memoirs.

Since when?

Ever since you told me you were writing your own.

Oh yes ?

Yes,

You never know.

I have no intention of slandering you.

I will only tell the absolute truth.

Me too,

of truth was worthless.

Who do you think would be interested in that?

Pardon ?

Who do you think would be interested in that?

Your memoirs?

My school friends,

For example.

If I could,

I would discourage you from undertaking that.

And to make a fool of yourself.

Oh,

my age,

I won't look ridiculous for very long.

But anyway,

Liana,

Memoirs are only justified if one has been a public figure.

Who said that?

It is better to have a personality that is not public than to be a public figure without a personality.

Thank you.

No,

It was just a word.

I'm taking it back.

But be honest,

She acknowledges that my life has been much more exciting than yours.

I don't know.

I don't know her.

You were born in Paris.

and you don't have,

so to speak,

never left France and the corridors of the National Assembly.

Me,

You know that very well.

I am just a poor little Italian girl from the mountains whose mother came to Paris to work as a laundress while her father worked in a factory.

Just the beginning,

It looks like something out of a Zola novel.

No ?

I am not a publisher.

You don't need to sell me your merchandise.

It's already sold.

I assume it's Cathy who's posting this.

No.

A compliment?

Oh,
I'm sorry that seems to upset you.

What an idea!

Why would you want that to upset me?

But perhaps you have...

Are you afraid of what I'm going to say about you?

Or are you afraid of my book and more successful than yours?

If you want to know what I really think,

I am convinced that you will never write it.

And the only thing that bothers me,

It's because you won't give me my letters.

If,

I will give them to you.

If you give me back mine,

giving,

giving.

I didn't keep them.

No !

No.

When you...

Finally,

when we separated,

I burned everything.

Letters and photos.

So how will you do it then?

If I am forced to,

I will skim over these events.

After all,

My memoirs mainly concern my public life.

It's going to be exciting.

So you burned everything.

I didn't know.

I kept everything.

You had no reason to burn everything.

It wasn't me who fell in love with an Englishman.

He was no seducer,

The poor guy.

He was shorter than you.

No.

Yes,

you, his heel, and him with it.

A real Englishman's face,

with eyes like dishwater.

And poor health to boot.

You must have really been bothering me to leave with that guy.

For a woman,

Louis,

It was wildly seductive.

And I was completely captivated.

And even though I admit that it pleases me,

I don't think it's very reasonable of you to put yourself in such a state because of this.

Finally,

I left you for him almost 40 years ago.

He died more than 10 years ago.

What are you singing to me?

But I don't know,

You...
You're getting agitated,

you have the...

She is very stretched.

You seem upset.

Oh,

What does this have to do with poor Lewis?

I am not so spoiled as to suddenly dwell on a story that is half a century old.

Oh,
not quite.

Remain gallant.

When a man dives into...

Things have changed when he puts his life on his work table; he has reasons to be agitated, and I have no other. I'd actually like to ask you some questions, unless you now want to keep your memories to yourself.

And what if we talked a little about the present?

Forget the good upbringing your mother gave you,

elbow to a son whose soul is God

Avoid your heart for once.

You'll feel better afterwards.

What are you talking about?

I'm sorry,

I couldn't have tolerated that 40 years ago.

I can't stand it any more today.

I prefer the beautiful figure.

My,
my,

ma,
imagine.

NOW,

That's all.

Hold,

It's true,

I had forgotten that you used to insult me in Italian during the first years of our marriage.

And the last one too.

Would you mind if I wrote it down?

I'm going to tell you something good.

Or perhaps you're some kind of fish,

a kind of insensitive frog,

Or you are a human being.

And then show it.

Otherwise I will never speak to you again.

But what do you want from me?

Are you sure you're not a man?

Not suffering, you may have a fever.

My flaw!

You arrive here white as a sheet with your face upside down, crying out for help like an infant with a feeding pin stuck in its bottom.

But you'd rather die than admit that it stings.

It's your habit to spread your feelings like butter on toast, but it's not mine.

I'm too old to change.

The minor setbacks that can happen to a man of my age are of no importance.

What I want now,

It's about preparing for my departure with serenity.

Leaving behind a reflection on my life,

which may be useful to some.

It's time for a review.

This is no longer the time for trifles.

It's lunchtime.

I'm going to see where things stand.

My dear darling,

The tarot cards have spoken.

My future is without uncertainty.

No glory,

no money,

no love!

Yes yes,

Wait,
wait a little while,

my darling,

Wait.

Nothing,
nothing,

He said nothing.

Good,

I know things aren't going well.

But I don't know why it's not working.

It wasn't to go with the head he had.

I called Marie-Claire,

I spoke to him.

At his shop,

She leaves,

And she gets married.

Her husband.

And who is the wife?

Always the same,

the one she had had for two years.

Oh,

The poor old man!

It has to be said that he doesn't have much luck with women.

Oh no.

No,

No,
it can't be like that.

That's not nice.

If it was back to normal when he left,

He's not going to...

He recovered,

maybe,

But he took the exam for months.

He lost a lot of hair.

It was the very least that could be done.

With his habit of keeping everything to himself,

We must prevent him from developing an ulcer or monopharthus.

Because of that fake blonde?

Let's be fair,

Many women dye their hair.

It's not bad to see.

Do you think he's really unhappy?

I think he feels old and lonely.

And that he'll need a little pampering.

It's me.

You're coming,
we'll put all this in my room.

All right.

No one called?

No !

NOW,

We give each other a huge hug.

Act like a lion.

Not now.

Just once.

Okay,
tonight.

No, not now.

Pssst,

I don't want to.

Rrrrroooom!

Rrrrroooom!

Rrrrroooom!

Rrrrroooom!

Again.

No,
misseule.

You're mean.

Shut up,

or I'll bake you in the oven with some courgettes.

Not with courgettes.

That's not good.

Ah,
I had a crazy day,

a real festival in the Vélade.

Okay, so what were you saying?

Mom is asleep.

I will be mean.

Why ?

Because Marie-Claire left and he's in an incredible state.

It's completely separate from your six.

We can't leave them all alone.

Isa will take care of him for a few days.

It will take time for him to get used to his new life.

Why is it that he always has to do all the chores?

Why didn't you go?

You ?

Because I'm not as efficient as your mother,

my dear.

I don't know how to drive.

I don't know how to cook at all.

And in Dad's apartment, which has a whole catafalque,

I think I'll no longer be able to speak.

nor probably even breathe.

People like you are really lucky to always find the right suckers who work their fingers to the bone for them.

Luckily, people like me are a bit lucky.

because they lack the strength,

nor courage.

that people like you have, my darling.

Okay,

The subject is exhausted.

Let's talk about something else.

That's an excellent idea.

I dreamt about Diego last night.

That's funny.

When I lived in Mexico City,

I hated everything.

Spanish,

tequila,

Mexican music.

But since I came back...

Marc,
we completely let each other down.

Has anyone heard from him or Gaël?

Yes,
Gaël called once.

According to the latest news,

She had no intention of letting it go.

An ending.

a wall.

Since your birthday,

That bastard didn't call once.

Are you talking about Marc?

And who do you want me to talk to you about?

And this boy that Marc had brought along, who wrote detective novels,

What became of him?

Is that it?

That boy who shouted in front of everyone that he was in love with you and whom we haven't seen since.

You don't remember,

my darling ?

Yes,
I remember.

Me,
for example.

I'm not in love with him.

But I still find her very charming.

in a certain way.

Because you imagine that I'm in love with him,

Me ?

I can't imagine anything.

I hear you asking every day if anyone has called.

But it seems to me that I was already asking this question before I knew this gentleman.

It's true.

That said,

I would like to have him on the phone to tell him what I think of him.

Me,
for example,

I don't think anything of him.

And neither did Mom.

I'm sure of it.

Huh,
Mom?

Stop buzzing,

Tessa.

Ask Marc for his number.

Me ?

Should I call this guy?

I'd rather catch measles.

Hey, Tessa,

Come and do my tarot reading.

Impossible.

What are you doing ?

I punished her.

I've had it up to here !

I'm really fed up!

These are antique tarot cards.

I traveled miles to buy them for him!

Oh!
Things like that,

It drives me crazy!

It makes me sick!

You're too attached to things!

Damn it!

Shit !

I always thought that when someone gave me a gift,

I could do whatever I wanted with it.

But apparently,

Cathy believes that a gift always belongs to the person who paid for it.

You are unfair.

Tessa.

Cathy is very generous and you know that very well.

She just thinks you don't appreciate the gift she gave you.

What is there to eat at the house where Mathieu is coming for dinner?

Yes I know.

I bought some lasagna.

I already gave some to your grandfather at noon.

But Mathieu will know nothing about it.

If we don't tell him.

now you can be sure that the

You will tell him before he sits down in his chair.

No,
I won't tell him.

Ah!
Finally, there would be someone in that family who knew how to hold their tongue.

Hmm...

Hello,
Marc?

People spend their time telling you to keep your own.

Tell her that Katharina Kos called her.

So,
why do we repeat them?

Because we were told not to do it.

I am proud.

He has already left the office.

If you want,

I can do the cards for you instead of the tarot cards.

Okay,

Let's go.

No mercy.

Tell me everything!

At Christmas,

if I don't have too much work,

I'll take you and your mom to see some lions.

giraffes,

rhinoceroses

elephants...

We've already been to the zoo!

Ah!

Not at the zoo, doll.

in Africa!

Where in Africa is this?

Ah!

Do you remember that we went to Nice to see my mom at Easter?

Yes.

Do you remember the sea?

Yes.

Well,

far, far away

on the other side of the sea,

This is Africa.

Your mom,

Does she have white hair?

Yes.
Come on.

Go on,

Go.
Zelda,

My love,

Throw him out,

Otherwise he'll chat all night.

I'll leave if you give me the biggest kiss of your life.

Sweet dreams!

You too !

You too, my love!

The most beautiful dreams in the whole world!

I love seeing you with Zelda!

Ouch!

It doesn't look like it...

Ouch!

Say we're going to live together and I'll leave you alone!

Ooh,

I hate these papers.

When I think about everything that needs to be done while thinking about...

Ouch!

Why are you bringing this up again all of a sudden?

I'm tired of pretending to be happy.

I can't breathe.

So much the better.

Oh,
leave me alone!

No.

You're hurting me.

I don't feel like you're at home at all.

Let go of me!

You didn't answer.

I hate brutality.

It's truly a pool of helplessness.

That's nonsense!

You're the one who made me an idiot.

Stop, Mathieu.

That's enough now.

You're the one who made me an idiot.

Did you hurt yourself?

Not even.

The conversation is not over.

Trumpet!

Don't slam the door in my face.

Cathy!

I wonder where that key has gone.

Yes,
well, you'll look for it another time.

I advise you to change your style.

The orders,

I hate that too.

What are you doing ?

Can't you see it?

Please open this window.

Do you want your neighbors to hear everything we say to each other?

I don't care,

I need air.

No,

please,

Stop looking for that key.

Good...

If I can't live with you,

It's better if we see each other less.

Poor guy.

You've been led to believe that a man and a woman who love each other,

They must fit together and form that thing we call an inseparable couple.

like Siamese twins.

And you refuse to be happy,

because happiness for a white man,

between the ages of 30 and death,

That's it.

So you'd rather not see me anymore?

to no longer see your daughter who loves you so that you can go and mate elsewhere according to the norms.

I don't understand,

That's all.

It's actually quite simple.

I'm not a sheep following the herd.

And I want to live my life my way.

But if you weren't so stubborn,

You would understand that it's better to see each other when we feel like it.

Seeing each other for pleasure,

and not out of obligation.

We get all the advantages and none of the disadvantages.

It kills me to repeat things that are so obvious.

But in short,

Everyone makes mistakes.

You're the only one who's right.

No.

But there are a thousand ways to live your life.

What is needed,

It's choosing her from the bottom of your heart.

And not just blindly copying your neighbor.

You'll never make me believe that you have a vocation for marriage.

No.

But firstly,

You can't stand not conforming to the usual standards.

And then,

Above all,

You can't stand it when I don't give in to you.

You're creating a misery for yourself that isn't genuine.

So !

You talked about yourself,

You talked about me.

If we were talking about Zelda,

Don't you think it's important for her to live with her father?

And why would it be more important for Zelda to live with her father than to live with her grandmother and great-grandmother?

Every therapist who fails will explain why.

Damn it!

You know, Mathieu,

We are not obliged to believe everything we read in the newspapers.

nor everything we hear on the radio and television.

We are entitled to our personal opinions.

And my personal opinion is that Zelda is very happy this way.

I need to think about all of this.

Are you leaving?

Yes.

I hate people who are like that at 11 p.m.

What you're saying is absurd.

What does the time have to do with it?

Ah,
I'm being absurd.

crazy,

evil,

But that's nothing new.

That's how I made you,

No ?

Are you trying to charm me or what?

I just had an argument,

shout,

to fight me,

But I hate parting on bad terms.

It worries me.

I can't sleep at night.

Come on.

Reconcile one word first.

No,
listen to me, Cathy,

I am in love with you.

Much more than you love me,

I am too much of it.

All of this is disturbing me.

My work is suffering as a result.

I need to think.

Bye.

I'll call you tomorrow evening.

Try to truly understand me.

You little bourgeois!

You old codger!

And never talk to me about love again!

You don't know what it is!

If you felt love,

You wouldn't just run off in the middle of the night to go and think things over!

You want peace and quiet,

You want conformity,

But you definitely don't want love!

If that's exactly what I want,

And that's what you're not giving me.

You like me,

Do you want me to take care of Zelda?

You're used to seeing me.

That's all.

If I asked you to swear on Zelda's head that you're crazy about me,

Would you do it?

You say that and you leave.

Yes.

You don't have to swear.

You see?

Oh men,

They're not possible!

But that's not true!

But what did they do?

That's all!

No heart!

No sorting!

Well, tell me,

The neighbors must have had a feast!

Marc on the phone!

He must have taken advantage of it a little.

Him too.

Hi.

Well,
say,

My friend,
you can't say you're making the phone call.

You didn't let off enough steam on the previous one.

It seems so.

Come closer,

Come closer.

gentlemen,

ladies.

There's something here for everyone.

Ah,

men,

My poor Marc.

I really don't know how it works.

But I'm not meant to get along with those guys.

It's terrible.

poor woman.

And again,

It's nothing.

next to the women.

Those little creatures,

It's a real pain.

You know.

I'm telling you.

How are you doing,

my dear ?

Wrong.

And you ?

How are you,

on all levels.

Except on an emotional level,

my dear.

There are some glitches there.

Don't complain,

For me,
there aren't even any more failures.

It's at a standstill.

I'll put you through to someone who would like to talk to you.

Have you thought of me?

Katharina?

Who is this?

You know that very well.

I know you are confident,

rather pretentious,

and that you have a nasal voice,

But I don't know who you are.

I,
I know you're a liar.

Tell me your name or I'll hang up.

I have absolutely no patience left with men at this hour.

I tried not to think about you,

But I didn't succeed.

And I know why.

It's because you thought of me and I was receiving your positive energy.

Put me through to Marge,

Please.

I shouldn't have picked up the device and spoken to you.

When I hear your voice from Snow Minard,

I feel like slapping you first.

and then rape you.

Listen!

I just wanted to tell you one thing.

You're not the right girl for me at all.

And don't count on me falling for it.

You won't get me,

my dear.

You should consult a doctor.

Are you out of your mind, old man?

I prefer to consult you.

Can I come right away?

But certainly not.

You're absolutely crazy!

Tomorrow I'm leaving for 15 days.

I don't care,

You know.

If I haven't forgotten you by then,

I will come to see you.

I won't be there.

I will have left.

I will find you.

If I feel like it.

Love is indeed,

but the surprise,

the life,

That's the man.

I love you,

And if I love you,

If I love you,

Me,

Never,

I love you too much,

I love you too much,

I love you so much

If you don't like it, I love you too much. And if I love you too much.

You women,

you the shamans,

Your smiles attract us,

They disarm us.

René Charles was Liane's first husband.

He is the founder of this turbulent feminist dynasty.

feminine.

For the past 12 years,

He lived with Marie-Claire who,

contrary to usual practice,

She just left him for a younger man.

For his part,

Cathy had an argument with Mathieu,

the father of her daughter,

who is finding it increasingly difficult to accept that Cathy refuses to live with him.

As for Tessa,

both relieved and contrite,

She still hasn't found a job.

But summer came back anyway and the whole family went on vacation.

We put the past on the left.

the present one on the right.

And all of life in between.

THANKS.

Lord.

Who set this up?

I brought all my photos here to sort them.

In Paris,

We never have the time.

And I need it to write my book.

I'm awfully pretty,

There.
Yes.

my darling.

You start with photos of mom and dad.

When was that?

That ?

It was our wedding day.

Afterwards,

My photos since I was a baby.

You were thin.

Personally,
I find you much prettier with a chin than with a sign.

Oh,
you viper!

Show us,
show us!

Oh,
he supported it for me!

Oh,

He seemed like a real kid.

I can't imagine that with that small figure,

Already,

he was making love,

poor man

Poor Elita.

But in those days,

He didn't do it with his face.

But I liked it,

no, better.

And that,

it's what ?

That,

It's a tiger hunt.

In Ransipour.
But there's the tiger.

Ah,
spot the mistake.

This was our second year in India.

I believe.

There,
no one is recognizable.

Is this a reception or something?

Yes.

It was on the road to France, let's go. I arrived with René-Charles and left with Lewis, whom I met that evening. I returned home three days later and announced to our father that I wanted a divorce.

Knowing that I am very badly behaved, I am very glad to have the courage

There are photos,

There you go.
That's it.

Yes!

Ah,

I don't know.

My marriage to his daughter,

How's it going.

1932.

Can I tear up Diego's photos?

Oh shit !

Be a good girl and write the dates in pencil on the back.

very wisely.

This is our first vacation in Mexico while still living in Canada.

It must be

1967.

We left for Mexico in 1970.

