1 00:00:27,391 --> 00:00:28,041 To Zaza, who will see herself. 2 00:00:36,599 --> 00:00:37,124 My mind is cluttered with memories... 3 00:00:37,308 --> 00:00:37,791 lt began on the beach at Luc-sur-Mer. 4 00:00:38,099 --> 00:00:38,808 Mother had made wool bathing trunks for my brother and me. 5 00:00:38,933 --> 00:00:39,416 They had red pom-poms, 6 00:00:39,708 --> 00:00:39,974 like cherries. 7 00:00:40,141 --> 00:00:40,833 Not only were those fruity ornaments absurd, 8 00:00:40,916 --> 00:00:41,516 but the trunks never dried. 9 00:00:41,833 --> 00:00:42,141 We were always in the sea, 10 00:00:42,183 --> 00:00:42,749 so the wool stayed wet all day, 11 00:00:42,791 --> 00:00:43,208 sand stuck to our asses, 12 00:00:43,308 --> 00:00:43,833 which made my crotch extremely sore. 13 00:00:44,166 --> 00:00:44,374 After a week, 14 00:00:44,416 --> 00:00:44,933 I had to walk with my leg spread 15 00:00:44,999 --> 00:00:45,458 to avoid screaming in pain. 16 00:00:45,708 --> 00:00:46,266 I'm angry at mother for making us wear 17 00:00:46,308 --> 00:00:47,099 those trunks four years in a row. 18 00:00:47,333 --> 00:00:47,933 But I'm glad she unintentionally drew 19 00:00:47,974 --> 00:00:48,599 my attention to my genitals. 20 00:00:48,724 --> 00:00:49,166 That summer, I realized 21 00:00:49,208 --> 00:00:49,708 I had to take good care of my balls. 22 00:00:53,083 --> 00:00:53,308 I'm off to the barber's. 23 00:00:53,374 --> 00:00:53,474 Again? 24 00:00:54,058 --> 00:00:54,308 I was around 12. 25 00:00:54,458 --> 00:00:54,808 I loved going to the barber's. 26 00:00:55,833 --> 00:00:56,499 In our town there was a barber shop 27 00:00:56,558 --> 00:00:57,099 for men only, 28 00:00:57,141 --> 00:00:57,641 run by a beautiful Alsatian woman: 29 00:00:57,749 --> 00:00:58,083 the lovely Mrs. Sheaffer. 30 00:00:58,391 --> 00:00:58,641 She had few clients 31 00:00:58,974 --> 00:00:59,391 so you didn't need an appointment. 32 00:00:59,458 --> 00:00:59,708 She had no husband, 33 00:00:59,849 --> 00:01:00,041 but many lovers. 34 00:01:00,416 --> 00:01:00,749 I adored going there. 35 00:01:02,516 --> 00:01:03,141 When I opened the door, a wonderful smell 36 00:01:03,208 --> 00:01:03,624 flooded my nostrils, a mixture 37 00:01:03,666 --> 00:01:04,333 of lotion, hair spray, rose water, shampoo... 38 00:01:04,516 --> 00:01:04,808 It was intoxicating. 39 00:01:05,708 --> 00:01:06,249 The most extraordinary smell of all 40 00:01:06,416 --> 00:01:06,849 was her own. 41 00:01:07,124 --> 00:01:07,474 She had red hair 42 00:01:07,558 --> 00:01:08,124 and a pronounced body odor 43 00:01:08,249 --> 00:01:08,624 that no doubt bothered some clients, 44 00:01:08,666 --> 00:01:09,141 but drove me wild. 45 00:01:09,499 --> 00:01:09,974 Her body seemed to smell of love. 46 00:01:10,224 --> 00:01:10,474 I adored that. 47 00:01:11,474 --> 00:01:11,683 What can I cut? 48 00:01:11,724 --> 00:01:12,349 My mother likes my hair short. 49 00:01:13,416 --> 00:01:14,099 The shampoo was the first delight. 50 00:01:14,333 --> 00:01:14,808 Mrs. Shaeffer bent over me, 51 00:01:14,891 --> 00:01:15,374 her bust almost touching my face. 52 00:01:15,516 --> 00:01:15,724 I inhaled deeply, 53 00:01:15,766 --> 00:01:16,349 silently, to immerse myself in her smell. 54 00:01:16,874 --> 00:01:17,391 At night, in bed, I could still smell it 55 00:01:17,624 --> 00:01:18,433 and I yearned to take her in my arms. 56 00:01:18,624 --> 00:01:18,891 School going well? 57 00:01:19,583 --> 00:01:19,849 Good student? 58 00:01:19,974 --> 00:01:20,208 You're lucky. 59 00:01:20,249 --> 00:01:20,766 I hated school. Didn't like the discipline. 60 00:01:27,332 --> 00:01:27,874 You haven't finished this crossword. 61 00:01:28,432 --> 00:01:29,124 Oh yes... thanks... I'll do it later. 62 00:01:29,874 --> 00:01:30,266 In June 1947, before vacation, 63 00:01:30,332 --> 00:01:31,057 something happened that I've always remembered. 64 00:01:31,416 --> 00:01:31,707 It was very hot. 65 00:01:31,916 --> 00:01:32,249 She smelled divine. 66 00:01:41,666 --> 00:01:42,266 That evening, having seen her heavy, 67 00:01:42,307 --> 00:01:42,791 ideally round breast, 68 00:01:42,974 --> 00:01:43,599 I was still so disturbed I couldn't speak. 69 00:01:44,224 --> 00:01:44,516 You alright, Antoine? 70 00:01:44,557 --> 00:01:44,807 I'm fine. 71 00:01:45,166 --> 00:01:45,374 You look funny. 72 00:01:46,891 --> 00:01:47,182 Dinner's ready! 73 00:01:47,224 --> 00:01:47,682 What's a binary system? 74 00:01:47,974 --> 00:01:48,207 I'll put it 75 00:01:48,249 --> 00:01:48,666 another way: 76 00:01:48,807 --> 00:01:49,474 What is a binary cat? 77 00:01:49,724 --> 00:01:50,141 You don't know, of course. 78 00:01:50,207 --> 00:01:50,874 Again, I will have to bail you out! 79 00:01:51,099 --> 00:01:51,516 A normal cat 80 00:01:51,557 --> 00:01:51,999 is a cat that has 81 00:01:52,041 --> 00:01:52,432 one head, two eyes 82 00:01:52,499 --> 00:01:52,807 and four paws. 83 00:01:52,849 --> 00:01:53,291 A binary cat 84 00:01:53,374 --> 00:01:53,832 has one head, 85 00:01:53,874 --> 00:01:54,224 one eye, one eye, 86 00:01:54,291 --> 00:01:54,707 one paw, one paw, one paw 87 00:01:54,749 --> 00:01:55,099 and one paw. 88 00:01:55,207 --> 00:01:55,499 You see the difference? 89 00:01:55,749 --> 00:01:56,166 I thought you'd say that. 90 00:01:56,224 --> 00:01:56,516 He sees a difference! 91 00:01:56,557 --> 00:01:56,807 He's hopeless! 92 00:01:56,916 --> 00:01:57,249 What'd you want to be in life? 93 00:01:57,291 --> 00:01:57,474 Civil engineer. 94 00:01:57,516 --> 00:01:58,099 Why not a tightrope walker? 95 00:01:58,166 --> 00:01:58,516 Let him be, he's young yet. 96 00:01:58,582 --> 00:01:58,807 I'm disappointed. 97 00:01:58,916 --> 00:01:59,499 If you start small, you end small. 98 00:02:00,124 --> 00:02:00,291 And you? 99 00:02:00,374 --> 00:02:00,682 What'll you do later on? 100 00:02:00,749 --> 00:02:01,332 Later on, I'll marry a hairdresser. 101 00:02:02,916 --> 00:02:03,141 Why did I do that? 102 00:02:03,349 --> 00:02:03,724 Tell me why I did that. 103 00:02:05,416 --> 00:02:05,891 It's me, Mom. Open up. 104 00:02:06,099 --> 00:02:06,416 Your father is sorry. 105 00:02:06,516 --> 00:02:06,891 He was surprised, don't you see? 106 00:02:08,499 --> 00:02:08,682 Are you sick? 107 00:02:09,266 --> 00:02:09,499 Answer me! 108 00:02:09,749 --> 00:02:09,932 Antoine? 