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- Hello, Germain.
- Anouk!
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- How are you?
- Good, you?
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- Good summer?
- Yeah, you?
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Brittany, as usual
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The meeting's starting.
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- Get your schedule?
- Yeah.
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- Happy?
- Sophomore C for homeroom.
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Sounds good.
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Yeah, sure.
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Read the memo?
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Equality triumphs once
again in the Republic
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Another populist initiative
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It's early to be so pessimistic
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I read Schopenhauer all summer
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Hi, Robert
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How's it going?
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Dear colleagues, let's begin
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Come closer, please.
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Don't be shy
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Can everyone hear me?
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Yes.
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You received
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a memo outlining this year's new policy.
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We're no longer
just any high school
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we're a pilot school
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and we should be proud.
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We'll be establishing new foundations
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and exploring new directions in education,
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whilst returning to tradition
by reintroducing uniforms
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for all our pupils.
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In a school like ours, with adolescents
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from such diverse backgrounds
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the uniform is a bold step
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That's right, a bold step
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toward finally getting all our learners
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on equal ground.
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IN THE HOUSE
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How'd it go?
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You could've come with me.
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I haven't been to mass in ages, dear.
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It was Bruno's funeral.
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He wasn't family or a friend.
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I would've appreciated
a little support.
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I saw the twin sisters.
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They're just like Bruno said.
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I didn't know whether
to offer my condolences.
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As I was leaving, one of them came up.
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Who knows which,
impossible to tell them apart.
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They're coming to the gallery tomorrow
to discuss the future.
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Are you listening?
Yes.
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Anyway.
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Shall we go to the movies?
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Ok, I'll just finish
grading my papers.
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F, D, D, C...
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Are they that bad?
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Worst class I've had in my life.
Terrifying
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You say that every year.
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Here...
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Listen to this.
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"Saturday I ate pizza and watched TV.
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Sunday I was tired
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and did nothing." Period.
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30 minutes, 2 lines.
48 hours in the life of a teenager.
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Saturday: TV and pizza.
Sunday: Nothing.
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I didn't ask for Alexandrine verse.
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I asked about their weekend.
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To see if they can write
more than 2 lines. They can't!
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Here's another.
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"I don't like Sundays.
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I do like Saturdays.
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But Saturday Dad grounded me
and took my cell phone."
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You know, Jeanne,
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I chose teaching
to give them a taste for literature.
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What do I get?
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Cell phones and pizza.
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It's not their ignorance.
It's imagining tomorrow.
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These kids are the future!
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Reactionary philosophers
predict a Barbarian invasion
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They're already among us,
in our classrooms!
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"My Last Weekend."
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Claude Garcia.
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"Saturday I went
to Raphael Artole's to study."
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Thanks, dear.
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"I got the idea
because for a while now,
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I've wanted to get in his house."
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All last summer,
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I'd stare at it
from a bench in the adjacent park
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One night,
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his mother nearly caught me
spying from the sidewalk.
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Friday I took advantage
of Rapha flunking his math test
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and offered to help him
with the homework.
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Just an excuse, of course.
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I knew we'd go to his place,
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Rapha would never set foot
in my neighborhood.
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At 11 am I rang the bell
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and the house finally opened to me.
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I followed Rapha to his room,
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Which was exactly as I imagined it.
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I got him going
on a trigonometry problem,
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made an excuse
about getting a Coke and took a snoop.
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Here I was inside this house
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I'd imagined being in so many times.
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It's much bigger than I thought.
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Four of my houses would fit inside.
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Everything is neat and tidy.
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"Enough for today," I said to myself,
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but just as I was heading back to Rapha,
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an odor caught my attention.
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The singular scent
of a middle-class woman.
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I followed the scent to the living room.
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There, sitting on the sofa,
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perusing a home improvement magazine,
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was the lady of the house,
Rapha's mother.
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I stared at her until she looked up,
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revealing eyes the color of the sofa.
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"Hello, are you Charles?"
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That voice! Where do these women
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learn to talk like that?
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"No, Claude,"
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I said, holding her gaze.
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"Looking for the loo?"
"The kitchen."
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She took me there.
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"Like some ice?
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"Help yourself," she said.
"Make yourself at home."
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Then she returned to her sofa
and her magazine.
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Back in Rapha's room,
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I solved his trig problem.
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He'll need a lot of help
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to pass math this year.
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To be continued.
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He wrote, "To be continued"?
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Yes. In parentheses
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You're giving him a B ?
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No spelling mistakes.
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His vocabulary's good
compared to the others.
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Who is this boy?
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Let's see...