Him?
There must be a photo of the flight attendant I spent my first night with after my return.

That's not all.

He loved it very much,

Very good, children.

I,
I liked Diego.

1979.

But everyone liked Diego,

Except for me.
Why?

He spoke all languages with a Spanish accent and he put olive oil in everything.

In her hair.

Oh,

You're lying!

Do you think so?

Yes.
I need to go on a diet.

Look at.

At that time,

I lived up to my name.

We have one.

Now when people call me Yann,

It's absolutely hilarious.

Finally,

It's better to make people laugh than to make them cry.

When was that?

When Louis was appointed Arab in 1945,

after the war,

in 1946,

I thought, very good.

Here, Mom.

You on the radio when you started, you saw,

you say my hat

Oh look,

This is the French high school in Rabat.

And is this your class?

No,
or Tessa's?

Let me see!

She ate too much.

At high school.

Oh yes.
She ate more than me.

I eat too much.

So?
No.

That was what marriage was all about.

It's written.

Montreal 1964.

That's it.

Oh,
that one,

I'm going to take a shit.

Oh,
she's beautiful.

What a whore.

And there's the poor guy...

What was his name?

From now on.

Person.

His name could have been Alphonse Larmant,

His name was simply Jean-Michel.

You've never met him,

It was your mom who told you about it.

I ask for your forgiveness,

I met Jean-Michel Potiron during my trip to Paris in 1970.

It is 3 p.m.

Him and his pralines,

We were well consoled at the time of her divorce.

I was talking to him about his pick-up lines,

from his workshops,

of its caramels,

of her little candies,

What.

No,

listen,

You're exaggerating by talking about this in front of Cathy.

I have the right to know that you had found tenderness for a confectioner and his pralines,

Mom.

Why did you make me hide it from you?

Confectioner,
it's unfair to me that he no longer exists because of my question.

He is too mig

I don't remember a picture of her pralines.

I don't remember them being magnificent.

Oh my God !

Very,

very large.

No,

That's enough!

Do that!

You're becoming vulgar.

Youish,

when he was in the race.

It's Mom who is 5 years old

I see how cute you are.

Come Charles, with the two little ones.

Say, stop that.

But it's you,

Liana.

Yes,
I must have been six years old.

What had you come for?

Yes,
I have changed a lot.

Who took this photo?

I don't remember at all.

When I came to live with you at Porte de Saint-Cloud.

In 1969.

69?

That was when I married Pierrot,

Me.

Yes.

In 1969,

Pierrot left Isa and Cathy.

And Louis died.

I can't imagine that we have...

I have lived elsewhere than in Madame's house.

I feel like we've always lived in this house.

I didn't want to marry him.

To marry her.

And that one,

Whose was it?

Tessa?

To Isa?

No,

Unfortunately, it's not mine.

I don't know who it could be.

Who is it ?

This is Clarence.

one of my brothers from Lewis,

that her mother had from a second Swiss husband.

I believe he is a professor at the University of Geneva.

He is significantly younger than Lewis.

Lewis liked it very much,

although he rarely sees himself.

He came to India once,

and then he came to Paris for Lewis's funeral.

I wonder what became of him.

My favorite photos are those of India.

Yes,

It was just after independence.

It remained very English for a long time after that.

very pleasant

I admit it,

despite all the upheavals.

How lucky you are to be experiencing all of this.

All I would like to see,

It no longer exists.

Even the America I would like to know,

It's more about the afterlife.

Not to mention Rome or Apel.

That I did not know,

Me niether,

So, to be asked.

The British Empire in India,

It makes me dream.

Forgive me, Cathy,

But you're talking nonsense.

Think about what the colonies were really like.

It wasn't dreams,

It was a nightmare.

Perhaps the black slaves,

They make you dream too.

Leave me alone, Agostina.

with your political preaching,

I know all that.

But there is a whole body of literature that has made me love certain eras,

universes that have disappeared and will never return.

As long as I can say that without being committed to a psychiatric hospital,

I'm taking advantage of it.

Long live the British Empire in India!

No,

with people like you and nostalgia,

The world doesn't move.

Progress is going backwards.

Eight-year-old children,

They work in factories.

the slaves in the houses.

But excuse me!

There are always slaves in the houses.

Just look at how you treat your Portuguese cleaning lady in Paris.

With people like you,

it's always

"Do as I say,

But whatever you do, don't do what I'm doing.

Ah,
that

I don't understand.

When we get angry,

People say all sorts of things in France.

Stop shouting, both of you, and keep repeating all these trivialities.

Just look at the beauty and appearance of this man.

Lord Mountbatten,

last viceroy of India.

Dickie Mountbatten.

All the women were in love with him.

When I think about the way she was killed...

I don't want to discuss this with you any further.

But...
We're not going to start that again.

We already spent an entire night yelling about this.

That's enough.

Listen,

We need to try to see the show on a more general level and not always on a personal level.

Agostine at the farm.

A bit pricey.

I would say it's politics.

It's like religion in the Middle Ages.

You're talking nonsense.

Ticino.

I'm sure not.

And in a few centuries,

I'm sure they'll agree with me.

I want to invite him.

The biker I'm calling.

Me,
who?

Little Clarence.

I'm sure he could help me with all the official aspects of Lewis's career.

And I know that Lewis and he corresponded regularly.

If he had kept all those letters,

That would be wonderful.

A Swiss man of half-English descent

I wonder what the result will be.

Cockroaches,

Dear.

Actually,

He was charming.

A little distant,

a little melancholic.

but full of humor.

Where does he want to put René Charles, who arrives on the 12th?

In addition,
he must have a wife and children.

Yes,

He has two children.

I believe,

or three.

But he was quite independent by nature.

if I remember correctly.

He had come to India alone,

he may

possibly come alone to Lot-et-la-Rode.

That said,

I doubt he can come as an guest now.

On one hand,

I like to see the...

He doesn't look happy.

I should have thought of that sooner.

That's stupid.

He has blue eyes,

No ?

1954!

He must have found some consolation since then.

I wonder what he's like now.

Much older and married.

Is that you, Cathy?

Yes,
it's me.

You're adorable.
Deep down,

It's better that we didn't know each other 25 years ago.

I would surely have been in love with him.

But I certainly wouldn't have been able to do it.

He must have liked blondes.

fluids.

You're right,

His wife was blonde and very slim.

That doesn't surprise me.

Don't close the window.

please.

Don't you want to do that tomorrow morning?

No.

If we leave the room filled with smoke,

It will seep under the door.

It's going to spread everywhere.

All the ways for this piece,

It's over.

Everything is permeated.

The armchairs,

the backs and the carpet.

I don't understand.

I don't understand how supposedly intelligent men,

professors,

who have the responsibility of teaching young people,

to set an example,

You are just as stupid and just as ill-mannered.

Because you have to be really stupid to keep smoking with everything we know about tobacco.

If we can't manage our impediment,

You have to be terribly ill-mannered to poison the atmosphere in other people's homes.

You promised to take the girls to tennis in the morning,

You haven't forgotten it.

No,

No.

I know your opinions.

There are four hours of sleep left.

Do you think that's reasonable?

Classes end in two weeks.

He is a very sensitive and rather original boy who asked me to read a work on Ruskin and Proust.

Are you going to read it now?

I believe,

Yes.

It will be done.

And besides, I'll be less of a dumbhead than if I don't get enough sleep.

That way you can leave the windows open.

Do you absolutely hate sleeping with me anymore?

You told me about Jacques.

You might be in the same situation.

The midday demon is not a contagious disease.

I,
believe so.

I assure you that I am not in love with one of my students.

You're falling further and further behind each night.

Time to go to bed.

And you think it's to think about the thirteen blondes of a young wicked woman?

No,
my little one,

It's simply that I'm sleeping poorly.

like many people my age.

I'm scared.

Clarence.

I feel like everything that made up my life is slipping through my fingers and soon,

I will have nothing left.

You shouldn't think at night.

Everything always seems more tragic.

At night we see things as they are.

During the day,

We numb ourselves to avoid thinking about it.

You can't stop your daughters from growing up and leaving home.

And you can't prevent it.

Unfortunately,

Your poor husband is getting old.

I put all my eggs in one basket.

The basket fell.

Too bad for me.

I should have...

I should have,

I should have,
you should go to bed.

What are we going to do this summer?

How so ?

Yes, indeed.

The girls each go their separate ways.

I remember,

when we were very little,

as we sometimes felt like...

To find oneself alone,

both,

without a baby.

Going alone,

both.

NOW,

That scares me.

I don't know what to do.

Do you want us to get a divorce?

I am really...

So hard to live with that?

I can't forget how it used to be.

I'm comparing.

And it's killing me.

I received a letter from the widow of my brother Louis.

Do you remember her?

She came to our wedding with Louis.

You saw him one more time, but I don't remember when.

They came to Joel's baptism.

That's it, yes.

She wants to write a memoir and thinks I could help her.

So what?

She will spend the summer near Agin in Tegaron.

She's asking me to come.

Alone ?

I hope you won't find it rude of me to point out that unfortunately the house is not spacious enough to accommodate your entire family.

I only have one room to offer you.

Of course,

Your wife will be welcome,

But I'm afraid she might get a little bored as we go back through the past years.

I would be delighted,

after so many years,

to continue the fun conversations we had started in New Delhi,

that spring when you came to see us.

Do you remember the Khazri chattas we used to take on the terrace?

when the sun wasn't too hot yet?

The city stretched all around us,

and those smells,

that I haven't forgotten,

they were coming up to us.

My dear Clarence,

If you don't come,

afsos,

And if you come,

Mubarak and Shabash.

Afsos means what a shame,

and Mubarak and Shabash,

Bravo and bravo.

Chota Azri,

These are fruits and tea that we have before breakfast.

Are you going?

Yes,

I think it will do you good to be rid of me for a while.

And frankly, the story

Please bring the tray back to the kitchen when you go to bed.

Of course.

Do you remember the shots of hash we used to take on the terrace?

when the sun wasn't too hot yet?

The city stretched all around us,

and those smells,

that I haven't forgotten,

they were coming up to us.

Oh,

bitch!

Wait a minute,

eh.

I'm going to give you a good taste of shovel,

You won't be so proud then.

What are you doing here?

Both of them?

Are we watching you?

When one is polite,

We look at people from the front.

I really don't like it when people look at me from behind.

Your back isn't that big.

I don't like people looking at my back.

John Powell.

May I?

Even if it's very small.

He's not very small,

He is...
That's enough.

Come here, both of you.

SO,

you go ?

So,
are you coming?

And stand there.

When someone looks behind your back,

It's always with a bad idea in mind.

Or is it to stab you between the homunculi?

Or perhaps it's to make fun of your buttocks.

which is even worse.

That's it,

I think I've got it.

When someone is gardening,

It's the hands you need to look at.

It wasn't very nice to have dumped it at the neighbor's.

Never do what I just did,

That's very bad.

When people want me to say something,

We either put it in the bin,

either in the wheelbarrow.

But you never say anything at your neighbor's house.

Is that understood?

Yes.

I don't understand why Mr.

Tricot left that big root there.

Don't go and tell him that I said that.

He doesn't have time.

Mr.

Tricou.

Why doesn't he go to the office?

Mr.

Tricou?

I don't know.

dear friend.

I'll ask him the question the next time he comes.

How do you know Mr. [Name]'s private habits?

Tricou?

What is he coming from?

He pees behind the trees.

There are men who find it helpful to think.

They observe nature and they make important decisions.

Mr. Tricot must be like that.

Ah.

He would have been better off using a notary.

I beg you,

You're sand,

Turn the volume down!

I don't want to hear your bitter housewife rants.

Ben,
we'll listen to it your way.

I wonder why you enjoy listening to music that reminds you of bad memories.

Bad memories also have their flavor.

She left absolutely nothing.

Too bad.

She didn't say anything?

If.

And she refused.

Okay,
I'm going.

Leave her alone.

Cathy.

You treat it like an orchid.

And she fancies herself an orchid that has bloomed in a field.

A potato field!

But you know very well that Passover is fragile.

Ah!

By constantly saying that people are fragile,

They bury everyone.

And by constantly saying that they are strong,

We bury them.

Me,

the Great Wall of China.

You'll see me collapse one of these days.

Tell me, my darling,

when it's finished,

You will take the support and put it at the hairdresser's.

It's too heavy for me.

Ah,

You're talking about a weak creature.

It appears,

It's not just stupid Italians who eat them,

The whole world eats pasta chuta.

I've never liked pasta.

What do you want?

I also don't like beetroot juice with cucumber swimming in it.

but still,

I'm not saying that those who eat them are underdeveloped.

I never mentioned underdeveloped countries.

I said that pasta is food for manual laborers. That we...

We were on vacation and didn't need such heavy food.

You're the one who translated it as underdeveloped.

Listen,

Issa,

If there is a person here,

Just one.

that respects manual laborers,

it's me.

Everyone is aware of my political involvement.

Forget about politics.

Agostina,

We won't get out of this.

Make your pasta,

Make the right ones.

Everyone will eat it.

No,
I think it's silly to make pasta.

Oh,
that's flyy.

We already have so much to eat.

But Agostina always feels that if there's no pasta,

There is nothing there.

What beautiful light!

Did you see that?

Agostina,

I'm looking for the tune of that Venetian song you were teaching Giampaolo last summer.

with the gondola.

Ah,

It's there.

The Biondina in a gondola,

the other will be the omena.

D'air piazer la poveretta,

la sa imbota in dormenza.

She slept on her side,

mi ogni tanto la sveggiava,

ma la barca che ninava,

la tornava in dormenza.

Well done !

Why are you looking for a Venetian atmosphere?

at 6 p.m. in Lot-et-Garonne.

Ah,
because of the light,

because of something intangible that made me remember Venice.

Waiting for,

Come and taste this and tell me if it's okay.

Let's see.

That's not well received.

taste.

Let me taste a little more of your little things.

there.

Hmm,

Perfect.

Perfect.

I'm ravenous.

Hmm,

Oh dear,
what's going on here?

This is where pasta chuta is prepared.

which almost triggered a civil war

But it will be good as a wick.

Simply talking about dieting between meals is not enough to lose weight.

my dear.

You're right.

It actually has the opposite effect.

because we eat with remorse and it tastes even better.

That,

That's your Christian side.

Listen,

We don't go on holiday because it's private.

And in Paris,

when we work,

We need to eat.

Oh, by the way,

The children told me that old Tricou does what I think he does behind the fairgrounds every time he comes.

Did you know that?

What?
But what's he doing behind the fairground?

But don't panic,

What do you want him to do?

Is he peeing?

Ah,

Oh good !

After the show,

We're going to open a bottle of buzé.

This little wine puts me in a good mood.

That's not good.

Ladies,

Gentlemen,

Good evening.

Here is a new episode of Numbers with Letters.

But he said,

I cannot transport the television set.

Whereas you,

You can take a radio somewhere else.

Yes,

THANKS.

You have nothing to say about that?

I'm a little ashamed.

I want to watch the show.

It's a shame. ...

First.

I know someone who's going to put his little belongings back in his pigskin suitcases.

right after dinner.

Did you have a fight with Alain?

You're kidding.

I only argue with people I respect.

We wonder why you invite people you don't...

Don't respect that, it's a mistake. When you no longer had anyone in Paris, you're already completely depressed. A friend, a piece of fabric you have on your back all day, it's masochism. I was feeling down, I felt old and ugly, and I didn't have a Thursday cuddle.

Still better than nothing, and I'll tell you, no, it's potatoes, I bought them at the market, I know there are some to go

in the vegetable garden but I wanted the battaglia because it's crunchy.

My guarda is stupida because there are two lettuces in the fridge and now we'd have to throw them away if we don't eat them.

But you know what we're going to do?

No.
We're going to throw them away right away.

My character ass,

You need to take care of your nerves, darling.

Good evening Mida.

Good evening.

It's incredible that we're not aiming for a peace file.

I still have the right to buy a barrier if I want to.

It's my money.

Shit.

Shit,

Damn,
French people always say "damn".

Damn.
I was being incredibly stupid.

I am

Clarence Blazer,

And this is where I am expected.

I am

Clarence Blazer,

And this is where I am expected.

I'm so glad you were able to come.

I'm glad I came.

Me too.

I have a runny nose.

Give me a handkerchief.

I don't have any.

Is that you?

Throw me the paper towel.

I don't know what came over me,

That's ridiculous.

I'm sorry,

Clarence.

Don't apologize.

So many memories came flooding back to me.

I know.

You met my daughter Isa the last time we saw each other.

Well,
he can't remember it.

We saw each other for five minutes.

But you're talking nonsense.

He came home with us after the cemetery.

Not at all.

He left immediately.

He had his plane at the port.

Actually,
Cathy,

Don't you remember?

Me,
I don't remember anything at all,

I don't even remember Lewis's funeral.

So much the better,

There's no need to clutter your young life with such sad memories.

Excuse me,

I remember you perfectly.

Our name is Isadora,

Isn't that right?

Yes.

You see?

Clarence has an astonishing memory,

But me too.

He didn't come home with us.

Isn't that right?

I confess that I don't remember.

I'm sure it is.

But he doesn't want to contradict any of us.

He is so well-mannered.

That's your daughter,

Isn't that right?

Yes,

It's Katharina.

And here's Agostina.

No,
he'll explain that another time.

It's too complicated.

Agostina is Italian.

Piacere.

My second daughter.

That's it.

The nymph with the faithful heart.

You would be disappointed.

Are you sure that...

Do we accept men here?

I feel like I'm in a zenana.

What is this,

the zenana?

This is the women's apartment in India.

That's a false impression.

Look,

There is a man above you who is watching you.

Good morning.

Hi.

There are two slightly older ones watching a game on television.

And my first husband is arriving a little tomorrow.

Are you reassured?

Not completely.

I should have described in more detail what you would find when you arrived here.

I didn't do it.

knowingly.

Because I was afraid you would panic and not come.

I remember you being quite wild and a bit misogynistic,

No ?

Are you angry with me?

I don't know why,

I had imagined that I would be alone with you.