109 00:02:10,124 --> 00:02:10,349 Do you hear me? 110 00:02:10,599 --> 00:02:10,849 What are you doing? 111 00:02:11,141 --> 00:02:11,349 Are you alright? 112 00:02:11,474 --> 00:02:11,666 Well? 113 00:02:11,699 --> 00:02:11,999 He's not answering. 114 00:02:12,149 --> 00:02:12,416 Maybe he passed out! 115 00:02:12,482 --> 00:02:12,849 From a slap? 116 00:02:12,899 --> 00:02:13,449 - I'm worried! - We'll have to break down the door! 117 00:02:13,499 --> 00:02:13,949 Calm down! I'll talk to him. 118 00:02:14,582 --> 00:02:15,307 Antoine, it's Dad. I apologize. 119 00:02:15,349 --> 00:02:15,641 I'm sorry for what I did. 120 00:02:15,682 --> 00:02:15,999 Do what you want in life. 121 00:02:16,207 --> 00:02:16,932 I stayed there an hour, staring at the ceiling. 122 00:02:17,124 --> 00:02:17,666 Mrs. Shaeffer was already mine. 123 00:02:17,791 --> 00:02:18,307 Her body, her smell was mine. 124 00:02:18,541 --> 00:02:18,749 I had won: 125 00:02:18,916 --> 00:02:19,332 I'd be a hairdresser's husband. 126 00:02:30,749 --> 00:02:31,041 There's a storm coming. 127 00:02:31,166 --> 00:02:31,432 Maybe. 128 00:02:33,291 --> 00:02:33,599 Hello, Mr. Morvoisieux. 129 00:02:34,207 --> 00:02:34,682 If plastic flowers grew in a garden, 130 00:02:34,766 --> 00:02:35,041 that would be proof... 131 00:02:35,082 --> 00:02:35,349 And the smell? 132 00:02:35,416 --> 00:02:35,641 You make me laugh, 133 00:02:35,749 --> 00:02:36,541 you know nothing exists without a model. 134 00:02:36,749 --> 00:02:37,082 Plastic flowers are OK, 135 00:02:37,141 --> 00:02:37,749 but there had to be natural ones first, 136 00:02:37,791 --> 00:02:38,266 or there'd be no artificial ones now! 137 00:02:38,374 --> 00:02:38,516 Coffee grinders? 138 00:02:38,791 --> 00:02:39,124 What about them? 139 00:02:39,182 --> 00:02:39,432 They exist, right? 140 00:02:39,499 --> 00:02:39,766 Yes, go on... 141 00:02:39,807 --> 00:02:40,124 They don't grow on trees, 142 00:02:40,182 --> 00:02:40,432 or exist in nature, 143 00:02:40,499 --> 00:02:40,932 but we have them. 144 00:02:40,999 --> 00:02:41,391 So you can make a grinder 145 00:02:41,457 --> 00:02:41,582 without a model. 146 00:02:41,624 --> 00:02:41,932 We're talking about God! 147 00:02:41,999 --> 00:02:42,207 God! 148 00:02:42,349 --> 00:02:42,999 How the hell did we get onto coffee grinders? 149 00:02:43,207 --> 00:02:43,541 What phony reasoning! 150 00:02:44,374 --> 00:02:44,974 So you say! You always want to be right! 151 00:02:45,041 --> 00:02:45,749 Coffee grinders was just an example. 152 00:02:45,891 --> 00:02:46,499 God is infinite. You can't fathom Him. 153 00:02:46,541 --> 00:02:46,765 Same thing. 154 00:02:46,832 --> 00:02:47,140 God exists. 155 00:02:47,307 --> 00:02:47,707 So you say, but... 156 00:02:49,832 --> 00:02:50,124 He's stooping lately. 157 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:51,432 It's just his jacket wrinkling. 158 00:02:51,849 --> 00:02:52,349 Before, he'd have avoided that. 159 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:53,374 You're right. He's aging. 160 00:03:09,957 --> 00:03:10,640 10 years ago, Mathilde worked in Isidore's Barber Shop. 161 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:11,499 Her boss, Isidore Agopian, had 3 female hairdressers. 162 00:03:11,540 --> 00:03:11,790 He was homosexual. 163 00:03:11,832 --> 00:03:12,349 So he hated doing women's hair. 164 00:03:13,249 --> 00:03:13,724 Mathilde was his favorite. 165 00:03:13,765 --> 00:03:14,515 Her tact, her charm, her slightly sad 166 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:14,957 but infinitely gracious air 167 00:03:14,999 --> 00:03:15,349 delighted the clientele. 168 00:03:15,515 --> 00:03:16,474 When Mr. Isidore retired in the '60s 169 00:03:16,599 --> 00:03:16,999 he offered the shop to Mathilde. 170 00:03:17,082 --> 00:03:17,249 To me? 171 00:03:17,540 --> 00:03:17,765 I haven't the money! 172 00:03:17,832 --> 00:03:18,224 That's OK, I don't need it all now. 173 00:03:18,265 --> 00:03:19,057 Pay a bit every month until I die. Like an annuity. 174 00:03:19,099 --> 00:03:19,640 I'd like to know the shop is in your hands. 175 00:03:19,682 --> 00:03:20,015 You're kind, I trust you. 176 00:03:20,082 --> 00:03:20,290 Say yes. 177 00:03:21,349 --> 00:03:21,474 Mathilde 178 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:21,807 agreed. 179 00:03:22,182 --> 00:03:22,807 She had to get rid of the two other employees, 180 00:03:22,849 --> 00:03:23,082 who were jealous. 181 00:03:23,249 --> 00:03:23,765 Liking solitude, she ran the shop alone. 182 00:03:23,807 --> 00:03:24,265 It was too big for her, but so what? 183 00:03:24,624 --> 00:03:24,890 That was when I met her. 184 00:03:31,290 --> 00:03:31,582 Can you take me? 185 00:03:31,724 --> 00:03:32,207 Sorry, I'm waiting for someone. 186 00:03:32,390 --> 00:03:32,640 I beg your pardon, 187 00:03:32,874 --> 00:03:33,224 I see I needed an appointment. 188 00:03:33,432 --> 00:03:33,832 Come back in half an hour. 189 00:03:33,890 --> 00:03:34,265 Got any errands to do? 190 00:03:34,332 --> 00:03:34,790 Yes... fine... Great. 191 00:03:35,432 --> 00:03:35,682 Want my name? 192 00:03:35,874 --> 00:03:36,040 Don't bother. 193 00:03:37,082 --> 00:03:37,432 Too hard? You giving up? 194 00:03:37,540 --> 00:03:37,915 I never give up! 195 00:03:37,957 --> 00:03:38,557 Remember that crosswords are like women: 196 00:03:38,624 --> 00:03:39,182 resistance makes surrender sweeter. 197 00:03:39,224 --> 00:03:39,515 I know what I'm talking about. 198 00:03:39,557 --> 00:03:40,140 You'll see I'm right later on. 199 00:03:40,249 --> 00:03:40,665 Later on, when I do crosswords? 200 00:03:40,707 --> 00:03:41,124 In a way. 201 00:03:41,207 --> 00:03:41,665 Repeat this: the more they resist... 202 00:03:41,790 --> 00:03:42,165 the sweeter the surrender. 203 00:03:42,432 --> 00:03:42,874 Good. Go and play now. 204 00:03:42,932 --> 00:03:43,457 Pull up your trunks, hide your testicles. 205 00:03:45,557 --> 00:03:45,832 No one came. 206 00:03:46,207 --> 00:03:46,499 Later on, Mathilde... 207 00:03:46,582 --> 00:03:47,140 I didn't know then her name was Mathilde 208 00:03:47,182 --> 00:03:47,515 ...never breathed a word 209 00:03:47,582 --> 00:03:47,999 about her phantom client. 