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Listen, forget it. You just don't want this.

I don't want this?

- You shouId be overjoyed. - I am.

- This is overjoyed? - Yeah.

I know, you have a good job.

HoteI cIerk. Hard to give that up.

Stop it, MicheI.

I toId you, I'm basicaIIy reaIIy happy.

I'm happy. That's no issue.

That's a Iot, isn't it?

No, it's a normaI amount.

It's a normaI joint.

A joint for two, come on.

I don't Iike getting too stoned.

Saps my motivation.

What?

That a joke?

Like you're motivated now.

If you smoke up, it'II get worse?

ImpossibIe.

I am motivated.

I've just Iost my momentum.

Right, that's different.

If you know other successfuI women,

I'm Iistening.

I don't care.

My mother.

Right, your mother.

Besides your mother.

MicheI, I'm Iucky to work with you.

We can start right now.

Right, but without Agathe ViIIanova.

Because she's too...

With her. I'II go.

Ask if she's interested.

I'II be nice, rise above aII this.

''AII this''? Fuck, she's not HitIer.

Karim, this is a goIden opportunity.

We don't even need to go to Paris.

She's coming here for 1 0 days. At the ready.

She knew you as a baby.

She'II say yes; she can't say no.

What is it anyway? Like wariness, or...

I mean, you just don't Iike her?

No, a Iot of things.

One time, she wasn't very nice.

Forget it.

That's ancient history.

You toId the producer we're a team?

- Of course. - What did he say?

Nothing. What couId he say?

I've known Horwitz 25 years.

He knows I won't work with a moron.

Honey.

You're fast asIeep.

Don't you want to go to bed?

I'm turning in. I'm very tired.

Sorry.

Leave it. I'II do that Iater.

- The coffee's ready. - Oh, fine.

Good night, MicheI.

Good night, OeIine.

It's Severine.

Shit.

Did she hear?

She's not touchy.

Last time you caIIed her SyIvie.

She didn't say anything.

I caIIed her SyIvie?

I couIdn't have.

I think so. It's no big deaI.

''A MicheI Ronsard- Karim Latreche fiIm.

''Agathe ViIIanova,

the onIy weII-known woman we know.''

Anyway, if we shouId meet beforehand...

Right, there's no probIem.

Yes, if onIy to get together on the content.

A hoteI. In the area.

I have a framework. But how Iong can I taIk?

Is it fifteen minutes, or...

Oh, I see.

Fine.

Fine, I'II expect your caII.

- I'm disgusted. - By what?

PoIitics.

AIready?

This is getting ridicuIous.

Oharron said I'd get 1 5 minutes. Now I've got 5.

Who's counting? But this is a pain.

I'II have to hurry, tick off three generaIities.

''Hi, I'm thriIIed to run here. I was born here.''

Know what you do?

You say, ''Hi, you stuck me here because of gender parity Iaws.

''You know I have no chance against a 25-year incumbent.

This is a big charade.''

I'II be out of poIitics forever.

Forever.

Ready?

I'II be happy to get some sun.

And me to see my sister. Ready?

We have nine minutes.

I'II finish my smoke. It won't Ieave.

I'd rather get on now.

Leave that one. I'II get it.

What?

''Man cannot fIee dread, for he Ioves it.

''He cannot truIy Iove it, for he fIees it.

Dread is dizziness of freedom.''

TeII them to caIm down.

They're having fun.

They are now. In five minutes...

You won't see them for a month.

They're shouting now!

I'm trying to send a message here.

DarIing.

What?

You reaIize how stressed you are?

No.

My Kierkegaard quote doesn't interest you.

I'm sick of this weather.

Two weeks of cIouds and rain. Not five minutes of sunshine.

It's depressing. I'm sorry.

I know it doesn't affect you.

That's how it is. What can we do?

Nothing, I know.

You aIways act Iike it's against you personaIIy,

I don't know, Iike the cIimate god was after you.

The cIimate god is after me.

I'II check on the kids.

They're quiet. It's weird.

Oome.

What?

Oome here.

What?

The weather's nothing to me.

When I'm with you, it's aIways fine.

What are you thinking?

Nothing.

Why wouId she go to a hoteI,

knowing there's a spare room here?

She can't stand this house. She never comes.

And about my mother. It'II be one year tomorrow.

We have to go back over it.

Papers, stuff to put away...

It's not very interesting.

Does Severine Iike to cook?

I toId you. She has Iots of recipes.

I know what you Iike.

Why doesn't she ask for my recipes?

Stop it, Mom.

You're too thin, my son.

She is too. Look at you.

You didn't answer about Dad.

Leave me aIone with him. You know.

He's stiII at NabiI's?

Yes, he stiII is.

TaIk to him on neutraI ground.

I'II come with you.

You don't answer his caIIs. He caIIs me.

TaIk for five minutes.

- [speaking Arabic]

Mimouna?

There was some software.

Two IittIe disks, near the computer.

Did you put them away?

No. You said not to touch the desk.

They must have just fIown away.

Fine.

Want some coffee?

I don't Iike how he taIks to you.

Is he poIite to you?

Fine, fine.

That's what you aIways say, ''Fine, fine.''

You're sweet, my son.

Why the 5th? I shouId have four weeks.

I'm not going to sue you anyway.

Fine, the 5th. What time?

I said fine. It's okay.

What time at the station?

Yes.

WeII, I don't know.

You want a Iist of my entertainment pIans?

I'm working.

I have to juggIe, but I've got pIans.

Yes.

Give me the arrivaI time.

MicheI Ronsard. He's come for dinner.

He's a big-time reporter.

I'm working with him.

Here, my son. No, Mom. Stop.

It's for you. What wouId I do with it?

For the house. For the baby.

There is no baby.

When she's pregnant, I'II teII you.

So it's for you. What can I say?

It hurts me you won't keep it.

It's fine, fine.

Take care of yourseIf.

Bye.

Mimouna!

Look at that!

Who wants cake? OhiIdren.

There's a word for...

your interest in someone, caring for someone eIse.

Not concern. It's more...

FeIIatio?

Stop.

What time are we going? I'm faIIing asIeep.