I need to get used to the idea of sharing you with a crowd of people.

Is my memory failing me?

Or,

Weren't you trying to woo me a little in New Delhi?

Your memory is excellent.

Oh,

What a crazy young man!

Yet I was already much older than you at that time.

You are mistaken.

You have always been much younger than me.

And from what I can see,

a toy, always.

We're going to talk about all of this.

It will be a lot of fun.

Here is your room.

I'm going to feel like Snow White here.

Where do the seven dwarfs sleep?

Ah,
you should ask Zelda about that.

Cathy's daughter.

She's the one who deals with those issues here.

How old is Zelda?

Seven years.

She is very lucky.

Each in turn.

As you can see,

There is no bathroom here.

No,
if you want to go into the house at night,

You can use this lamp to light your way.

On the other hand,

There is the small house near the pool.

These are toilets.

You can also go there,

If you wish.

Thank you.

Would you like me to show you your bathroom?

No,

I'm going to settle in for a little while and then I'll go to the big house and you can show me everything.

Alright.

I hope that...

Finally,
we decided you would be better off in this room than in the house because we are quite noisy.

It's good that you don't mind crossing the garden to...

to go and wash up.

I appreciate the peace and quiet and the walk.

So I am completely satisfied.

GOOD.

I am very happy that you are here.

And this time,

I'm telling you this without whining.

See you later.

Cathy!

Ah,

I'm in the water!

Let's have dinner!

Who is in the water with you?

Mathieu!

Mathieu?

Has he arrived?

Fifteen minutes ago!

Good evening Isara!

Good evening, Mathieu!

Come to the table.

It's ready!

Me,
I'm willing to believe everything I'm told,

But the piston will exist as long as there are men.

SO,

This little station arrived in a twisty, winding way.

Between us.

Did you know that Mathieu was supposed to come?

Mathieu?

He has to come.

Is he here?

Don't tell me!

Swimming with your head.

Cathy,

she had told me.

Mathieu is definitely not coming this summer.

We each need to think about this from our own perspective.

People who think as much as poor Mathieu.

That's a man.

Dear.

He's always brooding instead of living.

You didn't follow the broadcasts?

Ah,

they sink,

We swear it.

I'm all for women talking about sports.

because we put them everywhere.

Although I,

as soon as a woman comments,

I don't want to watch it anymore.

But at least they should know what they're talking about!

I almost quit my job.

the figure!

Agostina had to unplug the phone and put it in a cupboard.

I need to calm down.

If,

love,

Calm down.

You'll see,

next year,

He'll give them back to you.

your Wibledon.

Next year,

next year,

I'll be a year older.

They whispered to me once or twice that I was a little too drunk to go on air.

I told you about all the nasty things they do to you,

It's because of me.

Listen,
without meaning to offend you,

The newspapers you write for are very confidential.

my little darling.

And then,

my little darling,

You don't know that a small match,

Is that enough to set it on fire?

There is some truth to that.

Have you ever read Agostina's prose in the newspapers?

No.

So you see it,

there,
like that,

with her beautiful buttocks,

her pretty little breasts.

We let ourselves be fooled.

We find ourselves in a bed.

with Trotsky.

Ah,

Piero,

He wants me to be just a good Italian mother.

who makes good food and lowers it.

That,
shit,

that I also have a head,

not just the ass.

Agostine,

shut up !

It's the Swiss language that's arriving.

Let's behave ourselves properly.

Cathy bought the house three years ago.

She wanted a big house so we could all take our holidays together.

She has the soul of a patriarch.

She likes to feel us all gathered around her.

Pierrot,

I didn't tell you.

Just now,

I was looking for Jean-Paul to give him a bath.

I found him in the gardens, urinating.

I grab him and ask him why.

Why doesn't he go to the toilet?

You know,

What is his response to me?

It helps me to think.

to look at nature while I pee.

But your son,

What's going on in his head?

Can you tell me?

It is too premature.

that kid.

Sometimes,

He makes an impression on me.

Was it mandatory?

dear wife,

to inform the Swiss teaching staff about this incident?

Yes,

Yes.

All the time,

all the places.

What were you saying, Mom?

I say another time,

another place.

Ah,
all the times,

all the places.

I hadn't heard.

As we part ways,

I had every intention of returning to India as soon as possible.

And then everything changed there.

And it was you who came back to London.

That's one of my biggest regrets.

Even today?

Yes.

Well,

tell me,

You dragged it out for a long time,

That one.

Do you have any others?

Yes of course.

Do me a favor.

Get rid of it.

You have no regrets?

No.

I have memories,

But no regrets.

I have a strength or a weakness,

I don't know.

That's because even today,

at my age,

The present interests me more than the past.

Don't hesitate,

It's a strength.

That's what I think.

Ah,

I'm starving.

Were you expecting us?

No,

my little girl,

No.

At the end of my right hand,

I present to you Zelda.

And at the end of my left hand,

Mathieu,

his father.

Here's Clarence.

who is Liane's brother-in-law.

Dad,

Take me in your arms.

And what's new at home?

Nothing,

Unfortunately.

Dad and Mathieu work for the same television channel.

Mathieu is involved in politics and is a sports dad.

Hey,
while I'm standing,

I will serve the meal and she will invite you to pass this tureen.

Would you like to pass me the plate of liana?

Do you like cold borscht?

Clarence?

I've already eaten it hot.

but never cold.

In fact,
it has the same name,

But it's prepared quite differently.

THANKS.

Mathieu,

Give Zelda some tomato salad.

She doesn't like borscht.

Agostina,

You can pass me the tomatoes.

Please ?

Yes.
Thank you.

And it teaches them to accept people who are different.

You're going to put that on your shoulders.

Dad !

Why does Mom say that Liany's bread is good?

Is he very old?

I'll explain everything to you anyway.

The world is quite cold.

Would you please pass me the vests?

And also a little cream.

Will you pass me your plate?

If you've finished putting yourself on the plate.

Alain, would you mind passing this plate of that?

Are you having soup?

She takes some.

She takes it.

You were very far away,

my Tessa.

What were you dreaming about?

I was looking at the trees.

Do you remember the first time I came back from Rabat?

Spending holidays with dad?

It came to me in the Black Forest.

And suddenly,

I saw myself as a very young child again.

walking down an alley next to Dad,

under these enormous trees,

which scared me.

That's fun.

Louis knew he was about 15 years older than me, and when I turned 10,

He decided that we would go on holiday alone.

both.

Yes,

He also took me to the Black Forest.

It was the first time I had left Switzerland and been separated from my mother.

THANKS.

Well,

Imagine, I...

who has traveled a great deal,

I don't know the Black Forest.

I'll take you there.

my darling,

If you want to.

I will hold your hand so that you are not afraid of the big trees.

That's kind.

Mathieu,

Eliane told us that you are a teacher.

Clarence.

What is your specialty?

The story.

The history of civilizations and, in parallel, the history of the history of history.

Oh,
I love history,

It's my passion.

Have you written a book about Eleanor of Aquitaine?

She was one of the women in my life.

I was very much in love with her between the ages of 15 and 17.

Oh,

He passed by,

He passed away.

But Europe,

She is dying from always looking at the past.

But tell me,

Clarence,

when you decided to study this whole story,

for you,

It was a refuge.

a sort of hiding place so as not to have to look at those present.

Don't waste your energy.

I'm clear,

That's nonsense.

But we realize it.

Why do you get upset when I don't learn my history lessons?

That doesn't concern you.

Me,
I don't like history,

But she makes me recite it.

NOW,

It's over.

I will answer you.

It's true that I have, in a way, taken refuge in the study of the past.

But I found reasons to admire certain men that I hadn't previously found.

Perhaps through blindness,

in the present.

And it allows me not to completely despair of life.

I hope you like stuffed peppers.

Perhaps I'm not hearing the impression that way.

I have a very sweet tooth.

Perfect.

Personally,
I find that most of the time,

These are what we call flaws, which make people livable.

To say that,

You must first have a quality, which is tolerance.

No,
I'm not saying that qualities are useless.

I'm saying they're less fun.

Our roots lie in history.

And without roots,

You can't grow anything.

You still agree with that, though?

I disagree when people constantly compare human beings to flowers or vegetables.

It's so I can eat pasta all the time...

What is it?

Are you sulking?

You calmed down,

the tokens.

We'll talk about it after dinner.

SO,

Are you less panicked than when you arrived?

No.

Me,

I love cannelloni.

My pie is delicious.

No ?

Perfect,

Besides, there aren't any left.

That's it,

I told him.

Eh ?

Yesterday I didn't have the courage.

But I just told him now.

What did you tell him?

As if I were in his family,

given my feelings towards him,

I would leave.

But since it is he who is in mine,

It's up to him to leave.

That,
that was well said.

SO ?

He discussed,

obviously.

He demanded an explanation.

It didn't last more than ten minutes in total.

For old people!

Oh no, Mom.

listen !

There are masses of men who abandon women lightly.

But when it's a woman who's fed up with a man,

We secretly think it's a gasse,

And we want her to feel guilty.

I feel a little guilty.

Has he gone to pack his bags?

He doesn't like driving at night.

He will leave tomorrow morning.

What bothers me,

It's like showing a guest the door.

In fact.

I agree,

but from that point on,

to keep it all summer,

I would rather lack tact and have it removed.

Now I don't dare go back into the garden. It's so far back.

Oh, that's so furious!

I won't dare say goodbye to him.

Good,

Well, take the opportunity to put the dishes in the washing machine.

I,
I'm going to take a look in Grandpa's room.

Okay,
that's all very good.

You rowed soap for him by the hundred,

You know that makes him furious.

I put one in the fern.

I'm surprised he didn't arrive for tea.

I hope nothing happened.

Oh,

Don't start to get anxious.

Usually,

He always manages to arrive in time for tea.

That's what he prefers.

This is the first time he's come alone.

I don't think so.

I hope he got the beast's fur.

I'm sure it is.

You know,

I,
I think that for him,

Marie-Claire has always been a farmer.

Ah,
still.

I'm sure he never forgot Yann.

Not a woman one forgets.

I'm sure Clarence was in love with her back then. Ah,

Are you taking that?

These are things I feel

When Liu died

Isa and Cathy had just found themselves alone because

Pierrot had left. I went to live with her.

Then Cathy had Zelda

And she bought a small suburban house

And a little while later,

Tessa has returned from Mexico.

after her divorce.

And she came to live with us.

She too.

And that's how we rebuilt a happy family.

with rather chipped elements.

I think we'll be fine here.

This is one of my favorite places in the house.

I've always loved glass roofs.

When I was...

Why are you stopping?

Because it's not very interesting.

Oh,

if we were to state only phrases of paramount importance,

It seems like three in his life.

And again,

Not everyone.

In my parents' house,

There was a glass-roofed room where my mother received her friends for tea, and where I would go to greet them and...

Eat a slice of cake,

There.

GOOD.

NOW,

We're going to have to get this thing working.

Cathy gave me this.

So that I don't have to take notes.

Do you want to turn it on right away?

Yes,
might as well.

So,

that works.

THANKS.

Doesn't that bother you?

No,
everything is fine.

And then a little while ago,

I wonder what's in there.

Is this for me?

Louis often included photos of himself in his letters.

I don't remember this one at all.

It's our wedding day,

I believe.

No ?

Yes.

And here are all of Louis's letters from the time you met.

I put them in chronological order.

Paris,

Rabat,

Montreal,

India,

London,

and then the last one you sent me from Paris after the funeral.

I can ?

That's what they're there for.

May 6, 1953.

It was shipped from Darjeeling.

Good day Sir Clarence.

He recounts the festivities we attended at the Kouchbéa palace.

it orders our travels in the Northeast.

Then we visited Calcutta.

Bagalpour and Patna,

Peneres and Darjele.

I'm not going to read that now.

Before we meet,

Lewis was the terror of mothers in London.

Did you know that?

No,
why?

Because he flitted from girl to girl with the utmost nonchalance.

He was incredibly successful.

When he wrote to me that he had met you,

I never imagined it would last more than 25 years.

28.

Ah!

I hear a car.

But there are two of them!

But what does he bring us?

We've arrived, my friend.

Go downstairs.

We were waiting for you for tea.

You left later than expected.

You seem to be in great shape.

We lost a bit of time in Angoulême.

Hello Dad.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Hello Dad.

You are all round and golden,

like apricots.

I must look like an old piece of papier-mâché in the middle of you.

Clarence!

This is René Charles Boer.

the father of my daughters.

Clarence is Lewis's younger brother.

Yes,
he very kindly came to help me a little.

Help you with what?

To remember certain events from the past.

For my book.

You haven't given up on that idea?

Me,

No.

And you ?

Come here,

Ponce.

Let me introduce you to Mr.

Ponce,

who will be working with me on writing my memoirs.

Mrs. Philipson,

I'm not introducing you to all these ladies.

I decided to bring it at the last minute.

That's not a problem?

None.

But what happened in Angoulême?

Oh,
it happened in Angoulême.

which could have happened ten times before or after.

It's a miracle if we don't kill ourselves every time we take to the road in this country.

They drive like maniacs.

I was sure of it.

Did you have an accident,

I could feel it.

No,
not even an accident.

a clash.

But thanks to Skalchitin and one of his shots,

It saved us.

An idiot who ran a stop sign.

Finally,
let's not talk about it anymore.

I prepared the entire attic.

Alright,

my darling.

So,
if I ask you to help me clarify some rather vague memories,

You're going to tell me to get lost.

But of course not.

Calibrated.

By the way,
I also have a few questions to ask you.

Ah good ?

Perfect.

Hold,

For example,

the first time I came to your house,

that I climbed your six floors,

What did you cook?

I remember it being something funny.

Penniless as I was,

That doesn't surprise me.

But I don't remember anymore.

What I know,

It's because we didn't eat what I had prepared.

Yes,
that's true.

Come,
I'll show you your room.

That's the one you were living in last summer.

But there are quite a few changes.

I made you a huge bouquet of red roses.

Almost black,

Just the way you like them.

Kind,

kind,

has only one eye.

I find you a little too nice to be honest.

I wonder if you're not planning to give me fake memories to keep the real ones for yourself.

René Charles Boyer,

Aren't you ashamed?

I've never been involved in politics.

Me.

I am incapable of having ideas of that kind.

Yeah,

Yeah.

But what is it?

What is it?

It seems you'll be disappointed if we don't bicker.

I find you very attractive when you get angry.

You need to rest.

I think the trip has tired you out a bit.

Isa,

You can take Mr.

Pinson in his room?

Where did you get it?

That one?

Classified ads.

He was in publishing when he found himself unemployed.

And his name is Ponce.

Hervé

Ponce.

Pierrot is fishing.

And Mathieu,

We needed to go for a walk.

We're going up.

Can I help you carry something?

No,
I don't have much.

My umbrella,

maybe.

Pardon.

We always feel a bit like children as long as we have our parents.

No ?

Don't talk about that.

I can't imagine my life without them.

I envy you.

You no longer have your parents?

No, not at all.

I would like to tell you something.

You look very much like your mother as she was when I knew her.

Oh no!

If ?

Oh no!

I'm missing the most important thing.

Oh,

i love you !

And if I love you,

If I love you,

Surrender to yourself!

You
women,

you the shamans,

Your smiles attract us,

we, the souls.

You angels,

adorable

and we are,

we men,

poor and devils.

Liane and René-Charles are taking advantage of the holidays to work on their respective theses in a relaxed atmosphere...

in their sphere of emulation and even rivalry.

Eliane brought Clarence over from Switzerland.

her second husband Lewis's half-brother,

so that he can help her remember the past.

As for René Charles,

He was accompanied by a certain Mr.

Ponce,

who serves as his secretary.

For his part,

Antoine couldn't forget Cathy,

and in turn,

He goes down to Lot-et-Garonne with his friend Marc.

Miserable,

miserable,

we men.

Be careful!

That hornet sting and you die!

Do you know that?

He went into hiding.

I don't see him anymore.

Okay,
he's here!

That's it,

he left !

How come he left?

He flew out the car door into the vast blue sky.

Let's go,
let's get in the car!

But I'm telling you, he's gone.

I can still hear something.

Yes, indeed.

You hear nature.

In the car,

There was a hornet.

But in nature,

There are thousands of them.

Plus the wasps,

plus the bees,

mosquitoes.

If instead of being with me,

You had been with a girl,

What would you have done?

The same.

Without shame?

On the contrary.

They love taking care of my hornets.

It appeals to their maternal instinct.

Ah,
you're definitely a product of your time.

You go ?

Still in the same place.

No,
no,

No,
no,

But wait,

I turn around,

We're going back to Paris.

Me, with all this greenery and all these little creatures,

I feel like I'm starting to develop an allergy.

What kind of allergy?

Ben,

It bothers me.

And it tickles me a little too.

Okay then, make up your mind.

What do we do?

Do you think she's going to kick us out?

Oh no,
but she loves me very much,

She will be delighted to see me.

You,

He's a handsome old man.

What bothers me,

The thing is, if I don't go,

I'll never know how she received me.

Mom,

Can you hear me?

Yes ?

Where is your little recipe book?

I need it.

In the bedroom.

In the chest of drawers,

the first target.

Ha ha ha!
But that!

Oh,

What am I writing here?

But it's very funny!

Very nasty,

Very vulgar and very funny.

What is it about?

Regarding the kings of France.

Oh !

Which ones?

Those of the Fifth Republic.

Do you want to know what I write?

No,
no.

Well...

The first summer we spent here,

Pierrot and I,

almost every afternoon,

We made love.

Well...

What is Cathy doing?

I'll go see...

Am I bothering you?

Look at,

I want to work so badly that I've tied myself to my chair to force myself to stay there.

I need to complete a few pages every day.

Otherwise I won't be able to do it.

Right now,

You are that,
writer of poems.

Liane is writing her memoirs.

Isa is writing a cookbook.

Agostina writes articles full of red vitriol.

You are writing a book about Eleanor of Aquitaine.

And I'm the one with the headache.

There's only one way to make it work.

It's summer,

It's hot.