210 00:03:48,140 --> 00:03:48,749 Was it an unconscious come-on? 211 00:03:48,790 --> 00:03:49,099 I never knew. 212 00:03:49,332 --> 00:03:50,099 But I was devastated: for the second time in my life, 213 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:50,457 after so long a search, 214 00:03:50,624 --> 00:03:50,932 I loved a hairdresser. 215 00:03:51,390 --> 00:03:52,057 After 22 minutes, I gave up and went to the woman 216 00:03:52,099 --> 00:03:52,682 with whom I knew I'd spend my life. 217 00:03:53,015 --> 00:03:53,165 Hello again. 218 00:03:54,057 --> 00:03:54,707 I always start badly: I'm too nervous to shut up. 219 00:03:54,749 --> 00:03:55,290 In a shoestore I say "I'd like some shoes..." 220 00:03:55,332 --> 00:03:55,640 Today I asked for a haircut. 221 00:03:55,682 --> 00:03:55,932 It's for a haircut. 222 00:03:57,124 --> 00:03:57,332 Do you part it? 223 00:03:57,390 --> 00:03:58,015 I... yes... if you want... 224 00:03:58,224 --> 00:03:58,474 It's up to you. 225 00:03:58,790 --> 00:03:59,432 Alright. But not too sharp. 226 00:03:59,499 --> 00:03:59,724 Don't worry. 227 00:04:03,599 --> 00:04:03,849 You have a tuft. 228 00:04:04,165 --> 00:04:04,540 I know. I've always had it. 229 00:04:04,724 --> 00:04:05,082 Your hair was cut too short. 230 00:04:05,249 --> 00:04:05,749 I go to the barber's often. I love that. 231 00:04:05,832 --> 00:04:06,165 Really? Why? 232 00:04:06,432 --> 00:04:06,640 I don't know. 233 00:04:08,374 --> 00:04:08,640 Naturally, 234 00:04:08,790 --> 00:04:09,265 I wondered if Mathilde 235 00:04:09,332 --> 00:04:09,557 wore a bra. 236 00:04:09,765 --> 00:04:10,223 I was soon certain she did not. 237 00:04:12,873 --> 00:04:13,123 I imagined 238 00:04:13,165 --> 00:04:13,932 her nipples rubbing against her blouse, 239 00:04:14,057 --> 00:04:14,640 and, aroused, pointing at my neck. 240 00:04:14,765 --> 00:04:15,248 Those breasts would soon be mine. 241 00:04:15,348 --> 00:04:15,765 I already wanted to stroke them. 242 00:04:25,665 --> 00:04:26,432 The autopsy on Mrs. Sheaffer showed a massive dose of barbiturates. 243 00:04:26,723 --> 00:04:27,098 No will, no note, 244 00:04:27,165 --> 00:04:27,432 a hasty funeral, 245 00:04:27,557 --> 00:04:28,015 which, of course, I could not attend. 246 00:04:28,248 --> 00:04:28,973 Since then I've never stopped thinking of her, 247 00:04:29,248 --> 00:04:29,790 and ardently loving women's breasts. 248 00:04:35,665 --> 00:04:35,973 Will you marry me? 249 00:04:40,807 --> 00:04:40,998 35 francs. 250 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:43,248 Forgive me. 251 00:04:44,582 --> 00:04:45,307 I recall that sleepless night under Mathilde's window. 252 00:04:45,973 --> 00:04:46,707 I wanted her to toss and turn, throw off the sheets, 253 00:04:46,832 --> 00:04:47,498 get up for a glass of water, look in the mirror, 254 00:04:47,540 --> 00:04:48,140 and undress before going back to bed... 255 00:04:48,248 --> 00:04:48,515 thinking of me. 256 00:04:48,765 --> 00:04:49,332 In fact, she may have been sound asleep. 257 00:04:49,373 --> 00:04:49,807 Maybe she had forgotten me. 258 00:04:49,873 --> 00:04:50,348 Why assume she is alone in bed? 259 00:04:50,457 --> 00:04:50,765 I don't know her. 260 00:04:58,723 --> 00:04:58,873 My father 261 00:04:58,932 --> 00:04:59,223 said life was simple, 262 00:04:59,457 --> 00:05:00,182 that if you wanted something enough 263 00:05:00,248 --> 00:05:00,390 you'd get it. 264 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:00,890 Failure was proof 265 00:05:00,957 --> 00:05:01,415 the desire wasn't strong enough. 266 00:05:12,832 --> 00:05:13,182 No dream is impossible. 267 00:05:13,332 --> 00:05:13,848 I wanted Mathilde more than anything. 268 00:05:13,915 --> 00:05:14,515 She'd be like this stream: the fort had to fall. 269 00:05:14,557 --> 00:05:14,973 I'd make her mine forever. 270 00:05:15,457 --> 00:05:15,890 3 weeks later, I returned to the shop, 271 00:05:15,957 --> 00:05:16,582 hardly nervous, just deliciously excited. 272 00:05:16,707 --> 00:05:17,140 My hair hadn't had time to grow back 273 00:05:17,207 --> 00:05:17,807 enough to justify a haircut. 274 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:20,723 Mathilde acted as if she'd never seen me before... 275 00:05:20,807 --> 00:05:21,098 Silent and distant. 276 00:05:21,182 --> 00:05:21,765 Which made me want her even more. 277 00:05:21,915 --> 00:05:22,248 She probably knew that. 278 00:05:22,582 --> 00:05:23,223 Imagine, he'd never been to a barber in his life! 279 00:05:23,307 --> 00:05:23,457 When his hair 280 00:05:23,515 --> 00:05:23,998 scratched his neck, he clipped it off himself... 281 00:05:24,182 --> 00:05:24,848 Didn't need a mirror. He worked by feel. 282 00:05:24,915 --> 00:05:25,057 He did fine. 283 00:05:25,665 --> 00:05:26,165 All with clippers, "like mowing the lawn". 284 00:05:26,290 --> 00:05:26,873 I can still hear him. Quite a guy! 285 00:05:27,307 --> 00:05:27,498 They don't make 'em... 286 00:05:27,557 --> 00:05:27,832 like him any more. 287 00:05:28,265 --> 00:05:28,457 Finished. 288 00:05:28,515 --> 00:05:28,848 It was faster this time. 289 00:05:28,915 --> 00:05:29,515 I didn't do the streaks, it's too soon. 290 00:05:29,582 --> 00:05:29,890 I'll do them next time. 291 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:32,765 Will it stay puffed like that? 292 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:32,973 Sure, why not? 293 00:05:33,057 --> 00:05:33,640 Mr. Agopian made me sleep on my back. 294 00:05:33,706 --> 00:05:33,998 Don't bother with that. 295 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:34,498 Come in Saturday, I'll comb it for you. 296 00:05:34,540 --> 00:05:34,748 That's nice of you. 297 00:05:34,998 --> 00:05:35,181 Till Saturday. 298 00:05:47,515 --> 00:05:47,915 What got into you the other day? 299 00:05:47,956 --> 00:05:48,498 You were probably making fun of me, but... 300 00:05:48,748 --> 00:05:49,248 if you weren't teasing, 301 00:05:49,290 --> 00:05:49,748 then I appreciate your proposal. 302 00:05:49,973 --> 00:05:50,331 If it still holds, 303 00:05:50,415 --> 00:05:50,598 yes, 304 00:05:50,831 --> 00:05:51,081 I'll marry you. 305 00:05:52,373 --> 00:05:52,665 My name is Mathilde. 306 00:05:54,581 --> 00:05:55,265 The first time I came in, I asked if you could take me. 307 00:05:55,306 --> 00:05:55,581 You said no, 308 00:05:55,623 --> 00:05:56,098 but in fact you were already taking me. 309 00:05:56,165 --> 00:05:56,390 I remember. 