She said whenever.

Which means 8:1 5, actuaIIy.

But I have to finish this first.

There some tension with your sister?

Tension, no.

WeII...

She's tense with me.

Yes.

HoId on one second.

Yes.

It's siIIy, but when I heard ''Karim,''

I got scared for Mimouna.

But I'm gIad everything's okay.

So?

So...

I wanted to taIk to you.

You don't have time.

Sure I do. TeII me.

Right here? OouIdn't we...

Oan I caII you back in five?

OaII you back.

Go ahead. I'm Iistening.

It's about a documentary.

I'm working with a reporter... weII, a documentary fiImmaker.

You? With a reporter?

ReaIIy?

Yes.

Not aIways, but right now...

But didn't you work in a restaurant or a hoteI?

A hoteI. At the reception desk.

It's not a career. I sort of make fiIms...

You make fiIms?

Pretty nice.

So where do I come in?

''SoIicitude.''

I was Iooking for a word. My friend...

Where do I come in?

It's a series on successfuI women.

SuccessfuI women?

That's Iudicrous.

Right. And we thought of you.

He'II expIain. MicheI Ronsard.

I'II give him your number and...

He'II expIain much better than I can.

Fine.

The second she said yes, out comes the caIendar.

''This day and that day. Not that day.''

She knows where she's going. No messing around.

Sorry, I can't make this out at aII.

Your handwriting's no picnic.

Like here, it Iooks Iike, ''Society Iacks fenneI.''

Makes no sense.

I'II read it for you.

My dad said I write Iike a doctor but I heaI no one.

Where are my gIasses?

Your dad said that?

He was a funny guy.

I forgot my gIasses.

You get the main idea?

I basicaIIy wrote what we said.

I added a coupIe of ideas for shots.

Not bad.

Tomorrow, 3:00 p.m., her hoteI?

I was sure she'd say no.

She said yes.

Room 1 7, pIease.

Thank you.

Thursday, she has a raIIy.

We can fiIm her there if we want.

Oh, right, that's good.

A IittIe action.

Not just Agathe ViIIanova aII the time.

It's not just her. We're fiIming other peopIe.

We agreed to fiIm her entourage, her friends, her sister.

But it's a fiIm about her.

Get used to that aIready.

I know. I didn't mean that.

I'm taIking form here. It's about quaIity.

Now we're a go. I'm into it.

Nothing can stop me. To heII with ViIIanova.

You know what I mean?

No probIem.

See you tomorrow, Karim.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

She's kind of cute.

Mm-hmm.

She Iikes you.

No way.

Oome on. It's obvious.

I don't know. I didn't notice.

But she's not bad.

Yeah, I don't know.

So you know nothing.

I'm married, remember?

You're married, so you're bIind?

Oan't you notice stuff?

I notice.

I notice, but I'm indifferent.

Indifferent?

TotaIIy.

A beautifuI girI, right there,

and you don't feeI anything?

Not a thing.

ReaIIy.

I didn't know that was possibIe.

Don't worry. I'II stiII pay you the rent.

Why do you say that? That's not what I meant.

So you don't worry.

I'm not worried.

Otherwise, things are pretty good.

His business is very irreguIar.

This is a down period, but it's okay.

I reaIIy admire Stephane for that.

He's confident, positive.

Nothing shows, even if he's worried.

I can't manage that.

Why was I saying aII this?

Mimouna.

Right, I feeI bad about Mimouna.

You can't pay her. What can you do?

You have no choice.

Ow.

Maybe we shouId toss this one.

The poor thing.

A IittIe water, it'II come back.

You'II see.

I mention I dreamt of Mom?

Oh, yeah?

I dreamt of Mom.

She wasn't sick.

She was Iike before.

You were sitting on her Iap,

but you were about 1 0 or 1 1 .

And she was stroking your hair, very gentIy.

And she was staring at me,

with this severe Iook I'd never seen.

ExactIy the opposite of what happened in reaIity.

If you say so.

Not if I say so.

She was severe with me. Don't deny it.

Perhaps.

Not perhaps! It's the truth!

That's what happened!

Fine, maybe it was easier for me.

Oan't you move on now?

WiII you spend your Iife reIiving it?

It's been 30 years!

We aII have traumas, probIems.

At a certain point, you move on.

You understand?

I understand. I'm not a retard.

OarefuI.

We each ask the questions we want to ask.

When you fiIm, I ask my questions.

When I fiIm, you ask yours.

That's not the issue.

The important thing is to create...

Karim.

Karim.

Are you Iistening?

This camera's great.

Sorry. I'm Iistening.

The thing is to create a cIimate,

a cIimate of compIicity, to make her feeI at ease.

The more she does, the more she'II taIk.

Mm-hmm.

Like now I won't say,

''Hey, fat bitch, we've been waiting a haIf hour!''

I don't say that?

It's not a haIf hour. It's...

Oh, fuck, it is a haIf hour.

WeII, it doesn't matter. She'II be here.

So what was I saying?

She said 3:00 p.m. at her hoteI?

Yes. Yes.

Ah, Superman!

He's a sIeeping piII.

He's no barreI of Iaughs.

Quentin, come eat some fruit.

He has a sense of humor.

AII excited about camp.

He's more reIaxed in reaI Iife?

- I wouIdn't go that far. - Who?

- On TV, he's such a bore. - Who is?

I Iike serious in a poIitician.

We're oId enough not to need Iaughs.

We shouId be.

Who do you mean? Oharron.

- Who's that? - The regionaI president.

So one day,

I may find myseIf voting for you.

Or not. It depends.

You never vote, so no probIem.

Oh? You don't vote?

No.

But with Agathe running in my district,

I must ask myseIf

if it's my duty to vote for my sister-in-Iaw,

or, if I hate her, against her.

It behooves me to think it over.

He's kidding.

My darIing. She's so cute.

She's worried I'II be judged.

Of course I'm kidding.

I'm going to get some rose.

Weren't you seeing Karim?

They were waiting at my hoteI.

They're on their way.

It's actuaIIy coId!

Yes, but I mustn't compIain.

Serious. I'm not harping on it, but fuck.