We can hear the cigars.

I am not relaxed.

Mathieu.

This is going to end badly.

Relax,

Catherine.

No,
I won't be able to.

Until I've taken my few steps,

I look dead if I do anything else.

But it will be better tonight.

if I've done my job well.

Don't take this hour offended.

If I had just been giving you spankings while you were in the middle of work,

You would give me the same answer.

Isn't there a copy of "Les Femmes Savantes" here?

I want to reread it.

Very funny.

Yet that's all.

No.

I'm having trouble concentrating.

And you're doing everything to annoy me so that I can't do it at all anymore.

You have been trained,

we women,

for centuries,

to respect your sacrosanct work.

It's about time you learned to respect ours.

I simply wanted to make love with you.

But I understand that it was monstrous of me.

I apologize.

See you later.

Dad,

Come and see,
there's a lesson.

Okay,
we're going to go boating for a bit,

All right ?

All right.

Mom !

I'm going boating with Mathieu!

Non sono mica sorda,

love.

I'm two meters away from you.

I can hear you perfectly well without shouting.

Mom,
I'm going boating with Mathieu!

No kidding.

Why didn't you tell me?

Mom,

We're going boating with Dad.

Alright,

my darling.

Have a lovely time.

Just now.

Have you never wanted to follow in Lioué's footsteps?

No,
I have always been more drawn to reflection than to adventure.

Oh,
we're not exaggerating anything about the adventure,

But it was quite an extraordinary life at that time.

Where you are going,

Mathieu?

I'm taking the children boating.

Are you coming back for tea?

Yes,

see you later.

See you later.

Zelda,

Where are you going?
We're going boating.

see you later.

See you later,

my little darling.

Did you take note?

Yes, sir.

GOOD,

Let's continue.

The first two years,

It was my wife who put food on the table with what she earned at Wart.

She was a fitter and was learning to be a pattern maker.

I,
used to give private Latin and math lessons to a few dunces.

while continuing my law studies,

of economics and political science.

I'm going to ask Ms. Philipson a question.

Liane!

Yes ?

Life in Saudi Arabia is very pleasant.

but I was never fascinated by Morocco as I was by India.

They are in no way comparable.

Excuse me for bothering you.

Do you remember that you bought a bicycle?

for our second wedding anniversary.

Was it a simple bicycle or a tandem?

A tandem bicycle?

But I had a life,

Why not a tricycle?

No,

I sat on your luggage rack and...

Go on, then.

You used to drop me off at Hort's every morning before your classes and pick me up in the evening.

whether it's snowing or sunny.

On Sunday,

You put a sticker on the machine and we were going for a walk.

I had some seriously strong calves,

Hey.

Oh,
well, I wasn't very heavy back then.

Admit it.

Never in my life have I met a woman with such a slim waist as Liane did at that time.

Ah.

Yes, indeed.

Everything has its time.

My dear.

Now,
I promised Clarence I would make him jellabies for tea and I intend to eat them without anyone spoiling my enjoyment.

What is this?

More totally disgusting Indian stuff?

They are doughnuts.

I've already done that for you.

It's frosty, the breeze.

Oh yes,

That's it.

I recommend this type of sweet if you have false teeth.

Oh, well done.

Oh, well done.

That's an elegant way of thinking.

Actually,

René-Charles feels like he is being poisoned as soon as he stops eating French food.

Most of the time,

It's not just an impression.

On that note,

my dear little ones,

see you later.

I'm going back to work.

Thank you for the information.

He always made me laugh.

Sometimes it drives people absolutely crazy. See you later.

Stop!
Stop!

When I think about it,

That's all.

I wonder if this is the right time to arrive at people's houses.

What are they doing right now?

They are having tea.

Oh dear,

No.

Oh no.

Oh no,

Everyone is going to stand up.

They'll need to add two more cups and two more chairs.

One cake will be missing.

And then they're going to bring us back some jam and toast.

No,
it's going to be horrible.

Hey,

I didn't realize it.

But I'm starving.

I remind you that you were in such a hurry to arrive that we didn't take the time to have lunch.

And me,
I have no intention of being deprived of my snack.

Hey,
I can hear them,

They are behind.

Couldn't you wait for me a little while?

No ?

Swimming and eating a coconut from time to time...

Oh, there he is!

Finally !

Who?

The plumber!

It's about time,

The upstairs bathroom is completely flooded.

Ask him which baby you're taking for the plumber.

THANKS.

It's not the plumber.

This is Marc and his friend Antoine.

That said,

One of them might be able to fix your shower.

Good morning.

Hello Marc.

This is Marc.

He's an old friend of Cathy's.

Good morning.

We descend to the Basque coast,

So we thought we'd come to you...

I wanted to say hello.

Do you remember Antoine?

I mistook you for the plumber!

He is expected to refuse to bring his glasses.

If you had ever seen me trying to fix a leaky faucet,

You wouldn't mistake me for a plumber, would you?

And Antoine even less so.

No offense intended, old man.

Oh my God,

I know,

I know you're not a handyman.

I remember the electric shock in Meudon,

which nearly ended tragically in flames.

Ah!

Hello Antoine!

Get there!

And Marc,

Stand here!

We just made more tea.

It's burning hot!

Ah,
Antoine was afraid there wouldn't be a present for him!

Do you want cake right now?

You start with a little toasted brioche.

Are you offering us one of the jellabies?

Agostina,

Give me a good one when it's cold.

Finally,
if you enjoy tasting it,

These are Indian panis.

When you look at the jellabies...

I don't care.

Wait for me.

whatever I can get my hands on.

unusual foods.

Would you like some tea?

Antoine?
Yes.

Tea,
that,

Give him some brioche.

So.

Yes, indeed.

It was an insatiable community that also applied itself to food.

Oh no!

Oh no,

It's butter and jam.

Do you want some milk?

It's so much better with butter and jam.

Me,
my favorite,

It's the one with blackcurrant.

Pierrot,

Are you passing him the blackcurrant?

Yes of course.

Isn't Cathy here?

She became very apprehensive and went back to work in her room.

Oh no,
I prefer blackcurrant.

And I assure you that blackcurrant is more delicate than strawberry.

The strawberry is more commonplace.

For example,

me,
in Japan,

I was going to eat snakes,

And the Japanese stick the snake on a nail.

alive,

in a knife attack,

like that.

We eat them raw.

Mr. Ponce!

You haven't changed your mind?

It's actually very good.

It's very good.

Me,

I am mortar.

I want to jump off my father.

I want to take away the peace and quiet.

Oh,
there,

there,
there.

But,
it seems you're a little bit...

You're a little bit...

The children,

My brother !

Yes!
No one drowned!

So,
how is it to walk around with us?

Don't shout like that,

my little monster.

Oh,
God,

But they are real little lions.

They need to be fed very quickly.

Otherwise they'll eat us alive.

I want them to play a game of tag.

Agostina.

Agostina,

I'm sorry.

We have dirty things,

one of Gian Paolo's shoes...

I've fallen out of favor.

Too bad,

They were rotten.

I had put it in its compartment.

Someone changed its face.

Have you just arrived?

We stopped by to say hello.

We're heading down to the Basque Coast.

But I'm not talking about my own cause.

I came for the marmalades.

But what should be done?

It's a lovely marmalade.

We mustn't make a mistake.

There,
that's it,

There's a lot of work to be done.

THANKS.

The girls don't need me for that anymore.

It's been a long time since I buttered a slice of bread.

I do not guarantee the result.

And who butters yours?

The woman is very strict when it comes to diet.

There is never any bread at home.

And butter,

rarely.

That's a reasonable woman.

Not for me.

For me,
the main reason I get up every morning,

It's my coffee with milk and well-buttered toast.

For me,
it's exactly the same thing.

You see, we do have some things in common after all.

Is that okay?

How are you.

I can have the brioche,

Please ?

Renée!

I want Carazelda jam!

I wanted to ask you a question.

Not right away,

I don't have...
You remember we met in London,

Both of them?

Completely by chance.

I was sitting alone at a table, making tea.

I wasn't doing very well because Louis was away on a mission.

And suddenly I saw you arrive with a group of French people,

officers,

civilians and charming young women.

It was Auritz,

in

43, and you came to our table.

Auritz.

Yes,
I wasn't sure.

But what I don't remember at all,

SO,

That's what happened that night.

Did we have dinner together?

You and me?

No.

I had things to do,

We parted ways there.

and we only saw each other again once the war was over.

Are you done with the butter?

Mom?
I don't want it!

SO,

You're either senile or you're a liar.

I am sure of what I am saying.

That night,

You were supposed to go back to France.

I drove you near New Haven,

by the light of the moon,

without turning on the headlights.

We waited on the beach for the boat that was supposed to bring you back.

And we cried,

my dear.

So tell me,

Did you want to keep that scene to yourself?

You think I'm an idiot?

my dear Liane.

I knew perfectly well that you couldn't have forgotten that night.

And that you were setting a trap for me...

rude.

Listen to them both,

That's incredible.

Memory is such a fragile thing.

Yes,
maybe.

Maybe.

But me, of course!

But me, of course!

You won't let me say what?

First, I remember you.

Who are you?

Perhaps it's still a cup of tea?

Um...

No.

No, otherwise I could have made it for dinner.

Men like peace, ladies.

You can go and say...

Hello to Cathy.

If you wish,

But I don't know how she's going to receive me.

Today,

He's a real epic pig.

We'll try our luck.

Do you know where his chance lies?

We've had a good time.

No?
Yes.

That's it.

You can go through the bathroom.

Me,
I eat tuna.

I wonder who is telling the truth and who is lying to them.

I forgot to say thank you,

my beautiful ladies,

for this snack with the scent of my childhood.

Cathy!

Cathy!

Cathy!

Cathy!

I'm working,

Jean Paolo.

Don't disturb me.

May honey flow into your heart and onto your lips,

so that you will welcome me gently,

because I tremble to face your stern gaze,

Oh beautiful lady.

You can't go and bother someone else,

No ?

Me,

I'm working !

Hello,
how are you?

Ah!
Oh,

Let's say,
you could watch where you're putting your feet!

Ben,
what are you doing here?

We were going down to Biarritz.

I told you I would find you,

if I wanted to.

Hey oh,

Let me know when you change versions.

We need to talk about certain things.

you and me.

First and foremost,

Can you remind me of your name?

I'm sorry,

But I forgot about it.

Please excuse us for a moment.

You know you've got a good look,

excuse me.

Go back to the table with the others.

Okay,
so we're in agreement then,

After this time, you won't ask me for anything else.

We're even.

Yes,
come on,

Go on.

Ah,
I don't think I've ever been that stupid.

In any case,

I don't remember.

I should never have brought you here,

Otherwise I feel like I'm taking a dislike to you.

I suppose you weren't taught how to knock on doors.

So you come and tell me,

You don't even know my name anymore.

And who else do you want me to tell?

Nobody cares.

And when you're all alone in your bed,

This is your bed.

That's none of your business.

This is your bed.

It's your fragrance.

You drove for 8 hours.

You didn't wash your hands when you arrived.

And you're fiddling with my pillow.

Let him go.

You are unbearable.

Good,

I will change the head.

Too bad.

So you want me to believe that when you're all alone at night in that big bed,

You're not whispering my name?

With your nose buried in your pillow?

First of all,

I don't sleep alone in my big bed.

Ah yes,
that's right.

There's the little girl's father.

It might take up space in your bed,

at night.

But not in your head.

SO,

You don't say my name out loud.

But you're thinking about it quietly.

And what's the name you're thinking of?

No idea.

When is he leaving?

That's none of my business.

Ah yes,

If it's any of my business.

Because as long as he sleeps in your bed,

I couldn't sleep there.

Get the hell out of here.

If you don't go out,

I'm going to look for men.

And they will get you out,

my little man.

Because you don't need to be very strong,

nor very brave.

You see,

You're very glad to have men at your disposal,

sometimes.

And who says otherwise?

I thought you believed it was pointless.

Now,

The women were so strong,

so clever,

that they no longer needed men at all.

Don't change the subject.

Please.

I have absolutely no recollection of what we were talking about.

What kills me the most about you,

It's because you think you're irresistible.

That's what's unbearable.

You are not very handsome.

You're not very clever.

And you are very badly behaved.

Get that into your head.

But I don't think I'm irresistible at all.

Usually.

I know that you,

particularly,

You won't be able to resist me.

And I wonder why.

Because I'm not very smart.

I'm not very handsome.

I am very clever,

Yes.

But make sure you tell me that clearly.

Hi.

Pardon,

it doesn't matter.

When the servants had left,

My mother and I were chatting very happily.

Here,
we don't dry the dishes,

It's the machine that does all that.

It's true,

I'm going to go find that dog from the house.

It's very easy to console oneself by finding the sight of the dishes.

No,
no,

stop,

girl,

stop,

Otherwise you'll get sick.

You won't be hungry for a good dinner.

It's what,

Dinner?

Little glutton.

No,

No, stop.

That's enough.

Are you really worried if I eat?

Yes. What if I don't eat the same amount as if I do?

Much more.

Good.

So I use it.

Zelda, have you finished your snack?

Yes.

So come and tell me about it.

I'm coming.
He's not near me.

It must be a nice place.

when you enjoy it.

Apparently that's not the case for you.

Me,

to simple stress,

I feel uncomfortable everywhere.

except in Paris.

And again,

It depends on the neighborhood.

It depends on the day.

When I was your age,

They would have had to chain me up to keep me in the countryside.

I liked cities.

Not small towns,

No,
the major metropolitan areas.

I liked going out,

to have fun,

to know all kinds of people.

I enjoyed high society,

the evenings,

the bullets.

I never rested,

I hated quiet.

Well, today,

given the rather frightening world we live in,

I think it's a great opportunity to find the peace that still reigns here.

And I assure you that I appreciate it every moment.

I will certainly be like you later.

But I will die before then.

I always knew I would die young.

And why is that?

Because I'm very, very nervous.

Then I never rest.

It's really annoying me.

Then my heart won't hold up.

And when do you plan to die?

Within five years.

Ten maximum.

Well, I'll miss you.

Because I find you...

charming.

THANKS.

Chara Kaboom,

la manchika bou,

the bidibiba bidibou.

The important thing is how you say it.

bidibiba bidibou.

That's enough now.

Don't go swimming, Zelda.

Your stomach is too big.

So Dad gives me a shower.

She is delighted with her boat trip.

So much the better.

Stop for a bit, my dear.

Are you going to work well?

As if,

like that.

I'm not very nice to Mathieu.

I have outreach patrols.

You're right to have some.

Few men are his equal,

passing your old mother.

I know.

My head hurts.

Where is everyone?

Well,

Pierrot and Jeanne Paolo are taking a walk,

Liane and Clarence are in the conservatory.

Dad also works.

As for the others, I don't know.

And you don't know where Marc is?

Marc?

They left again.

They were even in quite a hurry,

I think we were expecting them in Biarritz.

They didn't say goodbye to you?

I was working,

I didn't notice.

Seriously, what nerve!

Who?

Marc?

Both !

To leave like that,

I find that really audacious.

If one of the two phones,

I'm not here.

Alright.

No, wait.

Tell them I'm here.

but I don't want to talk to them,

All right ?

All right.

No,

after all.

If one of the two phones,

This will not happen.

If I don't insult them,

That will stick in my craw.

All right ?

All right.

And then no.

I will not insult him.

I will be very polite.

I'll pretend I didn't notice anything.

He's going to act important.

That'll serve his feet right.

Who is that?

Marc?

No,
you clever cunt,

Not Marc.

Anyway,

It doesn't matter.

What extraordinary weather!

I'm so glad everyone is here.

that the rooms are full.

I feel complete within myself.

So peaceful.

Do you possess that patriarchal soul?

One might think that a great woman...

The family that depends more or less on you,

It's a heavy responsibility to bear.

Actually,

It's the opposite.

She's the one who carries you.

Regarding large families,

I wonder if I brought enough hatchets for tonight.

I'm going to pop over to the butcher's.

That would be safer.

Did you see the purple petunias and the yellow aïedins that Mr.

Soubiran brought them?

I put them in large basins.

Yes yes,

I saw them.

No,
you saw them as you were passing by.

But did you look at them properly?

Ah yes,
not for an hour!

No,

Come and see them.

Wait,

That's good, isn't it?

Ah,

That looks really, really good!

It's pretty.

Huh?
She's beautiful.

the house.

I love it!

It's impossible not to love it.

She is not like the others.

They all feel good here.

eh ?

I think everyone is feeling very well.

I think Liane really feels at home here.

Not in my house.

at her home.

I also feel at home here.

Not at your place.

And in Paris too.

It's good.

Good,

I need to go back to work for a bit.

You need to have style.

What are you singing to me?

I suppose I'll hire a ghostwriter to write it for me.

I intend to write it myself.

My dear,

with my hand and my style.

You haven't written anything in your life.

You can't just become a writer overnight.

What is it, my love?

It's not,

The black man is coming to our house.

My love isn't coming.

Grandfather thought I was going to invite a Black man,

But he was wrong.

Cathy,

Take care of Zelda.

while I settle the score with your grandfather.

Come on.

You say I never wrote anything.

And you ?

And neither do you.

You've never written anything in your life.

Ah,
I apologize.

I,
I wrote my speeches.

Oh,

René Charles,

You're bothering me.

You're talking nonsense.

By that logic,

I,
I wrote letters,

menus and laundry lists.

You wrote charming letters,

That.

I have to admit it.

If you say racist nonsense again,

Me,

I did as the Istratas did.

I'm not sleeping with you anymore.

Oh,

Pierrot the Frenchman!

Purebred

Pure nonsense.

Listen to me carefully.

Me,

your wife,

I had a flirtation.

He was an Arab.

Me,

I had a lover.

I use them as a source of strength.

He was Jewish.

And if you do it again,

The next men I marry will be as black as coal.

Tell me,
what do you have against yellow people?

Oh,
you're too stupid.

We can't think with you.

Yes, indeed.

That's very true.

Excuse me,

my dear Pierre.

Hervé.