310 00:05:56,456 --> 00:05:56,956 And I asked if I had to give you my name. 311 00:05:56,998 --> 00:05:57,390 Again you said no. 312 00:05:57,556 --> 00:05:57,998 Yet you've just let me give it to you. 313 00:05:58,123 --> 00:05:58,473 Amusing, these encounters... 314 00:05:58,890 --> 00:05:59,290 You've muscles in your thighs. 315 00:05:59,331 --> 00:06:00,015 I played soccer in school - I was a right back. 316 00:06:00,373 --> 00:06:00,890 - You know about soccer? - Sure. There's a ball... 317 00:06:00,956 --> 00:06:01,623 You can't use hands, and it's a team game... 318 00:06:01,848 --> 00:06:02,248 I see you're an expert. 319 00:06:02,373 --> 00:06:03,081 Sports annoy me. Like travel. 320 00:06:03,348 --> 00:06:03,723 I don't like going out either. 321 00:06:03,765 --> 00:06:03,998 That's fine. 322 00:06:04,081 --> 00:06:04,790 It's settled: we'll stay here. lt'll be great. 323 00:06:05,123 --> 00:06:05,290 I think so. 324 00:06:05,848 --> 00:06:06,556 I'll handle the errands, mail letters and so on. 325 00:06:06,598 --> 00:06:06,806 I love your hands. 326 00:06:07,098 --> 00:06:07,598 I noticed them at once. Beautiful! 327 00:06:07,873 --> 00:06:08,665 You have a scar there, like a half-moon. 328 00:06:08,706 --> 00:06:08,931 I fell off a bike. 329 00:06:08,998 --> 00:06:09,331 You bicycle, too? 330 00:06:09,373 --> 00:06:09,873 Not any more. 331 00:06:09,956 --> 00:06:10,165 The past is dead. 332 00:06:10,206 --> 00:06:10,431 Absolutely. 333 00:06:10,915 --> 00:06:11,581 The apartment's upstairs. It's small, but... 334 00:06:12,081 --> 00:06:12,390 Want to see? 335 00:06:12,723 --> 00:06:12,998 My name is Antoine. 336 00:06:13,681 --> 00:06:14,415 When I told I was marrying a hairdresser, Dad died 337 00:06:14,473 --> 00:06:14,706 of a heart attack. 338 00:06:14,748 --> 00:06:15,456 Out of loyalty, mother refused to meet Mathilde 339 00:06:15,498 --> 00:06:15,806 or see the shop. 340 00:06:15,848 --> 00:06:15,998 Mathilde 341 00:06:16,056 --> 00:06:16,223 had no family. 342 00:06:16,290 --> 00:06:16,556 Hey, you big jerk... 343 00:06:16,665 --> 00:06:16,873 you haven't opened my gift. 344 00:06:18,098 --> 00:06:18,331 Is it a surprise? 345 00:06:18,373 --> 00:06:18,640 Surprise? 346 00:06:18,706 --> 00:06:19,081 lt'll certainly surprise you. 347 00:06:19,123 --> 00:06:19,331 You alarm me. 348 00:06:19,373 --> 00:06:19,890 We were with my brother, his wife, 349 00:06:19,956 --> 00:06:20,181 and Mr. Agopian. 350 00:06:20,248 --> 00:06:20,623 At least it was intimate. 351 00:06:21,390 --> 00:06:21,890 I insist you wear it. Recognize it? 352 00:06:21,931 --> 00:06:22,390 How could I forget? 353 00:06:22,456 --> 00:06:22,973 Used to be too big, now it'll fit like a glove, 354 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:23,223 so to speak. 355 00:06:23,348 --> 00:06:23,515 Wear it tonight. 356 00:06:23,581 --> 00:06:23,848 Cut it out... 357 00:06:23,973 --> 00:06:24,373 Oddly enough, I'm pleased. 358 00:06:24,456 --> 00:06:24,681 I love pom-poms. 359 00:06:24,723 --> 00:06:25,140 They're cherries, not pom-poms. 360 00:06:25,498 --> 00:06:25,806 It bags when it's wet. 361 00:06:25,956 --> 00:06:26,290 You know knitted wool... 362 00:06:26,390 --> 00:06:26,765 Try it on, for old times' sake. 363 00:06:26,806 --> 00:06:27,223 I bet it still fits you. 364 00:06:28,540 --> 00:06:28,706 Here... 365 00:06:28,806 --> 00:06:29,181 It's from your mother. 366 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:30,556 How old were you? 367 00:06:30,598 --> 00:06:30,765 12. 368 00:06:30,831 --> 00:06:30,931 Strange... 369 00:06:31,181 --> 00:06:31,931 It's like a scale model of you. 370 00:06:32,081 --> 00:06:32,498 - You look like a joker. - I was. 371 00:06:32,723 --> 00:06:33,098 Can I see your childhood photos? 372 00:06:33,373 --> 00:06:33,665 I didn't keep any. 373 00:06:33,748 --> 00:06:33,973 They bother me. 374 00:06:34,015 --> 00:06:34,290 Why? 375 00:06:34,331 --> 00:06:34,581 Time flies too fast. 376 00:06:34,723 --> 00:06:34,931 The wrong name 377 00:06:34,998 --> 00:06:35,265 can wreck a product. 378 00:06:35,306 --> 00:06:35,581 So how can a guy 379 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:36,206 named Givenchy 380 00:06:36,248 --> 00:06:36,540 sell so much perfume? 381 00:06:37,015 --> 00:06:37,706 I'll make a confession: my real name's Dupr�... 382 00:06:38,015 --> 00:06:38,248 Ambroise Dupr�. 383 00:06:38,456 --> 00:06:38,665 And Agopian? 384 00:06:38,748 --> 00:06:39,181 Exoticism, my friend... 385 00:06:39,223 --> 00:06:39,640 Armenian, meaning Oriental. 386 00:06:39,706 --> 00:06:40,081 An Oriental barber is class... 387 00:06:40,473 --> 00:06:40,598 Sorry... 388 00:06:40,831 --> 00:06:41,098 I thought it was open. 389 00:06:41,290 --> 00:06:41,640 I forgot to lock the door. 390 00:06:41,706 --> 00:06:41,973 Besides, it's Sunday. 391 00:06:42,123 --> 00:06:42,415 So it is! 392 00:06:42,556 --> 00:06:42,706 I'm a fool! 393 00:06:42,890 --> 00:06:43,123 I'll be off. 394 00:06:43,206 --> 00:06:43,723 Have some champagne with us. 395 00:06:43,915 --> 00:06:44,556 I don't want to bother you... You're getting married. 396 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:45,040 You're not bothering us. 397 00:06:45,581 --> 00:06:45,998 Yes... I am! 398 00:06:46,165 --> 00:06:46,456 It's a family affair... 399 00:06:46,665 --> 00:06:47,015 When you're among family... 400 00:06:47,498 --> 00:06:47,665 Why'd you come? 401 00:06:47,931 --> 00:06:48,081 For my beard... 402 00:06:48,206 --> 00:06:48,456 I wanted it cut off. 403 00:06:48,498 --> 00:06:48,640 All of it? 404 00:06:48,831 --> 00:06:49,265 People say it makes me look sad, 405 00:06:49,331 --> 00:06:49,848 so when I happened by, I thought... 406 00:06:49,890 --> 00:06:50,456 Sit down, it'll only take 5 minutes. 407 00:07:00,389 --> 00:07:00,581 Too bad. 408 00:07:01,706 --> 00:07:01,931 Sorry. 409 00:07:02,348 --> 00:07:02,681 No, not today. 410 00:07:04,164 --> 00:07:04,373 Lots of happiness... 411 00:07:20,473 --> 00:07:20,848 Mathilde was my life. 412 00:07:20,998 --> 00:07:21,639 I knew that when they'd gone, when the door closed, 413 00:07:21,681 --> 00:07:22,373 everything would be set forever, for us both. 414 00:07:22,706 --> 00:07:23,123 The shop would close in on us. 415 00:07:23,206 --> 00:07:23,556 We'd be so closely welded 416 00:07:23,598 --> 00:07:24,223 that nothing cold or evil could slip between us, 417 00:07:24,264 --> 00:07:24,723 nothing harsh or chilling... 