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He's so right, we need to leave. That's the solution.

He didn't say that, you did.

If there was ever a time we could leave,

it's now.

Impossible. What'll we do with him?

We have to find a solution.

He's in daycare all day and Cloclo's with...

My parents... I'm not asking my parents to come here.

I don't know what this will change.

If we have problems, leaving won't solve them.

Even if all goes well, we'll come home to our problems.

Our problems are daily life problems, to be solved in daily life.

If being with me is an ordeal for you...

In that case, there's no point living outside of the ordinary.

If we just have to bear the ordinary. I don't know, most people...

We need to make the ordinary extraordinary, not...

seek the-extraordinary outside the ordinary.

No, because the ordinary is not extraordinary.

Sure it is.

We have to solve our problems within the routine.

No. Look, you're talking about extraordinary and ordinary.

You are.

When I went to Andalusia with Claudine, you regretted not coming.

You dreamt of seeing the Great Mosque of Cordoba.

True.

People take their shit with them when they travel.

- But the Great Mosque of Cordoba. - Yes.

In a way, I don't care.

I won't take a plane. Carbon footprint.

Look, people leave their kids and take off.

Sure. But we're not people.

Manue and GéGé leave their kids. They even go to Thailand.

- Some dream. - What's your dream?

Not that.

As Alex's mother said,

we need to put gas in our...

I looked at the weather. It's bad everywhere except Italy.

Then go to Italy.

Right, but no, because at the same time, you know...

he's been to Italy 10,000 times.

Remember that photo I saw of him with Florence Daurèle?

Oh yeah.

So there was that, and...

Plus, I think Spain is great because he's never been.

Plus he speaks Spanish.

It was his second language in school.

Then go to Spain.

He's never been to Spain. Insane, right?

Then go to Spain. Why not go to Spain?

Yeah, but at the same time...

he wants to go to Italy.

That's what I don't understand. Why this fixation on Italy?

He only ever went to Italy with his exes.

Every time he leaves, he goes to Italy. So weird!

I think it's good to expand his horizons and take him to a place he doesn't know.

He's never even set foot in Spain.

Dunno. I don't know what he wants.

Sophie!

Hang on, it's Mahault.

Bye, Guigui.

- What's up? - You know, I had a little baby.

Again?

Seen Jade recently?

She lives in Montreal with her guy.

The most amazing couple ever.

- Right. - They did a world tour.

Crazy! For like, 2 years. They did everything you'd never do.

- They have no kids? - No.

If you were to leave...

I'm hesitating between Italy and Spain.

It's so obvious. Go to Italy.

Really?

I did Sicily solo. The Aeolian Islands!

- The Aeolian Islands? - Taking the kids?

No way. We're leaving 4 days.

- 4 days. - Just us two.

- You can't stay longer? - No.

- I wish. - Prettiest place in the world.

Filicudi, Alicudi, Stromboli, Vulcano!

Extraordinary. Makes me dream.

And so easy! You can cruise, take boats...

- Cruise? - Everything's close.

- Everything's easy. - Right.

Do you hike?

I walk a bit, yes.

All the fresh fish.

Catch of the day.

I don't eat fish.

- Doesn't matter. - Shit. Pasta, then.

I was also hesitating about Andalusia.

Never been.

Here's another idea.

Fly to Naples, then go to Ischia, Procida...

I did that with Claudine's dad.

Shit, my brother. It's super important.

- See you soon! - Bye, Mahault.

Yeah, I'm hesitating.

Mom could watch him the first night.

But it stresses him out to take a plane and go far away.

You know, if we crash and Raoul is an orphan.

Ridiculous.

Go walk the Aubrac Mountains then.

Around Nasbinal is fantastic.

Yeah, the wide open spaces...

It's really beautiful around Nasbinal.

Sure, Spain's a good idea too.

It's festive.

Yeah.

Yeah, tapas.

No, do what he wants to do. Ok?

I don't know what he wants.

Be quiet, children!

We'll do a fire drill, in case there's a fire at school.

- You ok? - It's 8, did Raoul eat?

He didn't?

I've decided. We're going to Andalusia.

Time to make dinner.

I spoke to Castro.

She says we absolutely must go to Agrigento.

- Blooming almond trees, etc. - What's Agrigento?

It's in southern Sicily.

Italy again!

It's Sicily. We'll go to Andalusia if you want.

I thought I'd make zucchini and chicken.

Or else the chicken is trash.

She told me about an amazing hotel.

What about you? What do you want most?

I'm stressed out.

I'm stressed out.

If you want, we'll go to Andalusia, dunno.

Blooming almond trees...

Is that the name of the hotel?

We don't have a single good knife anymore.

Not a one.

Where's my black knife?

Can't find a knife here anymore.

Raoul, you'll need a bath after.

How much for a night?

Forget it, too expensive. We'll go somewhere else.

Where else do you want to go?

Where?

Raoul, please turn that down.

It's stresses me out to leave him.

He'll see my mom every day.

First night, she could totally sleep here.

Beds are the best!

Thanks for the herbal tea.

Gonna be on that computer long?

Check out the hiking paths in Aubrac.