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Claude Garcia.
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I don't know them all yet.
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B for making fun
of his friend and the mother?
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This year we'll be studying
the great French authors.
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La Fontaine,
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a great master
at reconciling form and content.
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You'll learn to write,
develop your ideas,
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express yourselves, tell stories.
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Don't forget the adjective assignment
for Monday.
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Try to read a little!
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Spend some time with books.
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Forget your phones.
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I'm counting on you.
Read books.
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Be curious.
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You wanted to see me, sir?
Yes.
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The paper about your weekend...
Did you write it?
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Yes, why?
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It troubles me. May I see it?
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Is it my punctuation?
Semi-colons confuse me.
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No, the punctuation is fine.
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I'm better at math, but this year
I want to improve my writing.
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I'm concerned about the content.
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You write about a classmate
and his family. Could be hurtful.
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Did someone else read it?
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Not yet, but I could show it
to the principal.
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I wrote it for you, not him.
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How would your friend Rapha feel
reading this?
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"An odor caught my attention.
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The singular scent
of a middle-class woman."
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What's between the lines is worse.
The tone.
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If you read it in class,
how would he feel?
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I don't know.
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You told us to write about our weekend.
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I don't know what you're up to
but let's turn the page.
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Sir, can I give you
the adjective assignment?
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- It's due Monday.
- I did it yesterday.
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I know we had to use adjectives
from the list in a text.
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I wasn't sure
if they had to be in the same order.
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Doesn't matter.
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I didn't know
if we could use other adjectives.
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Look it over, turn it in Monday.
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I'd rather now
I'm on math this weekend.
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Goodbye.
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Write a text using
the following adjectives:
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Happy, different, normal,
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good, focused, little, fantastic.
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Hi, Rapha
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Monday I suggested to Rapha
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we continue doing trigonometry together
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Happy, he invited me to his house
that very afternoon
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Wanna come this afternoon?
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Rapha. Why Rapha?
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Why him?
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This ordinary, affable classmate?
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Because he's different. He's normal.
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Others are too
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but something made me zero in on Rapha.
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Last year
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I noticed his parents
often came to pick him up
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hand in hand
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Most boys would be embarrassed
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if their parents picked them up
at our age.
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Not Rapha.
He has no problem with it.
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I wondered,
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What's his house like?
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What's a perfect family's house like?
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- Hi, Mr. Andre.
- Hi Rapha!
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On the way
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we talked about what boys talk about.
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Girls, sports, basketball,
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cars, our future plans
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These subjects kept us talking
until we got there.
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To his house.
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THE MINOTAUR'S MAZE
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Do you think this is art for perverts?
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I don't know.
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The twins do, since it's not selling.
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If it were, they'd change their tune.
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Those two hicks might as well
have inherited a delicatessen!
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You know how I feel about this stuff.
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I need faces, people.
I feel so lonely surrounded by...
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Germain, I'm about to lose my job.
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I don't need your theories on modern art.
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I need you to say the twins
are fucking bitches!
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Your fucking bitches
want to close the gallery?
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I have a month to prove
it's a viable business.
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Find something that sells.
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If I don't they'll surrender the lease
and it's curtains.
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How was your day?
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Mine? Nothing special.
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- I spoke to that boy.
- And?
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We talked and he gave me
his adjective exercise.
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And?
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He's at it again.
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He gave me Chapter 2.
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He warned us, remember?
"To be continued."
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You have it?
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Yes.
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You don't want me to read it.
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I'm not sure it's a good idea.
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I've been reading your pupils' papers
for 10 years.
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It's cool you're helping me.
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When we entered,
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Rapha's mother was in the living room
with a magazine
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and a ruler
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Hi, Mom.
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She didn't see us right away,
she was so focused
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How are you?
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On the TV,
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next to a Chinese dragon,
a photo of the Holy Family.
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The dragon staring at them hungrily
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Your friend...
Claude.
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Did you do good?
B in math.
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Said Rapha, "Thanks to Claude!"
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Fantastic!
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Like a snack?
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I bought bread.
Cool
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There's chocolate in the cupboard.
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Enjoy.
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She went back to the living room
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with her magazine and ruler
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floating like a phantom
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in a dress providing a glimpse
of her middle-class curves.
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To be continued.
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I feel uncomfortable.
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Why?
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Don't you find it shocking
a 16-year-old writing this?
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With such irony?
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No I don't.
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No more than your sex shop blow-up dolls.
269
00:15:25,458 --> 00:15:27,832
It's not a sex shop,
it's an art gallery!