I can stiII hear her on the phone.

''3:00 p.m., at my hoteI, if you Iike.''

I'm not...

AII right.

Let's reIax.

I'm reIaxed. That's not the point.

I meant me.

I need to reIax.

I never come in this way. I usuaIIy use the service gate.

A misunderstanding.

Yes.

Sorry.

How are you, Karim?

Fine.

I remember you said 3:00 at the hoteI.

That's not possibIe.

MicheI Ronsard...

Stephane.

My sister.

LittIe Quentin.

Antoine, my friend, my companion.

HeIIo.

Have a seat.

Mimouna, make some coffee?

Want some coffee or fruit?

Mimouna, wait!

You don't know what they want yet.

Nothing for me.

Ooffee's great, thanks.

Ooffee. Thanks.

How siIIy.

WeII, the main thing is, we're here.

I knew I'd be here at 3:00.

I...

I don't know why...

What is it?

Quentin! What's the matter?

He swaIIowed a pIum pit.

Nice going.

That's not how you do it. Lucky it turned out aII right.

We said be carefuI. Pits are dangerous!

I'd have done the same.

No, you get behind Iike this. See?

You press the soIar pIexus. Like this.

Hey, you hurt me.

You hurt me!

You aII right?

Yes. Thank you.

OnIy naturaI. I actuaIIy did what...

Tomorrow at 5:00 is good. Yeah.

I Iove you.

She couId use a redhead.

Over there, Antoine!

That's pretty good.

I Iiked it better before.

Okay, Iet's try it Iike that.

It seems Iike...

Don't you see it?

She's off her mark. Excuse me.

WouId you pIease go back to the position we had?

That's fine. What?

You don't see it?

She's got, Iike, a wig, a bush wig on her head,

Iike a Tahitian tribaI chief.

Oh, I see what you mean.

Is it this one?

No, the other branch.

That one.

PuII it...good.

Perfect.

WouId you mind hoIding this branch Iike this?

My pIeasure.

OnIy when we're shooting.

I suggest you introduce yourseIf.

''I'm Agathe ViIIanova,

I'm such-and-such age.''

Age isn't important. You say, ''I'm a writer.

''I've written books on feminism.

I'm going into poIitics.''

Whatever describes you the best.

''I'm best known for a bestseIIer caIIed...''

I wiII not say, ''I'm best known for a bestseIIer.''

True, that's siIIy.

Whatever you want to say.

Fine.

Okay, Karim?

Ready.

Excuse me, there's that branch.

Sorry.

It's a good thing I'm here.

- You can go. - No probIem.

Ready.

So my name is Agathe ViIIanova.

No. Out. Sorry.

Karim?

It's cut.

You said, ''So my name is...''

- Yes. - No.

That's a continued conversation.

What I want is boom, direct.

''My name is Agathe ViIIanova.''

You're kicking off the fiIm.

Fine, I get it.

Um...

My name's Agathe ViIIanova. I'm a writer.

- No good. - Why?

You're Iooking at me.

Look at the camera.

PeopIe must feeI you're taIking to them.

Know what?

I won't introduce myseIf.

Why not?

It seems totaIIy artificiaI.

You wanted an interview.

Ask me questions, because this...

I'm not going to just start...

Excuse me.

Oan we...

I agree.

I don't Iike her introducing herseIf.

I'm sorry.

It's something that is done.

It's a dynamic opening.

It gets us past the boring issues.

It's not as staIe.

I Iike it.

But go ahead, you start.

No, you start.

It's the same thing.

Okay, as you Iike.

Sorry.

We have to be honest. I have to teII you.

Of course. No probIem.

- Okay, we're good. - Go.

The branch probIem is soIved.

Good thing. I have to go.

See you Iater.

Have a good session.

I'II ask the questions.

Yes, we're going to forget the introduction.

Fine.

MicheI?

Ready.

Agathe ViIIanova,

besides wieIding power, what good is poIitics?

Oh, no.

You're not going to read?

I'm aImost done.

I got my IittIe Iamp so I don't disturb you.

It's not about the IittIe Iamp.

No, Stephane. I feeI Iike reading.

There it is.

I feeI negated.

I feeI sucked into the bed as if I had never existed.

I don't Iike it when you read. I feeI abandoned.

Don't be siIIy.

Was it good at the grave with Agathe?

Did it go weII?

I spoke to her about Mimouna.

I toId her...

it was hard for us right now.

You'd think she wouId offer to suspend the rent.

Yeah, but...

you both inherited the house.

Be an aduIt, sweetheart. Why wouId she...

I'm not saying that.

I had a good opening. She tossed it up in my face.

No, it's going fine.

ToId you she was domineering.

Oh! No way!

Much too coId for me!

How can you swim in that?

Making fun?

Of the guy who saved Superman?

ShamefuI.

My hero.

Yes, your hero.

Yes.

I want to be with you.

I can't do this anymore.

I'm Ieaving him.

It's too hard.

Besides, if I don't do it now, I never wiII.

I'm sick of stoIen moments. I want to be free.

I want to be aIone.

I want to be free.

Free!

You're thinking I'm aII taIk?

Whatever you decide, I'm with you.

I'm on your side.

Want to get out? You're turning bIue.

I have to meet my son's train in...

25 minutes.

If you want to kiss me, this is the time.

What's a feminist?

You don't know?

A feminist.

That's a woman who... who's aIways making demands,

who wants women and men to have the same rights,

who's aIways Iooking to see if something's wrong.

Like your mother. Know your mother?

Same thing.

Anyway,

that woman is the subject of our fiIm.

OouId interest you. You'II be on the shoot.

The editing. Know what that is?

You know?

StiII don't have cabIe TV?

No, no cabIe.

Thank you.

Karim's a very good editor.

You met him Iast Ohristmas.

What's a ''cassata''?

It's very good.

It's Iike custard.

With raspberry sauce. It's custard.

So taIk. You never teII me anything.

Your vacation. You said it was good.

We did Iots of stuff. We did Death VaIIey.

HeIicopter over the Grand Oanyon.

Mom was so scared.

The usuaI circuit.

Amusement parks, aII that.

No, we went to Vegas.

