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It started out as a vacation.
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Arthur Howitzer Jr.,
first year university,
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eager to escape from a bright future
on the Great Plains,
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convinced his father, owner
from the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun,
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to finance his transatlantic trip,
as an instructive opportunity...
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to learn the family business,
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through the production of a series
of travel columns...
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that would be published
in the Sunday supplement, Picnic.
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Over the next decade,
brought together a team...
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with the best
expatriate journalists of the era
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and transformed Picnic
in The French Chronicle...
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a weekly newscast
which dealt with world politics,
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art, high and not so high,
fashion, haute cuisine and drinks,
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as well as various stories of interest
human, located in distant quartiers.
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He brought the world to Kansas.
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Its writers adorn the spines
from every good American library.
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Berensen.
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Sazerac.
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Krementz.
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Roebuck Wright.
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A famous reporter
for being the best living writer...
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as sentences per minute.
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One who never completed an article,
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but he prowled the halls happily
for three decades.
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One, blind in private, who wrote
through the eyes of others.
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The undisputed genius
of grammatical expertise.
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Hermès Jones cover illustrations.
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Known for being courteous
with its writers,
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Arthur Jr. was not so much
with the rest of the magazine's staff.
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What is that?
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I need a turkey!
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Stuffed and roasted, with all
its condiments and the pilgrims!
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Your tax management system
It was far-fetched, but practical.
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Give him 150 francs a week,
the next 15 years,
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for five cents a word,
less expenses.
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His most frequent literary advice,
perhaps apocryphal, it was this:
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You just try to make it sound like
If you had written it like that on purpose.
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His return to Liberty occurs
Exactly 50 years after his departure,
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on the occasion of his funeral,
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when the circulation of the magazine exceeds...
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half a million subscribers
in 50 countries.
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He was buried with a wicker basket,
which contained innumerable insignia,
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high-ranking plaques and distinctions,
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along with an Andretti Ribbon-mate
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and a ream of Egyptian cotton sheets.
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He received a director's funeral.
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His will stipulated that,
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immediately after his death, I quote:
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"The printing press will be dismantled and liquefied.
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The editorial office will be emptied and sold.
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Staff will earn generous bonuses
and your contract will be terminated,
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and the publication of the magazine
will cease forever."
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Thus,
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the director's obituary
It will also be the one in this publication.
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Subscribers will be refunded...
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the unsatisfied part
of your subscriptions.
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His epitaph will be taken,
literally, from the plate...
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on the interior door of his office.
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Berensen's article.
The cool masterpiece.
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Three subordinates,
two split infinitives
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and nine faults in the first sentence.
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Some are intentional.
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The story of Krementz,
revisions of a manifesto.
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We ask for 2,500 words
and has delivered 14,000...
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more footnotes, endings,
glossary and two epilogues.
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It's one of his best.
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-Sazerac?
- It is impossible to contrast.
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Change all the names and just talk
of vagrants, pimps and junkies.
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That's your cast.
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What about Roebuck Wright?
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I hear him typing behind closed doors.
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Don't rush him.
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The question is, which one do we take?
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There is one left over even for a double number,
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that we cannot afford
in no case.
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A message from the manager.
Prints in one hour.
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You're fired.
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Oh really?
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There is no crying in my office.
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Shrink the header, remove ads
and buy more paper.
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I'm not going to kill anyone.
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Good writers.
I spoiled them.
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He encouraged them.
He protected them fiercely.
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What do you think?
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Me?
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I would start with Mr. Sazerac.
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That was his cast.
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Ennui wakes up suddenly one Monday.
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With the time machine
of poetic license,
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Let's take a guided tour.
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A day in Ennui along
of 250 years.
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The great city began as
a grouping of guild towns.
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The only thing that hasn't changed
They are the names.
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The Shoeshine District.
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The Bricklayers' Neighborhood.
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The Butchers' Gallery.
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The Alley of Pickpockets.
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In this place, a famous market...
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that sold all kinds
of victuals and groceries...
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under a vast cover
glass and wrought iron,
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later shot down, as you can see,
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in favor of a Shopping Center
with parking.
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Like any living city,
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Ennui hosts a series
of vermin and scavengers.
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The rats that colonized
its underground railway.
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The cats that colonized
its sloping roofs.
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The anguillettes that colonized
its shallow drains.
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After receiving the Eucharist,
the escolanos prowl...
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Half drunk with the blood of Christ,
harassing innocent pensioners
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and causing chaos.
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In the Quedada neighborhood, students.
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Hungry, restless, reckless.
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In the Shack District,
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elders.
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Failed old people.
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The automobile.
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A double-edged sword.
On the one hand:
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Honking, skidding, acceleration,
backfires and explosions.
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The emission of toxic gases
and stinking pollution,
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the dangerous accidents,
the constant traffic, the high...
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Damn!
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The local statistics department.
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Average rainfall,
750 millimeters.
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Average snowfall,
190,000 flakes.
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Every week they extract
8.25 bodies of the Blasé River.
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A constant figure regardless
of population growth
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and advances in health and hygiene.
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With the sunset, a mix
of undocumented street women
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and gigolos take the place
of the delivery men and shopkeepers,
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And an air of promiscuous calm
saturates the environment.
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What sounds will cut through the night?
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What mysteries will they portend?
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Perhaps the old uncertain saying,
be true.
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All the great beauties...
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they cling to their deepest secrets.
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"Rats, vermin, gigolos, whores."
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Isn't it too sleazy this time?
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- No.
- For decent people.
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It's meant to be fascinating.
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"Pickpockets, corpses,
prisons, urinals... ".
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Don't you want to add a florist
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- or a Museum?
- I don't want to.
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Anywhere nice?
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I hate flowers.
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You could cut the second half
from the second paragraph, by the way.
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You repeat it later.
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OK.
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The subject of today's conference...
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He is the great painter who is at the forefront
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and in the heart
of the French School of Splash,
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Mr. Moses Rosenthaler.
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Widely recognized, as you know,
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for its bold and dramatic style
and the colossal scale of its middle age,
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specifically the polyptych painting
known as...
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Ten Reinforced Concrete Load-Bearing Murals.
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In my opinion it is still
the most eloquent
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and, of course, resonant voice
artistic of his thunderous generation.
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How does this essential piece end...?
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Occupying its unique place
in the permanent installation...
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from the Clampette Collection?
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The story begins in a dining room.
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It is possible that the exposure
Ashtrays, Vases and Macramé,
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a collective exhibition
of amateur craftsmen...
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locked in the psychiatric section
from the prison-asylum of Ennui,
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would have disappeared
from the annals of art history...
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if it were not for the inclusion
among his objects in a small painting...
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of Mr. Rosenthaler, who complied,
At that time,
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a sentence of 50 years
for a double homicide,
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and by observing the work
by another inmate,
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the Levantine art dealer
Julian Cadazio,
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who, by ominous coincidence,
I was locked up...
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in the attached wing
for tax evasion in the second degree.
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Guard.
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Who painted this painting?
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Citizen 7524.
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It is the number assigned to maximum security
for the insane and disturbed.
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Can you provide me with an escort
and a Friendly Visit Stamp...
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for immediate use?
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Simone, nude, cell block J,
leisure room.
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I want to buy it.
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Because?
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Because I like it.
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It is not for sale.
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Yes it is.
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- It's not.
- Yes it is.
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- It's not.
- Yes it is.
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- It's not.
- Yes, it is.
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Every artist sells his work.
That makes him an artist.
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The sale.
If you don't want to sell it, don't paint it.
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The question is what is its price?
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50 cigarettes.
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Better, make it 75.
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Why are you looking at that guard?
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It's Simone.
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I don't want to buy this piece
for 50 cigarettes.
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- 75.
- Or 75 prison currency.
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I want to pay you 250,000 francs
in French legal tender currency.
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Do we agree on the sale?
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I can only offer you a deposit...
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83 centimes, a glazed chestnut
and four cigarettes.
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It's all I own
at this given moment.
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However,
If you accept a signed voucher, I assure you...
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who will receive the remaining amount
in your account in 90 days.
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What is your Bank?
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It doesn't matter.
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How did you learn to do it?
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To paint this kind of paintings.
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And who did he kill?
and how crazy is he really?
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I need to know,
to write a book about you.
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It will give more importance.
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Who is it...?
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Moses Rosenthaler?
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He was born into a wealthy family,
son of a Jewish-Mexican rancher,
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Miguel Sebastian Maria
Moses by Rosenthaler...
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he trained at the Ecole des Antiquités
at great cost to his family.
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But, by the end of his youth,
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He had already gotten rid of luxuries...
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from its wealthy origin
and had replaced them with...
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Misery.
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Hunger.
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Solitude.
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Physical danger.
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Mental illness.
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And, of course...
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criminal violence.
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He didn't take the brush
during the first decade...
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of his long sentence.
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Permission to sign up for activities.
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This?
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Citizen 7524, please proceed to class.
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What is it referring to?
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Tell the group about yourself.
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I don't want to do it.
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It is mandatory.
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You already know me.
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That's not the point.
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- I haven't prepared anything.
- Say something.
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Well, I've been here for 3647 days and nights.
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I have another 14603 left.
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I drink seven liters of mouthwash
a week.
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At that rate,
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I estimate that I will be poisoned...
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before I can see the world again.
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That makes me feel...
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very sad
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I have to change my program.
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I have to change direction.
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I will do anything
for having your hands busy.
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If not,
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I think I could commit suicide.
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That's why I signed up
to pottery and basketry.
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My name is Moses.
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Sit down.
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What is your name, gardienne?
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Simone.
256
00:21:13,116 --> 00:21:16,411
There are women who are attracted
for the imprisoned men.
257
00:21:16,578 --> 00:21:18,330
It is a known condition.
258
00:21:19,331 --> 00:21:21,792
There is something about the captivity of others...
259
00:21:21,959 --> 00:21:25,128
that enhances the experience
of his own freedom.
260
00:21:25,420 --> 00:21:27,422
I assure you, it's erotic.
261
00:21:27,965 --> 00:21:29,466
Look at her, by the way.
262
00:21:29,633 --> 00:21:31,385
Born into a state of almost servitude.
263
00:21:31,635 --> 00:21:33,095
16 brothers and sisters.
264
00:21:33,387 --> 00:21:35,138
Illiterate until age 20.
265
00:21:35,305 --> 00:21:37,558
Now a woman
with substantial properties.
266
00:21:37,724 --> 00:21:38,892
Radiant.
267
00:21:39,017 --> 00:21:39,893
Good God.
268
00:21:40,018 --> 00:21:41,338
It's not that slide.
That's me.
269
00:21:43,188 --> 00:21:47,484
Simone, of course, rejected all
Rosenthaler's marriage pleas,
270
00:21:47,651 --> 00:21:49,778
which, it is said, were frequent
271
00:21:49,945 --> 00:21:52,197
and wonderfully enthusiastic.
272
00:21:52,823 --> 00:21:55,659
I want to say it
as simply as possible.
273
00:21:55,868 --> 00:21:58,328
I try to shape it with words...
274
00:21:58,996 --> 00:22:00,706
to the feelings of my heart.
275
00:22:01,540 --> 00:22:03,041
- I don't love you.
- I love you.
276
00:22:03,584 --> 00:22:04,418
That?
277
00:22:04,585 --> 00:22:06,003
I don't love you.
278
00:22:06,503 --> 00:22:07,588
Already?
279
00:22:07,754 --> 00:22:08,765
Given that?
280
00:22:08,922 --> 00:22:10,340
How do you already know?
281
00:22:10,507 --> 00:22:12,107
How can you be sure?
It's very fast.
282
00:22:12,259 --> 00:22:13,594
I'm sure.
283
00:22:16,305 --> 00:22:17,556
That hurts me.
284
00:22:17,723 --> 00:22:21,059
The cruelty.
The coldness.
285
00:22:21,226 --> 00:22:23,937
You said what you wanted.
I've tried to stop you. That's it.
286
00:22:24,188 --> 00:22:26,398
I have said part of what I wanted to say.
287
00:22:26,565 --> 00:22:28,775
I have stayed halfway.
There is more.
288
00:22:29,109 --> 00:22:30,235
No.
289
00:22:31,069 --> 00:22:33,322
- Not what? Want...?
- No.
290
00:22:33,488 --> 00:22:34,768
- Do you want to marry me?
- No.
291
00:23:01,517 --> 00:23:03,143
I need painting supplies.
292
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,439
Canvases, stretchers, brushes, turpentine.
293
00:23:07,606 --> 00:23:09,149
What do you want to paint?
294
00:23:09,483 --> 00:23:10,984
The future.
295
00:23:15,155 --> 00:23:16,823
Which are you.
296
00:23:18,575 --> 00:23:21,453
Although he was not considered
a great connoisseur,
297
00:23:21,620 --> 00:23:24,540
Julian Cadazio had a good eye
298
00:23:24,706 --> 00:23:27,459
and he did us all a huge favor...
299
00:23:27,626 --> 00:23:30,420
when, recently released from prison...