Oh,
sorry,

Hervé,

Of course.

What were you talking about?

Grandfather said he would have liked to die without seeing the liberation of women.

He's saying that to annoy you.

my cabbage.

No,

I'm sure he's lying when he says the opposite.

so as not to come across as an old reactionary.

Huh,
grandpa?

Absolutely.

I am in favor of little women staying at home.

Or in a house.

So that we take off their ripped jeans and put them back in garter belts and lace frills.

Aren't you ashamed?

And you,

Clarence?

Me,
I...

I prefer underwear made of natural silk.

Yes,
but you're forgetting one thing,

gentlemen.

It's because women,

they,

feel much better in the gym.

Are you sure about that?

In any case,

I am sure that women are passionate about conquering their freedom.

Very scared too.

Yes,
change is always scary.

In 1789,

The royalists missed the Old Regime and abhorred the Revolution.

One wonders why.

Subsequent generations were proud of the French Revolution.

And the whole world followed France's example.

Yes,
but who will manufacture them?

the following generations?

Who would want to have children with you?

my darlings?

Nevertheless,

It might be,

beloved grandfather.

It's possible.

Yes yes,

I know that dishcloths,

There are always some.

Here,
here's my...

Can you be mean?

Now,
grandfather,

Answer me a question.

Were men different in your youth?

Or were the women blind?

Were they cowards?

liars,

irresponsible,

weak,

as now,

Or not?

Their roles in the family and in society were different.

They were respected.

And sometimes feared.

And that made them different men.

Responsible men.

But you're telling us fairy tales,

Grandpa.

We are grown women.

NOW.

Don't talk to them.

Cathy.

The slave does not speak with the master.

He revolts,

He breaks free.

Cathy?

Come for a moment, please.

You must come back.

You would be wise to prepare your arguments.

Well, I guess I'll have to go back to Paris.

They want to see me on RTL.

They have something to offer me.

We don't know, but it could be interesting.

Can't it wait until the end of the holidays?

No,
the guy who wants to see me has to leave for Eastern Europe at the end of the week.

So I packed up my things and I'm going to leave right away.

Say goodbye to everyone for me.

You're going to drive at night,

That's stupid.

Leave tomorrow morning.

No, not at all.

I'd rather leave now.

That works out rather well in the end.

No ?

I don't want to talk about that right now.

My head is spinning.

I am in a very good mood.

Well, that's great.

What will you do after your appointment?

Will you come back?

I don't know.

When I read the letter he sent you from the Lyon Solent camp in 1941,

I felt it again,

very precisely,

the sinister atmosphere of this training camp.

I don't remember the rain falling for even a single day.

And it was the same thing at Worsy Down.

Afterwards,

Every day I washed my shoes and Lewis's boots.

To note the piles of mud.

In some letters,

Lewis is talking about Melisande.

Is that a way of calling your wife?

That's what I thought I understood.

That's it.

Yes.

She looked exactly like my idea of Debussy's Mélisande.

when I met him.

The morning,

when he left in the rain,

It was still dark.

And in the evening,

when he returned,

It was night,

It was still raining.

And then,

He has finished his training time.

We went to London,

He received his mission orders.

However, he was very handsome the day he went berserk.

He wasn't very gay, though.

The two old people,

telling their life story,

at both corners of the garden.

It's not very cheerful either.

I think it's the rain on Worcid Island that's making you feel down.

even 40 years later.

Oh,
it's obvious that I don't have a mushroom-like nature.

They are the ones who love the rain.

Or perhaps they are snails.

Both,

I believe.

You told me about a very beautiful view of the Lot river,

if we went there.

Let's see who wants to come with us.

René Charme,

We're going to the outdoor recreation area to see the view of the Lot river.

Are you coming with us?

No thank you, my dear.

I'm working.

See you later.

People forget that to finish a book,

It needs to be written down.

It is not enough to say that we are going to do it and go admire the view of the Lot.

Hmm,
do you want an ice cream?

No,
later.

No annoyance can withstand the view from here.

Don't you think so?

Instead of acting as if you have a stomach ache all the time,

If Clarence pleases you,

Charm him,

Good heavens!

We don't give up without a fight.

It's immoral.

Mom,
you need to get something through your head.

You,

Tessa and Cathy,

You appeal to men.

not me.

No problem,

But that's how it is.

No,
it doesn't depend on what you're saying.

Because you don't know how to do it.

In my opinion,

It's too late for me to get started.

If you were deformed,

You wouldn't be responsible.

But you are a beautiful woman.

So if you want to have this boy at your feet,

You can.

No.

No.

Me,
you wouldn't make me get on a sailboat.

And it should be very pleasant.

If we like it.

I admit that I quite want to.

Who is brave enough to come with me?

Oh really?
I'm just like my mom.

I don't like walking on the water.

Is that it?

If you wish.

Liar.

A mother's help.

It was obvious that this was what he wanted to take.

So what?

You could very well have changed his mind.

Are you kidding me?

It bothers me that you're letting your youth slip away without enjoying it.

My youth?

You will always be my dear.

Thierry will probably lose his job after the holidays.

And me,
I'm going to have to find one.

When I think about that,

I feel like throwing myself into the water.

You don't swim?

Alright.

Even when I boil milk,

I let it slip.

I don't see who I could satisfy.

In what kind of work?

Do you have any suggestions for me?

When I was a child and someone mentioned going back to school in the middle of the holidays,

It plunged me into incredible fits of despair.

Sometimes it even made me as violent as a rabid puppy.

My mother had the greatest difficulty in the world calming me down.

We even had the doctor come once.

I don't want to talk about what you'll be doing in Paris.

when I return to Switzerland.

Do you know how to steer?

You mean sailing a sailboat?

No.

Come and sit here,

I'm going to teach you,

If you wish.

Put your hand there.

It's very easy to understand.

I'll try,

But I'm sure you won't get anywhere with me.

I'm sure I won't understand anything.

Why are you doing this?

Because I want to touch you.

It's Pee-pee!

Come on, come with us!

In short,
I was calmly doing my classes.

One fine day,

My friend passed me a piece of paper.

That was the news.

Two days ago.

I was in such a state of agitation.

I was sure I had the son.

She really fooled me.

eh.

Okay,
I'm leaving the class.

It was,
I think,

a course on French monetary policy after the war of 1940.

Okay,
anyway,

I rush out and crash!

I fall down the stairs.

I broke one of his legs.

SO,

Some friends pick me up and take me away,

at my request,

in the clinic where Liliane had been taken an hour earlier.

And it was with my leg in a cast that I met Isa.

my eldest daughter.

But what is this novel about?

Are you delusional?

What do you have against that?

And simply that you broke your leg,

But not that day.

Oh,
you're kidding!

I remember it like it was yesterday.

Hold.

What did we eat for lunch yesterday?

You're jumping from one subject to another.

I don't care what we ate for lunch yesterday.

You don't remember,

That's all.

Listen,
my little one,

We are not at the hearing.

I am not the defendant and you are not the public prosecutor.

So don't act as if you were.

I broke my leg on the day Isa was born.

One point,

That's all.

If your memory fails you,

eats fish.

We actually had fish for lunch yesterday.

It doesn't seem to have been particularly successful for you.

The rescued trout.

The trout on my nose.

Yes,
so what?

So what?

The day we moved into the house in Parc Montsouris,

you and Gérard,

married

one evening,

You were fine underneath.

You held a lime-laying competition on the stairs.

You fell,

You broke your leg.

They were already two years old and I was waiting for your breasts.

Not at all.

That evening,

I simply sprained my ankle.

And Gérard Marigny,

by driving me to the hospital,

crashed into a lamppost.

You're mixing everything up.

It was on my way to the hospital for my delivery that you and Gérard Marigny,

You were in a car accident.

It was his car that was vandalized that night.

Not your leg.

Good,

So keep your version.

I'm keeping mine.

All right.

But me,

I have a photo of my childbirth.

Look for the plaster.

as they say,

You won't find it.

You call that the weaker sex?

Now that we agree,

Do you want something to drink?

A fruit juice,

Herbal tea?

And you,

Clarence?

No,
no,

Thank you,
I'm going to go write a few letters.

I,
could really go for a little fruit juice,

with a little something inside,

If that doesn't bother you.

Good.

SO,

I'll bring you some fruit juice and vodka.

You'll manage.

Good evening,

tomorrow ?

Yes yes,

if she hasn't finished me off before.

Afterwards,

never let him go.

And above all,

Don't tie it.

It's good,

That's wrong.

You know I like suspense,

Even the bad ones.

Good evening,

Richard.
That suits you well.

No ?

Good evening,

Edwin.
Good evening.

Good morning.

Are you sure you don't want to drink something?

No,

I need to write letters and do some work.

I haven't done anything since I arrived.

The days go by so fast.

Mom,

please,

Go and approach me outside.

I'm not going to listen to what the cop said.

Finally,

You know.

See you tomorrow,

Father.

See you tomorrow.

I think he's a homosexual and that he was killed by Jean-Luc.

Exactly,

I was going to look for you.

Where were you all evening?

You have the dukes

No,

I'm too old for all that.

Malagueya,

dirty rosa,

besar tus labios quisiera,

besar tus labios quisiera.

She hasn't come down from her room today.

What's wrong with her?

Still hungover?

But no !

She says she has a migraine.

Her face is very swollen,

She must have cried a lot.

She's got terrible bouts of depression somewhere.

Well, she would pick plums with us.

Or she would water the garden.

She would feel better immediately.

Calm the scene.

Me too,

I could get depressed if I never did anything.

Don't be so harsh, Cathy.

You are lucky to be strong!

What does that mean?

Me too,

I could cry for entire nights over my poor fate!

Oh,

Me too,

Mamma mia!

Oh,

Me too,

Sometimes I have more courage,

I don't want to do anything!

Me too, sometimes.

I would like to live another life

For me and for others, everyone is like that.

Everyone,

Sometimes,

wants to give up on everything.

And you too.

Mom,

I know that very well.

But we grit our teeth and life goes on.

Tolerance,

That's what scares me the most.

You're coming,

Dear.

I'm going to pick some plums further on.

Come, darling.

If I don't pick them properly and they end up on my feet.

The Italian woman!

What ?

I've set a new record!

1 km in 12 minutes!

42 seconds!

Your darlings!

But Jean-Paul,

Now,
that's enough!

You have no weight left!

I'm telling you I'll give you one!

I'm going to tell you my little bridge,

Writing one's memoir is no fun.

Where were we?

At your first meeting with General de Gaulle.

Already ?

No,
in truth,

You were talking about your grandfather,

the one you used to visit every Sunday, who died when you were 9 years old,

And that led you to talk about General de Gaulle.

Not only do I tell my life story,

But she too,

She tells the story of my life.

At times I really feel like I'm dead.

Hello Sir,

You probably don't remember me?

I'm not coming any closer because I'll get stuff in my shoes.

What are you doing here?

YOU ?

You see,

I'm back.

I decided to spend a few days here.

Ultimately.

Impossible,

There are no more rooms.

The tea is complete.

However,
there have been departures.

Oh yes ?

Oh yes.

I am in a very good position to know that.

Oh yes ?

Yes.

As it happens, I phoned a friend in Paris to ask him to do me a small favor.

Oh yes ?

Oh yes.

I reminded him this morning,

He told me that everything was arranged.

that he saw your...

I can't remember his name...

Finally,

this afternoon.

I'm not sure I understood correctly.

You had Mathieu phoned from Paris to get him to leave here,

That's it.

Do you realize how much trouble I go to for you?

Okay,
you're going to get out of the water and get the hell out of here!

But that's impossible!

We'll see about that.

Marc dropped me off here and then left.

I don't have a car.

Really ?

Yes ?

Well,

Nothing could be easier than getting to Agen train station.

You'll just have the evening train.

Me,
I...

Me,
I'm going to catch the cream and it'll be your fault.

With this heat.

I am not a force of nature.

I am very sensitive.

I am very fragile.

What's going on?

Nothing,

Nothing !

Okay,
come on,

excuse me.

I wasn't very nice to you.

Say it again.

Stay here tonight,

We will find a solution to accommodate you.

I have an idea about that.

Me too.

It might be the same one.

Or maybe not.

All's fair in love and war.

Do you want to go to sleep right away or shall we read for a while?

Let's read a little.

THANKS.

Love is a bird,

He can't tame you. Is it by now that he's sighing?

Don't talk about that,

if it's the other person who loves me

If you've never cheated on me,

And if I still love you...

You women,

You charms

Your smiles attract us,

we souls

We, the adorable angels,

we are,

we poor men and devils,

With thousands of roses, we have you all.

The summer sun makes feelings blossom,

and hearts feel young even if bodies are no longer quite so.

René Charles sighed.

Clarence is dreaming.

Tessa is hiding and Isa is pining away.

As for Antoine,

He struggles against his own feelings in the face of Cathy, who is doing the same.

They are at this stage.

a delightful stage of uncertainty where neither of them knows where they stand.

nor where the other one stands.

People who don't have money,

They will never be able to understand people who have money.

And vice versa,

That's the whole problem.

Am I the one with the money?

In any case,

It wasn't me.

Well, it wasn't me either.

People who have money,

They never have enough.

I have no fortune,

my dear old man.

I didn't inherit.

I've been working like a dog since I was 18.

And then I don't give a damn about you.

Do you realize how much all the food we're going to eat tonight costs?

So you're not the last one when it comes to 100 fresh feet,

eh ?

You criticize what I eat.

Are you going to stay dressed like that?

Yes.

For what ?

Isn't that in the note?

Okay,
I'm going to waste my time like this.

You see that pipe there,

on your right?

No.

The pipe in the grass behind you?

No.

Roses and hydrangeas absolutely need to be watered.

Can you do it for me while I finish getting ready?

You're crazy.

You see me watering some flowers.

That's not good.

No ?

You can't water flowers.

No, not at all.

And why?

Because I'm not interested in watering flowers.

I don't care about flowers.

I am simply asking you to do me a favor.

I'm not here to do you any favors.

And what exactly are you here for?

Well,
I don't know.

I can't bring myself to leave.

Cathy, come and taste it.

They said it's okay.

But I think it could handle a bit more curry.

Attention,

Don't burn yourself.

Hmm,

Cathy looks very beautiful in white.

And in black too.

What kind of earrings are you going to wear?

I don't know yet.

Well then,

Did you say you were coming right away?

I'm coming,

I'm coming.

Pick up the sari and drag it on the ground.

I think there was a little more curry.

And you could taste the chicken and vegetables more.

It was more like a corset.

What.

Well,
I think he's better today.

But do as you please,

ladies.

Your palate is more refined than mine.

Me,
I'm like Cathy.

I like it to have flavor.

I'm going to let it simmer gently.

That will reduce it a little.

And if that's not enough,

I'll add a little curry and some stock cube.

It's not in protocol mode.

But that's what I did last time.

It was very good.

You're coming,

Yes,
Jean-Pierre.

I've had it up to here,

Me.
Oh,

But wait a minute,

change your tone,

my daughter.

Otherwise,
you'll dress yourself.

What are you two up to?

Are you going to put a sari on her?

Yes,
I don't know yet.

But it was supposed to be a surprise.

And you weren't supposed to leave the room,

miss.

I forgot.

Where was I?

When she sent the servant to catch the tiger.

Oh yes.

SO,

three of his servants,

who were very skilled hunters,

They went into the forest to catch a tiger.

They had spotted tiger paw prints on the ground.

And finally,

They found themselves face to face with a tiger.

with a huge tiger,

Magnificent.

But before they had killed the tiger,

The tiger had eaten two of his servants.

Finally,

The third one succeeded in killing the tiger and bringing it back dead to the palace.

Then he placed the animal at his mistress's feet and withdrew.

Left alone,

Princess Anjouraï took her small vermeil scissors and she cut the tiger's whiskers.

She cut them into very small pieces and then she threaded each of these pieces into a grain of rice.

Cooked or raw?

Cooked.

And at mealtime,

that evening,

The princess had the rice served with a good, well-spiced cream to the English officer who no longer loved her and whom she had invited to dinner so that he could say goodbye before her departure.

For England,

and the poor boy died three weeks later on the boat.

The stomach was perforating.

What does perforate mean?

Full of tree trunks.

And everyone believed that he had died of illness.

A tiger's mustache is the best way to kill your enemies without being suspected.

Can't we find anything like it?

No,

and even in India it's very difficult to find.

So,

You can go look at yourself.

Okay,
your turn.

Cat whiskers,

It's not the same?

No,

no way.

You understand.

I'm talking to myself.

It gives you a bad headache.

YOU ?

No,

It doesn't matter at all.

And don't let me see you touching the Manianos' cat.

You'll have to deal with me.

Me,
I know he's going to cut the whiskers off the Manianos' cat.

Oh yes,

If that's the case,

I will never meet anyone again.

Go on, both of you,

Now I need to get dressed.

From me then.

It depends on you.

All right.

The day of not being touched.

To what?

At my nephew's chalet.

I've never been a big fan of walking.

But I am increasingly filling my days with things I have always loathed.

I even do successes.

The evening,

I hesitated for a long time between a verbena or linden tea.

And then I drink it.

But that's not even the worst part.

The worst thing is not being able to dream about your future.

I find it quite stupid.

But still pathetic.

This is the character of a man who lives with dreams and then one day lives with regrets.

Looking at his life, whether ahead of him or behind him,

He is almost never in front of him.

There's

There is, however, one thing I want to tell you.

I am old.

But you,

You are still very young.

I'm telling you this because it seems to me that you don't know it.

NOW,

Let's go home because we're going to get the bells rung.

Isa!

While it's in the oven,

I'm going to iron my dress.

Between one minute.

Please look at me closely and tell me the exact truth.

Can I still wear this dress without looking ridiculous?

You're crazy!

Please look at me closely.

Is the skin on my back sagging?

But no !

Doesn't it look like jelly when I move?

No not at all,

Everything is very firm.

I have rolls of fat under my arms.

But calm down, Tessa.

You are very beautiful and everything is going very well.

Okay, go ahead and look there.