418 00:07:24,806 --> 00:07:25,014 ever... 419 00:07:27,931 --> 00:07:28,223 We went to Luc-sur-Mer 420 00:07:28,264 --> 00:07:29,098 so Mathilde could see where I wore the woolen trunks. 421 00:07:29,456 --> 00:07:29,889 A short honeymoon: we were in a rush 422 00:07:29,956 --> 00:07:30,723 to begin our real life on our stationary luxury liner. 423 00:07:37,873 --> 00:07:38,056 Wait... 424 00:07:38,306 --> 00:07:38,498 Sit down. 425 00:07:39,456 --> 00:07:40,039 A bit shorter. Not too much. 426 00:07:40,123 --> 00:07:40,473 Sit up straight. 427 00:07:44,664 --> 00:07:44,914 Sorry, Madam, 428 00:07:45,014 --> 00:07:45,223 we don't do women. 429 00:07:45,331 --> 00:07:45,556 I know. 430 00:07:46,998 --> 00:07:47,123 Excuse me. 431 00:07:48,806 --> 00:07:49,348 You asked for it! So there! 432 00:07:50,581 --> 00:07:51,206 Apologize to these folks. They must be shocked 433 00:07:51,248 --> 00:07:51,514 by your conduct. 434 00:07:51,581 --> 00:07:51,848 They don't know yours. 435 00:07:51,956 --> 00:07:52,223 I doubt if they care. 436 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:53,056 This is my wife, 437 00:07:53,164 --> 00:07:53,431 Germaine Gora. 438 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:54,014 I'm Julien Gora. 439 00:07:57,748 --> 00:07:58,289 See how neat that was? On the button! 440 00:07:58,581 --> 00:07:58,848 She's amazing! 441 00:07:59,039 --> 00:07:59,681 She used to play ping-pong. We still have the cups. 442 00:07:59,748 --> 00:08:00,098 Club trophies. 443 00:08:00,164 --> 00:08:00,764 Forget the haircut. It's no use. 444 00:08:01,473 --> 00:08:01,764 A bit of lotion, then? 445 00:08:01,889 --> 00:08:02,348 If you like... lotion's nice. 446 00:08:02,498 --> 00:08:03,164 She's stopped playing because of the kids. Three! 447 00:08:03,414 --> 00:08:03,681 Raising them's ajob. 448 00:08:03,831 --> 00:08:04,223 My hat's off to her for that. 449 00:08:04,414 --> 00:08:05,056 But she's no mere housewife pushing a broom. 450 00:08:05,164 --> 00:08:05,889 You noticed her clothes, her make-up. 451 00:08:06,623 --> 00:08:06,956 What'd you think of her? 452 00:08:07,056 --> 00:08:07,456 Nice, very nice. 453 00:08:08,039 --> 00:08:08,306 And you, sir? 454 00:08:08,373 --> 00:08:08,956 It's important to have a man's opinion. 455 00:08:09,164 --> 00:08:09,598 From what I saw, she was great. 456 00:08:09,723 --> 00:08:10,039 I agree with you. 457 00:08:10,139 --> 00:08:10,748 She's a magnificent woman! 458 00:08:10,914 --> 00:08:11,348 See those eyes? 459 00:08:11,414 --> 00:08:11,831 She's even lovelier when she's mad. 460 00:08:11,873 --> 00:08:12,014 Yes, indeed. 461 00:08:12,431 --> 00:08:12,914 Really an exceptional woman! 462 00:08:13,848 --> 00:08:14,431 'Bye. Excuse us. 463 00:08:14,556 --> 00:08:15,014 Thanks for everything. What do I owe? 464 00:08:15,081 --> 00:08:15,348 Nothing. 465 00:08:17,956 --> 00:08:18,431 "Lose 10 pounds in two weeks 466 00:08:18,473 --> 00:08:19,181 "on nothing but cucumbers and tea..." 467 00:08:19,414 --> 00:08:19,639 You buy that? 468 00:08:19,848 --> 00:08:20,247 - Where'd you read it? - In this. 469 00:08:20,331 --> 00:08:20,872 They say it's medically proven. 470 00:08:21,081 --> 00:08:21,331 What time is it? 471 00:08:21,747 --> 00:08:22,014 A quarter to 7. 472 00:08:22,456 --> 00:08:22,664 Let's close up. 473 00:08:29,081 --> 00:08:29,789 Lose half a pound and I'll throw myself under a bus... 474 00:08:30,914 --> 00:08:31,456 Then promise me something, just one thing: 475 00:08:31,664 --> 00:08:32,097 the day you don't love me anymore 476 00:08:32,139 --> 00:08:32,472 don't pretend you do. 477 00:08:34,997 --> 00:08:35,222 A customer! 478 00:08:35,597 --> 00:08:35,931 He'll be tomorrow's customer. 479 00:08:40,639 --> 00:08:40,847 Stop that! 480 00:08:40,956 --> 00:08:41,181 What a pest! 481 00:08:42,372 --> 00:08:42,639 Stop that, Edward! 482 00:08:42,706 --> 00:08:43,039 You know you promised! 483 00:08:43,222 --> 00:08:43,806 Remember what Daddy said. Edward, that will do! 484 00:08:43,872 --> 00:08:44,206 Look at the pretty books. 485 00:08:44,247 --> 00:08:44,914 There are boats in this one, and horses. 486 00:08:44,956 --> 00:08:45,306 Look, do you like horses? 487 00:08:45,414 --> 00:08:45,972 See how nice the lady is, she's lending you books. 488 00:08:46,014 --> 00:08:46,622 You're nice too, Edward, very nice, now. 489 00:08:46,664 --> 00:08:47,206 Have you any machine guns? 490 00:08:47,247 --> 00:08:47,622 The ones that go pop and make sparks? 491 00:08:47,664 --> 00:08:48,181 - I have a locomotive. - That wouldn't interest him. 492 00:08:48,247 --> 00:08:49,014 Look, there's a seat for you, with a cushion. 493 00:08:49,122 --> 00:08:49,664 What a pretty cushion. 494 00:08:50,372 --> 00:08:50,581 He isn't even ours. 495 00:08:50,681 --> 00:08:51,081 We adopted him. Awful mistake! 496 00:08:51,181 --> 00:08:51,472 You have children? 497 00:08:51,514 --> 00:08:51,956 Smart! Never adopt any! 498 00:08:51,997 --> 00:08:52,431 They palm off anything on you. 499 00:08:52,497 --> 00:08:52,806 You're stuck with 'em. 500 00:08:52,847 --> 00:08:53,222 Be nice, Edward. I have candy. 501 00:08:53,456 --> 00:08:53,847 We need rope, to tie him down. 502 00:08:53,914 --> 00:08:54,247 I hold his head, you truss him... 503 00:08:54,306 --> 00:08:54,556 He'll calm down... 504 00:08:54,622 --> 00:08:55,097 I'll show you something 505 00:08:55,164 --> 00:08:55,431 you've never seen. 506 00:09:16,997 --> 00:09:17,247 We've no children. 507 00:09:17,289 --> 00:09:17,931 We have other people's: Edward, Paul, Andrew, 508 00:09:17,972 --> 00:09:18,347 Armand, Jeremy, Etienne, Simon. 509 00:09:18,431 --> 00:09:18,956 Some surely shiver during the shampoo. 510 00:09:19,222 --> 00:09:19,706 Short hair for communion and vacations, 511 00:09:19,747 --> 00:09:20,306 not too bare around the neck for winter. 512 00:09:20,472 --> 00:09:21,014 And Mathilde keeps her belly flat, 513 00:09:21,081 --> 00:09:21,806 the smooth belly pregnancy will never deform. 514 00:09:22,014 --> 00:09:22,206 We've no friends. 