I don't have my glasses.

"A food lover's walk:

The Cheese Trail."

A 21-kilometer loop.

Is it open or not?

The temperature drops to 6° Celsius at night.

Now, if I put Spain...

It's far!

I'm falling asleep.

Or we could fly to Malaga.

69 euros.

69...

Look, Transavia Airlines.

Or maybe try WeenieJet.

WeenieJet had a crash, look it up.

EasyJet...

crash...

Look at Malaga.

It's ugly.

Italy's prettier.

And the food's good.

The food's good in Spain too.

- No. - How would you know?

Agriculture has gone to shit

since Spain joined the European Union. They eat shit.

Look. The weather's bad everywhere but Sicily.

Right, but you know why I don't want to go to Italy.

I've never been to Sicily.

It's not really Italy.

- Palatial hotels in Palermo... - My parents...

"Hotel des Etrangers...

in Syracuse."

Dunno, my head hurts.

- Is the WiFi on? - Yeah, obviously.

- We need to shut it off at night. - But I'm using it.

Hotel des Etrangers...

Do you realize, Sophie?

- What? - That's 5 days.

We said 3 nights.

It takes some time!

You don't disconnect from your child until the third day.

So if we leave for 4 days, you'll spend 3 days suffering...

just to get a few hours of...

What's the point, seriously?

Seriously.

Can I get a kiss?

Leaving?

If you could leave for 4 days, where would you go?

Leaving with who? Your sweetheart?

Yeah.

A few years ago I went to Stromboli.

Stromboli is a mystical experience. A volcano in the middle of the sea.

An eruption every 20 minutes.

I'll get you a chair.

- Every 20 minutes? - Every 20 minutes.

- So tempting! - I have the Rough Guide.

I love Rough Guides!

They even have grapefruit trees. So great. I love it.

Did you go with Sophie?

No, with an ex.

Really?

Is that right?

- We need to find our character a job. - Yeah.

Yeah Guigui, he twisted his ankle. In Lausanne.

Shit!

Goodnight, kitten.

What rotten luck!

Rotten luck?

It was no accident. He was looking for an out.

I doubt that.

Seems fishy to me. Just before we leave,

the guy twists his ankle. I don't know.

You think it was on purpose?

It's like he took a Freudian slip.

Who knows? We never know, with him.

Exactly. We never know.

Maybe it's actually

a serious injury. Maybe he really hurt himself.

Bye-bye, Guigui.

Daddy?

Go kiss Raoul goodnight.

Daddy, come!

Ouch.

Hi, Raoul. Does your throat hurt?

Hurts like hell.

We need to hang it up.

Hang up this whole vacation.

We can't go to Stromboli.

Is it possible to cancel or not?

What's with that face?

We can't go to Stromboli and sit at the bottom.

The whole point is to climb.

And I can't!

Think it's too late to cancel?

We can still leave but not Stromboli, somewhere else.

We wanted to go to Stromboli.

We'll go later.

Later, like when?

Let's fly to Catania and go to that hotel.

- What was it again? - Almond trees?

You said it was too expensive.

Mommy!

What are you doing?

There. I reserved it.

You did?

Come!

- Come, Mommy! - What's going on?

Bedtime. Don't force others!

Goodnight, kitten!

There are moments that leave indelible marks on our memories.

Sensations that 500,000 words could never describe.

Mommy! Where are you?

Dreams too huge to fit in a drawer...

Give me 2 seconds.

Raoul, can you wait 5 minutes

and not call every 3 seconds?

- Mommy, a kiss! - Coming!

We're not getting married, though.

What do you think?

The two of us are gonna die.

Raoul will have no parents. Who'll care for him?

Guigui.

No way.

My brother.

No.

Gégé.

For your safety...

- Yeah, Gégé. - Gégé.

Why not?

I'll send a text to Guigui.

- Not Guigui, Gégé. - No, Guigui.

If I text Gégé directly, she'll freak out.

So instead, I'll text Guigui and tell her that in case we die,

she needs to tell Gégé to take Raoul.

Like, I'm cold!

I've hit my limit.

I think it's this way.

No, no. It's that way

It can't be that far

That's not a Fiat 500.

- It's not similar at all - Who cares?

The weather's better in Agrigento than Palermo.

Dammit!

Better in Palermo than Agrigento, you mean?

Then all is well, since we're going to Agrigento.

But in case we decide to go to Palermo instead.

I'm very, very hungry.

Want to visit Catania a bit

and get ourselves a cannoli?

That's not what we planned.

Those Sicilian pastries. Delicious!

- Know the ones? - No.

A hard little tube, stuffed with ricotta inside.

Often, there's candied citrus too.

Delicious, truly!

"Since 1897,

Savia has been seen as the best pastry shop in Catania."

So where is it?

"Try their famous cannoli, filled with ricotta."

What'd I tell you?

Think we can park here?

Can we leave the car here?

- Not bad. - What'd I tell you?

Want a taste?

I love it.

- Yeah? - So good.

Let's go.

Hang on.

Savor it. We're not pressed for time.

It's so good.

I love this lemon juice!

I love it.

Did you speak to your mom?