270
00:15:28,083 --> 00:15:31,207
I know, it's subversion.
Sex and dictators
271
00:15:31,416 --> 00:15:34,040
That's right.
The dictatorship of sex
272
00:15:36,083 --> 00:15:38,040
You should speak to the principal.
273
00:15:38,250 --> 00:15:40,874
Because of "middle-class curves"?
274
00:15:41,166 --> 00:15:44,249
Or talk to his other teachers.
275
00:15:44,625 --> 00:15:46,582
And the parents.
Talk to the parents.
276
00:15:46,916 --> 00:15:48,415
So they'll ban him from the house?
277
00:15:48,708 --> 00:15:50,415
Not Rapha's parents.
278
00:15:50,625 --> 00:15:53,915
The writer's parents, this... Claude.
279
00:15:54,583 --> 00:15:57,415
He needs a shrink.
He could be dangerous.
280
00:15:57,708 --> 00:15:59,124
He's just a rebel.
281
00:15:59,416 --> 00:16:01,915
Angry at reality,
who can blame him?
282
00:16:02,166 --> 00:16:06,415
Better to vent with words
than set fire to cars.
283
00:16:07,208 --> 00:16:09,999
Maybe he has a problem
and wants to get your attention.
284
00:16:11,083 --> 00:16:14,124
- What's he look like?
- I told you, average.
285
00:16:14,375 --> 00:16:15,499
His behavior in class?
286
00:16:15,958 --> 00:16:17,915
Quiet, no trouble.
287
00:16:18,208 --> 00:16:20,207
He always sits in the back row.
288
00:16:21,916 --> 00:16:22,749
So did you
289
00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:23,760
It's the best spot.
290
00:16:23,958 --> 00:16:27,082
You see everyone, no one sees you.
291
00:16:27,958 --> 00:16:29,832
Hello.
292
00:16:33,541 --> 00:16:34,457
Hi, Anouk.
293
00:16:37,875 --> 00:16:39,749
- How are you?
- So-so
294
00:16:40,041 --> 00:16:41,665
September's rough on us all.
295
00:16:41,958 --> 00:16:44,499
I need information about a pupil
296
00:16:44,833 --> 00:16:47,040
- Which class?
- Sophomore C.
297
00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:50,457
- Sophomore C...
- Which pupil?
298
00:16:50,708 --> 00:16:51,957
Claude Garcia.
299
00:16:52,166 --> 00:16:54,915
Doesn't ring a bell.
300
00:16:55,333 --> 00:16:57,415
Wait, I remember.
301
00:16:57,666 --> 00:17:00,582
Claude Garcia
a shy, blond fellow?
302
00:17:00,916 --> 00:17:03,957
He's been here 2 years,
seems to have moved a lot.
303
00:17:04,291 --> 00:17:07,790
Only child. Mother absent.
Father unemployed
304
00:17:08,041 --> 00:17:11,749
A laborer on disability.
Probably injured on the job
305
00:17:23,750 --> 00:17:24,624
"Good" with "do" is an adverb.
306
00:17:24,875 --> 00:17:27,040
Understand?
307
00:17:27,375 --> 00:17:29,332
"Did you do good"?
308
00:17:29,625 --> 00:17:30,957
Not bad otherwise.
309
00:17:31,166 --> 00:17:33,082
I brought you some books
310
00:17:33,791 --> 00:17:36,582
Not from the library, they're mine
311
00:17:37,208 --> 00:17:39,290
Don't underline anything,
dog-ear the pages
312
00:17:39,583 --> 00:17:42,374
or turn them over open.
313
00:17:43,750 --> 00:17:46,040
All this? Got anything shorter?
314
00:17:46,291 --> 00:17:49,290
Try them.
If they don't interest you, return them.
315
00:17:50,625 --> 00:17:53,082
If it doesn't interest you,
return it.
316
00:17:54,541 --> 00:17:56,790
Back in the perfect family's house
317
00:17:57,125 --> 00:17:59,790
I help Rapha,
my ordinary, affable friend
318
00:18:00,083 --> 00:18:01,665
who is clueless in math.
319
00:18:02,875 --> 00:18:03,707
What?
320
00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:06,457
This is minus infinite zero,
321
00:18:06,708 --> 00:18:08,249
this is zero plus the infinite.
322
00:18:09,583 --> 00:18:13,082
Teamwork, right boys?
323
00:18:13,375 --> 00:18:15,665
Share information
Divide responsibility.
324
00:18:16,041 --> 00:18:16,915
Delegate
325
00:18:17,208 --> 00:18:19,957
We pass each other the ball
and together we score!