515 00:09:22,497 --> 00:09:22,806 Never did have. 516 00:09:22,972 --> 00:09:23,389 What could they add to our lives? 517 00:09:23,539 --> 00:09:24,014 I take a dim view of couples 518 00:09:24,056 --> 00:09:24,597 who go out with other couples, 519 00:09:24,664 --> 00:09:24,872 share vacations... 520 00:09:25,306 --> 00:09:25,747 It's proof that love is lacking, 521 00:09:25,806 --> 00:09:26,581 a gulf bridged by outside friendship. 522 00:09:26,831 --> 00:09:27,206 We're fine, Mathilde. 523 00:09:27,372 --> 00:09:27,997 We're happy together, that's all that matters. 524 00:09:29,372 --> 00:09:29,581 It's all over. 525 00:09:29,722 --> 00:09:30,122 You see, it wasn't so bad... 526 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:32,889 He's cleaner, anyway. 527 00:09:32,931 --> 00:09:33,556 Remember what I told you: never adopt. 528 00:09:33,597 --> 00:09:33,872 Don't worry... 529 00:09:37,622 --> 00:09:37,889 Like this one? 530 00:09:38,181 --> 00:09:38,556 I got it yesterday. 531 00:09:38,597 --> 00:09:38,806 It's very pretty. 532 00:09:39,222 --> 00:09:39,414 Dance with me... 533 00:09:39,914 --> 00:09:40,372 I don't know how to dance to this music. 534 00:09:40,747 --> 00:09:40,872 Neither do I. 535 00:09:40,931 --> 00:09:41,681 So? Close your eyes, tell yourself no one is looking at you. 536 00:09:41,722 --> 00:09:41,931 Come on... 537 00:09:44,330 --> 00:09:44,597 See how easy it is? 538 00:09:46,872 --> 00:09:47,097 Someday... 539 00:09:47,247 --> 00:09:47,930 I'll buy a lottery ticket. Just one. 540 00:09:48,247 --> 00:09:48,622 Of course I'll win the jackpot. 541 00:09:49,039 --> 00:09:49,497 We'll cruise down the Nile, 542 00:09:49,764 --> 00:09:50,330 dancing on the deck of a paddle boat 543 00:09:50,455 --> 00:09:50,847 from morning to night, 544 00:09:51,055 --> 00:09:51,472 watching the sun go down 545 00:09:51,555 --> 00:09:51,889 behind the Pyramids! 546 00:09:52,580 --> 00:09:53,180 Hold me tight, Antoine, with all your might! 547 00:09:53,372 --> 00:09:53,955 Crush my breasts so tight I can't breathe! 548 00:09:54,430 --> 00:09:55,039 I'm scared that someday you won't want to dance with me. 549 00:09:55,247 --> 00:09:55,555 What nonsense! 550 00:09:55,664 --> 00:09:56,205 Not plaster my belly against yours? 551 00:09:56,247 --> 00:09:56,514 Or feel your skin? 552 00:09:56,747 --> 00:09:57,097 Or caress your shoulders? 553 00:09:57,347 --> 00:09:57,664 Your neck? 554 00:09:57,872 --> 00:09:58,097 Your ass? 555 00:09:58,680 --> 00:09:59,039 I've known other men, Antoine, 556 00:09:59,289 --> 00:09:59,680 but no one like you. 557 00:10:00,122 --> 00:10:00,622 I've never belonged to anyone. 558 00:10:00,789 --> 00:10:01,180 I ask nothing of you. 559 00:10:01,705 --> 00:10:01,872 Hold me tight! 560 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:06,622 Well, Mr. Doneker, 561 00:10:06,664 --> 00:10:07,055 which will you tell us today? 562 00:10:07,122 --> 00:10:07,622 It's so well-known, there's no point. 563 00:10:07,664 --> 00:10:08,330 Yes there is, Mr. Doneker. You know there is. 564 00:10:08,414 --> 00:10:09,080 I bet you don't recall them from month to month. 565 00:10:09,122 --> 00:10:09,305 Not even a week. 566 00:10:09,414 --> 00:10:09,930 It's true I forget some of them quickly, 567 00:10:09,972 --> 00:10:10,472 but I remember others. 568 00:10:10,622 --> 00:10:10,930 I must have read them long ago. 569 00:10:10,997 --> 00:10:11,639 I used to spot them, then it stopped. 570 00:10:11,789 --> 00:10:12,305 It doesn't mean a lot. Nothing, in fact, 571 00:10:12,430 --> 00:10:13,039 but they keep moving around in my memory. 572 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:13,289 Let's hear one. 573 00:10:13,847 --> 00:10:14,289 "In her glittering glass palace, 574 00:10:14,414 --> 00:10:14,805 "When the light's obscure, 575 00:10:14,930 --> 00:10:15,539 "Have you met Boroboudour, 576 00:10:15,597 --> 00:10:16,055 "The Chinese princess?" 577 00:10:16,289 --> 00:10:16,497 It's beautiful. 578 00:10:16,639 --> 00:10:17,055 You always say it's beautiful. 579 00:10:17,264 --> 00:10:17,664 Because it always is beautiful. 580 00:10:17,764 --> 00:10:18,330 It lives for a moment, then wears out. 581 00:10:18,472 --> 00:10:18,972 Then, one day, it doesn't sing anymore, 582 00:10:19,014 --> 00:10:19,305 I have to find new ones. 583 00:10:19,555 --> 00:10:19,930 Some lasted me for 2 months, 584 00:10:19,997 --> 00:10:20,497 others went flat after 4 days. 585 00:10:21,139 --> 00:10:21,472 Boroboudour... 586 00:10:21,514 --> 00:10:21,972 The Chinese princess. 587 00:10:22,305 --> 00:10:22,930 It should last to the end of the week. 588 00:10:23,180 --> 00:10:23,472 It's fading already, 589 00:10:23,705 --> 00:10:24,055 it's lost a bit of sparkle. 590 00:10:25,039 --> 00:10:25,264 There'll be others... 591 00:10:25,497 --> 00:10:25,764 There always have been. 592 00:10:25,955 --> 00:10:26,180 Thank goodness. 593 00:10:26,264 --> 00:10:26,722 Some last, others vanish. 594 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:27,789 I forget the one before, but it had something about 595 00:10:27,889 --> 00:10:28,597 "the ardent agony of roses." That stuck with me: 596 00:10:28,639 --> 00:10:29,222 "The ardent agony of roses." 597 00:10:29,955 --> 00:10:30,305 That feels so good... 598 00:10:30,580 --> 00:10:30,847 I wish it could last. 599 00:10:30,914 --> 00:10:31,389 We're in no hurry, Mr. Doneker. 600 00:10:35,914 --> 00:10:36,372 "Have you met Boroboudour, 601 00:10:36,472 --> 00:10:36,872 "The Chinese princess?" 602 00:10:37,222 --> 00:10:37,414 This alright? 603 00:10:37,555 --> 00:10:37,830 Not too hot? 604 00:10:48,789 --> 00:10:49,097 Mathilde's special: 605 00:10:49,139 --> 00:10:49,497 nothing is ever a problem. 606 00:10:49,539 --> 00:10:49,889 As if she'd decided to experience 607 00:10:49,955 --> 00:10:50,514 only the pleasant things in life. 608 00:10:50,622 --> 00:10:51,039 The days go by, one after another, 609 00:10:51,097 --> 00:10:51,389 as in a dream. 610 00:10:52,872 --> 00:10:53,414 In 10 years together, we've only had one fight, 611 00:10:53,455 --> 00:10:53,955 over something stupid. 612 00:10:54,122 --> 00:10:54,680 She had read through 613 00:10:54,722 --> 00:10:55,039 the pile of magazines. 