300
00:23:35,968 --> 00:23:38,470
No more flowers and fruit bowls.
301
00:23:38,762 --> 00:23:41,098
No more beaches or marinas.
302
00:23:41,598 --> 00:23:44,184
Goodbye to armor,
rugs and tapestries.
303
00:23:44,852 --> 00:23:46,144
I have found something new.
304
00:23:57,072 --> 00:23:58,115
Modern art?
305
00:23:58,323 --> 00:24:00,576
Modern art.
Our specialty from now on.
306
00:24:00,742 --> 00:24:02,244
- I don't understand.
- Of course not.
307
00:24:02,411 --> 00:24:03,531
- Am I older?
- Of course.
308
00:24:03,662 --> 00:24:05,706
- Why is it good?
- It's not good. It's not the idea.
309
00:24:05,873 --> 00:24:06,957
That's not an answer.
310
00:24:07,124 --> 00:24:08,959
Exact.
Do you see the girl?
311
00:24:09,167 --> 00:24:10,210
No.
312
00:24:10,377 --> 00:24:12,379
Believe me, it's there.
313
00:24:14,756 --> 00:24:17,092
To know if a modern artist
knows what he's doing,
314
00:24:17,259 --> 00:24:20,596
let me paint you a horse, a flower
or a sinking frigate.
315
00:24:20,762 --> 00:24:22,431
Something that looks like...
316
00:24:22,598 --> 00:24:24,641
to the thing it supposedly represents.
317
00:24:25,017 --> 00:24:27,144
Can you do it?
Look at this.
318
00:24:27,936 --> 00:24:30,272
Drawn in 45 seconds
with a burnt match.
319
00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,608
A perfect sparrow.
It's excellent.
320
00:24:32,774 --> 00:24:33,785
Can I keep it?
321
00:24:33,942 --> 00:24:35,235
Don't be stupid.
Of course not.
322
00:24:35,402 --> 00:24:38,447
The point is that I could paint
that good if I wanted,
323
00:24:38,614 --> 00:24:40,699
but he thinks this is better.
324
00:24:40,866 --> 00:24:42,826
And I think I agree.
325
00:24:43,535 --> 00:24:46,914
Simone, nude, cell block J,
leisure room could be a masterpiece...
326
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,083
which is worth a significant amount,
exorbitant even.
327
00:24:51,001 --> 00:24:52,169
But not yet.
328
00:24:52,961 --> 00:24:55,214
You have to create the desire.
329
00:24:57,591 --> 00:24:59,134
Until when is he locked up?
330
00:25:10,687 --> 00:25:12,397
Mr. Rosenthaler,
331
00:25:13,148 --> 00:25:15,526
Why should we put him back on the street?
332
00:25:16,652 --> 00:25:19,029
Because it was an accident, Your Honor.
333
00:25:19,988 --> 00:25:22,407
I didn't mean to kill anyone.
334
00:25:23,033 --> 00:25:26,203
He beheaded two bartenders,
with a butcher saw.
335
00:25:30,916 --> 00:25:33,043
The first bartender was an accident.
336
00:25:34,127 --> 00:25:36,338
The second was in self-defense.
337
00:25:36,922 --> 00:25:39,383
Be that as it may,
338
00:25:39,550 --> 00:25:42,594
what proof of genuine remorse
or, at least,
339
00:25:42,761 --> 00:25:45,347
of repentance can offer
for decapitating them?
340
00:25:49,768 --> 00:25:51,186
They deserved it.
341
00:25:51,770 --> 00:25:53,647
- How do you say?
- Excuse me.
342
00:25:55,774 --> 00:25:57,693
In this ritual they ask...
343
00:25:57,860 --> 00:26:00,445
if anyone has something to say
Let him speak or remain silent forever?
344
00:26:00,654 --> 00:26:01,864
Like at a wedding.
345
00:26:02,030 --> 00:26:04,074
- No.
- I'll be brief.
346
00:26:08,579 --> 00:26:10,956
we all know
that this man is a murderer.
347
00:26:11,123 --> 00:26:14,710
Completely guilty of murder,
no matter how you look at it.
348
00:26:14,877 --> 00:26:15,919
That's clear.
349
00:26:16,086 --> 00:26:19,423
However, it is also that being,
unique in a generation,
350
00:26:19,590 --> 00:26:23,093
that one hears about,
but he never manages to discover.
351
00:26:24,219 --> 00:26:26,180
A genius of art.
352
00:26:26,930 --> 00:26:29,850
There must be a double principle
for these dilemmas.
353
00:26:30,184 --> 00:26:34,062
Plus, he's supposed to be psychotic.
That's not your fault.
354
00:26:34,229 --> 00:26:36,690
With all due respect,
I propose the following.
355
00:26:38,525 --> 00:26:41,236
Couldn't we invent
another way to punish him?
356
00:26:42,029 --> 00:26:45,115
Your right to request parole
was revoked...
357
00:26:45,282 --> 00:26:46,867
for the remainder of his sentence.
358
00:26:48,327 --> 00:26:49,786
There are no more questions.
359
00:26:50,287 --> 00:26:54,124
Despite everything, Cadazio and his uncles
unanimously decided...
360
00:26:54,291 --> 00:26:57,127
promote the artist
how its exclusive representatives...
361
00:26:57,294 --> 00:26:59,087
throughout the free world.
362
00:27:01,548 --> 00:27:04,384
Simone traveled the length and breadth of the world.
363
00:27:06,261 --> 00:27:07,846
The Hall of Ennui.
364
00:27:10,307 --> 00:27:12,142
The Royal Exhibition.
365
00:27:13,519 --> 00:27:16,355
The International Pavilion
from the Liberty, Kansas State Fair
366
00:27:16,522 --> 00:27:18,649
which was about to be reduced to ashes.
367
00:27:19,149 --> 00:27:21,485
In short, the painting caused a sensation.
368
00:27:24,029 --> 00:27:26,532
Even his early work,
practically forgotten,
369
00:27:26,698 --> 00:27:30,452
inspired robust sales
on the secondary market.
370
00:27:32,037 --> 00:27:35,749
Meanwhile, Rosenthaler
He continued working in confinement.
371
00:27:36,208 --> 00:27:39,711
Surprisingly, the artist preferred
materials obtained...
372
00:27:39,878 --> 00:27:42,673
exclusively on the premises
of the prison-asylum.
373
00:27:43,423 --> 00:27:45,092
Powdered eggs.
374
00:27:45,551 --> 00:27:46,969
Dove blood.
375
00:27:47,469 --> 00:27:48,846
Shackle grease.
376
00:27:49,096 --> 00:27:50,889
Charcoal, cork and manure.
377
00:27:51,056 --> 00:27:52,516
Fire, of course.
378
00:27:53,058 --> 00:27:54,810
Chicken yellow kitchen soap.
379
00:27:54,977 --> 00:27:57,855
And fresh millet cream as a binder.
380
00:27:59,231 --> 00:28:01,483
Simone liked to pose.
381
00:28:01,692 --> 00:28:03,902
He had Olympic skill
to maintain...
382
00:28:04,069 --> 00:28:07,781
extremely difficult postures
for long periods.
383
00:28:08,115 --> 00:28:11,785
He showed very little vulnerability
to the extremes of cold and heat.
384
00:28:11,910 --> 00:28:14,705
After the most adverse exposures...
385
00:28:14,872 --> 00:28:18,876
his skin appeared unburned,
without bruises and without goosebumps.
386
00:28:19,042 --> 00:28:20,085
Another anecdote.
387
00:28:20,252 --> 00:28:23,088
I enjoyed the smell of turpentine
388
00:28:23,255 --> 00:28:27,426
and years later he came to use it
in their personal grooming.
389
00:28:28,927 --> 00:28:30,888
She was more than a muse.
390
00:28:35,976 --> 00:28:37,436
Lower the lever.
391
00:28:45,944 --> 00:28:48,989
Put the lever down, idiot.
392
00:28:54,077 --> 00:28:56,330
What's the matter?
Go back to work.
393
00:28:57,289 --> 00:28:58,999
Can't.
394
00:28:59,458 --> 00:29:01,376
I don't want to.
It's very hard.
395
00:29:02,502 --> 00:29:04,087
It's torture.
396
00:29:04,504 --> 00:29:07,841
I am a literally tortured artist.
397
00:29:10,802 --> 00:29:12,262
Poor thing.
398
00:29:13,055 --> 00:29:14,066
Get out.
399
00:29:31,281 --> 00:29:32,292
Is that what you want?
400
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:11,989
What is your problem?
401
00:30:13,615 --> 00:30:14,992
I don't know what to paint.
402
00:30:56,867 --> 00:30:59,369
The French School Action Group
of the Splash.
403
00:30:59,870 --> 00:31:03,540
A bunch of dynamic, talented,
vigorous, ragged, alcoholic
404
00:31:03,707 --> 00:31:06,460
and violent wild creators.
405
00:31:07,502 --> 00:31:10,547
They were inspired and often...
406
00:31:10,714 --> 00:31:14,009
they attacked each other personally
for more than two decades.
407
00:31:14,176 --> 00:31:15,928
Now, I'll drink.
408
00:31:20,891 --> 00:31:23,602
Remember, at that time,
how do they know,
409
00:31:23,769 --> 00:31:27,773
It was more socially acceptable.
that a painter or sculptor...
410
00:31:27,940 --> 00:31:31,235
hit another with a chair
or even a brick,
411
00:31:31,401 --> 00:31:35,864
or that he went around with a black eye
or a broken tooth.
412
00:31:36,907 --> 00:31:40,244
Certainly, and I'm getting ahead of myself,
but my own experience...
413
00:31:40,410 --> 00:31:43,956
tells me that Rosenthaler could have
unpredictable outbursts.
414
00:31:44,122 --> 00:31:47,668
For example, the pigment warehouse
under his study,
415
00:31:47,834 --> 00:31:49,836
on the Boulevard des Plombiers.
On one occasion...
416
00:31:50,003 --> 00:31:55,676
He grabbed me and locked me in, and tried
fuck me in an inappropriate way...
417
00:31:55,842 --> 00:31:58,154
against the wall, in a corner
from said pigment warehouse.
418
00:31:58,178 --> 00:32:01,431
I was crazy.
It was the official diagnosis.
419
00:32:11,191 --> 00:32:14,319
The Cadazios, evidently,
They represented them all.
420
00:32:24,788 --> 00:32:26,373
It's three years later.
421
00:32:26,582 --> 00:32:28,476
we have converted you
in the most famous living painter...
422
00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:31,378
basing ourselves
in an overrated box.
423
00:32:31,545 --> 00:32:32,921
You are a course in Fine Arts.
424
00:32:33,088 --> 00:32:34,590
You are an entry in the encyclopedia.
425
00:32:34,756 --> 00:32:37,551
Even your disciples have won
and squandered multiple fortunes,
426
00:32:37,718 --> 00:32:40,429
but you refuse to teach us
even a sketch or study...
427
00:32:40,596 --> 00:32:43,724
of a new work throughout
of all this long period.
428
00:32:43,891 --> 00:32:45,392
How long will we have to wait?
429
00:32:45,559 --> 00:32:47,644
Don't answer, it wasn't a question.
430
00:32:48,478 --> 00:32:50,522
We have already printed the invitations.
431
00:32:50,689 --> 00:32:51,982
Let's go in.
432
00:32:52,357 --> 00:32:54,443
All.
The collectors. The critics.
433
00:32:54,693 --> 00:32:57,133
Even the second-rate imitators
that we represent and adore you,
434
00:32:57,279 --> 00:32:59,865
they give you contraband
and they are probably better than you.
435
00:33:00,199 --> 00:33:03,410
Only bribes will be scandalous,
how will these guards confirm.
436
00:33:03,619 --> 00:33:04,995
But we will pay them.
437
00:33:05,245 --> 00:33:06,830
So finish it, whatever it is.
438
00:33:07,372 --> 00:33:09,208
The exhibition is in two weeks.
439
00:33:17,174 --> 00:33:19,092
She thinks he's ready, by the way.
440
00:33:19,593 --> 00:33:20,677
It's ready.
441
00:33:23,388 --> 00:33:25,224
Another year wouldn't hurt.
442
00:33:28,268 --> 00:33:32,147
My boss at that time
received the intriguing call...
443
00:33:32,314 --> 00:33:34,191
by high priority cable.
444
00:33:34,358 --> 00:33:37,986
I mean, of course,
to Upshur "Maw" Clampette.
445
00:33:39,238 --> 00:33:41,281
Astute collector of antiques.
446
00:33:41,448 --> 00:33:43,075
Great friend of the avant-garde.
447
00:33:43,242 --> 00:33:46,537
His collection, even incipient,
It was known and important.
448
00:33:46,703 --> 00:33:50,374
As well as his residence, the first
American commission by Ingo Steen,
449
00:33:50,541 --> 00:33:53,669
informally known as
The Doorstop House.