No. Want to take a picture?

In front of the lemon stand.

Ok.

Are you speeding?

Stromboli was closer to Catania.

Dunno, when you see Stromboli...

you don't necessarily want to go there.

When you see what?

Rossellini's film, Stromboli.

Never saw it?

- With Ingrid Bergman, by Rossellini? - Nope.

Really?

- What about Journey to Italy? - Nope.

Really?

So you saw it?

I was a Rossellini fan when I was young.

Particularly his films with Ingrid Bergman.

Really?

- Yes. - Why?

Why those, particularly?

What's special about the ones with Ingrid Bergman?

Dunno.

What's it about?

She's on a trip with her husband.

They're having a hard time, they're separating.

Do they separate at the end?

At the end...

So, you loved Journey to Italy because you were in love with Ingrid Bergman.

They're his most noted films.

It's funny you don't know Rossellini's films.

They always end with a revelation.

She's a woman who married a Sicilian after the war.

She finds herself trapped in a life she considers mediocre.

And...

in fact, she can't stand her life.

So, I don't know, at the end, she climbs up the volcano.

and she accepts her life.

- I think. - She accepts a life she hates?

- I'm not sure. - She's resigned?

Don't worry Sophie, all is well.

- He's sleeping. - Mom, stay tomorrow night too.

Won't Jean-Fi's parents think I'm spying on them?

That's what we told Raoul, ok?

- Got that, Carmen? - Kisses. Don't worry.

Rest assured, I'm on it.

Thanks Mom. Kisses.

- That looks nice, right? - Yeah.

We could go there.

The hotel first, no?

I forget if you sleep on the right or the left.

Do you sleep on the right or the left? I forget.

What the heck?

It's weird you get it wrong every time. You always sleep on the left.

At home, you're always on the left.

I could switch without realizing.

How can you not remember

which side you sleep on?

We're not in our room, I don't have my bearings.

In a car, for example...

you know which side you drive on.

That's how it is. Can you give me some water?

This hotel is tacky. Not at all like the video.

I ate my pastries on the right side.

I'm getting out of this hotel.

Are you sure?

I'm getting out of this hotel.

- And we're not eating here. - No.

I'm getting out of this hotel.

Page 220.

"Kalos:

Elevates to the sublime local products and the catch of the day."

Catch of the day? That won't work.

And the catch of the day!

Local products means pate and stuff, no?

Wow, it's right here. Crazy!

Look, it's right next door!

- What do we do? - I don't know.

That one's in the Rough Guide.

"Nzolia"...

The other one's in the Rough Guide too!

- By the bar or around a barrel? - It's nicer outside.

Stromboli, Syracuse, Andalusia...

I'll take you wherever you want.

- Really? - Of course.

I'll take you.

Let's get out of here tomorrow.

We don't care, right?

I don't want any tiramisu.

Too bad you don't like it.

There'll be too much for me.

Bedtime, I don't feel good...

Can you turn off the...

Bedtime.

What?

Turn off the light, please.

It's so I know what to wear.

The temple.

Blooming almond trees.

Beach in the morning, temple in the evening, or vice versa?

Evening, since we're leaving.

We're not leaving. She gave us another night.

What's Turchi Beach?

"One of Sicily's finest beaches.

Crystal clear waters surrounded by high white cliffs."

So the question is:

We do what?

Beach in the morning, temple at night, or vice versa?

Actually, I want to swim.

Come, let's go to the pool.

Come.

42...

How long is the pool?

I don't know, 20 meters?

- I have to do a kilometer. - Right.

43...

Let's go to the temple.

Let me dry off.

I'm dying for a smoke. It's hell.

Beautiful. The temple is nice, it's beautiful.

Too bad about the street lamps.

The hedges are nice. I'd love to have those in Corbigny.

Thank you.

I don't know, I'm hesitating.

Are you a guide?

Where would you go, Syracuse or Vulcano?

Listen...

you seem to be a person

who's very attracted to monuments, old stuff,

all that is ancient.

Ruins, old columns...

all that...

- Yeah, I like that. - All that reeks of the past.

Syracuse is truly your destination.

You'll get a real taste of ancient history.

Ok. Thanks a lot.

Want to get an umbrella?

What do you think?

I don't know.

- How I'd love to see... - What do you think?

Vulcano.

Syracuse?

Syracuse...

How I'd love to see Syracuse...

Easter Island and Kairouan...

Know that song?

How I'd love to see Syracuse...

- Know it? - No.

You don't?

You know me, I forget things as I go along.

That's why I record everything.

Easter Island and Kairouan...

There. Back up.

Fuck! That thing is burning hot!

It is?

- Got it? - Yeah. Burning hot?

Boiling hot!

I can't take it anymore.

- What? - I'm so, so hot!

I'm good with "on the go."

Sounds good.

I'm hesitating between "on the go" and a restaurant.

Scala dei Turchi, that's it.

- Is this right? - Yeah.

- Turn here. - To the right?

Park by the side of the road.

We'll be robbed. The parking lot's safer.

WEE-WEENIE

Look, they're over there!

Right over there. Wow!

Beautiful, but...