614 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:55,455 She had looked outside, 615 00:10:55,497 --> 00:10:56,139 but the street was dull that day. 616 00:10:56,222 --> 00:10:56,722 She looked around the empty shop, 617 00:10:56,830 --> 00:10:57,039 then said to me: 618 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:57,347 Do you want me to cut your hair? 619 00:10:57,722 --> 00:10:57,872 I'd love it. 620 00:10:58,497 --> 00:10:59,222 There I was, in a Velcro-sealed blue smock... 621 00:10:59,497 --> 00:10:59,997 While she was cutting my hair, she said: 622 00:11:00,122 --> 00:11:00,597 Actor Fernand Reynaud drives a Jag. 623 00:11:00,639 --> 00:11:01,305 She must have seen it in some magazine. 624 00:11:01,347 --> 00:11:01,747 Like a fool, 625 00:11:01,789 --> 00:11:02,264 I answered sarcastically: 626 00:11:02,497 --> 00:11:02,972 You mean the dummy knows how to drive? 627 00:11:03,247 --> 00:11:03,972 I'd never liked him, but Mathilde did. 628 00:11:04,122 --> 00:11:04,555 She shrugged, sighed in annoyance 629 00:11:04,622 --> 00:11:04,914 in a way I'd never heard, 630 00:11:05,039 --> 00:11:05,539 and edgily, silently, finished the cut. 631 00:11:05,789 --> 00:11:06,139 That was our only fight. 632 00:11:06,347 --> 00:11:06,747 But it froze the blood in my veins. 633 00:11:12,472 --> 00:11:12,638 Light it for me? 634 00:11:20,305 --> 00:11:20,513 Hell, the folks! 635 00:11:24,163 --> 00:11:24,430 You smoking now? 636 00:11:24,538 --> 00:11:24,680 Did I wake you? 637 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:25,222 I wasn't asleep. 638 00:11:25,455 --> 00:11:25,638 Neither was l. 639 00:11:26,038 --> 00:11:26,663 I felt like smoking. I like it. 640 00:11:26,972 --> 00:11:27,305 I bought the pack today. 641 00:11:31,288 --> 00:11:31,513 Give me one. 642 00:11:35,205 --> 00:11:35,388 Well? 643 00:11:35,538 --> 00:11:35,788 It's nice. 644 00:11:35,955 --> 00:11:36,180 I'd forgotten. 645 00:11:36,705 --> 00:11:37,055 We should smoke more often. 646 00:11:38,347 --> 00:11:38,597 Sorry about before. 647 00:11:38,997 --> 00:11:39,680 It was my fault, I got carried away over nothing. 648 00:11:40,497 --> 00:11:40,722 Are you cold? 649 00:11:41,163 --> 00:11:41,330 But I'm thirsty. 650 00:11:41,705 --> 00:11:41,888 Want water? 651 00:11:42,413 --> 00:11:42,622 I'd like some booze. 652 00:11:42,955 --> 00:11:43,247 I'll buy some tomorrow. 653 00:11:43,722 --> 00:11:43,888 We've cologne. 654 00:11:44,555 --> 00:11:44,747 You'll poison us. 655 00:11:44,955 --> 00:11:45,138 Let's try it. 656 00:11:51,955 --> 00:11:52,763 Welcome to the Flamingo Club and its exotic cocktails! 657 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:53,622 Taste this... little lady. 658 00:11:57,413 --> 00:11:57,622 Not bad. 659 00:11:58,122 --> 00:11:58,347 Give me a cigarette. 660 00:11:58,388 --> 00:11:58,680 First, let's dance. 661 00:11:58,805 --> 00:11:59,055 I'd rather watch you. 662 00:12:01,472 --> 00:12:01,847 The glass! It may explode. 663 00:12:01,888 --> 00:12:02,330 - You mean it? - Can't be too careful. 664 00:12:06,888 --> 00:12:07,222 We must buy some ashtrays, 665 00:12:07,330 --> 00:12:07,747 now that we're smoking. 666 00:12:09,372 --> 00:12:09,705 There's a crack in the ceiling. 667 00:12:11,413 --> 00:12:12,097 We drank a lot. Weird things. 668 00:12:12,263 --> 00:12:12,747 We made love standing at a mirror. 669 00:12:13,038 --> 00:12:13,663 I asked if she could imagine how many other lovers 670 00:12:13,705 --> 00:12:14,055 were coming just then, 671 00:12:14,180 --> 00:12:14,680 how many cocks shafting how many women. 672 00:12:14,972 --> 00:12:15,288 Many thousands, she said, 673 00:12:15,330 --> 00:12:15,847 but none were as happy as she. 674 00:12:16,288 --> 00:12:16,663 She added she would never leave me, 675 00:12:16,705 --> 00:12:17,138 that only death could part us. 676 00:12:22,388 --> 00:12:22,622 What time is it? 677 00:12:23,305 --> 00:12:23,513 Ten o'clock. 678 00:12:23,913 --> 00:12:24,247 Maybe we ought to get up. 679 00:12:24,413 --> 00:12:24,722 If we can. 680 00:12:25,788 --> 00:12:26,097 My head aches... there. 681 00:12:26,330 --> 00:12:26,705 From the shaving lotion. 682 00:12:26,830 --> 00:12:27,305 That was a mistake. You shouldn't mix. 683 00:12:30,538 --> 00:12:31,055 They're gone. It's summer. 684 00:12:31,538 --> 00:12:32,038 Wait here for me. I want to say hello to someone. 685 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:32,746 Mind your brother and sister. Stay on the sidewalk! 686 00:12:32,888 --> 00:12:33,096 Watch out! 687 00:12:36,138 --> 00:12:36,663 Remember me? Gora... 688 00:12:36,871 --> 00:12:37,221 My wife was here, too... 689 00:12:37,388 --> 00:12:37,580 The slap. 690 00:12:37,621 --> 00:12:37,888 Sure I remember. 691 00:12:37,930 --> 00:12:38,638 It surprised you, and we chatted a bit. 692 00:12:38,788 --> 00:12:39,388 Things going better... at home? 693 00:12:39,455 --> 00:12:39,705 Things are terrible. 694 00:12:39,955 --> 00:12:40,096 Like them? 695 00:12:40,221 --> 00:12:40,680 Sweet. How old are they? 696 00:12:40,721 --> 00:12:40,971 The baby's got a cold. 697 00:12:41,138 --> 00:12:41,888 She was never sick before. They'll all get it, 698 00:12:41,955 --> 00:12:42,205 one after another... 699 00:12:43,038 --> 00:12:43,246 Your wife left? 700 00:12:43,288 --> 00:12:43,746 Yeah. It had to happen. 701 00:12:43,913 --> 00:12:44,346 What'll I do with 'em for vacation? 702 00:12:44,513 --> 00:12:44,680 I'll figure it out. 703 00:12:44,746 --> 00:12:45,038 She'll be back. 704 00:12:45,288 --> 00:12:45,638 Not a chance! 705 00:12:45,705 --> 00:12:46,080 When she makes up her mind... 706 00:12:46,205 --> 00:12:46,621 Anyway, I deserved it. 707 00:12:46,888 --> 00:12:47,096 Cute, aren't they? 708 00:12:47,263 --> 00:12:47,763 The oldest is the image of her mother. 709 00:12:47,955 --> 00:12:48,221 How pretty she is! 710 00:12:48,263 --> 00:12:48,596 Another's sniffling. 711 00:12:48,663 --> 00:12:48,996 See? One after another. 712 00:12:49,038 --> 00:12:49,455 Well, I'm off. 713 00:12:49,496 --> 00:12:49,971 I just wanted you to see them. 714 00:12:50,138 --> 00:12:50,455 See you again soon... 715 00:12:51,038 --> 00:12:51,371 I think his wife'll be back. 716 00:12:51,413 --> 00:12:51,596 Maybe not. 717 00:12:51,830 --> 00:12:52,180 Alright, kids, let's go. 718 00:12:52,555 --> 00:12:53,138 Know why this park has a strange color? 719 00:12:53,621 --> 00:12:54,221 Because folks here will never see anything else: 720 00:12:54,430 --> 00:12:54,788 it's their last decor. 