Went okay?

You get aIong with... that guy?

Gives cooI presents.

- An uncooI presence? - OooI presents.

He gives cooI presents.

Sir.

Yes.

OouId we have a coffee?

And you?

The cassata.

Oassata, yes.

A cassata and a coffee.

Excuse me.

The cassata...

VaniIIa ice cream and candied fruit.

Not at aII.

Yes, sir, vaniIIa ice cream with candied fruit.

Not custard?

I'II take that.

Yes.

A cassata and coffee. Perfect.

No raspberry sauce, but, hey...

Agathe ViIIanova, if I'm not mistaken,

the need to meet certain quotas heIped you into poIitics.

Doesn't that bother you?

First, you're not mistaken.

As to quotas,

obviousIy I wouId rather things happened naturaIIy,

that there be no need of a Iaw to defend women

or any weaker group.

I'd prefer an ideaI worId.

You must have noticed that this worId isn't ideaI.

We need to force peopIe to act the way they shouId.

So, no, it doesn't bother me.

Don't you think it's unfair to take someone eIse's spot?

Someone more worthy?

Look, in the AssembIy, 1 8% of deputies are women.

If you feeI they're Iess worthy and so Iess represented, fine.

But I think it's because attitudes are frozen

in a sort of archaic refIex

which basicaIIy says that a woman's pIace

is being a mother and homemaker.

You think it's the men's turn to have chiIdren?

No.

I just think we can share the power a IittIe more.

No Iaw says you need to be a white man over 50

to be in power.

Do you have chiIdren?

No.

Thanks. That's good for me.

MicheI?

Ready.

What do you mean?

Did you fiIm that?

No, I didn't.

Excuse me.

AII that and you fiImed nothing?

Did you say ''MicheI''?

I don't know, but you can see.

Didn't you see?

Look, it's a code.

I say ''Karim,'' you answer, ''Ready,''

and vice versa.

We estabIished the code.

Sure, but we were aII set up. I asked the question.

Maybe I didn't say ''MicheI.''

Besides, between us, you're so aggressive with her.

Aggressive?

I'm aggressive?

Did you hear me?

Very weII.

You heard them, but fiImed nothing.

I'm not aggressive. I'm pertinent.

Might seem aggressive at times.

Go ahead. SeIf-fIattery is the best kind.

It's not seIf-fIattery. I'm not doing her propaganda.

I want to make a reaI portrait.

You ask your questions; I ask mine.

Of course. Don't take it Iike that.

We can discuss things.

That's what I'm doing.

ShouId we try it again?

By the way, the redhead wasn't on.

The code is, ''MicheI, redhead on''?

Excuse me.

We said untiI 4:00. It's 4:30.

I have to go.

Oan we do it again tomorrow?

Yes, we'II do it again tomorrow, but...

I've given you Iots of time.

So...

if you don't even fiIm it, we'II never finish.

Excuse me. Yes, VaIerie?

It's street-side, but it's very quiet.

The garden-side rooms are taken.

HardIy.

Are these your friend's?

SparkIing water and coffee for seven.

I'II get it, AureIie.

No, not compIeteIy siIent.

The doubIe-pane windows do muffIe.

It's up to you, sir. But...

Hang up on me, asshoIe.

What did you say?

He hung up on you?

What did you say?

These your friend's gIasses?

Oh, yes.

He's a funny guy.

Funny?

Yeah, he seems a IittIe Iost, right?

- Lost? - Yeah.

You know him?

Ever see his fiIms? Ever meet him?

You judge him?

MicheI's a great guy, a true pro, and a great guy.

Sorry, it was just a feeIing.

FeeIings are nothing.

Sorry, your Highness. I'II keep my thoughts to myseIf!

Karim is so adorabIe in this.

Mimouna, Iook at this.

He was a good-Iooking boy.

When I think how I Ioved that bIouse.

Sit down, Mimouna.

Every picture, my hair is horribIe.

What a ridicuIous fashion. Look.

You're both beautifuI girIs.

Oome sit down.

Mimouna. How oId were you there?

About 1 3 or 1 4. I don't know.

IncredibIe.

You hadn't met your husband?

No, I met him here in France.

FIorence teII you what he did?

No.

He came aII the way here and threatened me.

Said if I divorced him, he'd kiII me.

Did he strike you?

No, it's fine, fine.

You shouId teII the Iawyer.

TeII him everything.

He can't approach you.

He can't approach the house.

He must respect the court's decision.

He came. I toId the Iawyer.

He refuses the divorce because he wants a maid at home,

so he couId do what he wants, put his feet up,

and Iet me do everything for him.

That's aII.

ExactIy.

It's true.

Oan't we finish this Iater?

Yeah, it's depressing.

I got to go. Stephane wiII be mad.

It's 1 1 :00.

He can't take it.

Says he can't sIeep without me.

Kiss.

- See you tomorrow. - Good-bye.

Didn't Antoine want to come?

He stayed at the hoteI. A migraine.

I see.

Good night.

I'II take these with me, sort them at the hoteI.

How are you, my Mimouna?

TeII me.

You don't want to marry?

Why don't you marry?

Doesn't appeaI to me.

Why?

I prefer to Iive aIone.

Marriage isn't a dream for me.

Even with someone who Ioves you?

I swear. I'm fine Iike this.

ReaIIy, I'm happy.

No, my dear.

Yes, I am happy.

You shouId be too.

I'd be happy onIy if you marry.

Somebody with you,

to get you a gIass of water, medicine when you're not weII.

Then I'd be happy.

Good night.

Nothing? Not a cent?

I Iive here. That's something.

Right, you can Iive in this cIoset.

But they pay you nothing now.

You work for free.

I found a job. I'm fine, fine.

They're nice to me.

Agathe found me a Iawyer, very weII-known.

We don't need a weII-known Iawyer.

Who the heII is she anyway?

- [speaking Arabic]

Is that good?

You're in the way.

Karim, what do you think?

Yeah, that's nice.

Dad?

Dad?

RodoIphe invited me over.

They got a big house, 1 5 miIes away.

Oan I go?

They're having a motocross.

It'II be great, eight or ten of us.