450
00:33:54,378 --> 00:33:58,507
It was my duty and my privilege to catalog,
451
00:33:58,674 --> 00:34:02,010
file and advise, although it did
what he wanted...
452
00:34:02,177 --> 00:34:04,221
no matter what you told him.
453
00:34:04,888 --> 00:34:09,267
Thus, we began the long journey
from Liberty to Ennui.
454
00:34:10,352 --> 00:34:13,229
My dear Mrs. Clampette,
Maw, if you allow me,
455
00:34:13,397 --> 00:34:16,441
please join us
at the first public exhibition...
456
00:34:16,608 --> 00:34:20,278
of the fascinating work of Mr.
Rosenthaler, which not even I have been able to see.
457
00:34:20,611 --> 00:34:23,240
In order to facilitate the visit
opportunely,
458
00:34:23,407 --> 00:34:26,994
maybe we should sneak in
to the facilities...
459
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,162
where the artist resides.
460
00:34:29,454 --> 00:34:32,082
Trust my assistants,
to organize all the details
461
00:34:32,249 --> 00:34:33,876
and preparations for your visit.
462
00:34:34,126 --> 00:34:38,005
As a precaution, do not bring matches,
lighters, or sharp objects.
463
00:34:38,546 --> 00:34:41,383
We await your confirmation
with lively expectation.
464
00:34:41,550 --> 00:34:45,637
Yours sincerely,
Uncles and Nephew Cadazio Gallery.
465
00:34:49,224 --> 00:34:52,352
The van picked us up
after the last deposit...
466
00:34:52,519 --> 00:34:56,398
of girls of the night and party animals
in the drunk cell at 3:00.
467
00:35:42,903 --> 00:35:44,947
Moses, are you here?
468
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:49,868
Do you want to say a few words?
469
00:35:50,035 --> 00:35:53,455
Or perhaps welcome our
guests, some of whom...
470
00:35:53,622 --> 00:35:56,041
They have traveled from far away
to see your work?
471
00:35:56,208 --> 00:35:58,961
Or, alternatively, I don't know.
472
00:35:59,628 --> 00:36:00,639
Hello?
473
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:05,884
Silence, please!
474
00:36:06,552 --> 00:36:08,136
Silence, please!
475
00:36:12,057 --> 00:36:14,268
I made it.
It's good! This is historic.
476
00:36:14,434 --> 00:36:16,144
Uncork the champagne!
I made it.
477
00:36:16,311 --> 00:36:17,322
Music!
478
00:36:23,735 --> 00:36:25,213
Why are you sitting in a chair like an invalid?
479
00:36:25,237 --> 00:36:27,157
You should dance on the tables!
It's a triumph!
480
00:36:32,452 --> 00:36:33,871
Do you like it?
481
00:36:35,038 --> 00:36:36,665
What if I like it?
482
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:38,292
Yes.
483
00:36:44,715 --> 00:36:46,717
Look at Maw, she's fascinated.
484
00:36:49,178 --> 00:36:51,430
This is a fresco, isn't it?
485
00:36:51,597 --> 00:36:53,717
Exact. He is a Renaissance master
of the highest level.
486
00:36:53,849 --> 00:36:56,810
Exploit the same vein
than Piperno Pierluigi, when he illustrated...
487
00:36:56,977 --> 00:37:00,063
The Christ Before the Celestial Altar of God,
in 1565.
488
00:37:00,230 --> 00:37:02,900
Maw, no one has such a good eye
for the never seen...
489
00:37:03,066 --> 00:37:05,068
like Maw Clampette of Liberty, Kansas.
490
00:37:05,235 --> 00:37:07,571
We should be ashamed
be in his presence.
491
00:37:07,738 --> 00:37:09,364
Why the hell did he say fresh?
492
00:37:10,532 --> 00:37:13,202
Is it painted on the wall?
493
00:37:13,911 --> 00:37:16,121
No. What has he done?
494
00:37:16,747 --> 00:37:18,582
Damn idiot.
495
00:37:18,790 --> 00:37:19,917
Have you seen?
Look!
496
00:37:20,083 --> 00:37:22,085
- It's absolutely wonderful.
- It's crucial!
497
00:37:22,252 --> 00:37:24,796
Maybe it's a turning point
in human pictography.
498
00:37:24,963 --> 00:37:28,133
Scratched and plastered
in a reinforced concrete gym.
499
00:37:28,342 --> 00:37:29,760
He's even painted the radiators!
500
00:37:29,968 --> 00:37:33,597
Maybe a restaurateur
from the Fondazione dell'Arte Classico...
501
00:37:33,764 --> 00:37:35,724
come up with how to loosen the drawings.
502
00:37:35,891 --> 00:37:37,684
This is a maximum security prison.
503
00:37:37,851 --> 00:37:38,862
It's federal property.
504
00:37:38,977 --> 00:37:41,396
Start the bureaucratic nightmare
It will take years...
505
00:37:41,522 --> 00:37:44,858
negotiating with several expensive lawyers,
arrogant and annoying.
506
00:37:45,025 --> 00:37:47,152
I don't even know how he could get up.
It's a fresco.
507
00:37:47,653 --> 00:37:50,656
Hey! It's cool!
508
00:37:51,657 --> 00:37:52,657
And?
509
00:37:52,699 --> 00:37:55,202
Are you able to conceive
the pile of money...
510
00:37:55,369 --> 00:37:58,247
that we have squandered to arrive
to this point of no return?
511
00:37:58,664 --> 00:37:59,790
Look at them!
512
00:38:01,375 --> 00:38:02,375
You have ruined us!
513
00:38:02,459 --> 00:38:03,919
Doesn't that mean anything?
514
00:38:04,253 --> 00:38:05,337
I thought you liked me.
515
00:38:05,796 --> 00:38:08,507
I think it sucks!
516
00:38:09,716 --> 00:38:10,801
Get up from that chair!
517
00:38:10,968 --> 00:38:13,512
I'm going to break your face
all over this leisure room!
518
00:38:15,848 --> 00:38:18,600
Don't growl at me, convicted murderer.
519
00:38:18,934 --> 00:38:23,522
Homicidal, suicidal drunk,
Talentless psychopathic!
520
00:38:48,088 --> 00:38:50,090
Why didn't you tell me, gardienne?
521
00:38:51,133 --> 00:38:53,260
Because I would have stopped it.
522
00:39:00,142 --> 00:39:01,602
You have to accept it.
523
00:39:01,768 --> 00:39:03,687
Your need to fail is greater...
524
00:39:03,854 --> 00:39:06,481
that our iron desires
that he triumphs.
525
00:39:06,648 --> 00:39:08,692
I surrender.
He has defeated us.
526
00:39:08,859 --> 00:39:11,153
- He has defeated us.
- Sad, but true.
527
00:39:12,738 --> 00:39:16,575
Well at least it's over
the damn work.
528
00:39:17,576 --> 00:39:20,913
It's probably contemplation
more interesting peripheral vision...
529
00:39:21,079 --> 00:39:22,623
that I have seen.
530
00:39:30,505 --> 00:39:32,174
Well done, Moses.
531
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:45,187
Well done, Moses.
It is full of greatness.
532
00:39:46,897 --> 00:39:49,525
If you have put enough layer,
it may last.
533
00:39:50,776 --> 00:39:52,861
We'll come see him again someday.
534
00:39:53,153 --> 00:39:54,488
God willing.
535
00:39:54,780 --> 00:39:57,199
You will still be here, of course.
536
00:39:59,660 --> 00:40:01,328
It's all Simone.
537
00:40:16,468 --> 00:40:19,930
At that moment they both knew
Simone's intention...
538
00:40:20,180 --> 00:40:23,475
to leave his position in the prison-asylum
from Ennui the next day,
539
00:40:23,767 --> 00:40:26,186
endowed with the funds provided
by the Cadazios,
540
00:40:26,436 --> 00:40:30,357
as compensation for your work
as Rosenthaler's model and muse.
541
00:40:31,483 --> 00:40:33,986
He reunited with the abandoned creature...
542
00:40:34,152 --> 00:40:35,863
which had illuminated during his youth,
543
00:40:36,029 --> 00:40:38,615
and they were never separated again.
544
00:40:39,616 --> 00:40:42,327
She and Rosenthaler maintained
regular correspondence...
545
00:40:42,494 --> 00:40:44,288
the rest of the artist's life.
546
00:40:49,793 --> 00:40:52,254
Mrs. Clampette wishes
reserve the work.
547
00:40:53,672 --> 00:40:54,683
Half sticker?
548
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,008
Yes please.
549
00:40:56,174 --> 00:40:57,676
If you decide to close the sale,
550
00:40:57,843 --> 00:41:00,554
Do you find this amount acceptable?
to you and your uncles?
551
00:41:04,308 --> 00:41:05,517
Can you give us a deposit?
552
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,354
Maw?
An advance on the total?
553
00:41:11,148 --> 00:41:14,318
Tell those trapped French,
I don't promise anything.
554
00:41:14,484 --> 00:41:17,196
Ten reinforced concrete load-bearing murals...
555
00:41:17,362 --> 00:41:19,865
would remain reserved
in the name of Upshur Clampette...
556
00:41:20,032 --> 00:41:21,992
for the next 20 years.
557
00:41:26,747 --> 00:41:27,758
What prisoners?
558
00:41:32,628 --> 00:41:35,172
We don't bribe rapists and pickpockets.
It would be immoral.
559
00:41:35,339 --> 00:41:38,300
Besides, I don't bring another six million
of francs in small bills.
560
00:41:45,182 --> 00:41:46,350
How did they come out?
561
00:41:47,017 --> 00:41:48,310
What do we do?
562
00:41:48,602 --> 00:41:49,686
Close the door.
563
00:41:59,071 --> 00:42:01,615
At the end, 72 prisoners
564
00:42:01,782 --> 00:42:06,245
and six members of the School of the
Splash ended up dead or badly injured.
565
00:42:06,411 --> 00:42:09,498
To Moses Rosenthaler,
for acts of great value...
566
00:42:09,665 --> 00:42:13,794
who saved the lives of nine guards,
22 distinguished visitors
567
00:42:13,961 --> 00:42:16,004
and the ministers of Culture and Urbanity,
568
00:42:16,171 --> 00:42:19,466
was granted
probation for life.
569
00:42:21,593 --> 00:42:24,429
And he was decorated
with the Order of the Caged Lion.
570
00:42:31,103 --> 00:42:34,898
Two decades later, following
Clampette's detailed instructions,
571
00:42:35,065 --> 00:42:38,819
Cadazio and his own nephews
They organized the transfer of the entire room...
572
00:42:39,027 --> 00:42:43,866
on board an air transport
12-engine Goliath artillery
573
00:42:44,032 --> 00:42:46,952
directly from Ennui to Liberty.
574
00:42:51,415 --> 00:42:54,710
In this way the avant-garde
took his place...
575
00:42:54,877 --> 00:42:57,337
on the plains of central Kansas.
576
00:43:09,892 --> 00:43:12,060
"Pencils, pens, erasers, thumbtacks,
577
00:43:12,227 --> 00:43:14,271
tacks,
typewriter mechanic.
578
00:43:15,230 --> 00:43:19,276
Why do I pay for a hotel room?
in a beach club on the Atlantic coast?
579
00:43:19,443 --> 00:43:21,320
I had to go there to write it.
580
00:43:22,112 --> 00:43:24,823
"Breakfast, lunch, dinner, laundry,
drinks, appetizers".
581
00:43:25,073 --> 00:43:29,077
What's wrong with the desktop
What's here, in your office?
582
00:43:29,244 --> 00:43:30,537
Courtesy of this magazine.
583
00:43:30,704 --> 00:43:33,415
Don't ask me for details
about what happened between Moses and me...
584
00:43:33,582 --> 00:43:36,084
in a beach hotel 20 years ago.
We were lovers.
585
00:43:36,251 --> 00:43:37,920
I came back to remember.
586
00:43:38,378 --> 00:43:39,630
At my expense.
587
00:43:39,796 --> 00:43:40,923
Yes please.
588
00:43:42,883 --> 00:43:44,092
Add it to the account.
589
00:44:06,114 --> 00:44:07,449
March 1st.
590
00:44:08,867 --> 00:44:12,162
Negotiations between students
and the rector of the University...
591
00:44:12,329 --> 00:44:14,081
they fail at dawn...
592
00:44:14,248 --> 00:44:16,917
after clamorous debates, furious insults
593
00:44:17,084 --> 00:44:19,670
and, finally, direct bets on...
594
00:44:20,420 --> 00:44:24,716
the right of students to access
to the students' dormitories.
595
00:44:24,967 --> 00:44:27,052
The protest, which ended in stalemate...
596
00:44:30,597 --> 00:44:32,808
it seemed like an exercise in vanity...
597
00:44:32,975 --> 00:44:34,695
for the contingent
from acne and hormones.
598
00:44:38,772 --> 00:44:41,733
But, in fact, both sexes
were represented.
599
00:44:42,067 --> 00:44:43,402
Young lady.