Looks nice, but we can't go.

Really, why?

Honestly

I'm stressed out. We left our two phones in the car.

If your mom calls, we're in trouble.

- So tempting, can't we go? - Look!

When my parents arrive, they might call. I'll run to the car.

You're crazy! Jean-Fi, your ankle!

Feels so good!

Did a phone just ring?

- What? - Telephone!

Did I hear a ring?

I need to see an ENT. I hear sirens all the time!

Firetruck sirens!

Jean-Fi!

Yeah?

Let's go.

We gotta go!

Hang on, I just got in!

Shit, a message from my mom!

Really?

Shit!

What is it?

Shit!

What?

- Shit! - Shit!

Your parents came.

My mom felt she couldn't stay with them there!

We can't ask them to come and not put Raoul to bed!

I'm stressed. My mom has to go back.

This isn't what we told him.

With kids, when you say something, you say something.

I told you from the start this wouldn't work!

Where are my pants?

I'm afraid he might be upset and want to talk to us.

She's probably afraid to bother us, so...

Or else she thinks if he talks to us, it'll be worse.

Is she the type to do that?

Maybe.

You got a message.

- Yellow garbage cans. - What's that?

Every other Thursday are the yellow garbage cans.

Every other Friday

are the pink garbage cans. Wednesdays...

are the pink and yellow garbage cans.

Got it?

It's yellow garbage cans.

Lights out.

I'm beat, I can't take it anymore.

Now is the time when memories reappear

Just when sleep was near

The blues take up residence Wine enhances loneliness

And the film plays back Over a romantic soundtrack

We watch the beginnings again Knowing how it ends

That's my pessimistic side

I'd rather believe the story never ends If you don't mind

Just this once

Scratch the line about'love never dying Very few survive

Anyway, when one love dies Another comes to life

And worry subsides...

Can you hold my glasses?

Hey, the bar on Rue Clichy

Where you drink your coffee

I know the place by heart I can draw it eyes closed in the dark

I'm just focusing in

On the most beautiful images of my life

The pale clichés of a love story

A woman searching her soul with no alibi

Like me

Just a little wink

As I focus in

Closeup on your eyes as they say:

"I love you"

Our jealous fights bore everyone...

Where are you going?

I'm going in.

Go park the car.

- We'll go together! - I'll get the tickets.

For all the crazy, lovesick people...

Go on.

don't know, there was this guy.

We were in a hurry, he has a private parking lot.

I gave him the car, he gave me this paper, don't lose it.

Who was this guy?

Dunno! A guy from Milazzo with a parking garage.

He finds tourists and parks their cars for them.

You gave him the key?

Of course.

In case he needs to repark the car.

Who the heck was this guy?

Just a guy, I don't know, a guy...

Next thing we know, the car's stolen!

- Not at all. - What's this paper?

I saw a sign, "Parking Garage." If there's a problem,

the paper has the name of the garage.

Sophie, I think this is it, here!

No, it's not.

This isn't it. This is Lipari.

Maybe we should've gone here, no?

Hang on.

People are getting off and on!

Do we have to change for Vulcano?

Connection?

Too cool!

Oh shit, we're already there.

Is this it?

This is it, we've arrived.

I wish it would've lasted longer.

This is a beautiful viewpoint. You can see the islands.

You can visit the Valley of the Monsters.

It's a place with unusual rock formations.

They look like animals or monsters.

- You've driven a scooter? - Yes.

But when?

When I was alone, in Greece.

I rented a scooter.

I've been two on a scooter.

With who?

- With Virgil, in Belle Île. - Virgil.

You annoy me. We'll get two.

Driving a scooter is nice,

but riding behind isn't so nice.

That's all.

Yeah, but you're up against the person.

Behind, you can hang on to me, and I can hang on to you.

That's more romantic than a scooter each.

What's nice about a scooter is the feeling of freedom.

If you're hanging on to each other, the feeling of freedom...

Did you like riding a scooter in Greece?

Yes, but I was alone.

And?

I liked it.

It's not the best memory of my life either.

See, you liked to travel. Thanks.

- Alone. - No.

Often, when you do something together, you wish you were alone,

and alone, you wish you were together.

The only thing is, when you're alone,

you do exactly what you want to do.

And when you're together...

I'm one of those people who always adapts to the other person.

In a sense, I lose...

some of my free will.

I can't say I prefer being alone or together.

In many cases I'd rather be alone, but not always.

I can't always be alone.

In a lot of cases, I'd rather not be alone.

Doesn't work.

I've never driven with someone behind me.

Let's open up.

So, is this bed...

a matrimonial bed?

Matrimonial?

Nope. Where's my Rough Guide?

What do they say about the volcano?

Smells like sulfur.

Vulcano...

Remember when we torched a wasp nest in Corsica?

Page 416.

Remember?

I was terrified.

You were pregnant then.

Page 416.

"Vulcano: From 600 B.C. to the end of the 19th century,

the earth has ceaselessly expressed its moods.

Researchers agree

that Vulcano is one of the most dangerous volcanos in the world."

Really?

"Fumaroles and sulfurous emissions prove that dormant Vulcano

could wake up anytime.