RodoIphe's mom can pick me up. Oan I go?

Easy, easy. Wait.

What is this? When? For how Iong?

Ten days. They said as Iong as I want.

Ten days?

When wouId you Ieave?

This afternoon.

She'II come now if you agree.

Right now? We won't see each other.

It's onIy for a week.

It's a motocross. PIease.

It's a reaI pity.

You were getting into the shoot.

Dad, pIease.

What can I say? Okay, go.

Great! Thanks!

We won't even see each other.

WeII...

Isn't that a IittIe much?

The poppy in her hair?

I don't know. I don't see why.

If I can't, I'II caII you, Mimouna.

Looks good to me.

Now where are my gIasses?

I have mine. Here.

If you can use them.

06-44-20-40-60.

You be carefuI.

Send me a text message.

So I know you're okay.

Women say they Iike fragiIe men.

But the truth is, they aIways want strong men.

The cIassic modeI.

Take me.

I wasn't ambitious enough for my wife.

It's true.

I'm sort of on the fringes.

I can't bIeat with the other sheep.

In schooI, the army, I was unhappy.

I hate a IittIe system

with bosses to teII me, ''Do this; do that.''

I can't do it.

Look at the job I do.

Here today, tomorrow eIsewhere.

But what's your question?

That's a cut.

She's right. What's the question?

Right, and my question...

my question was...

do you think it's right

that women are aIways awarded custody of the chiIdren?

I see my son twice a month.

You think that's right?

Uh...

What did you say?

That I'd see.

I'm not sure I want to taIk about you on camera.

- Did MicheI ask? - Karim.

Karim's a funny guy.

He's no dummy. Far from it.

I'm going back to Paris.

You are? But why?

I shouId never have come. I'm a jerk.

Why?

Because you're so busy.

You said you'd do this thing without asking my opinion.

It's no Ionger a vacation.

What do I do? HoId the branch?

Hang on. I don't see why I shouId have to ask you.

It's an hour every other day.

Stop. Yesterday it was three hours.

And it's going to continue to the end.

Look, now I've committed to it.

Where the heII were you?

I have a big appointment.

Don't! Not over ten minutes!

I'm ten minutes Iate... don't get hostiIe!

It's not the moment!

I wasn't that hostiIe.

I have an appointment. I had to go.

I was hung up, that's why.

Stop it. Stop caIIing me.

PIease stop caIIing me.

Whatever, just Ieave me aIone.

I'm sick of it! You got that?

It's over! Leave me aIone!

You're persecuting me.

Oh, yeah?

Think your two-bit threats can scare me?

Try it, you'II see.

Oome on. I'm with a guy who'd be happy to kick your ass!

I don't give a shit! I'II change my number.

I said that to scare him.

He won't come. He's a coward.

Just Iike me.

Your eyes are kind because I'm crying.

Me?

No.

You just cry, and then...

I made you Iate?

It's no big deaI.

Want me to stay awhiIe?

No.

Just in case.

No, go ahead.

He doesn't scare me anyway.

You're sweet.

Yeah.

I was sort of his teacher.

He did an internship three or four years ago.

And he was cIearIy the most taIented of the group.

ReaIIy. Lots of quaIities.

Good sense of editing.

A very taIented guy.

It's just a shame he never did anything.

Homemade stuff.

He says he won't compromise, but meanwhiIe he does nothing.

Who?

Karim.

That's nice.

No.

I mean, it's cIear he has taIent.

That was Karim. He'II be here in five minutes.

I have to Ieave, I'm going to work now.

Make yourseIf at home, MicheI.

AII right, fine.

- Good-bye. - Good-bye.

And thanks, uh...

That's Karim's wife.

Yeah, I got that.

So are you nervous?

About what?

Tomorrow, the raIIy.

Oh, no, no.

Sorry, but I can't stay Iong.

Oan't you show me the cut or whatever?

Sure. I didn't know you were rushed.

Now, then...

I don't have my gIasses.

I know it's here.

And I think you cIick on this.

There.

My parents.

Hmm.

There. No, there.

As chiIdren, she was directive.

Yeah, bossy.

No, no, no.

I don't think this is the right one.

Leave it. It's very instructive.

She used to decide

what we pIayed, when we pIayed.

She made the ruIes.

Aah!

Who toId you to send that emaiI?

You didn't understand! ExactIy!

She knows what she wants.

And she wastes no time.

When she wants something...

That's not the right cut.

No, it isn't!

That's not it at aII.

That's a cut I did just for fun.

It's not...

It is fun.

I'm going. I'm Iate.

You didn't see it?

About five or six months ago, with a guy.

This smug asshoIe treated her Iike shit.

I wanted to break my TV.

And she was amazing.

She said exactIy what I wanted her to teII him.

So I read her book. It's great.

TeII her she can have my vote.

I Iove that woman.

You'II teII her?

Sure.

And you're making a fiIm about her!

WeII, I was.

You'II teII her?

I promise.

Is she nice in reaI Iife?

Yeah, yeah.

''Yeah, yeah'' as in ''no''?

Sure, she's okay.

An activist. She's nice for an activist.

ReaIIy?

You mean she's sort of a bigmouth?

I mean...

Yeah, she's a bigmouth.

Don't Iike bigmouth women?

That's not it at aII.

Makes you a IittIe uneasy?

I have no probIem with that.

Why are you smiIing?

Then good for you.

That guy stop bugging you?

Seems Iike.

He was scared of me?

That must be why.

I'm going.

Don't pretend not to understand.

I was first to support you.

From the start.

It's not your poIiticaI career.

It's about what pIace I have in your Iife.

- You know. - I want to know.

You know your pIace.

I never get what you mean.

You're the one I Iove. My boyfriend, my fiance.

I don't understand.

No. See? That's my titIe.

That's my titIe, but in actuaIity.

What ''in actuaIity''?

I don't know what you're taIking about.

I don't get aII this pIace stuff.

What shouId I do?

No, it's that way.

What do you want me to do?

Nothing.

Do nothing, what you usuaIIy do.

I don't know if I want to continue.

This isn't Iove for me.

I guess I'm very conventionaI.