600
00:44:44,152 --> 00:44:45,163
Shoes!
601
00:44:46,989 --> 00:44:50,242
And all the participants insisted
at the origin of his frustration:
602
00:44:50,409 --> 00:44:53,495
The desire or, better,
the biological necessity...
603
00:44:54,329 --> 00:44:56,665
of freedom.
Full stop.
604
00:44:57,791 --> 00:44:59,585
It has mutated into symbolism,
605
00:44:59,751 --> 00:45:01,503
and everyone talks about it.
606
00:45:04,882 --> 00:45:05,893
Fifth of March.
607
00:45:06,383 --> 00:45:07,801
Late dinner at the B.'s house
608
00:45:08,218 --> 00:45:10,804
The eldest son, 19 years old,
He hasn't been home since yesterday.
609
00:45:12,556 --> 00:45:15,767
The father found him at noon
demonstrating with his comrades.
610
00:45:15,934 --> 00:45:16,945
His motto:
611
00:45:17,644 --> 00:45:19,605
"The children are angry."
612
00:45:20,147 --> 00:45:20,981
Thank you.
613
00:45:21,148 --> 00:45:23,692
The other dinner guest
has not yet been presented.
614
00:45:23,859 --> 00:45:25,152
Something I am grateful for.
615
00:45:25,319 --> 00:45:27,529
They had not warned me
of your invitation.
616
00:45:27,696 --> 00:45:30,657
We didn't want to offend you.
We're sorry.
617
00:45:30,824 --> 00:45:33,994
We thought you would decline the invitation,
yes you knew it.
618
00:45:34,161 --> 00:45:35,287
- They were right.
- Yes.
619
00:45:35,454 --> 00:45:40,167
The media reports the use of aggressive
measures for crowd control. I quote...
620
00:45:40,334 --> 00:45:42,711
Give it a chance.
He is very intelligent.
621
00:45:43,378 --> 00:45:45,172
How long has it been since what's his name?
622
00:45:45,339 --> 00:45:46,566
I know they mean well.
623
00:45:46,590 --> 00:45:49,885
"It starts with an itch
of exposed skin."
624
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:56,099
I'm not a spinster.
625
00:45:56,725 --> 00:45:57,736
You don't seem that way to us.
626
00:45:58,644 --> 00:45:59,644
Of course not.
627
00:45:59,686 --> 00:46:02,940
"Afterwards, redness and inflammation
of the orbital muscles."
628
00:46:03,315 --> 00:46:04,525
I say it sincerely.
629
00:46:04,983 --> 00:46:06,735
I live alone by choice.
630
00:46:06,944 --> 00:46:08,987
I prefer relationships that end.
631
00:46:09,238 --> 00:46:12,115
I have chosen not to have a husband or children.
632
00:46:12,282 --> 00:46:16,411
The biggest burdens for any woman
who wants to live from and to write.
633
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:18,705
- Why do we cry?
- Because it's sad.
634
00:46:19,331 --> 00:46:20,411
We don't want you to be alone.
635
00:46:20,541 --> 00:46:21,959
Loneliness is poverty.
636
00:46:22,125 --> 00:46:23,525
I'm not sad.
My eyes hurt.
637
00:46:23,669 --> 00:46:25,379
Something happens in your apartment.
638
00:46:25,546 --> 00:46:29,049
"Finally, a stabbing pain
and snot coming out of the nose...
639
00:46:29,216 --> 00:46:30,842
while the throat contracts."
640
00:46:31,009 --> 00:46:32,020
Don't breathe.
641
00:46:45,107 --> 00:46:46,483
I'm naked, Mrs. Krementz.
642
00:46:47,317 --> 00:46:48,527
I see it now.
643
00:46:48,694 --> 00:46:50,529
- Why are you crying?
- Tear gas.
644
00:46:50,737 --> 00:46:51,780
Also...
645
00:46:52,906 --> 00:46:54,783
I guess I'm sad.
646
00:46:57,286 --> 00:46:59,580
Turn around, I'm ashamed
of my new muscles.
647
00:47:04,376 --> 00:47:06,587
Tell your parents you're home.
They are worried.
648
00:47:06,753 --> 00:47:08,714
They wait for me at the barricades.
649
00:47:08,881 --> 00:47:10,299
I have not seen barricades.
650
00:47:10,465 --> 00:47:12,885
Well,
It's just that we are still putting them together.
651
00:47:13,927 --> 00:47:14,970
What do you write?
652
00:47:15,137 --> 00:47:16,388
A manifesto.
653
00:47:16,555 --> 00:47:18,473
I warned them not to invite Paul.
654
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:21,101
I may be sad,
But I don't think she feels alone.
655
00:47:21,268 --> 00:47:22,279
Exactly!
656
00:47:22,436 --> 00:47:24,897
I saw her at the protest, taking notes.
657
00:47:25,272 --> 00:47:27,983
Do you see a story in us?
For the people of Kansas.
658
00:47:28,233 --> 00:47:29,067
Can.
659
00:47:29,234 --> 00:47:30,554
Well, study our decisions.
660
00:47:30,694 --> 00:47:33,780
Could you correct them?
My parents think he writes well.
661
00:47:35,365 --> 00:47:36,376
Give it to me.
662
00:47:45,959 --> 00:47:47,294
It's a little weak.
663
00:47:48,503 --> 00:47:49,713
Physically or metaphorically?
664
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:52,507
Both. Based on the cover
and the first four sentences.
665
00:47:52,674 --> 00:47:54,343
Don't criticize my manifesto.
666
00:47:54,509 --> 00:47:55,719
Don't you want my comments?
667
00:47:55,886 --> 00:47:57,304
I don't need them.
Or yes?
668
00:47:57,471 --> 00:47:58,671
I have asked you to correct it...
669
00:47:58,764 --> 00:48:00,891
because I thought you would be impressed
how good it is.
670
00:48:01,099 --> 00:48:03,101
Let's start with the typos.
671
00:48:03,769 --> 00:48:06,563
Does the teaching staff triumph?
If students fail?
672
00:48:07,314 --> 00:48:08,815
It remains to be seen.
673
00:48:09,983 --> 00:48:11,276
- Paul Duval.
- Lucinda Krementz.
674
00:48:11,443 --> 00:48:12,454
Delighted.
675
00:48:13,695 --> 00:48:15,197
His beard is itchy.
676
00:48:16,365 --> 00:48:19,910
The unexpected guest arrives.
It looks like a waste.
677
00:48:20,077 --> 00:48:21,787
Describe the odyssey
to cross the city.
678
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:23,622
Trains and buses stopped,
679
00:48:23,789 --> 00:48:27,000
broken windows, cobblestones
that fly everywhere.
680
00:48:28,168 --> 00:48:30,170
But hey, here we are.
681
00:48:30,587 --> 00:48:32,714
The famous Lucinda.
Hello.
682
00:48:33,507 --> 00:48:35,551
I didn't know it was coming.
They didn't notify me.
683
00:48:35,717 --> 00:48:37,719
This is not an official appointment.
684
00:48:43,767 --> 00:48:44,778
Good evening.
685
00:48:54,236 --> 00:48:55,362
Start without me.
686
00:49:09,501 --> 00:49:13,171
March 10. The city is without services,
a week and those that remain.
687
00:49:13,338 --> 00:49:15,549
Public transportation suspended.
688
00:49:15,716 --> 00:49:18,802
Piles of uncollected garbage.
Schools on strike.
689
00:49:18,969 --> 00:49:20,596
No mail, no milk.
690
00:49:20,762 --> 00:49:21,762
It's me again.
691
00:49:21,805 --> 00:49:23,265
What will normality be like?
692
00:49:23,432 --> 00:49:27,186
Next week, next month,
whenever we live it.
693
00:49:27,769 --> 00:49:28,780
Anyone knows.
694
00:49:28,896 --> 00:49:30,105
What is this?
695
00:49:30,272 --> 00:49:31,690
I added an appendix.
696
00:49:31,940 --> 00:49:33,150
- It's a joke.
- It's not.
697
00:49:33,317 --> 00:49:35,068
You finished my manifesto without me.
698
00:49:35,235 --> 00:49:36,987
But it sounds like you.
Believe.
699
00:49:37,154 --> 00:49:38,572
A little clearer and more concise,
700
00:49:38,739 --> 00:49:40,073
a little less poetic.
701
00:49:40,240 --> 00:49:43,869
Let's say it's not
the first manifesto I correct.
702
00:49:48,207 --> 00:49:50,127
It is impossible to imagine
to these students...
703
00:49:50,250 --> 00:49:52,878
exultant, naive,
extremely brave,
704
00:49:54,296 --> 00:49:56,840
returning to their obedient classrooms.
705
00:50:05,474 --> 00:50:06,642
Who was it?
706
00:50:06,808 --> 00:50:08,268
- Your mother.
- My mother.
707
00:50:08,435 --> 00:50:10,062
My mother?
708
00:50:10,229 --> 00:50:11,869
What did he want?
Have you told him I'm here?
709
00:50:11,897 --> 00:50:13,357
- Yes.
- Why?
710
00:50:13,690 --> 00:50:15,359
Has asked.
I don't lie.
711
00:50:16,026 --> 00:50:17,037
Was she angry?
712
00:50:17,236 --> 00:50:18,247
I don't think so.
713
00:50:18,362 --> 00:50:20,155
- What did he say?
- He nodded.
714
00:50:20,322 --> 00:50:21,406
What have you said?
715
00:50:21,573 --> 00:50:24,159
I was working on an article
about you and your friends.
716
00:50:25,035 --> 00:50:26,046
So, it's true.
717
00:50:26,370 --> 00:50:28,288
I have already written a thousand words.
718
00:50:28,455 --> 00:50:29,831
I have asked him for an interview.
719
00:50:29,998 --> 00:50:30,998
Have you accepted?
720
00:50:31,041 --> 00:50:32,292
Yes of course.
721
00:50:34,545 --> 00:50:35,712
I am indeed angry!
722
00:50:35,879 --> 00:50:37,548
I don't know how to feel.
723
00:50:38,006 --> 00:50:40,446
Have I gotten myself into trouble?
Why is my mother so calm?
724
00:50:40,592 --> 00:50:42,052
Is this okay?
725
00:50:42,469 --> 00:50:45,430
Everything is unofficial. All.
All my life.
726
00:50:47,683 --> 00:50:49,268
What do I do now?
727
00:50:50,686 --> 00:50:53,105
I must maintain
journalistic neutrality.
728
00:51:02,698 --> 00:51:04,616
I like that you are impassive.
729
00:51:05,158 --> 00:51:07,244
It's part of your appeal, I think.
730
00:51:09,162 --> 00:51:11,540
Do you already have a thousand words?
731
00:51:14,126 --> 00:51:15,419
This was the work of the boys.
732
00:51:15,586 --> 00:51:19,464
They have swept away a thousand years of authority
Republican, in less than two weeks.
733
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:21,550
How and why?
734
00:51:21,717 --> 00:51:24,219
Before it started, where did it start?
735
00:51:30,225 --> 00:51:33,562
It was another time.
It was another Ennui.
736
00:51:33,729 --> 00:51:37,316
It must have been almost six months ago.
My sisters were still 12 years old.
737
00:51:43,655 --> 00:51:46,158
We danced to the tune of Craze and Lait Chaud.
738
00:51:48,535 --> 00:51:52,247
We combed our hair Pompidou style,
Crouton or Fruits-de-Mer.
739
00:51:53,582 --> 00:51:57,711
We mixed Latin,
with philosophical jargon and signs.
740
00:51:59,588 --> 00:52:02,090
The Devil's Advocates
They argued and debated ad nauseam,
741
00:52:02,341 --> 00:52:03,926
for the pleasure of arguing.
742
00:52:07,137 --> 00:52:08,597
Each faction had another rival.
743
00:52:11,892 --> 00:52:14,853
The Screws to the Nuts,
The Sticks to the Stones,
744
00:52:15,020 --> 00:52:18,690
The Rebels to the Tragalibros. until
Mitch-Mitch flunked high school
745
00:52:18,857 --> 00:52:21,235
and they ordered it to be done
Mandatory National Service.
746
00:52:21,443 --> 00:52:23,529
Three months in the Mustard Region.
747
00:52:58,897 --> 00:53:02,137
They have sent him to the Mustard Region
to do Mandatory National Service.
748
00:53:05,070 --> 00:53:06,081
How do you say?
749
00:53:07,823 --> 00:53:10,601
How dare you?
What right do you have to laugh at our friend?
750
00:53:10,701 --> 00:53:11,535
Hasn't it occurred to you to think...?
751
00:53:11,702 --> 00:53:14,121
that will be marching
in the middle of the night,
752
00:53:14,288 --> 00:53:16,874
loaded with a bag of gunpowder,
peeling stale potatoes,
753
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:19,626
while digging a latrine in the rain
with a little brass cup?
754
00:53:19,751 --> 00:53:21,295
He doesn't want to be in the army.