Cover your face if you enter the fumarole zone.

If you're exposed to the gaseous vapors. sulfuric acid

may sneakily bleach out your clothing."

They say to go to the mud baths.

"The stench of rotten eggs is not very nice

and can be downright revolting."

Blackness...

Blackness remains and covers everything

Since the fire went out

The spark in your eyes has also died

Ashes cover our memories

We were consumed

By too many arguments

This is true

And now a black veil

Darkens your heart

If only I could reignite

The flame of your love

A glimmer of hope would bloom

Like a flower blooming through the snow

What are you doing?

- What are you doing? - It's my mom.

Wait!

Don't hang up!

How's Raoul doing?

Yeah?

He's super sad?

Ok. We'll call you back.

- We'll call you back. - Have her put Raoul on.

I'll call you back.

I'll call you back.

I just wanted to talk to him.

She says it'll stress him out.

Plus, I wanted to go to Vulcano Piano!

Hang on, I'm fed up. What's Vulcano Piano?

The village up at the top?

Yeah.

"Out of the way of the volcanic eruptions."

It'll be dark in an hour.

Listen!

"Maria Tindara:

Her specialty is meats roasted on a gigantic spit,

rabbit and lamb."

Rabbit and lamb?

Car behind us.

Looks like a big beast.

It's closed.

What do we do?

Shit.

What do we do?

We're not going back down.

The majority of accidents happen at twilight.

It's so hot.

- Dunno, open the window. - It'll reek even more.

Hang on. Where are the passports?

- In the bag. - We'll be stuck here.

- They must've fallen out. - Check the luggage.

Are you sure? Ok, here they are.

All good.

Ok.

I don't feel well. Plus the stress of the volcano.

Is it your PMS?

What if it erupts in our face?

It won't.

This is hellish.

There are people outside.

Fuck!

- What? - I can't take it! I'll kill 'em all.

- Where are they? - Turn on the light.

Because of the volcano?

Well yeah, because...

on this island we have a lot of hotness.

Right.

So we have a lot of zanzara.

Because we really have... a lot of hot.

- Madam, may I? - Sure.

Can't we put it on later?

A lot is good.

Maybe we can borrow the spray and do it in the room.

Yes, that works.

I need it on my legs too.

- Thanks. - You're welcome, madam.

Thanks.

My pleasure.

Madam, sir, if you need anything,

I'm here all night, ok?

Ok.

He stopped just short of ripping off your clothes...

and sticking in his... his...

Unbelievable!

I got my period. I made a big stain on the sheet.

It's ok, they'll understand.

- You think? - Yeah.

Can we cancel the night's reservation?

You want to cancel tonight?

No matter what, Sophie, we'll...

we'll sleep there, then...

then catch the plane.

So, tonight we'll be in Taormina by 10:30,

and tomorrow morning we'll go get the plane.

We should climb the volcano at least.

Dunno. I have my period, I don't feel...

- Really? - I'm not at my best.

Let's go.

Where to, though?

We'll see.

Wow, impressive.

There's Ornella Muti.

Is that Stromboli?

- No, over there. - That's Stromboli?

It's over there?

It's smoking.

Sure. An eruption every 20 minutes.

Every 20 minutes?

Yep.

- What's wrong? - You're crazy!

Forgive me!

We almost fell over.

You nearly sent us into the scenery! I'll drive.

- Are you sure? - Yes!

Scoot to the back.

No, I can't. The trunk hurts my...

Your?

You're the one who wanted the trunk, not me!

Without it, I feel like I'm falling off.

In that case, I'll drive.

Fine.

- Since you like the trunk. - Drive!

Exactly. Excuse me.

Let's go.

Where to, the volcano?

Bigger is better, maybe, for the volcano?

It's more comfortable if you've got some room.

If the shoes are too tight,

they can hurt.

One is definitely too big and the other is too small.

It sucks, I'm always in between.

Everyone's in between. Everyone, in that case.

No. Some people are a true size 39, others are a true 40.

Some people are size 39.

No. I'm between 43 and 44.

- Depending on the brand. - Some are 39, no questions asked,

I disagree.

I'm getting off.

I'm getting off.

All these isolated houses!

Look, Stromboli's on fire.

No, I think it's nice, you feel nature all around you.

The houses are set in nature.

And it's an appalling model of urbanism.

See?

The opposite of the model they're now selling us.

Everyone wants their own individual house.

Sarkozy got elected on that.

The only sustainable model is density.

Divide up as many people as you can in the smallest possible space.

For example, the Haussman quarters in Paris are far more dense

than suburban housing developments.

The more you bring together...

people, the more...

We're really in...

a total aberration, in terms of urbanism.

I can't. I can't take anymore.

- What is it? - I can't.

I can't take anymore.

- You don't need to... - I can't take anymore!

We can't stay here.

Come.

You need to take me from behind.

I can't look! I can't look. I can't back up.

I need two people.

Is there a problem?

She got vertigo.

Fuck... Can we go closer to the wall?

That's right, easy.

Come this way, that's right. Careful.

- I'll be ok. This is better. - You're ok.

- Thanks. - All good?