But don't those look like two empty bags?

Listen,

I'm not going to tell you they look like footballs, but you've never had a huge chest.

The shoulders,

the arms,

How's it going ?

It's not going to go flaccid, listen to this, you've always had a rather appetizing body and you still do

Nothing has changed.

For now.

Swear it.

I swear it.

What scares me,

It's because we don't see ourselves changing.

Day after day,

You get used to it.

I don't want to be ridiculous tonight.

And me,

I don't want you to torture yourself like that.

It's my birthday.

I want everyone to be happy tonight.

And you too.

But I am happy.

very happy.

Good morning,

I am.

Royal.

At least.

Who got off?

The children and Antoine.

Ah,

Agostina then goes down.

We didn't seem to please him.

He's only interested in his villain.

I didn't hear you come down.

What do you have on your foot?

Wings,

like Cupid.

He has wings on his feet.

Cupid?

Are you sure you're not confusing it with someone else?

If all women were ugly,

How easy life would be.

Couldn't you be more direct when you compliment me?

What a compliment!

You've always been a terrifying woman, and it's not getting any better.

on the contrary.

Do you like my dress?

She's a bit oriental to me.

But I admit it suits you well.

That's great.

Tell me the truth,

Did you sign a pact with the devil?

Oh,
that's kind of you to say.

A babble!

Good evening,

my dear.

THANKS,

the girls.

Isa is at the door.

You said it today.

Ah,

Let me get my words out here.

Ah,
you think that without you no one will unmold them.

Come on,

fuori.

Oh,
no,

But be careful not to break them.

I am the prestigious one.

It's very fragile.

Ah,

But I can't go any faster.

I can't confess anything.

Tell me,

He called,

Mathieu,

Today,

No?
No.

Can you be curious?

That's not possible.

What did he say?

Is he coming back here?

He didn't call.

It's not bad.

I hope everyone likes oriental food.

Ah,

There.

It's not myself where I am,

And I don't want to talk about it.

I know.

I told you,

you want ?

Oh no.

You're going to send me even more.

Ah,

But one thing I'm telling you,

that Mathieu,

He can land here.

especially if you told him not to come.

Because men,

They're idiots.

But these things,

anyway,

They can feel them.

But what is it?

What is it?

These things.

What are you talking about?

What are you talking about?

What am I talking about?

That's a difficult question.

Some people say it's chemical.

or physical,

or organic

or sexological

and even political.

Me,

For now,

I still call it love.

Dear.

You must be about 10 years old.

He's a bit too young to understand you.

Don't pay attention,

my dear Clarence.

If you knew the number of people who had told you stories about the First World War...

We talked about Michoui.

Clarence said he knew North Africa very well.

I didn't calculate the dates.

but I immediately thought of something from Romance.

It didn't occur to me that he might have been at the Mediterranean club in Djerba.

Well,
everyone's here,

We can now begin.

Go get the Gata feed from Nissou.

Cathy.

I promised it to you,

I did it.

Thank you so much.

René Charles,

Do me a favor.

Leave your prejudices at the door and try to appreciate this soup as if it were French.

It doesn't depend on me.

It depends on him.

Good evening,
it's...

It's delicious.

And if you don't like it,

It's...
It's been at least eight days since I last saw you.

Where had you been?

That's what we call,

i guess,

the spirit of Parisian women.

You say that with little sympathy.

It seems to me.

You don't like France?

I don't quite understand banter.

It's a shame,

But that's normal.

The Swiss love fondue,

The French love soufflé.

I didn't say that.

Lots of wind and nothing in it.

If I don't sit down again,

It's just that I wanted to say something.

If Western men could be polygamous,

It's starting well.

Tonight I will have two equally lovely wives with me.

Civilization forced me to choose.

But my heart,

my dear Isa,

has kept all his tenderness for you,

You know that.

But I,
I didn't know that.

Thanks to your intelligence,

to your generosity,

You were able to push away petty feelings and remain my best friend.

I drink to your health.

May God keep you as you are for as long as possible.

Although a fierce literary rivalry now sets us against each other,

I don't want to forget that this woman gave me the magnificent gift of a veritable female dynasty composed of two...

of a little girl and a great-granddaughter whom I love very dearly, although, although, and I recognize well the seductive duplicity of this woman capable of anything

What did I mean?

Although I have desperately desired sons one after another,

grandsons and great-grandsons.

I'm going to tell you something in confidence,

Dear voters and dear electors...

No,
excuse me,

I don't remember what I wanted to say.

I drink to Liane's health.

And the only thing I regret,

It's because we're no longer young enough to have a few more little girls together.

So,

That's what I meant.

Since the beginning of this evening,

We drank to the health of all the charming ladies present here.

You're from Jean-Paulo.

And even some of the absent ladies as well.

As per usual,

Nobody here cares about men's health.

I raise my glass.

I raise my glass to

Louis, my brother,

Thanks to whom I am here tonight.

I was born in Switzerland and my life reflects that country.

rather harmonious and peaceful.

My life is like a high-quality Swiss watch.

Alone,

Lewis,

on several occasions throughout my life,

managed to disrupt the movement of my clock.

He introduced into my life,

repeatedly,

Bursts of that romanticism that governed his everyday life.

Although he has been dead for over ten years,

He started again this summer.

He brought me here,

at your place.

I already know that,

as in the old days,

when this parenthesis closes,

I will find myself panting,

full of memories

of nostalgia and regret.

All the strong feelings I've experienced in my life,

I owe them to him.

It's thanks to him,

if sometimes I felt like I was living.

Ah Louis!

You need to make up your mind.

You are either a watch or you are a train.

It's hot.

Yes,

Really,

You are a canvas.

It's incredibly hot.

It's been a long time since there was such a warm night.

Mom,

Look at Antoine.

He's going too fast for you.

No,
no,

No,

Let's not look at each other.

It will make us sleepy.

Have you seen all the stars there are?

That's incredible.

You stay here.

Admit that it was you who hid for eight days, not me.

I admit it.

If you are going to hide again,

This time I'll come and get you.

Let's begin.

Zelda looks stunning in this costume.

For you to say that,

You no longer have a reason.

It's true that I showed it.

I feel very,

Alright.

I'm going to bed.

Zelda.

Do you want me to put your son to bed?

Oh,

if we do,

It's love.

All right.

Isa,
Isetta,

What do you have?

To be young for life,

Is that what you want?

No way,

I don't want to be young all my life.

It's the opposite.

I wish I were already much older.

It'll come, don't worry, come on, let's dance before you get too much rheumatism. Why don't you dance with Pierrot? Listen, I said with Pierrot, I love Pierrots, I've tried, but not with...

For a change,

maybe,

I could do something without Pierrot.

Come on,
come here,

appointment.

I don't want to.

I don't know why.

But tell me,

It's your birthday today.

This isn't your funeral.

I have a strong heart.

Damn it.

All right.

I'll try.

Well,
well,

Okay.
Do you remember our trip to Spain?

Oh my

God, the two unfortunate souls.

If we haven't caught all the sick people...

It's because our guardian angel took good care of us.

The hotels have given birth to stones,

nor more.

You can't really say it was too bad.

They were tabubis.

That's precisely why it has weight.

What a shame.

No,

Stand up,

I'm going to teach you.

Oh no,
no,

No,
I think that...

You can't die without ever having danced.

Check out this challenge.

They will dance together.

They are easy.

Listen to the music.

It's good ?

It's good.

It's good.
It's good.

It's good.

It's good.

It's good.
It's good.

It's good.

It's good.

It's good.

It's good.

Yes.

You're listening carefully.

I admit that I've always enjoyed South American rhythms.

No,

No,

No,
no,

Let's start again.

Come on.

Let's put that aside.

It's good,

Mr. Coal.

Absolutely.

It's true that it smells good on you.

There?
There?

Lift up the coat.

Always rise to the occasion.

That's good.
That's good.

You are making progress.

The last time I danced,

It was at Sporting Monte Carlo.

The day I met Marie-Claire.

12 years ago.

Well,
we're not having this tea with the little one.

You see,

I say this without melancholy,

I don't care about Marie-Claire when we're in the carrot business.

I wonder which year 40 this refers to.

when we say that.

About,

It is Mercury who has wings on his feet.

It's not Cupid,

It came back to me.

Cupid,

He has wings on his back.

like everyone else.

By dint of writing this book,

to constantly delve into my memories,

It makes the past feel so close.

It seems to me that it was only yesterday that I was watching you dance with Bertrand Dufresne.

Oh

My Jean,

My brother.

Bertrand Dufresne.

He was ugly as sin.

But he danced divinely.

I wonder what became of him.

Little Reguin.

Do you know if he's still alive?

Him,
I don't know,

But I am.

And I would love to dance with you now.

if you have no objection.

I have nothing against it!

I am very happy.

I am intimidated and troubled.

After all,

I haven't held you in my arms for 40 years.

What an idiot!

Don't talk nonsense!

SO,

Come what may, me!

No,

André!

Stop,

We were completely out of sync.

So, listen,

I have never thrown in such an exquisite manner as Armand Dufresne.

Bertrand

Dufresne. Over the years,

It's gotten even worse.

But you are not.

We will reach the end of time and setbacks.

One,
two,

three,
four.

One,
two,

three,
four.

One,
two,

three,

four.

One,
two,

three,

Four.
Is that all right?

How are you !

We are not a setback.

No way.

Fluent !

Do nothing deadly.

So.

Well

I'm sure you're pretending.

Yes.

No one can sleep in such a hard chair with that music playing.

What's going on?

Are you asleep?

I was asleep.

No,
wait,

I'm the one asking you.

It's possible.

I was incredibly bored,

I had to...

I can fall asleep,

But I can fall asleep anywhere.

Ah,

And you think it's normal to sleep at the table during my mother's birthday dinner?

I didn't do it on purpose.

Ah,
you never make any effort to please others.

I don't do it for my own pleasure either.

And would you really have been happy if I hadn't fallen asleep?

Well, imagine that.

I don't know,

I would have preferred you to chat,

whether you are gay,

that you have fun with us.

In fact,
you would prefer that I be someone other than myself.

Not completely.

I'm going to bed.

You are a real jerk.

Well,
I'm going to be just as rude as you.

I'm going to ask you to leave here.

tomorrow morning.

That's enough.

Why does it bother you that I'm going to bed?

It's a whole package.

my dear sir.

And if you don't understand that yourself,

There's no need for me to explain it to you.

Good night.

Do you want me to dance with you?

No.

I only know how to dance the slow dance.

Another setback.

But it doesn't have to be danced.

We can chat.

I don't know how to chat either.

I'm not completely unconscious.

I know that...

I'm not a very entertaining person.

I completely understand that you're fed up with me.

I will leave tomorrow.

I've become too beautiful.

and especially too big.

That was all.

You've lost the dance.

Since the time I lived with you,

I danced about once by choice.

This is my last dance.

My last dance.

You always had to train in order to have fun.

Have you had any fun at all since we broke up?

Or have you never...

You never made me believe that you loved me.

I had only done boring things.

Since you left me,

I never had fun again until tonight.

No,

you have...

Call.

THANKS.

She's fed up.

Your husband.
You're dying from it.

I'm going to bed.

I'm tired.

Good night,

everyone.

Good night,

Dear mother.

Already ?

The younger they are,

The less they can withstand it.

You could have locked the door.

It worries me.

We need to think about others a little.

You are not alone in the world.

If you say so.

That's it,

I added a black break.

You,
you have your tribe.

But me,

Who do I have?

I have no one.

If that's the case,

That's because you wanted it.

Do I know what I want?

Me ?

Were you traumatized by seeing me naked?

No,

I don't like it.

Have you ever seen a completely naked man?

Never !

May I ask why you are using my bathroom?

Is there a problem with the one at the top?

My bathroom?

I'm using your bathroom because...

You don't deserve for me to tell you this.

Good.

If we were to say goodnight to each other,

NOW.

You are lucky to be a woman.

You don't know what it's like to be a man.

In my opinion,

On that note,

We're at the same point.

I will not answer.

I look like nothing's wrong,

there,
but actually,

I'm torturing myself.

I wonder how I'm going to manage to get you through your bathroom.

And then your room.

So that we can meet in your bed.

And I tell myself that it's impossible.

I give up.

A few years ago,

I would have given you a good whack on the head with a club.

And I would have dragged you by your hair.

That,
that was ideal.

I can't do that.

First, the scalp bleeds horribly.

And besides, I can't stand the life of blood.

If I trip you,

and let's lie down there,

on your tiled floor

If one of them catches a cold,

That will be me.

Do you have any ideas?

You know that Zelda is only 7 years old.

Well,
she's infinitely more mature than you.

You're a real baby.

There's a huge difference between Zelda and me.

Only her?

You would never leave Zelda with a wet head.

You would be afraid that she might catch a cold.

Me,

You don't care.

Do you want me to know about your hair?

No,
does that bother you?

No,
no.

No,
it doesn't bother me.

Yes,
it bothers you.

Does that bother you?

So,
let's go.

Hold on there.

Don't give me too big a head.

I am on top of myself.

Don't support me,

I'm telling you.

Ah!
Did you hear the sound of the night?

I'm sorry.

It's all red.

You should have said so right away.

I was thinking about something else.

That's it!

Where are you ?

I asked you a question.

Can you hear me?

Is it that...

Are we awake or are we asleep?

I don't feel awake at all.

And you ?

Is that it?

Me neither !

I don't think I'm awake!

Maybe I'm in my bed,

dreaming.

That's it!

It's likely that I'm asleep too.

and that I snore over there,

in the little house.

I'm quite happy to dream about you.

I actually have something to tell you!

Maybe in a minute,

in my place,

You will dream of a bear.

And that you will have a knee.

Or maybe the phone will ring or Zelda will call mom and everything will stop.

When I was a child,

I often dreamed that I was walking,

I was walking,

I was looking for someone and I couldn't find him/her.

And I was dreaming...

that someone was looking for me.

And I had a horrible fear that found me.

Even if we are afraid,

You cannot voluntarily stop a dream.

Shall I take you wherever he wants?

I know.

Do you want a tomato?

This is the first time I've dreamed so specifically about a tomato.

Shit !

What's going on?

I wanted to surprise you.

You succeeded.

Weren't you sleepy?

I wanted to chat with you.

Couldn't we chat tomorrow?

You know what it is,

at my age,

When you have a fixed idea?

Does that bother you?

It's for my book.

Can I ask you a question?

Yes.

Do you know where I can sit on your bed?

I hurt my leg a little.

Well,

It's you.

Can I write in my book that you were in love with me?

Yes.

I scared you earlier,

I'm sorry.

No,

No,
it's fine.

I am in the process of being placed.

So,
forgive me for this question,

But it's for my book.

of course.

Physically,

Didn't I disappoint you a little in the past?

I was very young.

We didn't have much experience.

Besides,
it didn't matter at all.

I was sure of it.

I was disappointed.

You don't have to write it.

NOW,

obviously,

I have more.

Eh ?

What ?

From experience.

It bothers me that you were left with a bad impression.

Actually,

That's precisely what I came to talk to you about.

René Charles,

You're completely drunk.

I feel very good.

Very,

Alright.

Oh,

If you could see your expression.

I know very well the expression I have.

I have a lewd expression.

Yes,

if we want

But you're all red and completely disheveled.

It's been a long time since anyone told me I had messy hair.

That's just a figure of speech.

That's the look you have.

I would like to sleep with you tonight.

René Charles,

That's enough.

Stop acting like a clown.

Do you think that at my age,

Do we no longer think about those things?

Don't be mistaken,

my little one.

Perhaps we think about it at your age,

but not mine.

You've always been a bitch to me.

I was wrong to think that could change.

We'll talk about it tomorrow.

when you have clearer ideas.

Do you think I'm rambling because I've been drinking?

Well, no.

my little one,

No.

Alcohol only gives me the courage to take action.

Tell me I'm too old or that I disgust you and I'll leave.

But I don't want to say anything nasty to you.

Listen, my little René,

Don't you realize that?

How ridiculous that would be,

but I...

But I wouldn't survive it!

So what are the joys of old age?

Gymnastics and swimming?

That's not enough for me.

And not to you either.

But what do you want to do?

I want to kiss you.

But I forbade you to do such a grotesque thing!

This time, the lines of absurdity have truly been crossed.

So, my English is up to scratch.

But what are you...

but it immediately turns back on.

My English.

No,

Turn it back on or I'll scream.

Oh, you look pretty sharp.

Go on,
go to bed now.

It will be better tomorrow.

I don't want to go sleep all alone up there in that big bed.

It depresses me.

Don't act like a child.

I am not a child.

I'm an old man who no longer interests anyone.

Oh no.

No,
if you hear that refrain,

I will never speak to you again.

I hate that.

I don't want to go sleep up there all alone.

It depresses me.

Good.

You just have to sleep on the sofa.

And take my water hydra.

Ah,

You always did stupid things when you'd had too much to drink.

It's because when I drank,

I believe that nothing is impossible.

But it always ends badly.

Come on, my little René,

Lie down and sleep.

See you tomorrow.

Do you have any idea what we're both doing here?

I was considering different hypotheses.

I don't remember anything.

apart from having drunk too much champagne.

Maybe when my headache is a little less severe,

My memory will work again.

We should go for a walk after dinner.

Probably.

Take your,

You're very hot.

Grandfather!

You're already up,

You ?

Would you mind tying my sandal for me?

Come on,

Come.

SO,

NOW...

I was so hungry that I kept waking up.

Ah.

Hey,

Zelda,

Zelda,

It doesn't bother me.

Dad,
what are you doing here?

I tie Zelda's sandal.

Can't you see it?

How come you came down so early?

Are you not feeling well?

That's unbearable.

From a certain age,

People are always expecting you to die right in front of them.

I feel extremely good.

Here's the miss.

THANKS.

And don't keep reminding me of my age.

Don't keep saying I'm an old man.

It annoys me.

No, Dad.

Did you eat lion this morning?

From the lioness.

It has just been done.

It's very hot.

No matter what time she goes to bed,

Isa got up at 6:30 am.