755
00:53:29,011 --> 00:53:32,514
It's easy for you to say
from the comfort of the Sans Blague.
756
00:53:40,272 --> 00:53:42,024
Mitch-Mitch, what are you doing here?
757
00:53:42,191 --> 00:53:44,484
You have two months left
in the Mustard Region.
758
00:53:44,776 --> 00:53:46,862
Five years later, I translated myself...
759
00:53:47,029 --> 00:53:51,575
poetic interpretation
of Mitch-Mitch Simca's military service.
760
00:53:55,204 --> 00:53:58,207
The second act flashback
from Goodbye, Zeffirelli.
761
00:53:58,373 --> 00:54:00,959
In North Africa,
A bullet hit me in the ass.
762
00:54:01,543 --> 00:54:05,088
In South America it reached me
a piece of explosive shrapnel in his hand.
763
00:54:05,631 --> 00:54:08,842
In Asia I was infected
of a rare intestinal parasite...
764
00:54:09,009 --> 00:54:12,679
in the lower abdomen,
and everyone still accompanies me,
765
00:54:12,846 --> 00:54:14,181
They are still in my body.
766
00:54:15,057 --> 00:54:18,143
But I don't regret having decided
put on this uniform.
767
00:54:18,810 --> 00:54:21,605
And in 16 years I will receive my pension.
768
00:54:23,106 --> 00:54:25,234
That has been the story, ladies.
Lights!
769
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:28,111
Come on! Lights!
Rebozos in! Blankets on!
770
00:54:28,278 --> 00:54:29,571
- Prayers said!
- Mister!
771
00:54:34,743 --> 00:54:37,329
Amen.
772
00:54:45,087 --> 00:54:46,922
Mitch-Mitch.
773
00:54:47,339 --> 00:54:49,925
Mitch-Mitch.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
774
00:54:50,217 --> 00:54:51,217
That?
775
00:54:51,301 --> 00:54:53,011
What do you want to be when you grow up, Mitch-Mitch?
776
00:54:53,762 --> 00:54:56,557
With my grades, I will be a pharmacy assistant.
777
00:54:56,723 --> 00:54:58,350
Will that be enough for you?
778
00:54:58,934 --> 00:55:01,562
It won't get me down.
I should have studied more.
779
00:55:01,728 --> 00:55:03,063
And you, Robouchon?
780
00:55:03,230 --> 00:55:06,400
I don't have a choice. I will work
in my father's glass factory.
781
00:55:06,567 --> 00:55:08,093
Someone has to run the business.
782
00:55:08,193 --> 00:55:09,204
It's normal.
783
00:55:09,444 --> 00:55:11,113
Vaugirard.
What is your plan?
784
00:55:11,446 --> 00:55:13,490
I guess I'll still be
an attractive slacker,
785
00:55:13,657 --> 00:55:15,325
like my maternal and paternal cousins.
786
00:55:15,492 --> 00:55:17,212
- Your cousins are the best.
- I love them.
787
00:55:17,327 --> 00:55:19,413
- Yes.
- And you, Morisot?
788
00:55:21,415 --> 00:55:23,208
Morisot, what do you want to be?
789
00:55:25,794 --> 00:55:27,004
A protester.
790
00:55:28,422 --> 00:55:29,256
What did he say?
791
00:55:29,423 --> 00:55:30,966
He said "a protester."
792
00:55:31,133 --> 00:55:32,133
What does it mean?
793
00:55:32,175 --> 00:55:33,010
Don't know.
794
00:55:33,176 --> 00:55:36,555
I thought Morisot was going to be
Professor of Geological Chemistry.
795
00:55:36,722 --> 00:55:37,848
Morisot is crying.
796
00:55:38,765 --> 00:55:39,850
Who has been silent?
797
00:55:40,392 --> 00:55:41,518
I won't do it.
798
00:55:43,312 --> 00:55:46,273
Only eight weeks left
to complete the program.
799
00:55:46,648 --> 00:55:48,317
I'm not talking about the program.
800
00:55:50,319 --> 00:55:53,322
I mean what we have left
until retirement.
801
00:55:53,488 --> 00:55:57,826
I'm talking about those 48 years of my life.
That's what I won't stand.
802
00:55:58,869 --> 00:56:03,207
I don't see myself as an adult anymore,
in the world of our parents.
803
00:56:12,049 --> 00:56:14,468
Morisot!
He jumped out the window!
804
00:56:16,261 --> 00:56:17,846
- Is he dead?
- Don't know.
805
00:56:18,013 --> 00:56:19,181
How much is the drop?
806
00:56:19,348 --> 00:56:20,492
Five stories with high ceilings.
807
00:56:20,516 --> 00:56:23,185
Last night it rained.
Maybe there is mud.
808
00:56:23,352 --> 00:56:24,478
It doesn't move.
809
00:56:26,104 --> 00:56:27,481
Still not moving.
810
00:56:29,107 --> 00:56:30,442
Still not moving.
811
00:56:31,777 --> 00:56:33,070
Still not moving.
812
00:56:34,154 --> 00:56:35,531
Still not moving.
813
00:56:36,365 --> 00:56:37,574
Still not moving.
814
00:56:38,534 --> 00:56:39,868
Still not moving.
815
00:57:09,648 --> 00:57:13,151
The next morning, they arrested
to Mitch-Mitch for desertion and outrage,
816
00:57:13,318 --> 00:57:14,963
and the Sans Blague became
at the headquarters...
817
00:57:14,987 --> 00:57:17,465
of the Young Idealists Movement
for the Revolutionary Overthrow...
818
00:57:17,489 --> 00:57:19,241
of the Reactionary Neoliberal Society.
819
00:57:19,408 --> 00:57:20,450
What are you doing?
820
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:24,288
They can coexist.
821
00:57:25,247 --> 00:57:26,707
Tip-Top with Charvet.
822
00:58:08,040 --> 00:58:11,126
This was followed by a quick
and unpredictable exchange...
823
00:58:11,293 --> 00:58:13,545
among the elderly
and the young men of Ennui.
824
00:58:14,838 --> 00:58:16,381
August.
825
00:58:16,548 --> 00:58:19,426
The Murmuring Community Campaign
condemns the student movement.
826
00:58:20,177 --> 00:58:21,428
September.
827
00:58:21,595 --> 00:58:24,264
The license of the Sans Blague
It is revoked by official decree.
828
00:58:26,308 --> 00:58:27,518
October.
829
00:58:27,684 --> 00:58:29,645
The Propaganda Committee erects
a pirate antenna...
830
00:58:29,811 --> 00:58:31,605
on the roof
from the Physics department.
831
00:58:33,023 --> 00:58:34,149
November.
832
00:58:34,316 --> 00:58:37,236
Meal Plan Lock
from the student cafeteria.
833
00:58:38,153 --> 00:58:39,446
December.
834
00:58:39,613 --> 00:58:41,949
Withdrawal protest
at the Bibliothèque Principale.
835
00:58:42,115 --> 00:58:44,284
Legal withdrawal of all volumes...
836
00:58:44,451 --> 00:58:48,163
up to five minutes before they enter
fines for delays are in force.
837
00:58:48,330 --> 00:58:49,498
January.
838
00:58:49,665 --> 00:58:51,625
Mitch-Mitch stays
under the custody of his parents.
839
00:58:53,210 --> 00:58:54,586
February.
840
00:58:54,753 --> 00:58:56,421
Girls' dormitory riot.
841
00:58:58,006 --> 00:59:00,300
Everything ends up leading to...
842
00:59:01,134 --> 00:59:02,177
March.
843
00:59:02,344 --> 00:59:03,824
The chessboard revolution.
844
01:00:01,236 --> 01:00:02,487
Which page are you going to?
845
01:00:10,037 --> 01:00:11,330
I think so.
By definition.
846
01:00:20,756 --> 01:00:22,674
Despite the purity of its cause:
847
01:00:22,841 --> 01:00:25,594
Create a utopian civilization
free and without borders,
848
01:00:25,761 --> 01:00:27,095
the students...
849
01:00:27,262 --> 01:00:30,098
they ended up dividing into factions,
before joining.
850
01:00:35,812 --> 01:00:39,066
Finally one thing is clear,
It is a response to his parents.
851
01:00:39,483 --> 01:00:42,069
What do they want?
Defend your illusions.
852
01:00:42,236 --> 01:00:43,695
A luminous abstraction.
853
01:00:51,161 --> 01:00:53,455
I am convinced that they are better
than us.
854
01:01:10,055 --> 01:01:12,432
Mrs. Krementz suggested it.
855
01:01:14,601 --> 01:01:16,603
He polished it.
Certain passages.
856
01:01:33,120 --> 01:01:34,663
I had dedicated it to you.
857
01:01:43,338 --> 01:01:45,619
Note to self: "You are a guest
in this demonstration.
858
01:01:45,757 --> 01:01:49,261
It's not your fight. Stay out of it, Lucinda.
Shut your mouth."
859
01:01:49,428 --> 01:01:50,846
I have to say something.
860
01:01:51,597 --> 01:01:53,682
You are a very intelligent girl,
Juliette.
861
01:01:54,266 --> 01:01:56,894
With forgiveness,
if you leave your compact for a moment
862
01:01:57,060 --> 01:01:59,104
and, with forgiveness,
think for yourself for a moment,
863
01:01:59,313 --> 01:02:01,440
you will realize
that they are in this together.
864
01:02:01,607 --> 01:02:03,025
Even the riot police.
865
01:02:11,158 --> 01:02:12,169
We have to move.
866
01:02:17,497 --> 01:02:19,458
What bad education.
Mine.
867
01:02:19,833 --> 01:02:21,585
I take back what I said.
868
01:02:24,421 --> 01:02:25,589
I ask your forgiveness.
869
01:02:27,925 --> 01:02:28,936
I'm sorry.
870
01:02:31,094 --> 01:02:32,105
Thank you.
871
01:02:33,222 --> 01:02:34,389
Are you sure?
872
01:02:39,895 --> 01:02:41,438
That you are not a girl.
873
01:02:43,899 --> 01:02:46,902
Then learn to accept an apology.
It's important.
874
01:02:52,908 --> 01:02:53,951
The older ones.
875
01:02:57,037 --> 01:02:58,664
We have to move.
The Mayor waits.
876
01:03:19,601 --> 01:03:21,937
Kindly do not touch my dignity.
877
01:03:23,355 --> 01:03:25,816
She is not a spinster.
She's not in love with me.
878
01:03:25,983 --> 01:03:27,609
She is our friend.
I am your friend.
879
01:03:27,776 --> 01:03:29,611
She's confused.
He wants to help us.
880
01:03:30,237 --> 01:03:32,656
She is angry.
She is a very good writer.
881
01:03:34,157 --> 01:03:36,702
It's a lonely life, right?
882
01:03:38,203 --> 01:03:39,496
Sometimes.
883
01:03:40,789 --> 01:03:43,792
It's true. should keep
journalistic neutrality.
884
01:03:44,001 --> 01:03:45,294
If it exists.
885
01:03:47,296 --> 01:03:49,965
Please forgive me, Mrs. Krementz.
886
01:04:15,991 --> 01:04:17,618
They're just fireworks.
887
01:04:18,285 --> 01:04:19,745
It's the best of all.
888
01:04:20,329 --> 01:04:22,956
Stop arguing.
Go make love.
889
01:04:27,836 --> 01:04:30,130
Me too.
Except for Mrs. Krementz.
890
01:04:31,381 --> 01:04:32,591
It already seemed that way to me.
891
01:04:45,604 --> 01:04:46,855
Fifteenth of March.
892
01:04:50,526 --> 01:04:54,238
Looking through my notebook,
I discover a rushed paragraph.
893
01:04:55,072 --> 01:04:57,449
I don't know when Zeffirelli could have written it.
894
01:04:57,699 --> 01:04:59,660
That night while I was sleeping?
895
01:05:00,285 --> 01:05:04,248
It's poetic and not necessarily bad.
It reads as follows.
896
01:05:08,418 --> 01:05:10,671
Postscript to a burst appendix.
897
01:05:10,837 --> 01:05:13,257
An invincible comet flies
by its marked arch...
898
01:05:13,423 --> 01:05:16,635
Towards the ends of the galaxy
in cosmic space-time.
899
01:05:17,010 --> 01:05:18,720
What was our cause?
900
01:05:20,931 --> 01:05:22,891
The memory of two memories.
901
01:05:23,141 --> 01:05:25,561
You.
Smell of pharmacy shampoo,
902
01:05:25,727 --> 01:05:28,564
stale tobacco ashtray,
burnt toast.
903
01:05:29,565 --> 01:05:31,692
She.
Perfume of cheap gasoline,
904
01:05:31,859 --> 01:05:35,195
coffee breath, too much sugar,
cocoa butter skin.
905
01:05:36,071 --> 01:05:37,447
Where do you spend your summers?
906
01:05:39,157 --> 01:05:41,285
They say it's the smells
what you never forget.
907
01:05:41,451 --> 01:05:42,953
The brain works like this.