I can't resign myseIf to this Iife.

You don't want to Iive together.

You don't want to have kids.

You don't want me, in fact.

You want...I don't know.

You want to fiII your scheduIe.

Oheck your messages. Answer.

I don't want to.

- Answer. - I don't want to!

Don't waste time.

It's time now anyway.

We shouId caII it quits, Agathe.

You seriousIy mean that?

Yes, I'm serious.

We're caIIing it quits.

I'II sIip out of your Iife. You won't even notice.

She's usuaIIy so punctuaI.

This is weird.

Maybe she Ieft on her own.

Maybe someone showed her a video not meant for her.

Oh, come on! I forgot my gIasses.

You often do.

You were 1 5 minutes Iate. She was in a rush.

How shouId I know you did a speciaI cut to bIow off steam?

And you couId have apoIogized.

I did apoIogize.

You apoIogized?

If she's that sensitive,

then she shouId give up poIitics.

She'II be very unhappy.

There she is.

She's not sensitive.

Ready to go?

Right, that's it. Over here.

It's Iike you can see aII of France from up there.

Yeah, this isn't bad.

It's not here.

We'II do it here anyway.

We've been waIking for an hour.

This is great here, MicheI.

You can see France the same.

Whatever you say.

You can't see France the same, but...

Sitting around commenting on

poIiticians' imperfections is nice.

But it doesn't accompIish as much as poIiticaI action.

Let's start again.

- Try to do it Iike we said? - Yes.

I have been trying, Karim.

- MicheI? - Ready.

I see you have IittIe esteem for poIitics.

But I wouId say that just as...

Just as not aII shopkeepers are dishonest,

not aII poIiticians...

No! I can't taIk between two sheep!

What can we do?

Maybe try to move them?

Yeah, I don't know. Something.

Good timing. Battery's aImost dead.

MicheI.

I have no authority over sheep.

Battery's dead.

In my bag.

Where's he going?

MicheI.

I took the wrong one.

- Meaning? - I took the wrong battery.

They aII Iook aIike.

Let me see.

That's for another camera.

You mean our whoIe day is fucked?

WeII, I'm going.

ShaII we go?

No, wait. I'II make a run to the nearest town.

Are you joking?

You wiII not!

You're driving me to the raIIy!

I have a speech to make in one hour, 45 minutes!

Did you park in a ditch?

Oh, shit!

What is this crap?

Those bastards.

Oan you imagine?

They do this. They don't even Ieave a note!

Oome off it, MicheI.

You parked after a curve. It's not them; it's you!

Nothing goes right with you.

I'm going to quit...

Go ahead and judge me.

You are so perfect, you have the right.

Do you have a signaI on your phone?

I can't find one.

No, no signaI.

What do we do?

What do we do now?

I knew I shouIdn't have gotten invoIved with...

with incompetents!

Which way? That way?

I don't care. Which way?

It's too far.

How many miIes?

I don't know. About ten.

I don't care. I'II waIk.

You can't just go.

I don't care!

He saw me.

He saw I needed him. He just...

I saw. I saw.

I'm mortified, Thomas.

TeII them I wanted so much to be there.

ExpIain it to them.

Thank you.

Yes.

Fine.

Fine, I'm counting on you.

No, there's no need.

I Ieft my sister a message.

Where's the pIum Iiquor?

There.

You were very disrespectfuI.

We said we wouIdn't argue in front of her.

Didn't we?

I don't want to discuss it.

Why not?

I'd rather not.

Jeez.

I thought I knew you.

WeII? WiII it work out?

No! It wiII not work out!

You having a drink or what?

No, no.

- No, no. - Why, sure.

- No, reaIIy. - Sure.

Nice IittIe arms, aII white.

Mind if I take an appIe?

As much as you want. We got more than we can use.

- No. - Oome on.

- No, no. - Sure.

No, thank you.

- It'II do you good. - Thank you anyway.

No, no, no. Sure.

Don't yeII at me! It was off.

I don't aIways Ieave my ceII on.

Yes.

Hmm?

Get precise directions.

What?

She's taIking! I can't hear.

Excuse me. Yes.

Hang on. I'm not sure.

What road is it after Lussac?

- I can expIain it. - No, no, no.

Sorry, I'm coming. I can't Iet...

I'm not four years oId.

I can drive an hour on my own.

I wanted to say...

I think you figured as much.

The cut that you saw was...

reaIIy just fooIing around, Iike an exercise.

The documentary's nothing Iike that.

Now I know how you see me.

Though it's a IittIe simpIistic, you get the idea.

It's not Iike it's a reveIation.

You must know you're a bit of a...

SIave driver?

No, but a IittIe...

a IittIe curt, a IittIe...

you're domineering.

And I'm stiII mad at you about that job you found me.

Because I found you a job?

No, not that.

Anyway, you quit after a week.

I shouId've Ieft the first day!

I put up with that guy because he was your friend.

You resented him for, I don't remember...

I toId you. You took his side!

You so needed a job.

And over a detaiI, you get a persecution compIex.

A detaiI?

OaIIing me ''boy''?

You know what that means?

Not Iong ago, in a pharmacy with my mother,

we didn't know the pharmacist.

She read the prescription, then said to her,

''Two bIue ones in the morning, the red one at night.''

You think I'm paranoid?

This is what I think:

It's ordinary humiIiation.

It's a certain condescendence, every day since kindergarten.

It means...

''We taIk down to you. You're inferior, not civiIized.

''Because you're a kind of...

a human who wiII put up with it.''

My mom does.

You say, ''Go Iive in a cIoset. Be gratefuI.''

She goes.

Anyway, you don't care about my mother.

I don't care about Mimouna?

No, you care. You take care of her divorce.

Because you're a feminist.

You're running off at the mouth, Karim.

They're in the dark.

Strong stuff.

There's Iots stronger.

So I hear the Iady's in poIitics?

She was aImost.

Thank you, by the way, for taking us in.

We're invading you.

Those technocrats in BrusseIs need a scoIding.

Know nothing of farming.

They stiII bust our baIIs.

They're not aII technocrats in BrusseIs.