721 00:12:54,930 --> 00:12:55,471 That lays a film over everything: 722 00:12:55,663 --> 00:12:56,180 the branches, the lawn, the trees. 723 00:12:56,221 --> 00:12:56,680 Don't talk like that, Mr. Isidore. 724 00:12:57,746 --> 00:12:58,055 I've been wetting my bed. 725 00:12:58,121 --> 00:12:58,596 I'm not gaga, I do it on purpose. 726 00:12:58,788 --> 00:12:58,971 Why? 727 00:12:59,013 --> 00:12:59,221 To bug them. 728 00:12:59,830 --> 00:13:00,638 They wouldn't call the vet for Gris-Gris. So he died. 729 00:13:00,746 --> 00:13:01,138 A phone call was too much bother. 730 00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:01,763 Now they gotta change my sheets daily. 731 00:13:01,913 --> 00:13:02,346 I could do worse, if you get me. 732 00:13:02,388 --> 00:13:02,955 Don't, they'll put you in a hospital. 733 00:13:04,246 --> 00:13:04,430 How's the shop? 734 00:13:04,663 --> 00:13:05,263 Fine. Antoine's going to repaint the ceiling. 735 00:13:05,330 --> 00:13:05,930 Off-white, satin finish. Brightens things. 736 00:13:07,330 --> 00:13:07,638 It's crummy here. 737 00:13:08,055 --> 00:13:08,788 Too bad the last thing I'll ever see is crummy. 738 00:13:10,121 --> 00:13:10,371 Friends? 739 00:13:10,913 --> 00:13:11,163 At your age, 740 00:13:11,205 --> 00:13:11,830 you think the old are friends because they're old. 741 00:13:11,955 --> 00:13:12,180 It's not true. 742 00:13:12,513 --> 00:13:13,096 I can tell you from experience: 743 00:13:13,138 --> 00:13:13,455 old assholes are the worst. 744 00:13:13,496 --> 00:13:13,846 This place is full of them, 745 00:13:13,913 --> 00:13:14,346 including me. 746 00:13:14,721 --> 00:13:15,346 Come on, I'll walk you to the gate. 747 00:13:15,388 --> 00:13:15,930 We've plenty of time. We came to see you. 748 00:13:16,763 --> 00:13:17,180 I see a lot of relatives on Sundays, 749 00:13:17,263 --> 00:13:17,513 anxious to leave 750 00:13:17,705 --> 00:13:18,205 as soon as they get here. 751 00:13:18,346 --> 00:13:18,888 I understand - the living don't belong here. 752 00:13:19,305 --> 00:13:19,805 You'll see, you'll feel better outside, 753 00:13:19,930 --> 00:13:20,263 you can't help it, 754 00:13:20,413 --> 00:13:20,830 you'll sigh with relief. 755 00:13:22,180 --> 00:13:22,596 I come and open the gate every day. 756 00:13:22,638 --> 00:13:23,138 Makes me feel I could leave if I want. 757 00:13:24,246 --> 00:13:24,496 'Bye, Mr. Agopian. 758 00:13:24,538 --> 00:13:24,746 'Bye, Antoine. 759 00:13:25,205 --> 00:13:25,471 Stay happy. 760 00:13:25,871 --> 00:13:26,180 Think of me now and then. 761 00:13:29,888 --> 00:13:30,596 Nothing's faster than death. 762 00:13:30,788 --> 00:13:31,705 Stock up on pills, think you're OK, and, in seconds, flooey! 763 00:13:31,788 --> 00:13:32,263 Not even flooey: the f in flooey, and wham! 764 00:13:32,330 --> 00:13:33,121 I say it's like sleeping without dreaming. 765 00:13:33,288 --> 00:13:33,913 But when you sleep you wake up. That's why you sleep. 766 00:13:33,971 --> 00:13:34,430 If you sleep all the time, you can't say 767 00:13:34,496 --> 00:13:34,638 you're asleep. 768 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:35,163 You're unconscious anyway, right? 769 00:13:35,221 --> 00:13:35,596 Not conscious of anything. 770 00:13:35,663 --> 00:13:36,180 That's not the same thing! 771 00:13:36,263 --> 00:13:36,888 Mix up conscious of nothing with unconscious, 772 00:13:36,930 --> 00:13:37,346 and the conversation flags. 773 00:13:37,413 --> 00:13:37,763 You see a difference? 774 00:13:37,830 --> 00:13:38,430 If you can't, why bother to talk? 775 00:13:38,496 --> 00:13:38,805 What're we talking about? 776 00:13:38,930 --> 00:13:39,330 What do you think, Mr. Antoine? 777 00:13:39,830 --> 00:13:40,330 Death is yellow and vanilla-scented. 778 00:13:41,121 --> 00:13:41,305 You sure of that? 779 00:13:41,746 --> 00:13:42,038 I'd bet on it. 780 00:13:44,705 --> 00:13:44,913 1... 781 00:13:44,971 --> 00:13:45,138 2... 782 00:13:45,205 --> 00:13:45,330 3... 783 00:13:45,371 --> 00:13:46,138 At 20 that door must close for good 784 00:13:46,413 --> 00:13:47,163 so we can drown in the ocean of peace we love so much. 785 00:13:47,638 --> 00:13:47,955 11... 12... 786 00:13:49,913 --> 00:13:50,080 20. 787 00:13:50,971 --> 00:13:51,163 Terrible. 788 00:13:51,346 --> 00:13:51,746 He's more stooped every day. 789 00:13:51,930 --> 00:13:52,305 He's a bit older every day. 790 00:13:52,746 --> 00:13:53,055 Life's disgusting. 791 00:13:53,971 --> 00:13:54,263 A storm's blowing up. 792 00:13:59,329 --> 00:13:59,454 No lights! 793 00:13:59,663 --> 00:14:00,013 You'll ruin your eyes. 794 00:14:00,204 --> 00:14:00,429 I'm through reading. 795 00:14:00,871 --> 00:14:01,246 I want you to sit where you always sit. 796 00:14:25,746 --> 00:14:26,079 I'm going to buy some yogurt for tonight. 797 00:14:34,054 --> 00:14:34,221 "My love, 798 00:14:34,579 --> 00:14:34,954 "I'm going before you do. 799 00:14:35,263 --> 00:14:35,746 "I am going before your desire dies. 800 00:14:35,929 --> 00:14:36,429 "Then we'd be left with affection alone, 801 00:14:36,679 --> 00:14:37,179 "and I know that won't be enough. 802 00:14:37,663 --> 00:14:38,054 "I'm going before I grow unhappy. 803 00:14:38,513 --> 00:14:39,013 "I go bearing the taste of our embraces, 804 00:14:39,221 --> 00:14:39,538 "your smell, 805 00:14:39,579 --> 00:14:39,804 "your look, 806 00:14:39,954 --> 00:14:40,179 "your kisses. 807 00:14:40,538 --> 00:14:41,221 "I go with the memory of my loveliest years, 808 00:14:41,413 --> 00:14:41,721 "the ones you gave me. 809 00:14:42,304 --> 00:14:42,971 "I kiss you now, so tenderly I'll die of it. 810 00:14:43,454 --> 00:14:43,746 "I have always loved you. 811 00:14:43,888 --> 00:14:44,179 "I have loved only you. 812 00:14:44,679 --> 00:14:45,163 "I'm going so you never forget me... 813 00:14:45,554 --> 00:14:45,746 "Mathilde." 814 00:15:05,721 --> 00:15:06,038 Care for a shampoo? 815 00:15:16,638 --> 00:15:16,929 Who taught you to dance? 816 00:15:16,971 --> 00:15:17,471 No one. I make it up. I've always liked it. 817 00:15:17,537 --> 00:15:17,996 Not too fast! I'll show you. 818 00:15:23,121 --> 00:15:23,512 You're not bad. 819 00:15:23,596 --> 00:15:23,829 Think so? 820 00:15:36,329 --> 00:15:36,679 The hairdresser will be back.