908
01:05:44,079 --> 01:05:45,831
I have never read my mother's books.
909
01:05:45,998 --> 01:05:49,126
They tell me that my father was extraordinary
during the last war.
910
01:05:49,293 --> 01:05:50,669
The best parents I know.
911
01:05:52,379 --> 01:05:53,881
The girls' dormitory.
912
01:05:54,423 --> 01:05:58,176
The first time I enter, except for
vandalize it during demonstrations.
913
01:05:58,760 --> 01:06:02,681
I said: "Don't criticize my manifesto."
She said:
914
01:06:04,933 --> 01:06:06,810
I'm ashamed of my new muscles.
915
01:06:08,061 --> 01:06:11,356
Their big, stupid eyes
They saw me pee.
916
01:06:15,152 --> 01:06:16,778
A thousand kisses later,
917
01:06:16,945 --> 01:06:20,324
will you remember the taste of my device
on the tip of your tongue?
918
01:06:22,326 --> 01:06:25,871
I apologize, Mrs. Krementz.
I know you despise vulgarity.
919
01:06:32,294 --> 01:06:33,921
One more sentence at the bottom of the page,
920
01:06:34,087 --> 01:06:37,090
completely indecipherable
due to bad handwriting.
921
01:06:42,095 --> 01:06:46,433
"Revisions of a manifesto.
Page four, asterisk one.
922
01:06:48,477 --> 01:06:49,770
The promotion of... ".
923
01:07:09,665 --> 01:07:10,749
I'll be back right now.
924
01:07:18,507 --> 01:07:20,050
Zeffirelli!
925
01:07:49,913 --> 01:07:53,083
It is not an invincible comet
flying through its marked arc...
926
01:07:53,250 --> 01:07:56,503
Towards the ends of the galaxy
in cosmic space-time.
927
01:07:59,798 --> 01:08:02,342
More like a boy who will die young.
928
01:08:04,052 --> 01:08:06,054
He will drown on this planet,
929
01:08:06,638 --> 01:08:09,308
in the constant flow of the river
deep, dirty and magnificent...
930
01:08:09,474 --> 01:08:13,645
that flows night and day through the veins
and arteries of his ancestral city.
931
01:08:15,856 --> 01:08:18,192
Their parents will receive
a call at midnight,
932
01:08:18,358 --> 01:08:22,070
they will dress quickly and mechanically
and they will hold hands in the silent taxi...
933
01:08:22,237 --> 01:08:24,739
way of identifying
the cold body of his son.
934
01:08:27,284 --> 01:08:30,329
His image, mass produced
and wrapped in plastic,
935
01:08:30,494 --> 01:08:32,998
it will sell like chewing gum,
to those who seek a hero...
936
01:08:33,164 --> 01:08:36,001
from which to be inspired.
937
01:08:36,627 --> 01:08:38,628
The touching narcissism of youth.
938
01:08:55,145 --> 01:08:56,521
March thirtieth.
939
01:09:01,235 --> 01:09:03,570
Across the street,
an obvious metaphor.
940
01:09:03,945 --> 01:09:08,199
The bell rings, the students return
to their obedient halls.
941
01:09:13,664 --> 01:09:16,875
A rusty swing swings
in the deserted courtyard.
942
01:09:28,470 --> 01:09:29,481
Come in!
943
01:10:18,478 --> 01:10:22,149
I have been told that it has
photographic memory.
944
01:10:22,316 --> 01:10:24,818
- It's true?
- It's false.
945
01:10:24,985 --> 01:10:27,196
I have a typographical memory.
946
01:10:27,362 --> 01:10:30,782
I remember the written word
with considerable precision and detail.
947
01:10:30,949 --> 01:10:35,495
In other spheres, my powers of retention
They are clearly impressionistic.
948
01:10:35,662 --> 01:10:38,749
My loved ones have me
by a very forgetful man.
949
01:10:38,916 --> 01:10:41,460
But he remembers every word he has written.
950
01:10:41,919 --> 01:10:44,254
Novels, essays, poems,
plays.
951
01:10:44,421 --> 01:10:47,257
Unrequited love letters.
Unfortunately, yes.
952
01:10:48,091 --> 01:10:49,384
Can I test you?
953
01:10:49,551 --> 01:10:50,719
If you insist.
954
01:10:50,886 --> 01:10:53,388
If not put to the test
the patience of your audience
955
01:10:53,931 --> 01:10:57,684
or the esteemed spokesperson
of Gemini tooth powder.
956
01:10:58,393 --> 01:11:00,646
My favorite article is the cook's...
957
01:11:00,812 --> 01:11:02,648
that poisons the kidnappers.
958
01:11:02,814 --> 01:11:05,484
"The students at the table
Do you dream of flavors?"
959
01:11:05,651 --> 01:11:09,112
"It was the first question
that the reporter of this magazine...
960
01:11:09,279 --> 01:11:11,573
had carefully prepared
before their meeting...
961
01:11:11,740 --> 01:11:13,450
with Lieutenant Nescaffier,
962
01:11:13,742 --> 01:11:16,995
district headquarters chef,
on the narrow river peninsula...
963
01:11:17,162 --> 01:11:19,748
known as Rognure d'Ongle.
964
01:11:20,165 --> 01:11:22,084
All your questions
would remain unanswered...
965
01:11:22,251 --> 01:11:24,211
throughout the eventful evening".
966
01:11:25,462 --> 01:11:27,130
Shall I continue?
967
01:11:27,839 --> 01:11:28,924
Please.
968
01:11:34,179 --> 01:11:35,681
I arrived not too soon.
969
01:11:38,100 --> 01:11:39,935
Although the rooms on the penultimate floor...
970
01:11:40,102 --> 01:11:43,355
of the great building, in theory they were
indicated on a map...
971
01:11:43,522 --> 01:11:45,274
behind the dégustation carte...
972
01:11:49,236 --> 01:11:52,197
they were impossible to find,
at least for this reporter.
973
01:11:52,364 --> 01:11:54,199
My weak point is cartography.
974
01:11:54,700 --> 01:11:56,535
The curse of the homosexual.
975
01:12:01,748 --> 01:12:04,167
Monsieur Nescaffier has carved out
fame and reputation.
976
01:12:04,334 --> 01:12:07,462
They celebrate it with passion
cooks, police officers and captains,
977
01:12:07,629 --> 01:12:10,090
not to mention the snitches,
spies and snitches,
978
01:12:10,591 --> 01:12:12,968
as a great example of cooking style...
979
01:12:13,135 --> 01:12:15,846
known as Gastronomie Gendarmique.
980
01:12:20,601 --> 01:12:23,979
The "police kitchen" began at picnics
surveillance and van pecking,
981
01:12:24,146 --> 01:12:26,565
but it has evolved
and has become refined food,
982
01:12:26,732 --> 01:12:29,735
intensely nutritious and, well made,
983
01:12:29,943 --> 01:12:31,653
wonderfully full of flavor.
984
01:12:33,030 --> 01:12:34,041
Basics:
985
01:12:34,198 --> 01:12:36,158
Very portable, rich in protein,
986
01:12:36,325 --> 01:12:38,160
to be eaten with the non-dominant hand,
987
01:12:38,327 --> 01:12:40,996
the other is reserved
for firearms and paperwork.
988
01:12:48,795 --> 01:12:51,673
Most of the dishes
They are served pre-cut. Nothing crunchy.
989
01:12:52,090 --> 01:12:53,175
Silent food.
990
01:12:56,136 --> 01:12:59,097
The sauces are dehydrated and ground
to prevent them from falling
991
01:12:59,264 --> 01:13:01,308
and compromise the crime scene.
992
01:13:03,227 --> 01:13:06,188
Diners are expected to contribute
your own poche fourchettes,
993
01:13:06,396 --> 01:13:08,190
often engraved with arcane mottos
994
01:13:08,357 --> 01:13:10,817
and salacious sayings
of their respective districts.
995
01:13:37,636 --> 01:13:40,180
How do you plan to kill me?
996
01:13:43,517 --> 01:13:44,601
I think it's about...
997
01:13:44,768 --> 01:13:47,521
of a case of mistaken identity.
998
01:13:51,400 --> 01:13:54,945
Has it been in the chicken coop for a long time?
999
01:14:02,119 --> 01:14:03,871
I apologize to you.
1000
01:14:17,676 --> 01:14:20,012
Monsieur Nescaffier,
even as an apprentice...
1001
01:14:20,179 --> 01:14:21,680
in a provincial fire station,
1002
01:14:21,847 --> 01:14:23,765
aspired to a high status,
1003
01:14:23,932 --> 01:14:26,351
and there is no higher position in the metier...
1004
01:14:26,518 --> 01:14:28,854
than that of Chef Cuisinier
from the private dining room...
1005
01:14:29,021 --> 01:14:31,440
from the Commissaire de la Police Municipale.
1006
01:14:40,574 --> 01:14:42,492
Sorry for the delay.
1007
01:14:44,494 --> 01:14:46,330
No problem.
1008
01:14:49,333 --> 01:14:51,126
Mr. Wright, meet my mother,
1009
01:14:51,293 --> 01:14:53,670
Louise de la Villatte.
You can call her Maman.
1010
01:14:53,837 --> 01:14:54,963
Like everyone.
1011
01:14:55,547 --> 01:14:57,799
This is my oldest friend, Chou-fleur.
1012
01:14:57,966 --> 01:15:00,969
When I met him he was
an effeminate schoolboy...
1013
01:15:01,136 --> 01:15:03,597
with ringlets
and complete teeth.
1014
01:15:03,931 --> 01:15:06,308
Now he looks like a corpse.
1015
01:15:07,059 --> 01:15:09,228
In the corner, patrolman Maupassant.
1016
01:15:09,394 --> 01:15:10,896
It will serve us.
1017
01:15:11,522 --> 01:15:12,533
Cocktails.
1018
01:15:17,069 --> 01:15:20,155
And this is my son, Gigi,
with the lab coat.
1019
01:15:20,322 --> 01:15:23,242
What are you stealing from my personal files?
1020
01:15:23,742 --> 01:15:25,285
Unsolved cases.
1021
01:15:25,827 --> 01:15:27,621
Come on, say hello to Mr. Wright.
1022
01:15:27,829 --> 01:15:28,840
Hello, Mr. Wright.
1023
01:15:29,081 --> 01:15:30,457
Hello, Gigi.
1024
01:15:31,583 --> 01:15:34,836
Full name:
Isadore Sharif de la Villatte.
1025
01:15:37,047 --> 01:15:38,966
The Commissioner and his only son,
1026
01:15:39,132 --> 01:15:42,135
widower and orphan,
They abandoned the child's native colony...
1027
01:15:42,302 --> 01:15:44,471
united by their shared pain.
1028
01:15:44,638 --> 01:15:46,265
Gigi was six years old.
1029
01:15:47,224 --> 01:15:50,227
His classrooms were the police station
and the patrol.
1030
01:15:51,562 --> 01:15:55,274
He was educated by forensic tutors
in the tradition of law enforcement.
1031
01:15:56,817 --> 01:16:00,445
His first drawings were robot portraits
based on testimonies.
1032
01:16:03,365 --> 01:16:06,243
His first words
They were in Morse code.
1033
01:16:06,493 --> 01:16:09,162
It was, I suppose, wonderfully obvious.
1034
01:16:09,663 --> 01:16:12,708
They raised him to happen
to the Commissaire himself.
1035
01:16:14,626 --> 01:16:16,837
Yes, I have read it.
In the magazine.
1036
01:16:18,255 --> 01:16:20,048
Were you satisfied?
1037
01:16:20,465 --> 01:16:22,301
Of course.
1038
01:16:22,467 --> 01:16:23,719
A good writer.
1039
01:16:26,305 --> 01:16:29,224
I assume you already know this genius.
1040
01:16:29,391 --> 01:16:31,018
At least his reputation.
1041
01:16:31,185 --> 01:16:32,644
Lieutenant Nescaffier.
1042
01:16:32,811 --> 01:16:34,021
Of course.
1043
01:16:47,451 --> 01:16:50,329
The drink, a milky and purple aperitif,
1044
01:16:50,495 --> 01:16:54,708
fiercely fragrant, manifestly
medicinal, barely anesthetic,
1045
01:16:54,875 --> 01:16:57,836
and cooled to a glacial viscosity,
in a miniature version...
1046
01:16:58,003 --> 01:17:02,049
Flask type normally associated
to camps and classrooms,
1047
01:17:02,382 --> 01:17:03,634
cast a spell...
1048
01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:06,261
that, during the interval
subsequent 60 seconds,
1049
01:17:06,428 --> 01:17:08,347
he would suddenly find himself buried.
1050
01:17:08,514 --> 01:17:10,849
Three dramatic overlapping chronologies...
1051
01:17:11,016 --> 01:17:13,101
hosted the following events.
1052
01:17:16,855 --> 01:17:18,065
One.
1053
01:17:19,191 --> 01:17:21,860
Monsieur Nescaffier began
its mysterious ritual.