At 7 a.m.,

The coffee is made.

I'll take it black.

Do you want some milk?

No,
no,

No.

My black water is very good.

THANKS.

In general,

at that time,

I'm keeping myself busy during my winter months.

Fortunately,

the awakening of day in nature,

It's too noble for me.

It crushes me.

In my life,

I've drunk a lot more than I did last night.

And I never lost my memory.

And not last night either.

I thought it would be easier this way.

That was stupid.

Do you know what happened last night?

Oh no!

That's not true!

Can I tell Clarence?

Oh yes, absolutely!

I think it's absolutely magnificent!

My father and mother divorced decades ago.

Do you know that?

Yes !

Oh yes,

pardon !

Well, it's...

Yes,

They slept together.

Listen,

What did Jean-Paul tell me about René-Charles?

Did he sleep in the guests' room last night?

Yes,
it's crucial not to show that you suspect anything.

My darlings!

Oh,

Hey,

say !

Hey,

Hey,

But that's great.

SO,

We can laugh until the end if we want.

That,

That really cheers me up.

Because,

You understand,

when you see something like that,

We tell ourselves that life,

As long as this continues,

It's not over yet.

Dear.

Mom,
Mom.

Where are you going?

A soldier is calling me.

Yes yes,

My love.

What is it?

There's Dad,

We are in the garden.

Yes,

my darling.

But I'm still half asleep.

I'm getting up right away.

What's with that mean look?

I need to clear the space,

Is that it?

It doesn't look like that at all.

But if I decide to cheat on Mathieu or leave Mathieu to live with another man...

We're not there yet.

All the more reason.

I will do it.

But I think we can do things with tact and delicacy.

Anyway,

the main one,

That's not it.

The main thing,

It's just that I don't want to shock Zelda.

Because it's so difficult to understand.

I have absolutely no idea why I'm complaining.

I got what I wanted.

And since I have absolutely no intention of settling down and living with someone,

everything is fine.

Everything is going very well.

I don't think it's very smart to take it that way.

I didn't provide a certificate proving I was clever.

Come on.

Hello, at your place.

Don't leave like that.

You make me feel sorry for you.

Save those phrases for the other person.

With him,

It should work.

You understand perfectly.

You're deliberately pretending not to understand.

I will behave properly.

That's all.

That's all.

With whom ?

And there you have it.

It's impossible to be that stupid!

Are you coming, Mom?

I'm coming,

I'm coming !

I need to be in Paris tonight.

Can you take me to the train station?

Saint Michael and Saint Gabriel have just given you the message.

Don't you want to take me?

If they handle telegrams,

They can also handle transportation.

Perfect,

Perfect !

It's annoying.

It's still better than nothing.

There is no comparison.

Hello everyone!

Good morning !

What a beautiful morning, right?

If you intend to pretend you remember nothing,

It doesn't work.

I can't see very well from here.

Are you giving me the silent treatment or not?

I don't think it would hurt you to apologize.

You can't blame a man for dreaming.

It was a midsummer night's dream.

Goodbye madam,

Goodbye sir.

never known from afar.

If you don't love me,

i love you.

If I love you,

take part of yourself.

If you don't love me,

If you don't love me,

i love you.

And if I love you,

I follow you.

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MFP.

If I see you

The holidays are over.

Clarence returned to Switzerland to be near his wife and children.

The heart weeps.

Full of himself and melancholy,

Tessa and Isa have returned to Paris.

René Charles,

in love like a young man,

tried to win Liane back.

He did not succeed.

But he does not lose hope of achieving his goals.

The fear of love has once again separated Antoine and Cathy, and neither of them knows if this is the end or the beginning of their relationship.

These measures,

Obviously,
they are not unrelated to the bomb attacks that have just occurred in London.

League
The rats claim responsibility for these attacks, one of which,

I remind you,

one person was killed and several others injured yesterday afternoon in the heart of the British capital.

A device exploded at Charles de Gaulle airport.

The rather violent explosion caused no casualties but resulted in material damage.

The charge had been placed in a bin in front of an elevator.

The police are investigating.

An update on the strikes in France,

just when we thought the conflict was on its way to being resolved,

He is making a fresh start at Renault.

where the strikers voted against resuming work.

You have a funny voice.

Are you sure I'm not waking you up?

Otherwise, I'll call you back later.

I don't know,

7 a.m.

6:30 a.m.

Who are you calling at 7am?

René-Charles.

No,
I'm talking to Cathy.

I woke up at 5am,

I can't fall asleep.

So I worked.

Oh,

It baffles me that we wake up at 7am when we don't have to.

He is so easily recognizable in his bed.

I don't know why, from a certain age, we wake up very early.

No,
I'm talking to Cathy.

And you,
did you sleep well?

Yes,

It was divine.

Oh !

There's nothing better than sleeping.

Good,

I'm going back upstairs to wake up my poor little hot baby.

Yes,
well,

I think I will have finished compiling everything in a few weeks and I will start writing at the beginning of winter.

René Charles,

I'm talking to you.

No,

It's up to you.

Cathy went upstairs.

I won't tell you anything over the phone.

I didn't ask you for anything.

But you're going to do it.

Yes.

I'll pick you up this evening at 7:30.

We will have dinner at Le Camélien.

No,
I just wanted to know...

I'd like to go make myself some coffee.

I hate going long periods without food in the morning.

See you tonight.

What a lunatic.

I am still sleepy.

I don't want to get up.

Oh,
you're right.

Come on,

I'll sleep with you.

You're crushing me,

Aren't you going to work?

I'm still sleepy.

I don't want to get up.

You're mean.

I am short.

Well, exactly,

You're less tired.

Come on,

Rise up, young people!

Yay!

Get yourself together!

I want to put on my pink sandals.

But it's raining, my love.

The holidays are over.

You have to put on the diapers.

No.

If you put on the sandals,

They're going to be ruined.

Why then?
I don't go to school.

We're going to have lunch.

We'll see later.

Okay?
It's true, it's not fun waking up like this for a tiny little thing like you.

That's life, my love.

Everyone does it.

Look at,

when you arrive at school,

All the grandchildren are here.

Not one of them stays home.

unless he is very ill.

You don't want to be a lazy bum like Aunt Tessa who never did anything,

who is bored all the time.

I don't like it at all that you're speaking ill of your family.

Zebida.

Yes, indeed.

You heard right.

You'll agree that your dear sister doesn't do much for the community.

So at least it can be useful to me in raising my daughter.

You want to teach him to read from his family's ball,

Is that it?

No,
no,

No,
we're not going to argue.

It's already hard enough getting back into the swing of things.

Ah!

I need to think about calling the office plumber.

I think I'll buy myself a good old-fashioned cottage alarm clock.

I think I'd rather jump in the air.

than waking up to information.

To start the day,

to truly embrace his selfishness along with his tendencies.

Didn't you know you took it off to sleep?

You saw Isa,

How beautiful she looked this morning?

She put all her quills to good use.

It wasn't too bad,

It was quite funny.

No ?

Very.

Eat chick,

You're going to be late.

I'm going to let him go.

Did you sleep badly?

You know very well that the more anxious I am,

The better I sleep.

I slept very well.

Why are you so anxious about this boy?

He is not attractive at all.

That's precisely what worries me.

I can't see anything.

I saw him this morning.

He has a white head.

It's all red around.

I can't even open my eyes.

There must be something.

I can't see anything.

But I have some eye ointment,

I can put some in for you if you want.

Your ointment will make you feel like you're going to winter.

It is valid for at least two years.

If you think it's not that way,

Then take me.

Are you saying you can't see anything so I don't worry?

But no,

I can't see anything.

That said,

You look like you've been dug up.

Is everything alright?

I don't even really have any blood.

My blood cells are diseased.

I can feel it.

I have no appetite.

I have milky throats and weak legs.

Have you seen a doctor?

Guys like me,

The doctors don't care.

On the contrary.

He finishes them off.

Hey,

You never know.

Huh.
Ah,

hold !

That's two hours to waste.

Is this your latest thriller?

He is starting to feel very well.

I'm in pain.

Oh,
it's soft!

Ah,
aren't you tired of living all alone?

And you're not missing much, are you?

Old Marc?

You're awfully romantic deep down.

eh ?

You don't miss me.

No ?

But I don't live alone.

There was only one guy.

Quite a guy.

There's a knack for finding them.

That's all we needed.

Does he know?

Marc?

Yes,
I filed for divorce.

Ah,
the poor guy.

He didn't even tell me how much it must be making him sick.

They should have thought of that before.

He was sure you would come back.

We were both sure.

I, who am already feeling completely down,

That's all we needed.

To have your head,

It sounds more like you have colic.

But I bet you're in love.

Yeah,

She has a beautiful thread.

I've never been interested in those kinds of stories.

And the latest news she gives me isn't going to make me change who I am.

You don't believe me?

And you,

Do you think you're something special?

Mom !

She called to say she would be late!

Alright.

Dad just came to pick her up.

He said our canelias.

Zeldag in the glass roof?

Yes.
Hmm,

You smell so good!

You can smell the raspberry jam.

And you can smell the little brioche.

And milk chocolate.

You can feel...

Wait,

Wait.

Didn't you also suck on a little licorice?

No,

It was Maria who put the ointment on my bump.

I hurt myself.

Oh yes ?

It smells like licorice.

Have you met yourself?

Yes.

Poor chick.

Are you drawing a picture for school?

Yes.
What are you doing?

Do you own a house?

It's a pig like in the countryside.

There's smoke there.

Isn't that a chimney?

It's the pig's tail.

Your mother isn't very bright.

Right, my love?

That's because you're looking too fast.

You're not getting involved.

Well, you know what?

You're right.

Come on !

I'll be back in a little while.

I'm going to rest a little bit.

What kills me when I'm working is that I get home late for tea, but I'm quite happy.

Be alone together.

I want to talk to you.

I'll be right back.

It's not always possible to avoid talking about unpleasant subjects.

I would like to go to the toilet, please.

I know.

You're going to lock yourself in the toilet until Mom comes home and makes me do it.

What do you intend to do to prevent me from leaving the living room?

To knock me out?

You can't continue living the way you're living.

It's not about money.

But you live as if you don't exist.

Can you hear me?

You don't have any children,

no man,

no house,

You don't have social security.

You won't receive a pension.

You don't have a bank account,

You're not receiving any mail.

Not even an invoice or advertisement.

Who are you talking to?

In Pessa.

You can go out.

Mom is here.

SO,

What did the people you saw want?

They wanted me to take over the food column in their newspaper.

Tell !

Excuse me,

Mom,
I was talking to Tessa.

I would like to continue.

Okay,
listen,

Cathy,

It's not normal to bother Tessa.

You know she went through something very painful this summer.

What ?

Clarence is not a man you can forget with a snap of your fingers.

It's unbearable.

You're making a big deal out of everything.

I would like to ask you a question,

Cathy.

Do you honestly think we exist or not?

depending on whether or not one has it,

A social security number?

People who are responsible and have a sense of duty are always seen as narrow-minded bureaucrats.

However,

Selfish and reckless people are often seen as broad-minded and totally poetic.

And I find that unbearable.

for you,

to depend on us for everything, like a newborn baby.

It makes me sick to see you in such a humiliating situation.

I thought it was awful for you too.

But apparently that's not the case.

So let's continue like this.

The snail suffers from moving slowly,

He would very much like to be a gazelle.

But wanting to is not enough.

What I sometimes tell myself,

that's since

10 years or 20 years,

Women are expected to be something that I am incapable of being.

But first,

I would have been a woman like any other,

I think,

No ?

Of course.

The world is changing.

But not everyone changes at the same pace.

And that's all for the best.

Realistic and busy people,

There are already quite enough.

And I wouldn't want to,

Me,
that you are different from what you are.

All right.

It's all very pretty.

Admit that it's still lucky that there are locomotives to pull the wagons.

If you have an idea,

I'll give it a good try.

Perhaps this time,

That will work better.

No,

Let it go,

She's going to say I'm persecuting you again.

Perhaps I'm the one who's wrong for not accepting you as you are.

Maybe I'm really over the top.

Okay,
we'll talk about that another time.

Would you like that?

Mathieu called to say he was coming for dinner.

He's the best guy I've ever known.

It's a lucky break for a woman to meet a man like that in our time.

I'm not even capable of being in love with him.

She reads a little book and she promised to do the tanning all by herself.

I'll go up and see later.

I have things to tell you.

Are you doing well ?

Meh.

I was very unhappy this summer because of you.

Even more than usual.

I'm sorry.

I knew it couldn't continue like this.

I didn't know what to do to change things.

In one direction or another.

I was in a state...

Not very bright.

And then,

I met someone.

A very nice girl.

And we get along very well.

Are you getting married?

Probably.

Listen,

I'm really happy.

I wasn't expecting that at all.

I was wondering how I was going to tell you...

That you no longer loved me.

Yeah.

It had been a while.

What is she like?

Alright.

I am not in love with her like I was with you.

Fortunately.

Are you saying that to boost my ego?

No,
I say it because it's true.

I hope that never happens to me again.

Because it's worse than an illness.

Do you think she'll like Zelda?

I'm telling you, she's a wonderful girl.

She'll be great with Zelda.

Perhaps you could come with her on Sunday so they can get to know each other already.

All right.

You're incredible.

Do you think I'm wrong?

No,
I think you're right.

The important thing is that Zelda is surrounded by warmth and love.

Social Convention,

I don't care.

You will always love him,

eh ?

Even if you have lots of other babies.

I will always love him.

And you too.

Stay where you are.

That's us!

Good evening,

my dear ladies.

My children,

We ate and drank in a school-like manner.

I have never heard anyone say as much nonsense as René-Charles said tonight.

But I must admit I had a lot of fun.

And you,

How did the evening go?

A lot of nonsense has been said.

Us too.

You made a face,

You ?

Do you have the flu?

No,

I have nothing.

That's putting it mildly.

Oh,

Stop,
Cathy,

You're annoying me.

Can we find out what's going on?

Mathieu is getting married.

It doesn't bother me at all.

That's all.

There's no need to elaborate further on this.

That's normal.

No ?

Don't you think so?

She didn't care as much as he was there.

Yes,

but she was used to having it on hand.

That makes a hole.

Exactly.

My mother doesn't want to understand that.

He's getting married.

With whom ?

We'll see her on Sunday.

You have to know what you want.

If you wanted to,

You could have kept it.

An excellent application for a boy.

And if you didn't want to,

Turn the page.

You will give me his phone number,

I have something to tell him.

What ?

Well done.

All right.

No offense intended,

my little girl,

I don't like seeing men behave like lapdogs to their old ladies who are waiting for their sugar.

However,

when it's the opposite,

You think that's perfect.

I think it's ideal.

Good,

I'm going to leave you now.

I'm going home.

Will you walk me to the door?

Yes.

Poached?

No.

Good evening,

my dear Liane.

Thank you for this lovely evening.

I will take the liberty of calling you tomorrow.

Alright.

Oh, by the way,

I wanted to ask you something.

You wouldn't happen to want to remarry me, would you?

Oh,
I was waiting for that one!

Really ?

I completely understand that it makes you feel down to go back to your big place all alone,

But that's not a reason.

I already told you,

Hire a housekeeper or move out.

Thank you very much,

You're too good.

Don't you think I might have other reasons for making you this offer?

Listen,
we're too old to tell you stupid things and to do them.

Go to bed.

Call me tomorrow.

You have a grim reaper's habit in this house of treating men like little boys who have just stolen the jam.

I believe you can at least give me the reasons for your refusal.

without sending me to bed like a naughty boy.

But anyway,

my little René,

Why would you want to repeat something that failed 40 years ago?

Actually,

You don't want to,

Quite simply.

I have a lot of affection for you.

I'm always happy to see you.

But I wonder what the point would be of us moving in together.

You are still in love with Leos.

That's it.

Isn't that right?

You're not going to start a chain of jealousy against me, are you?

Oh,
I'm not going to do anything at all.

I'm going to leave.

And I think it would be better if we didn't see each other again for the time being.

You're overdoing it a bit.

there.

Don't you think so?

No,
I don't think so.

What a funny fellow!

You are.

Good evening,

My dear.

Good evening,

My dear.

And thank you anyway.

What ?

From your marriage proposal,

That's always a pleasure.

Oh,
careful,

It rained.

It's slippery.

So,
Mom,

What's going on?

But what's going on?

Shh,
wait.

Nothing is happening.

Do you want it to happen?

You don't know how to lie.

It's true,

I'm very proud of it.

But I won't tell you anything.

That wouldn't be nice to René-Charles.

He asked you to go live with him.

What an idea!

Don't tire yourself out,

I was sure of it.

He has always been in love with you.

I said it at one point this summer.

So what?

And then,

Do you want me to leave and go live with René-Charles?

No.

And you ?

Me,
I want to stay here,

if they'll have me.

And did you tell Dad?

Yes.

Poor dad.

And you're quite sure?

I'm sure I wouldn't go live with him out of charity.

Not every woman is capable of making a man suffer for 50 years.

He could always make fun of Mathieu.

Ah,
by the way,

Enough.

This is becoming ridiculous.

Finally,
I'm tired of hearing about my love life.

Let's talk about Étienne instead.

At least,

That's age-appropriate.

You see what he

said?

Can we meet for two minutes?

But,

What time is it?

Mom,
you're not walking.

Good,

I'll come down and open the door for you.

Sit down.

No, it's not necessary.

I'm not staying long.

SO ?

So.

I would like to write a book that is not a thriller.

I have an idea.

SO,

I would like to talk to you about it.

Is that why you came to wake me up in the middle of the night?

You could have come to the office,

It seems to me.

I felt like getting started on it earlier.

SO,

I decided before I told you about it,

to know if it's worth it for me to try.

So,
what do you do?

I would like to write a book about

Cleopatra.

Are you interested in publishing it?

I can't just say that.

I'll tell you when I've read it.

It will surely be a masterpiece.

I have a very good feel for the subject.

I'm suggesting it to you first.

THANKS.

And why Cleopatra?

Like that.