Yes, thanks.

Thanks. I'm ashamed.

I'm so wet. Wet with sweat.

I feel better. Are you ok, not too disappointed?

That we didn't go up... to the crater?

No, it doesn't matter. I'll come back with Raoul.

What? With Raoul?

- Do you realize what you're saying? - You can't.

Sure I can.

We'll do a U-turn.

Just watch. I can do it.

Sophie!

You'll see. I'm gonna make it this time.

Accept your limits!

If I'd accepted my limits,

I'd never have done anything with my life, no film, nothing.

That would've been better.

Let's record the ending, so I can...

finish the screenplay.

Where were we? Listen to see.

We were when we were up at the crater.

Yeah?

- I remember well. - We went down and up again.

We left off when you were kneading the guy's hand.

Not his hand.

It was his wrist.

And so then...

we went back up. No point telling that.

No point telling that.

- Why not? - Mommy!

Mommy!

What?

What's wrong, sweetums?

- I don't feel like sleeping. - It's late, it's bedtime.

I want to go in Daddy and Mommy's bed.

- No. Don't worry, honey. - I wanna leave the light on.

- I'll leave the light on, ok? - Kay.

We'll leave the door open. Ok?

We had a big discussion about...

urbanism.

Do we prefer urbanism surrounded by nature,

or urbanism...

Then we made a human chain.

Gripping each other's hands.

You said, "Stop, stop.

Let's go back."

And I told you to accept your limits.

We discussed the merits of accepting one's limits or not.

Can you put this...

Usual spot?

When I gain weight I get pudgy there,

and it burns.

It's... fuck, it's...

really horrific.

Yeah, it hurts.

It must hurt like hell.

Hang on.

You need to put on panties. You'll get it everywhere.

Don't rub it everywhere.

I'll lay like this.

Hang on... one sec.

I can't wear panties, it has to breathe.

I actually like this smell.

You're recording now?

You recorded all this crap?

- So... - So, anyway.

We had a whole discussion.

I said we have to accept our limits.

You said, "Honestly..."

No, the main thing is you said...

- Wait... - You told me, once again...

If you make this film,

it's really a film about everything twice.

We had the same discussion

we'd had...

in Agrigento.

Remember, what was it called?

La Scala dei Turchi.

Remember? We had the same discussion.

Are you sure we can't go? Look! How'd they do it?

You said, "Can't we go? So tempting!"

I said, "Have you lost your mind?"

You said, "I'm a bit disappointed, I wanted to see the crater."

I said, "You're disappointed?"

That's why you wanted to go back up.

Yeah, because you said, "I'm disappointed.

But I'll come back. I'll go see the crater with Raoul."

So...

We go back up.

And in fact, it was nothing. Nothing at all.

I tend to get vertigo, but there was nothing vertiginous about it.

Ever since I've known you you've been saying you get vertigo,

but you absolutely never get vertigo.

That's pretty great!

You ok?

I've had vertigo many times.

Many times.

With you.

We go up the crater and at the top of the crater.

there's not much to see.

Just a hole, not much else.

It's just a hole.

Look. I don't want to get near the fumaroles.

Look at the people circling the crater.

- I don't care. - We're not doing that?

No way.

We didn't have time anyway.

Going down, we were behind a couple.

They made a lot of dust.

- What are you doing? - Picking up rocks

Why pick up rocks?

- Rocks from the volcano. - Yeah?

As a souvenir.

Oh no, look!

It came back over our feet.

I'd arranged it perfectly.

Now I'm uncomfortable!

Your recording is incredible.

There. Forget it.

So, you pick up rocks. I don't see the point.

Yeah, you don't see the point.

Yet everyone was so happy to have rocks.

I couldn't even spot those rocks in the dust of the volcano.

But cleaned up, they're quite pretty. Very black.

They look quite different from other rocks.

In the dust I didn't think they looked very remarkable at all.

But anyway...

I got the idea to take rocks

because that morning, I saw a woman at the port selling rocks.

For people who forgot to pick up rocks.

So, we go back down.

We take the scooter.

No, wait a minute...

Question:

Do we swim or do we not swim?

That was the question.

We were running out of time.

We pass a beach.

You seem to be having second thoughts.

You thought there'd be jellyfish.

I wasn't feeling well.

I said, "Let's go anyway."

There were no jellyfish. It was great.

Yeah.

It was great.

Best part of the day, I think.

That was after

we left the volcano, Did we do anything in between?

After the volcano, you suggested we go see what we hadn't seen

on the island

At the outer edge, the northern tip.

So we'd see it all.

- The Valley of the Monsters. - Yep.

The Valley of the Monsters, yep.

You wanted to see the Valley of the Monsters.

We went to the Valley of the Monsters, and it was of no interest.

We were leaving the Valley of the Monsters... That's it.

The Valley of the Monsters, the swim, the hotel...

Luigi...

Trip Advisor...

See? No jellyfish.

I don't remember anything else of interest. You showered again.

No, actually.

Why? Time ran out?

So I showered when we got to the hotel in Taormina.

Which annoyed you, because...

we were already running late,

and I called reception to tell them there was no more hot water!