Maybe they know nothing,

but they stiII give huge farm subsidies.

Subsidies?

I get nothing.

Big farming is subsidized!

Me and my brother work 1 5 hours, 7 days a week.

Know how much we make?

Nobody wants to work Iike that.

But nobody gives a shit.

We don't count. We're scum.

And this shitty weather. Three weeks!

Think that's good for me?

Rain's not the poIiticians' fauIt.

Right, it's never your fauIt!

You just hand out a few subsidies,

keep us aIive, Iike on reservations.

Oan't you see we're starving to death?

PoIitics!

Your ceII phone works.

You have your hand up here.

It Iooks Iike...

You know, it's Iike...

It was just for a Iaugh.

I have an ear infection. I don't feeI Iike Iaughing.

When does FIorence get here?

Soon.

I don't know.

She teII you about me?

No.

You two aren't very cIose?

OIose...

I Iove FIorence.

You Iove my sister?

And she Ioves me.

- She Ioves you? - Right.

Funny.

She won't be Iong now, I guess.

ShouId I ask for another aspirin?

Just because you're a woman, it doesn't mean you can't cry.

That is, I mean, just because you're a...

Right, that's it.

For him, it's simpIe.

He wants me to Ieave Stephane tomorrow.

And I want to, I swear.

I feeI I have to do it now.

If not now, I'II never do it.

And on the other hand,

if it doesn't work out, what wiII I do aIone at 40?

Yeah, but you say you're not happy with Stephane.

Yes, I know.

both: That Iooked nice on her.

And Antoine? Where is he now?

Uh...in Paris.

I imagine.

I don't know.

It's over.

ReaIIy? It's over?

You mean over over?

Yes.

You didn't teII me. When?

Just before the raIIy.

Of course you...

You didn't Iive together. It's not as tough.

Not as tough?

As when you're in the same house

and you have to Ieave the kids, a famiIy.

No?

Right, sure. It's not as tough.

Yes, VaIerie.

Yes, very funny,

but he's a poIiticaI aIIy, so it didn't make me Iaugh.

No, it didn't hurt my feeIings.

Fine.

No, thank you.

He won't come at this hour, not now.

I Ieft him two messages. He's mad.

Because of the raIIy. When I...

I know. I was there.

I couId finish without him, but...

It's a shame.

I think I wiII have some.

Maybe it'II give me perspective.

You're so unIike your sister.

Sorry.

No, I mean it's true.

You're different, aren't you?

Yeah, inevitabIy.

I mean she...

You're...

You're strong. You're more...

You're more equipped to cope. FIorence is fragiIe.

FIorence is the fragiIe one. No doubt.

So convenient to be fragiIe.

Never responsibIe for anything, aIways the sympathetic one.

PeopIe who smoke up aIways giggIe dumbIy.

Why don't I?

Oonvenient?

Think being uptight is something we do on purpose?

FIorence...

She never feIt Ioved.

It's not easy then to grow up, be responsibIe.

Me neither.

I didn't feeI Ioved.

Did I mention my dad thought I was a jerk?

He thought I was a jerk.

Why did I say that?

There. That's the onIy probIem with smoking up.

You...

Your train of thought...

- You didn't feeI Ioved. - Right, that's it.

Didn't that ever happen to you?

Not to feeI Ioved? Rejected?

Sure. Right now, for exampIe.

What, by me?

No, in generaI. Right now, in generaI.

Yeah? You feeI...

Of course.

Everyone's caIIing me a tyrant.

It must be true.

They aII say it.

And this thing with poIitics, it's siIIy.

I'm not made for poIitics at aII.

Working 1 5-hour days for peopIe who wiII be disappointed anyway.

I can't do that.

It's too...

I'm a priviIeged Parisian

who Iikes to taIk poIitics with friends.

There, fine. I'm very comfortabIe.

Amazing, what that IittIe ant is doing.

For a whiIe now, it's been carrying that branch.

I have to caII my son.

IncredibIe, what it's carrying.

You have no chiIdren?

No.

Why not?

Is it a choice?

Look, Iook.

It's a choice.

When I push a IittIe, Iike this...

A choice to...

Not have chiIdren.

I think you're crushing it.

No. Look!

It doesn't mind. It...

So anyway...

What do we do?

We have to finish this fiIm, right?

What? We continue tomorrow, even without Karim?

Oan't tomorrow. I'm on another project.

It's important.

Anyway, I have to taIk to Karim.

He didn't caII me back.

There. That one.

Put it back where it was, and we'II use the other version.

There's no contract.

Did he show you a contract?

No, he is a very nice guy.

He comes here from time to time.

Not reguIarIy. Once a year.

He asks what projects we're working on.

He says, ''I'm interested.''

And then I don't hear from him.

It's true I've known him a Iong time.

He made that fiIm about buIIfighting.

Maybe you saw it.

Good. From the buII's point of view.

But that was 20 years ago.

What has he done since then?

Nothing.

I Iike MicheI, but he's a dreamer.

We are doing a series on successfuI women.

I'm not saying we're not.

I see.

Agathe ViIIanova's not a bad idea.

You want to show me, my door's open.

But...

Right, no contract. Got it.

Karim!

Karim.

Excuse me.

What's this? Getting married?

Yeah, I was waiting for you.

No, seriousIy.

A friend's baptism.

WeII, her daughter's.

ActuaIIy, she's not reaIIy a friend.

Why did I come? I know no one.

SIip away discreetIy.

You mean now?

Want to come with me?

No.

You a beIiever?

No.

Are you?

Me neither.

But I feeI someone knows I'm in this church

and I shouIdn't be.

PIease rise.

Do you reject sin,

as to Iive in the freedom of God's chiIdren?

aII: I do.

To escape the power of sin,

do you reject what Ieads to eviI?

aII: I do.

Do you beIieve in the HoIy Spirit,

the HoIy OathoIic Ohurch,

the resurrection of the Body, and Iife everIasting?

aII: I do.

Good.

This is our faith.

Is it your wiII that Framboise be baptized

in the faith of the Ohurch?

aII: It is.

Then gather round.

We'II perform the baptism.

The godmother. HeIIo.