And have you been thinking about it for a long time?

For the past 30 seconds.

His cause, Antoine,

He was a great soldier.

He could have been emperor of Rome.

He gave speeches,

as beautiful as Shakespeare.

Pivellon,

He ran into Cleopatra.

Good women like you,

when we meet them,

We should run away.

to look back.

We shouldn't even say hello to them.

Because afterwards we're doomed.

Guys like us can't get away with it anymore.

Instead of being emperors of Rome,

We meet again, carpet brush in Cairo.

Yeah,
yeah,

That's it.

Laughter.

Laughter.

But who would still be talking about Antony if he hadn't loved Cleopatra?

Pretentious.

I wanted to see you.

Well then,

There,

You saw me.

This is the last time.

Goodbye.

You're teasing me with your little nightgown and your big feet, and you think I'm going to leave?

No.

I'm not sleeping.

I left you a note.

I left before everyone woke up.

But a migraine,

That's crazy.

I don't know why.

I have the impression that there's a smell of paint in here.

That.

Well then...

I have to leave for the provinces this afternoon.

I'll call you back when I return.

Is that all you have to say to me?

Bye.

Hi.

When I am with you,

I forget everything else.

And this could end very badly for me.

So it's decided,

I'm going back to Rome.

Farewell.

Signed Antoine.

I don't intend to continue like this.

my old man.

I'm telling you.

I am saying goodbye to this life.

Yeah.

It disgusts me.

It's completely demoralizing me.

Dirty laundry everywhere.

There's nothing to eat in the fridge.

Not to mention that if you get sick,

or if you feel unwell in the street,

or if you ever get hit by a car in a pedestrian crossing,

Well then,

You're in a coma.

You're going to die.

And we warn you,

eh ?

And we'll take you there.

My parents are dead then.

Here we go ?

I don't want to die alone in the hospital.

And I want there to be people at the cemetery when they put me in the hole.

And I want people to mourn me.

And you think Gaye won't go to the cemetery?

Listen, old man,

I'd gladly die first since that's what the statistics say.

And I saw a real widow,

for me alone.

And I don't want to rush things so I don't mess things up.

I'm going to remarry.

That's for sure.

And do I know her?

No.

Me neither.

But I know how I want it.

All that nonsense gave me an ulcer.

I don't want a beauty prize,

nor a Nobel Prize,

But I don't want to have to think that she's going to run off with another guy.

I want peace this time.

I don't fall in love on command.

Well,
there's no way I'm going to fall in love.

I already have an ulcer.

You're going to kill me within the hour.

You.

What are you drinking?

A milk tea.

Two milk teas and still water.

And you,
do you drag me out of bed at 6 a.m.?

Hmm?

Is something wrong?

No,

No,
it's fine.

I want to see you,

I wanted to know how you are.

Well, you see,

I'm not doing well.

But I intend to be very well.

You look awful.

What's going on?

Nothing,
nothing.

Autumn,

It always makes me feel down.

Yeah.

Yeah,
but it's still my favorite season.

Me too.

Poor guy!

Have you seen the beautiful Cathy again?

No.

No,
not since this summer.

Do you think he got sick because of you?

Don't make a big deal out of it!

He may have invented this so that you would come and take care of him.

If I'm sure,

I will rub his ears.

But I'm very happy.

I hate illness.

Okay, goodbye.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Huh?
Yes.

Come,
my darling.

Bye.

Be good.

Two minutes with Mom and I'll be right back.

I'll be there behind.

All right.

I wonder if you'll go through with it and make her give in or not.

Do you think his illness is an act?

I believe he himself would not be able to answer.

Enter.

Good evening, my little René.

Good evening my dear Liane,

It's kind of you to have come.

I think so.

Now that I'm here,

You can save yourself.

What's wrong with you?

I'm not strong.

I'm full of germs.

Good evening, sir.

See you tomorrow and sleep well.

What's wrong?

What did he say?

I asked Mariette to call you because I was caught off guard.

But tomorrow,

You'll surely find me a night watch.

Yes,

No,
not a chance.

I'll stay here until you're on your feet.

It might take longer than you think.

Come on,
tell us a little about what happened.

I woke up last night shivering with a fever.

I took aspirin,

but the fever did not go down.

And then my throat hurts a lot.

But you have a bad case of the flu.

What.

A bad case of the flu?

Why not a cold?

I have white stuff in the back of my throat.

I have tonsillitis.

my little.

Oh,
but there,

You should never leave a sore throat untreated.

It needs to be well cared for.

my dear daddy.

Come on,

NOW,

I'm going home.

And Mom,

You call me tomorrow.

Yes yes.

Bye bye,

gentlemen.

Do you still have anything to drink tonight?

I don't know.

Ah, here it is.

Two tablets at bedtime,

two...

Good.

That's it.

Do you still have a fever?

Do you have a headache?

I feel rather unwell.

I told a wedding to prepare the guest room for you.

You saw it,

Is that okay with you?

Yes,

Alright.

If you have tonsillitis,

We shouldn't talk too much.

But you,

Tell me where you are in the book.

Oh,
at that moment,

I don't know.

I'm racking my brains trying to piece together my childhood.

There are things I remember with great precision, and then there are black holes.

And obviously,

On that note,

There is no one left I can question.

I have some letters from my mother that I miraculously kept.

There is one,

written in Monte Carlo.

I was starting to earn a living,

I offered them a few days of vacation in the south of France.

They went to the casino,

Dad lost 500 francs.

Well,
it wasn't much,

but...

My mother almost got sick from it.

she who had been used to counting pennies by pennies.

Afterwards,

I think she made the sign of the cross every time she saw a casino.

Even from a distance.

And you ?

Are you having too much trouble retracing your early years?

Tessa!

If you don't come down in two minutes,

I'm leaving without you!

Leave without her.

I'll take her as soon as she's ready.

It's a good ordering system.

Give him time to worry.

Pity is dangerous.

You must have read that.

If Tessa had had to fight to survive,

if everyone hadn't been carrying it on their shoulders all their lives,

It would be different.

Believe me.

But wouldn't we lose out by doing so?

I think Tessa makes our lives more beautiful.

She brings something unique,

an atmosphere,

Charming.

I would miss it terribly if she changed.

I think you can sleep soundly.

Come on,

Let's go!

Tessa,

Cathy has left.

I'll take you as soon as you're ready.

Okay, thank you.

Ah,
Mom,

We didn't dare call you.

How is Dad?

He slept very well.

He's still asleep.

And you ?

How are you,

How's it going.

Tell me,

Did Tessa leave with Cathy this morning?

She wasn't ready.

I'll take him there later.

Oh,

It's starting well.

I'm sure René Charme is perfectly fine.

But at night, it's easy to have dark thoughts.

Especially in this apartment.

We even have them during the day.

I thought back to all those nights when I woke Lewis up.

Initially, the doctors diagnosed it as the flu.

You call that the flu?

Mom,
stop.

I'm not afraid of much in life.

But I'm afraid of the disease.

You're not being reasonable.

Dad is not seriously ill.

I'm telling you,

Me.

At his age,

Everything could be serious.

Good,

I understood.

You're going home and I'm going to stay with Dad.

Otherwise,

You're going to give us a breakdown.

But no,

That's impossible.

That would hurt him terribly.

I'm going to pass by this afternoon.

We'll see what we do.

Tessa is ready.

I have to go.

See you later.

Yes,
that's it.

see you later.

The first time I met Liane,

I knew immediately that she wasn't the woman for me.

When we started dating,

All my friends told me over and over again that she wasn't the right woman for me.

I have always been a reasonable and level-headed man.

My enemies would call them bourgeois and narrow-minded,

the taste for risk and adventure that should be deep within each of us,

in my case,

This was manifested by my stubbornness in making my wife out of a woman who was not right for me.

Laurent Wolfram was in love with Liane.

They had passionate and heated conversations about literature,

Music or politics.

Wolfram was, in the eyes of women, so seductive that it was difficult to resist him.

He had black eyes,

a dark complexion,

heavy hair

a vibrant voice,

delicate hands.

I was quickly convinced that Liane was,

She too,

I fell in love with this boy,

handsome like a prince from the Arabian Nights.

One evening in September 1938,

I asked Liane,

with forced calm,

" Tell me,

Liana,

Are you sleeping with that Jew?

She slapped me.

And between us,

after that,

Things were no longer the same.

like before.

Well done !

I compliment you.

It's elegant.

That's why you agreed to come.

i guess,

to secretly read what I write.

Don't talk nonsense.

You are proud of yourself.

maybe.

Hey,
don't shout!

It'll hurt your throat.

Don't make me laugh.

Yes,
okay,

Okay,
maybe I shouldn't have said that.

But anyway,

Finally,

It is intended for publication.

This is not a personal diary.

This is a work in progress.

Yes,
don't get on your high horse.

You would have done the same,

and more than once.

Over my meal.

Pardon,

pardon,

but this apartment would make anyone dishonest.

He is so,

So sinister.

I would never have believed you capable of such a thing.

Ah,

But you feel better,

It seems so.

You may have put sleeping pills back into my medium.

You simply fell asleep because I stopped talking about you.

but from me.

I had a very high fever,

But you don't care about that.

But the fever wasn't there anywhere else,

It's always been like that.

But you are Nubian,

You're crazy.

Show me peace.

Go back to bed,

René Charles.

No,

No,
be nice.

Be reasonable.

Go back to bed.

Don't pretend to be interested in me.

Let's not tile ourselves,

It's not worth it.

Between us,

It's not a big deal.

When you surprised me,

I thought we were very lucky,

you and me,

to still be here today,

alive and in good condition.

In September 1938,

We had a fight because of Laurent Wolfram.

It seems a bit ridiculous today when you think that three years later,

He was deported and was never seen again.

Don't you think so?

Were you in love with him?

Yes.

Excuse me

for having been indiscreet.

I wanted to know what you said about me.

I wonder what that matters to you.

You see,
it affects me,

The proof.

You were his mistress.

Now,
that's enough talking about it.

Hold,

Take your temperature while I go to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Wait,

Before,

Tell me one thing.

You didn't change your mind by any chance?

Regarding your suggestion from the other night?

No.

I don't want to live here with you.

But I won't be far away.

And you'll always know where to find me.

Remember one thing,

my little René.

It's because whatever happened in the past...

The living are the strongest.

and not the dead.

The living,

It's you and me.

Liana,

Don't forget my toast.

No.

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Would you like a coffee?

I'm doing well.

THANKS.

The sky is above the roof,

so blue,

So calm.

Yes, indeed.

work,

That's not really freedom.

It depends on who you ask.

i guess.

For Cathy,

Yes.

Is this your first time working?

I've already made a few attempts.

I have succeeded so far.

That's interesting.

I don't know.

My brain is paralyzed.

I don't dare tell Cathy,

But I hate this play.

I feel like I'm in prison or in a hospital and my brain isn't registering a word of what I'm reading.

I read a lot,

but there are books of which I cannot read a single line.

For example,

that kind of book.

He bores me so much that I don't even understand the meaning of the sentences.

What kind of books do you like?

Clear the mine.

Ah,

Fitzgerald,

Proust,

Catherine Mansfield,

Salinger.

Won.

It wasn't very difficult.

I am married and have three children.

Shall we have a drink together tonight?

Oh no,

That's not possible.

Do you think I'm being too hasty, or are you against adultery?

This has nothing to do with you.

It's me.

I'm not interested.

Not at the moment.

It's true,

I know nothing about you and I'm just going for it.

Pardon.

And my compliments,

Lucky guy.

Wait.

I don't want there to be any misunderstandings.

No one person can stop me.

It's a heartbreak.

I wonder if this is better for my business.

or if it's even worse.

Here we go ?

Go home without me.

I'm having dinner in Paris.

They will take me back.

I would need to have your notes on all of this by the end of next week.

It's understood, my darling.

See you later.

See you later.

Able,

able,

Capable...
That will never change!

Never !

I just have to have three times as much work...

While I'm fixing everything up myself...

I would have been better off abstaining!

I would like to know if you are going to publish my book on Cleopatra or not.

I didn't think about it.

You didn't think of me then.

Oh,

What weather!

my ancestors,

Things are getting out of hand.

That's not possible.

It's still warm.

You saw,

because my hands are cold.

Don't you have any gloves?

I lost them.

Can you imagine?

Okay,
there you go,

It was a real piece of ice.

With the heating system in this car fully developed,

Antoine called to say he was coming to dinner.

And Mathieu comes to call him,

He will call back later.

He is wondering whether he will go to Blois tomorrow or not.

I want to go.

If it continues to snow like this,

You will make snowballs in the garden,

But you won't go anywhere.

I want to go with Dad to see Isabelle's rabbits.

But cars can't drive when there's too much snow.

My love,

Dad and Isabelle will come here.

With the rabbits?

Maybe.

Yes, Mom.

In his room.

She writes about the show.

Oh,

my children,

a little longer,

We're going to be taken out of here by helicopter.

Oh,
sixty...

In 1978 or 1979,

There are people who have died 500 meters from their homes.

under the snow.

There was a truck that could no longer move forward.

He was skating in place.

And we,
we were stuck behind.

Fortunately,

They managed to clear the road before we were buried.

Oh,
it falls with incredible force.

I wanted to come back by train.

But this madman insisted on walking me home.

At that point,
he wanted to leave immediately.

I told him he had to spend the night here.

No,
and no discussion.

Of course.

You're crazy,

grandfather.

If I knew how to reach Antoine,

I would tell him not to come.

What weather!

No ?

We'll have a good idea to take the train to Paris tomorrow.

I have something to tell you.

Three months ago,

I voluntarily stopped taking the pill.

And that's it,

I'm expecting a baby.

It's written there.

And I am very,

Very happy.

My darling.

There's nothing in the world better than babies.

Nothing,

Nothing.

Mom is going to see a little baby.

Are you happy?

My love ?

A little baby?

Yes.

How small?

Like your doll.

When ?

After the holidays.

After the summer holidays?

Yes.

NOW,

I decide.

Come kiss me,

my Cathy.

Oh,

Oh,

with this cold weather,

I think I've caught a long train.

Sit down there,

Go ahead.

When did this happen?

A little over a month.

Did you tell Dad?

No,

He suspects nothing.

That's a surprise.

I stopped taking the pill without telling him.

Ah.

But I know he will be very, very happy.

He was reportedly afraid of having a child.

Actually,

Knowing this,

He wouldn't have done it.

But I know he will be very, very happy.

Well,
he has a good nature.

Personally,
I would have taken it very badly if someone had had a child with me without asking my opinion.

But I would point that out to you.

No,
I know,

Yes.

For centuries,

There are poor girls who have had children without being asked their opinion.

But that's not a sufficient reason.

Ah,
you think so.

I find this plot twist very enjoyable.

Finally, you are astonishingly lighthearted.

It's about bringing a child into the world.

So what?

You always have to dramatize everything.

Isa.

If we were to open a bottle of champagne.

Oh yes !

I'm going.
I'm going to take the baby out.

And where do you intend to house this baby?

I didn't think of that.

We'll find something.

I really don't see where you could put it.

You can't say that you're not consistent in your thinking.

No,

We can't say that.

No.

Here's Antoine.

The ears of love,

I didn't hear anything.

Yes,
I heard the car door.

Good evening Antoine.

Good evening.

What are we celebrating?

SO ?

So,

What we're celebrating is...

This is my Christmas present.

In my opinion.

I'm expecting a baby.

Eh ?

Three months ago,

I stopped taking the pill and that's it.

And why did you stop taking the pill?

On purpose.

On purpose ?

On purpose ?

Are you crazy or what?

You're having a child without asking my opinion?

I wanted to surprise you.

Talk about a surprise!

You're crazy in this house.

You're crazy!

I was sure you would be overjoyed.

On !

On !

Overjoyed!

But...

If I want to have a child,

I'm having a child.

But you don't have the right to have a child!

Like that !

I didn't think you would react like that.

And,

Will this child live?

Not here.

Ah good ?

So I come,

I'll have a child and then I'll leave.

If I have a child,

I will take care of this child.

That's all I ask.

Yes,
but I personally don't want children.

I'm not ready to have children.

I don't know what I'm going to do with my life.

I am not ready to take on responsibilities.

And then,

If you think it's the right time to have children right now with the crisis...

We've already had crises.

I can't believe it.

I can't believe it!

But facing me,

You tricked me.

Do you realize that, or do I?

Never.

You make me very sad.

I never would have thought you would react like that.

I was sure you would be very happy.

Sure.

Well,
you were wrong.

I don't know.

I need to go get some fresh air.

I haven't been this anxious in years.

Good,

Go on,

Thank you,
thank you,

the gift.

Where are you going?

I don't know.

Elsewhere.

Think about whether we can treat a man like that.

I'm not a vending machine.

For me, it was proof of love.

You idiot.

But if you don't understand anything,

fruit.

That's what I do.

Antoine!

You can't drive in this weather!

I never would have believed I would act like that.

But many men experience a kind of panic at the idea of having the responsibility of a child.

We need to give him time to get used to this idea.

I knew he was afraid of responsibility,

fear of life itself,

But I thought that all of a sudden he would feel stronger.

People don't change me.

Look at me.

Can I be changed?

Luckily I'm my age,

my dear ladies,

because really...

Really?

I've already said everything on this subject.

All I have to do now is shut up.

like the others.

But what about others?

The other men,

my dear.

Them and me,

We just have to close it up now.

What's going on?

I knew he wasn't a bad guy!

I wanted to buy you a present.

Do you hear what they're saying to each other?

No,

Are you serious?
It's a store-city in this country.

Everything is closed.

So I was at the drugstore,

I bought you some slippers.

They are embroidered,

You'll see.

And then I learned about champagne.

They're going to wonder why you're whispering like that.

Shh!

So you really love me then?

You are so kind.

Good evening.

Good evening.

So,

as the lady was kind enough to inform me that,

without knowing it,

I had become the head of the family,

I intend to get drunk.

And that's ours, the one I prefer.

He didn't say anything, but he begged me.

But he begs me,

But I love my love.