1054
01:17:22,402 --> 01:17:25,822
I cannot understand or describe
what happens in a kitchen.
1055
01:17:25,989 --> 01:17:27,950
I am content to enjoy the result...
1056
01:17:28,116 --> 01:17:30,744
of the talent of an artist,
without revealing the secrets of the chisel,
1057
01:17:30,953 --> 01:17:32,496
nor turpentine.
1058
01:17:33,622 --> 01:17:34,748
Two.
1059
01:17:40,254 --> 01:17:41,713
Patrolman Maupassant,
1060
01:17:41,880 --> 01:17:44,049
reacting to a signal
usually off,
1061
01:17:44,216 --> 01:17:46,009
he handed a phone to his superior.
1062
01:17:53,684 --> 01:17:54,695
Go ahead.
1063
01:17:59,648 --> 01:18:01,692
As you may already know,
we have kidnapped your son
1064
01:18:01,859 --> 01:18:04,611
and fled to a safe place
that you will never discover.
1065
01:18:04,778 --> 01:18:06,822
Release or execute the Abacus
1066
01:18:06,989 --> 01:18:09,324
and the child will return safely
to your custody.
1067
01:18:09,533 --> 01:18:13,287
If you don't do it before dawn,
his son will suffer a violent death.
1068
01:18:20,377 --> 01:18:21,670
Three.
1069
01:18:21,962 --> 01:18:23,642
The skylight in the children's room...
1070
01:18:23,755 --> 01:18:26,884
that occupies the attic,
It was opened with a crowbar.
1071
01:19:01,210 --> 01:19:04,129
The flight and the car chase,
was reflected graphically,
1072
01:19:04,296 --> 01:19:06,399
although perhaps too fanciful,
in a comic strip...
1073
01:19:06,423 --> 01:19:08,091
which was published the following week.
1074
01:19:42,918 --> 01:19:44,638
Although the famous gang war
from Ennui,
1075
01:19:44,795 --> 01:19:48,674
"Winter Crime Wave", had eradicated
a good amount of thugs,
1076
01:19:48,840 --> 01:19:50,425
he had also claimed life...
1077
01:19:50,592 --> 01:19:53,428
of a shameful proportion
of innocent citizens.
1078
01:19:55,389 --> 01:19:57,850
Due to the surprise capture
of the mafia accountant,
1079
01:19:58,016 --> 01:20:01,520
Albert "the Abaco", in possession
from a briefcase with payslips...
1080
01:20:01,687 --> 01:20:04,231
of the three crime syndicates
of the city,
1081
01:20:04,398 --> 01:20:07,150
the hopes of decent people
to reach a quick solution...
1082
01:20:07,317 --> 01:20:09,444
to the crisis, they were renewed.
1083
01:20:14,575 --> 01:20:17,619
However, this event
had greatly disturbed...
1084
01:20:17,786 --> 01:20:20,122
to the inhabitants of the criminal underworld.
1085
01:20:26,336 --> 01:20:28,881
I had not recognized the Abacus,
1086
01:20:29,047 --> 01:20:32,259
but I did know the chicken coop.
1087
01:20:32,426 --> 01:20:34,094
This is not in the article, by the way.
1088
01:20:34,261 --> 01:20:36,430
If I mention Mr. Howitzer,
do you know who it is?
1089
01:20:36,597 --> 01:20:38,182
Of course.
Arthur Howitzer Jr.
1090
01:20:38,348 --> 01:20:40,267
founder and director
from The French Chronicle.
1091
01:20:40,475 --> 01:20:43,770
In my first week in Ennui,
I suffered misfortune...
1092
01:20:43,937 --> 01:20:46,565
of being arrested
in a cocktail bar...
1093
01:20:46,732 --> 01:20:48,084
in the foothills
from the Quedada neighborhood,
1094
01:20:48,108 --> 01:20:52,321
along with a series
of newly acquired companions.
1095
01:20:52,487 --> 01:20:54,072
What was he accused of?
1096
01:20:54,489 --> 01:20:55,908
Love.
1097
01:20:56,742 --> 01:20:59,077
You see, people can feel
more or less threatened...
1098
01:20:59,286 --> 01:21:00,954
for your anger, your hatred, your pride...
1099
01:21:01,121 --> 01:21:04,208
But if you love as you should not,
1100
01:21:04,374 --> 01:21:06,585
You will find yourself in serious trouble.
1101
01:21:07,294 --> 01:21:10,464
In this case, a chicken coop
for six days in a row.
1102
01:21:10,923 --> 01:21:14,092
I had no friends to rescue me,
nor that they reprimanded me.
1103
01:21:14,593 --> 01:21:18,430
And the only local phone
What my typographic memory contained was:
1104
01:21:19,056 --> 01:21:21,308
Printing District 9-2211.
1105
01:21:21,475 --> 01:21:24,978
I'm sorry we can't publish
none of these pieces,
1106
01:21:25,187 --> 01:21:28,232
but it will be a pleasure to consider
future proposals.
1107
01:21:28,398 --> 01:21:30,526
Or, if you are in Ennui...
1108
01:21:36,365 --> 01:21:37,783
I didn't know him in person.
1109
01:21:38,408 --> 01:21:41,662
I knew his number,
because I wanted a job.
1110
01:22:00,305 --> 01:22:01,807
Let's see.
1111
01:22:02,975 --> 01:22:05,936
High School Newspaper,
Poetry club, theater society.
1112
01:22:06,144 --> 01:22:08,981
He wrote the school anthem.
Lyrics and music.
1113
01:22:09,147 --> 01:22:12,359
Junior investigator, rookie reporter,
deputy editor.
1114
01:22:12,568 --> 01:22:13,652
Fires and murders.
1115
01:22:13,819 --> 01:22:15,028
That's how I started.
1116
01:22:15,195 --> 01:22:17,072
My father was the owner
from the newspaper, of course.
1117
01:22:17,406 --> 01:22:19,992
A little sport, a little events,
a little politics.
1118
01:22:20,158 --> 01:22:22,202
Nominated twice for best essay.
1119
01:22:22,536 --> 01:22:24,705
The deep South, the Midwest,
the east coast.
1120
01:22:25,163 --> 01:22:26,456
A vast country.
1121
01:22:27,249 --> 01:22:29,042
I haven't been back in 20 years.
1122
01:22:29,751 --> 01:22:33,255
Not now.
I'm doing a job interview.
1123
01:22:33,714 --> 01:22:36,592
Their article samples are good.
I reread them in the taxi.
1124
01:22:36,758 --> 01:22:38,260
Have you reviewed books?
1125
01:22:39,553 --> 01:22:40,637
Never.
1126
01:22:40,804 --> 01:22:43,765
He has a few hours left in there,
until they process your departure.
1127
01:22:45,934 --> 01:22:47,769
Read this.
Give me 300 words.
1128
01:22:49,062 --> 01:22:52,649
I will pay you 500 francs, minus the 250
that I have put up bail,
1129
01:22:52,858 --> 01:22:55,986
but I will tell you in advance
for general expenses.
1130
01:22:56,195 --> 01:22:58,197
Bring me the first draft tomorrow
1131
01:22:58,405 --> 01:23:01,074
And whatever you write, Mr. Wright,
1132
01:23:01,283 --> 01:23:04,286
just try to make it sound
as if I had written it that way on purpose.
1133
01:23:12,586 --> 01:23:13,837
Thank you.
1134
01:23:16,381 --> 01:23:17,841
There is no crying.
1135
01:23:25,682 --> 01:23:28,060
It ended up being known as
"The Night of a Thousand Bullets."
1136
01:23:28,435 --> 01:23:29,645
And I quote again.
1137
01:23:30,187 --> 01:23:33,148
How did you get the Commissaire
with its team of experts and analysts...
1138
01:23:33,315 --> 01:23:36,902
determine the location with such haste
from the kidnapper's lair?
1139
01:23:40,906 --> 01:23:41,917
Well...
1140
01:23:46,245 --> 01:23:47,913
I don't know.
1141
01:23:51,291 --> 01:23:53,502
The tools of the trade, I guess.
1142
01:24:00,300 --> 01:24:02,386
But they did it.
1143
01:24:36,879 --> 01:24:38,213
Who were they?
1144
01:24:40,048 --> 01:24:41,466
Then it became known.
1145
01:24:42,593 --> 01:24:45,846
Bandits and hired gunmen
imported by the bosses...
1146
01:24:46,013 --> 01:24:49,600
from the Ennui riot
and its network of underworld intermediaries.
1147
01:24:51,393 --> 01:24:55,189
Chauffeur Joe Lefèvre,
a promising former musician.
1148
01:24:56,356 --> 01:24:58,901
Stetson, Spinster
and Hieronymus Von Altman,
1149
01:24:59,067 --> 01:25:00,569
Dutch criminal geniuses.
1150
01:25:01,153 --> 01:25:04,615
Marconi Brutelli,
the Mediterranean anarchist.
1151
01:25:05,782 --> 01:25:08,535
A couple of thugs, distant cousins.
1152
01:25:09,870 --> 01:25:13,040
A trio of cabaret performers, all junkies.
1153
01:25:15,083 --> 01:25:17,085
More a clever little prisoner...
1154
01:25:17,252 --> 01:25:20,631
determined to break free to reduce cost
to taxpayers.
1155
01:25:31,517 --> 01:25:33,018
What is that noise?
1156
01:25:34,520 --> 01:25:37,439
Bubbles in the radiators.
It's the pressure.
1157
01:25:37,606 --> 01:25:39,233
It looks like morse code.
1158
01:25:40,651 --> 01:25:42,444
Maybe vaguely.
1159
01:25:44,238 --> 01:25:46,740
I'm Gigi, by the way.
What is your name?
1160
01:25:46,949 --> 01:25:49,535
I won't tell you.
This is a crime.
1161
01:25:50,661 --> 01:25:53,872
You are not a criminal.
Just a confusing cabaret.
1162
01:25:54,206 --> 01:25:56,542
- Ha.
- Ha, you.
1163
01:25:57,167 --> 01:25:58,418
Be quiet.
1164
01:25:59,294 --> 01:26:00,587
What color are your eyes?
1165
01:26:00,837 --> 01:26:02,089
Blue?
1166
01:26:11,557 --> 01:26:12,683
Hello.
1167
01:26:14,351 --> 01:26:15,561
Hello.
1168
01:26:19,857 --> 01:26:21,608
Sing me a lullaby.
1169
01:26:21,775 --> 01:26:23,193
I'm afraid.
1170
01:26:52,472 --> 01:26:54,391
Are you asleep?
1171
01:27:00,439 --> 01:27:03,692
The Commissaire adored Gigi
with all his enormous heart.
1172
01:27:03,859 --> 01:27:07,196
But your mind,
that exceptional detective machine,
1173
01:27:07,362 --> 01:27:09,406
investigator of criminal activity,
1174
01:27:11,033 --> 01:27:12,701
he hadn't stopped since dinner.
1175
01:27:16,413 --> 01:27:19,416
And I was in a state
of severe heat deprivation.
1176
01:27:22,002 --> 01:27:25,839
Nescaffier, who returned to the field
for the first time in six years,
1177
01:27:26,006 --> 01:27:28,133
arrived prepared to dazzle.
1178
01:27:32,429 --> 01:27:35,182
The change was instantaneous.
1179
01:27:42,898 --> 01:27:44,107
Nescaffier.
1180
01:27:44,274 --> 01:27:47,611
When the first subtle aromas
They came out of the great chef's kitchen
1181
01:27:47,778 --> 01:27:49,821
and they meandered
up to the Commissaire's nose,
1182
01:27:49,988 --> 01:27:54,076
they put into action a battle plan
with multiple fronts.
1183
01:27:54,243 --> 01:27:55,327
To start,
1184
01:27:55,494 --> 01:27:57,204
eggs from the police station canary...
1185
01:27:57,371 --> 01:27:59,456
served in shells
made with their own meringue.
1186
01:28:01,333 --> 01:28:02,344
Next...
1187
01:28:04,044 --> 01:28:05,295
kidneys.
1188
01:28:05,462 --> 01:28:08,090
Stews with plums
from the Mayor's roof.
1189
01:28:10,926 --> 01:28:11,937
After...
1190
01:28:13,053 --> 01:28:15,556
minced lamb candies
wrapped in puff pastry.
1191
01:28:17,850 --> 01:28:18,892
Oyster soup from Blasé.
1192
01:28:21,103 --> 01:28:22,455
A magnificent scrambled municipal pigeon.
1193
01:28:22,479 --> 01:28:23,490
Finally...
1194
01:28:24,940 --> 01:28:26,984
tobacco pudding with quadruple cream.
1195
01:28:30,320 --> 01:28:31,764
Can I interrupt with a question?
1196
01:28:31,864 --> 01:28:32,698
Please.
1197
01:28:32,865 --> 01:28:34,985
- Excuse me.
- Let it bookmark the page. Mentally.
1198
01:28:35,075 --> 01:28:36,086
I apologize.