You hesitated for ages!

About what to wear. We skipped to Taormina.

Nothing else was noteworthy, except buying the tickets.

There you are!

I looked everywhere for you.

I just moved out of the sun.

You didn't see me looking for you?

No.

Then we took the boat.

We fought on the boat.

It was bad.

I was really annoyed.

And on the boat, you said to me...

It all started with, "This vacation was good for us."

I know. I don't want to talk about it.

- It was great. - Nothing changes.

You go back home and it's all the same.

Nothing changes.

You don't get it at all.

- Don't sulk! We were doing so well. - Drop it!

Exactly, we were doing well. Proof that...

There you go, sulking on me again.

I'm taking a walk.

Everything's closed on the boat.

- Where is it? - We'll never get the car back.

Sure we will. Why are you so wary?

When you have trust, everything's fine.

We got gas and I put 50 euros in.

- I overpaid by 5 euros. - Message from Mamitou.

Message from Mamitou?

I need to call her back.

He gave me a coupon and said I could use it next time.

I could have used it,

and saved 70 euros, but never mind!

There's no point to any of that.

And yet there is.

Then off we went again,

with a full tank of gas,

to Taormina.

No, I was the one driving.

I'm going to take an aspirin.

Possible to eat?

That's...

great, great.

No more hot water!

For 2 people.

Turns out it was a fish restaurant.

And you started to take ages.

And I started to get annoyed.

I was fed up, I was hungry.

I wanted...

We could've

gone for a walk if you weren't wasting so much time.

It sucks.

What I want is to go out.

That's all I care about.

So, we almost had a fight, but not really.

Wait, we forgot...

No, that was the next day.

- What's alicci? - Anchovies.

What do you have without fish?

I don't eat fish.

So, either you order a plate of vegetables,

or we say we got the reservation wrong and leave.

It's simple.

To judge this place, you have to eat fish, so...

Anyway I'm feeling moody with my period.

Me too, don't you know?

You brought up our fight and I got annoyed again, very annoyed.

So then, I started sulking.

What'd I say about the fight?

You said you were annoyed

about the fight, which annoyed me even more.

Because I felt like I was the one who should be annoyed.

Everything was so nice.

You sulked on me over nothing, which sucks.

Make an effort.

I took initiatives, Taormina and all that.

Want some dessert?

- No, thanks. - Just the check, please.

You're very tired from your trip.

- Yes. - The gentleman is, too.

It's so touristy, it sucks.

Same streets everywhere!

Might as well be Baux-de-Provence!

"A magical place. Cocktails. Wines from Etna.

Crazy romanticism."

Yeah. You want that?

I was thinking, "Why bother? It's all the same.

We shouldn't have gone there.

Doesn't matter."

I started back.

Why bother having a drink in such conditions?

Liqueurs are sweet.

- "Mandarin Liqueur." - Yes.

Bet that's good.

And there was that waitress.

The waitress was French.

Yes.

You said to her, "You speak French beautifully."

Whereas, she spoke...

She was so obviously French!

- Want some drinks? - Yes.

You speak French beautifully.

I'm French.

Obviously!

And...

- She mentioned a house-made liqueur. - Right, with oranges.

And with red wine, but white.

No, with...

white wine made with red grapes.

- Harvested unripe. - Harvested unripe.

So it's neither white nor red.

From Noto.

Speaking of which, Margolin told me

in Sicily, Noto was the place to see.

He could've told us before.

- We got a yummy bruschetta. - Delicious.

I love the liqueur.

- I want a bru-chetta. - Brus-sketta.

CH in Italian is a hard K.

Then things were a bit better. We went back.

- Did we argue again that night? - No.

- The bed was great. - The bed was great, we slept like logs.

The bed was insane.

I've never slept on such a mattress.

Never.

That's saying something.

It was a Sealy.

I took note. A Sealy.

An amazing bed.

Sealys aren't expensive.

They're amazing.

So, we woke up the next morning. We'd set the alarm.

Carole Lepage bought a Sealy.

Did we set the alarm or not?

The brand is Sealy. Know it?

Yeah, I remember Carole Lepage bought a Sealy.

We should get going, so we can see Taormina this morning.

Then I'd love to take a swim before we go.

The car will be full of sand.

And I'd like to take a shower

after I swim.

I'm going for a walk. See you outside?

But!

But where are you going exactly?

I wanted to move a bit.

We can't go back, but so what? You can shower in Paris.

I need to ask at reception if I can shower in a different room.

- Shall we get breakfast? - You bet.

I saw in the guide...

Raoul's heart hurts.

He says it hurts here.

That's not the heart. It's the middle.

I think it's phlegm.

- It's the diaphragm. - Yeah.

Raoul doesn't have phlegm.

- He's in good health. - He was coughing earlier.

He could have a bit of phlegm.

And...

At the outdoor café...

There was a woman. You said her feet were hideous.

I had no idea why you said that.

I thought, "Why her feet, particularly?"

I don't remember her, but I remember the guy.

Look at that guy.

- What? - He's so muscular.

Everyone works out.

Should I work out?

- No. - Not for my physique.

No? Then what for?