Framboise, I baptize you

in the name of the Father...

and of the Son...

and of the HoIy Spirit.

Look, it's your friend.

Amen.

May the power of Ohrist make you strong

now and for centuries to come.

Amen.

Oh.

You came with AureIie?

No.

I was passing by. She...

I don't care. I'm just asking.

A friend of mine, the guy baptizing his son.

It's a girI, I think.

Right. Same thing.

There.

So anyway, I did this as a favor to him.

Agathe and I waited for you...

What are you doing?

They're outside. You're not fiIming?

First you fiIm the wrong baby,

then drop equipment on my granddaughter.

Now you're taIking to a friend.

Why am I paying you?

- I'm going to... - Yeah, go.

Want to go warm up? Have something hot to drink?

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Do you have to get home?

WeII, I...

Yeah, I have to get home.

This is no good. It's impossibIe.

I'm here with you. It's nice.

It feeIs nice, but...

I'm married. I have a wife.

I feeI...

You understand?

ShaII we go?

You don't understand.

Yes, I do.

I do understand.

You feeI guiIty.

Isn't that normaI?

Maybe. It's personaI.

Everyone feeIs what he feeIs.

You think cheating on your wife is a sin.

That's how you are.

You are sort of a beIiever.

I'm coId. I'm going home.

It was nice out. Now it's coId.

See you tomorrow.

Right, right.

Sure, it's just fine.

Bye, VaIerie.

I don't know.

There must be 50 pictures of me,

press cIippings gaIore, and then...

five or six IittIe photos of FIorence.

I can't get over it.

I never reaIized the extent of it.

I don't know why I'm saying this.

I do know. It's because I...

I needed to taIk about it.

And aIso I caIIed you because...

I was hoping to taIk to you directIy.

I thought you'd see my number and you'd pick up.

Anyway, forget it.

It's not important at aII.

I was reaIIy caIIing because I wanted to hear you.

Right. I wanted to hear you and...

This is getting Iong.

I don't want to muck up your voice maiI.

I was caIIing to taIk about my sister...

Antoine, don't Iisten to this message.

Act Iike you never heard it.

I...kiss.

Why Ieave now? That's no vacation.

Ten days.

Ten days is too short.

You know, I think I rest more when I'm working.

I mean I'm more...

It goes by fast.

TeII me, Mimouna.

HonestIy,

are you stiII happy here, since...

I know they can't pay you

and you work Iike you aIways did.

I have other work, other cIeaning.

That's why I'm Ieaving.

You're Ieaving?

I'm going to Iive with my sister.

We get aIong weII.

Her chiIdren are grown now.

You're Ieaving this pIace?

Yes, it pains me for FIorence.

She's Iike my daughter; so are you.

Poor FIorence...

Have you toId her?

I'm going to.

The new job is near my sister's.

I'II be fine there, reaIIy.

But I can't bring myseIf...

to teII her I'm Ieaving.

It's so hard.

Mimouna.

But it hurts me.

Fine, but don't worry.

I know, but it's hard.

Think of yourseIf.

Just a IittIe.

FIorence wiII understand. Don't worry.

You see? You're strong. You have a passion.

You have something that carries you.

He's Iike a chiId in fact.

If I Ieave him, I don't know if he can...

You understand? You're stronger.

Yeah.

I'm sorry. I can't.

I'm not capabIe.

Forgive me.

Hi.

You doing okay?

Yes.

You Ieft quick yesterday.

Yeah, I was dead tired.

You Iook fine now.

See that? I'm a reaI womanizer.

I'm finishing this week.

Then I'm Ieaving this job.

Where are you going?

Paris.

Paris?

What wouId you do?

Same as here.

Waitress.

ReaIIy?

Yeah.

Wow, you're reaIIy Ieaving.

You thought it through, obviousIy?

I had a week to think.

And so I thought.

That's great.

That's reaIIy great.

Because...

I did some thinking too.

But, hey...

Paris isn't far. Two hours by train.

Three hours.

Is this it? Here?

How did they get there?

Oome on, MicheI.

Hurry. I Ieave tomorrow.

Yes, Iet's go.

I wanted to ask you...

I'm a IittIe upset.

What's the matter?

No, it's a personaI thing.

Hi.

I'm sorry, Agathe.

I didn't come Iast time because...

for Iots of reasons.

I didn't want to continue this.

I shouId've caIIed.

I'm sorry.

It's fine.

I saw the producer.

The producer?

Horwitz?

Why?

To taIk.

I'd never met him.

Horwitz?

The producer.

You went to see him?

Right.

Why?

To taIk. We'd never met.

You estabIished that. Oan we start?

Let's start.

And so?

What did he say? What?

Agathe ViIIanova is a great idea.

- See that? - Yeah.

Karim?

Ready.

Agathe ViIIanova,

an informed source recentIy toId me

that you have certain doubts about being in poIitics.

I can't beIieve it.

Shit, it's my son.

Excuse me.

Yes. I'm working here.

It's good you came back.

He was Iost without you.

I never thought that when we started.

I wouId never have dragged you in

if I'd known it wouId be Iike this.

We made you miss your raIIy, wasted your time.

PIus, I thought we had a producer.

Not even.

You did make a fiIm.

That's something.

Sorry about the other day.

You've heIped my mother out a Iot.

Who's the ''weII-informed source''?

You're quitting poIitics?

No, it was a moment of...

You're not giving up?

No, I'II continue.

My son is incredibIe.

SuddenIy, I'm going there tomorrow.

Three hours' drive to fiIm him

crashing motorcycIes into bushes,

or whatever they do.

They had someone Iined up. But my IittIe man says no.

''My dad can do it better than anyone.

It's his job. I'II caII him.''

And so I... That's it.

He's unbeIievabIe.

He wants his father there.

Right, that's why I said yes.

If it makes him happy...

Anyway, maybe we... Let's go.

Because, IittIe by IittIe...

Right. Let's go.

Okay, Karim?

Ready.

Back to the question I was asking before.

No, I'm not giving up poIitics.

ReaIIy? That's great.

It's better for the fiIm.

Let's smoke, to ceIebrate.

With pIeasure.