1199
01:28:36,535 --> 01:28:39,538
He has written about the American black,
the French intellectual,
1200
01:28:39,705 --> 01:28:41,540
- the romantic southerner...
- And the anti-black.
1201
01:28:41,707 --> 01:28:42,718
The anti-black.
1202
01:28:43,584 --> 01:28:48,046
scriptures, mythology, folklore,
black chronicle, clear chronicle,
1203
01:28:48,547 --> 01:28:50,883
ghost stories, picaresques,
bildsungsroman.
1204
01:28:51,049 --> 01:28:53,010
But in all these years he has written...
1205
01:28:53,176 --> 01:28:54,803
especially, food.
1206
01:28:55,179 --> 01:28:56,513
Because?
1207
01:28:57,723 --> 01:29:00,475
Who? That? Where? When? As?
Valid questions.
1208
01:29:00,642 --> 01:29:05,105
But as a rookie reporter I learned
that never, under any circumstances,
1209
01:29:05,272 --> 01:29:08,567
if you are even remotely capable
to resist the impulse,
1210
01:29:08,775 --> 01:29:10,652
Never ask a man why.
1211
01:29:11,445 --> 01:29:12,821
Stresses staff.
1212
01:29:13,530 --> 01:29:15,824
- Excuse me, but I insist...
- Torture.
1213
01:29:16,200 --> 01:29:17,200
If you don't mind.
1214
01:29:17,242 --> 01:29:20,954
Self-reflection must be
a private or nonexistent vice.
1215
01:29:22,122 --> 01:29:23,540
Well...
1216
01:29:24,291 --> 01:29:27,085
I will answer your question
out of sheer exhaustion,
1217
01:29:29,004 --> 01:29:31,632
but I really don't know what I'll say.
1218
01:29:35,135 --> 01:29:38,514
There is a concrete and beautiful sadness,
1219
01:29:39,348 --> 01:29:43,352
well known to the lonely foreigner
who wanders through his adopted city,
1220
01:29:43,519 --> 01:29:47,147
preferably in the light of the Moon.
In my case Ennui, France.
1221
01:29:48,148 --> 01:29:49,650
Often...
1222
01:29:50,651 --> 01:29:54,196
I have often shared the dazzling
discoveries of the day with...
1223
01:29:56,907 --> 01:29:58,075
With no one at all.
1224
01:29:58,992 --> 01:30:02,037
But there has always been,
on the avenue or the boulevard,
1225
01:30:02,204 --> 01:30:04,873
a table set for me.
1226
01:30:06,083 --> 01:30:10,128
A cook, a waiter, a bottle,
a drink, a fire.
1227
01:30:12,256 --> 01:30:14,383
I chose this life.
1228
01:30:16,343 --> 01:30:20,055
The lonely feast
He has been a true comrade,
1229
01:30:20,222 --> 01:30:22,975
my great comfort and reinforcement.
1230
01:30:24,893 --> 01:30:27,521
Do you remember where you left the mark?
1231
01:30:28,355 --> 01:30:30,482
Sure, fool.
"Meanwhile".
1232
01:30:30,983 --> 01:30:33,360
"Meanwhile,
across the street..."
1233
01:31:25,662 --> 01:31:27,623
Cease fire!
1234
01:31:27,748 --> 01:31:29,625
Cease fire!
1235
01:31:38,300 --> 01:31:41,011
During a break in the skirmish,
an old porter,
1236
01:31:41,178 --> 01:31:43,388
veteran of two wars,
He crossed the street limping...
1237
01:31:43,555 --> 01:31:45,516
to deliver an enigmatic message.
1238
01:31:58,362 --> 01:32:02,324
I turn to the leader of the band
of kidnappers from the top floor.
1239
01:32:02,699 --> 01:32:05,202
Does your den have a kitchen?
1240
01:32:05,369 --> 01:32:07,037
My son needs a snack.
1241
01:32:07,204 --> 01:32:09,623
Allow us to command
to the police station cook...
1242
01:32:09,831 --> 01:32:12,042
with supplies and provisions.
1243
01:32:12,209 --> 01:32:14,711
Will prepare a dinner
of the necessary volume...
1244
01:32:14,878 --> 01:32:17,464
to feed you
and all your accomplices.
1245
01:32:18,382 --> 01:32:19,967
We have already had dinner.
1246
01:32:26,557 --> 01:32:28,141
Is he a subordinate
1247
01:32:28,642 --> 01:32:30,686
or Nescaffier itself?
1248
01:32:58,672 --> 01:33:00,424
Blackbird cake.
1249
01:33:12,811 --> 01:33:15,147
Obligated, obviously,
to try each dish,
1250
01:33:15,606 --> 01:33:18,483
the chef ingested the deadly poison.
1251
01:33:24,072 --> 01:33:25,824
For the child.
1252
01:33:27,659 --> 01:33:28,869
Still.
1253
01:33:30,787 --> 01:33:32,414
Write the recipe.
1254
01:33:44,134 --> 01:33:45,260
Aid.
1255
01:33:48,430 --> 01:33:50,015
But Nescaffier survived...
1256
01:33:50,182 --> 01:33:52,142
thanks to extreme strength,
1257
01:33:52,309 --> 01:33:56,438
reaffirmed and strengthened year after year
for the plates, pans and sauce boats...
1258
01:33:56,605 --> 01:33:58,232
more powerful and rich,
1259
01:33:58,398 --> 01:34:01,443
of his almost superhuman stomach.
1260
01:34:02,611 --> 01:34:04,029
I knew very well...
1261
01:34:04,196 --> 01:34:07,241
that Gigi hated and despised
radish in all its forms...
1262
01:34:07,407 --> 01:34:09,326
with a deep and limitless passion,
1263
01:34:09,493 --> 01:34:11,203
and he hadn't touched one
1264
01:34:11,370 --> 01:34:14,915
or mentioned his name
throughout his young life.
1265
01:34:15,374 --> 01:34:17,251
However, it turned out...
1266
01:34:18,544 --> 01:34:20,963
that the driver also hated radishes.
1267
01:36:25,671 --> 01:36:27,047
Take the wheel!
1268
01:36:51,029 --> 01:36:53,699
Perhaps the most exciting phenomenon
and alarmingly observed...
1269
01:36:53,824 --> 01:36:57,035
throughout the course
From that long dinner was this...
1270
01:37:09,673 --> 01:37:13,135
A delicious irony.
Monsieur Albert,
1271
01:37:13,302 --> 01:37:17,139
counter of the underworld and distant cause
of the spectacular setback,
1272
01:37:17,306 --> 01:37:20,601
it had been forgotten since dinner
Thursday, until breakfast on Monday,
1273
01:37:20,767 --> 01:37:23,103
and he almost died of hunger in his cell.
1274
01:37:23,478 --> 01:37:25,772
Only the convalescent
Monsieur Nescaffier...
1275
01:37:25,939 --> 01:37:28,233
maintained mental serenity
to prepare the prisoner...
1276
01:37:28,400 --> 01:37:30,944
an omelette to the police,
that he delivered hot,
1277
01:37:31,111 --> 01:37:33,363
wrapped in a search warrant
from the previous day.
1278
01:37:35,199 --> 01:37:37,326
The Abaco ate well that morning.
1279
01:37:40,329 --> 01:37:42,497
A tip from Gemini tooth powder.
1280
01:37:45,459 --> 01:37:47,461
It was going to be an article about a great chef.
1281
01:37:47,669 --> 01:37:48,669
In part it is.
1282
01:37:48,712 --> 01:37:50,130
For Flavors and Aromas.
1283
01:37:50,297 --> 01:37:52,966
I understand.
The order was clear.
1284
01:37:53,967 --> 01:37:56,595
Maybe you can't see...
1285
01:37:56,762 --> 01:38:00,182
They shot me and threw grenades
against my will.
1286
01:38:00,849 --> 01:38:04,770
I just wanted to eat, which I did
wonderfully and I have described in detail.
1287
01:38:05,521 --> 01:38:08,190
Nescaffier only says one sentence.
1288
01:38:10,651 --> 01:38:14,530
Well, I cut out something else he told me.
It was too sad.
1289
01:38:15,489 --> 01:38:17,199
I can include it again, if you want.
1290
01:38:18,867 --> 01:38:20,369
What did he say?
1291
01:38:41,598 --> 01:38:42,891
Martin...
1292
01:38:43,058 --> 01:38:44,309
Guillaume Martin.
1293
01:38:54,444 --> 01:38:56,154
They had flavor.
1294
01:38:58,115 --> 01:38:59,616
How do you say?
1295
01:39:01,034 --> 01:39:05,163
The toxic salts of radishes.
1296
01:39:05,330 --> 01:39:06,915
They had flavor.
1297
01:39:08,000 --> 01:39:10,627
Completely unknown to me.
1298
01:39:11,378 --> 01:39:15,591
A kind of bitter taste,
musty, pungent,
1299
01:39:16,466 --> 01:39:19,344
spicy, oily,
1300
01:39:20,512 --> 01:39:21,847
to ground.
1301
01:39:22,723 --> 01:39:25,517
I had never tried it in my life.
1302
01:39:26,435 --> 01:39:28,353
It was not at all pleasant,
1303
01:39:28,979 --> 01:39:30,397
extremely poisonous,
1304
01:39:30,522 --> 01:39:33,942
but, still, a new flavor.
1305
01:39:35,027 --> 01:39:37,321
It's something rare at my age.
1306
01:39:39,489 --> 01:39:41,992
I admire your bravery, Lieutenant.
1307
01:39:42,618 --> 01:39:44,536
I'm not brave.
1308
01:39:45,204 --> 01:39:46,788
Just...
1309
01:39:46,997 --> 01:39:48,582
I wasn't in the mood to be...
1310
01:39:48,957 --> 01:39:51,001
a disappointment for everyone.
1311
01:39:52,836 --> 01:39:54,463
I'm a foreigner, you know?
1312
01:39:55,881 --> 01:39:58,133
There are many of us in this city.
1313
01:39:59,134 --> 01:40:00,969
I myself am one.
1314
01:40:03,096 --> 01:40:05,182
We look for something we are missing.
1315
01:40:07,100 --> 01:40:09,436
We are missing something that we left behind.
1316
01:40:12,648 --> 01:40:14,691
Maybe, with a little luck,
1317
01:40:14,858 --> 01:40:17,110
We will find what eluded us...
1318
01:40:17,861 --> 01:40:20,364
in the places
That used to be our home.
1319
01:40:29,331 --> 01:40:31,708
It's the best of all.
1320
01:40:32,584 --> 01:40:34,920
That's why it should be written.
1321
01:40:37,130 --> 01:40:39,007
I completely disagree.
1322
01:40:41,051 --> 01:40:44,263
In any case, do not cut it.
1323
01:41:14,042 --> 01:41:15,335
Are we all here?
1324
01:41:16,128 --> 01:41:18,547
I guess you already know that.
It was a heart attack.
1325
01:41:34,062 --> 01:41:35,272
There is no crying.
1326
01:41:42,362 --> 01:41:44,531
Will someone come to take him away?
1327
01:41:44,698 --> 01:41:46,742
The morgue is on strike.
1328
01:41:50,370 --> 01:41:51,455
Who was with him?
1329
01:41:51,622 --> 01:41:52,956
I was alone.
1330
01:41:53,123 --> 01:41:54,791
Reading birthday telegrams.
1331
01:41:57,461 --> 01:42:00,255
Don't light the candles.
He's dead.
1332
01:42:01,340 --> 01:42:02,925
I'll take a piece.
1333
01:42:03,508 --> 01:42:04,760
Me too.
1334
01:42:05,802 --> 01:42:08,347
You have to write something.
Who wants it?
1335
01:42:08,514 --> 01:42:09,525
We have a filing cabinet.
1336
01:42:09,640 --> 01:42:10,974
I'm in charge of the illustration.
1337
01:42:13,894 --> 01:42:15,521
It's him.
1338
01:42:19,650 --> 01:42:21,401
Let's write it together.
1339
01:42:21,568 --> 01:42:22,402
What thing?
1340
01:42:22,569 --> 01:42:24,238
The obituary.
1341
01:42:25,906 --> 01:42:28,700
Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
Born in Northern Kansas,
1342
01:42:28,867 --> 01:42:32,079
15 kilometers from the geographic center
of the United States.
1343
01:42:32,246 --> 01:42:33,640
His mother died when he was five years old.
1344
01:42:33,664 --> 01:42:36,166
Son of a newspaper editor,
founder of this magazine.
1345
01:42:36,333 --> 01:42:38,502
The French Chronicle,
formerly Picnic.
1346
01:42:38,669 --> 01:42:42,548
A barely read Sunday supplement
from the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun.
1347
01:42:42,714 --> 01:42:44,174
It started as a vacation.
1348
01:42:44,341 --> 01:42:45,384
Is that true?
1349
01:42:45,551 --> 01:42:46,635
More or less.
1350
01:42:49,240 --> 01:42:51,006
And what happened next?