So I'd have fewer problems.

What kind of problems?

I'd feel better, you know, for handiwork.

I'm often a bit limited, in what I can carry.

I'd like to be more muscular.

No.

I think you're perfect.

Spaghetti dosers!

Yeah? I didn't even know those existed.

Spaghetti things, to dose your pasta.

Italians are so clever

with that crap.

- Kitchen stuff. - Kitchen stuff.

I don't feel good. We need to finish this thing.

We're almost at the end.

We checked out, we went to the beach...

It was...

a rocky beach for my ankle.

You didn't even want to swim anymore.

And you didn't want to swim if I didn't swim.

Then you decided you wanted to swim after all.

I didn't want to, I did it to make you happy.

But you enjoyed it.

I have a hell of a time...

And I said, "Are you sure we have time?"

I was in the water.

You said, "Get out."

I was afraid we wouldn't be in time.

Yep. Your shower story fucked it up.

Let's enjoy it, come on!

The shower doesn't matter!

You'll shower later.

I'm afraid we won't be on time.

- What are you doing? - We went to...

Always touching yourself.

I have an itch.

An itch?

I got naked right in the street.

While you showered at the hotel.

How was it at the hotel?

The guy from the parking lot came.

He showed me to a room.

Right. Obviously.

- Yet another guy hitting on you. - Not at all.

Those Italians!

Well, anyway...

We forgot to say...

Reminds me of something.

While you dealt with your trunk story, I paid for the hotel.

I had to wait for ages.

That lady...

"What are your plans now?"

"We don't know yet."

They must've been speaking English.

"We're hesitating between this and that."

"Agrigent?" That's how she said Agrigento.

She rattled off our whole journey.

- The last gas station! - I missed it.

She summed up our trip with her bitchy little words.

"Agrigent"... Canned words, canned sentences.

"Agrigent...

Forget it. No point. Might as well go to Greece."

Unbearable.

Shit!

Then she said,

"You must see Syracuse and Noto. Go to the Hotel des Etrangers."

How much will they charge us for the gas? Dammit!

Oh yeah, the Hotel des Etrangers!

Speaking of which, we need to film me on VeryChic.com at the beginning,

seeing the ad for Hotel des Etrangers.

Hotel des Etrangers, in Syracuse.

This is too fast for me.

Then we came back to the Hotel des Etrangers.

I want to vomit, seriously.

I don't feel good.

It's the phone next to my head.

Hang on, I'll turn the WiFi off.

- You had it on? - No.

We rush to take a swim.

You take your shower and we hit the airport.

And then miss that last gas station,

because of my stupid anxiety.

And I quickly realize I'll have to pay a 70-euro fee.

I'm stressed, the line is super long.

Check-in ends in 20 minutes.

I'm annoyed about those 70 euros.

And you bought a mouth harp for Claudine.

You buy total shit, seriously!

You bought almonds for your mom.

Not only. Also a thing to put olive oil in.

After, in the plane, you were hungry, so you ate.

Some kind of vegetarian couscous thing!

You weren't happy.

It wasn't like in the photo.

And we were heading back home.

And we ran into my friend Arnaud.

Yeah.

He had a Proust madeleine-fart moment.

When he smelled my shirt.

Because they'd gone there.

And they tell us about it.

Their cab driver had asked them,

"You went to Vulcano?"

Yeah.

That was it.

Then we went home to Raoul.

Nothing special.

What happened when we saw Raoul?

Nothing.

Nothing?

He was happy with the volcano rocks.

Arnaud!

- Hey! - How's it going?

- Where'd you blow in from? - Sicily.

We've done Sicily too.

Yeah?

- Where'd you go? - Palermo.

We checked out Palermo.

What did we do?

I'm bummed, that's where I wanted to go.

What did we do in Palermo?

The Capuchin Catacombs.

Oh yeah.

And Stromboli? Did you guys go to Stromboli?

Stromboli? Can't remember...

Dunno, we did Vulcano, right?

We went to the crater in Vulcano.

Did we? I forget.

Go on, you tell the story.

It smelt like something was burning.

Smell this.

Yep, that's it!

Smells just like a fart!

That's our little Proust madeleine-fart!

Remember the...

We were in a taxi, and...

the driver turns around,

sniffs the air and says, "Vulcano, Vulcano!"

That was the summer we made Jojo.

Because look, it was August...

He was born the following May.

When we came back from Palermo, I took the test.

- So I know that was it. - Wow!

That's funny.

These are...

- the Capuchin catacombs. - Wild!

There's a room full of skulls.

- In Palermo? - Yeah.

And in the back, there was this.

A coffin with glass, and a little girl inside.

I don't understand, how did her face stay...

Well, they...

they have techniques.

But how did they keep her like that?

I don't know.

Her name was Rosalia.

Sicily!

Such beautiful scenery!

Magnificent scenery, I might add!

Yes! Great description, Raoul!

I'm getting it all on video.

Raoul, we're going back to the room.

Mom?

Oh no, I took the photo too late!

Oh no, I can't believe it! This camera sucks!

- Beautiful. - I can't believe it!

Is my camera broken?

It didn't work.