326
00:18:21,833 --> 00:18:24,290
Grizzlies vs. Clippers tonight.
Pizza?
327
00:18:24,458 --> 00:18:25,249
Great!
328
00:18:25,458 --> 00:18:27,457
Four cheese, chicken wings!
329
00:18:27,708 --> 00:18:30,249
- Join us, Charles?
- Claude.
330
00:18:33,083 --> 00:18:35,457
I'm hitting the shower. Study hard.
331
00:18:38,208 --> 00:18:38,874
Later.
332
00:18:39,250 --> 00:18:41,165
I accept
the man in tight sweatpants' offer.
333
00:18:41,416 --> 00:18:42,415
Your dad's nice.
334
00:18:43,041 --> 00:18:44,165
He's fairly cool.
335
00:18:44,375 --> 00:18:47,374
As Rapha grapples with his x
336
00:18:47,625 --> 00:18:50,165
I imagine Rapha Senior
lathering up in the shower
337
00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:51,999
They're both called Rapha
338
00:18:52,541 --> 00:18:55,915
An hour later I hardly recognize him.
339
00:18:56,125 --> 00:18:58,290
Without his sweats he's someone else
340
00:18:58,625 --> 00:18:59,790
But his way with the remote control
341
00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,624
Leaves no doubt
he's head of the family.
342
00:19:02,916 --> 00:19:03,832
He's a sneaky one.
343
00:19:04,041 --> 00:19:06,249
The Chinese say Koreans are sneaky.
344
00:19:06,625 --> 00:19:08,582
The Clippers have a Korean player,
345
00:19:08,833 --> 00:19:11,499
an excuse for him to talk about China,
his obsession.
346
00:19:11,791 --> 00:19:13,457
Fucking unbelievable!
347
00:19:14,375 --> 00:19:16,790
Respect is important in China.
348
00:19:17,250 --> 00:19:20,290
They look after their elders.
Koreans couldn't care less.
349
00:19:20,583 --> 00:19:22,415
A week in China ten years ago
350
00:19:22,791 --> 00:19:24,624
makes him an expert.
351
00:19:25,291 --> 00:19:26,374
15 minutes in,
352
00:19:26,625 --> 00:19:29,749
the Grizzlies' power forward fouls out
353
00:19:30,208 --> 00:19:33,165
and Rapha Senior
gets a call from work.
354
00:19:35,583 --> 00:19:37,582
Hello? Maurice!
355
00:19:37,791 --> 00:19:39,415
It's Maurice, his boss.
356
00:19:39,625 --> 00:19:42,457
Asking him to pick up
a Chinese client, Wong Lee.
357
00:19:42,625 --> 00:19:43,457
At the airport?
358
00:19:43,666 --> 00:19:46,332
"Now? What a drag!" says his wife.
359
00:19:46,625 --> 00:19:48,749
Rapha Senior gets changed
to pick up Wong Lee
360
00:19:49,041 --> 00:19:52,082
as The Clippers rally back.
361
00:19:52,375 --> 00:19:53,499
Fucking hell!
362
00:19:53,666 --> 00:19:54,457
To be continued.
363
00:19:57,958 --> 00:19:59,332
Is it a parody?
364
00:19:59,916 --> 00:20:02,582
- Parody?
- The way you describe
365
00:20:02,916 --> 00:20:04,156
Rapha Senior entering the room,
366
00:20:04,166 --> 00:20:07,040
the ridiculous things he says,
his sweats...
367
00:20:07,250 --> 00:20:10,082
You're exaggerating
for comic effect, right?
368
00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:11,624
No, that's how he is.
369
00:20:11,833 --> 00:20:12,915
So it's realism?
370
00:20:13,125 --> 00:20:14,499
What do you mean?
371
00:20:14,708 --> 00:20:18,374
Like having a hidden camera.
Peeping through the keyhole.
372
00:20:18,625 --> 00:20:19,332
No.
373
00:20:19,791 --> 00:20:21,207
Stylization?
374
00:20:22,166 --> 00:20:25,374
Are you writing what you see
or transforming it?
375
00:20:25,666 --> 00:20:28,707
I don't put every detail.
I don't care if the sweats
376
00:20:29,041 --> 00:20:30,332
are green or blue.
377
00:20:30,666 --> 00:20:32,082
Why the present tense?
378
00:20:32,625 --> 00:20:34,374
Why'd you switch?
379
00:20:36,083 --> 00:20:39,790
For me, it's a way to stay in the house.
380
00:20:40,333 --> 00:20:41,207
I see.
381
00:20:41,916 --> 00:20:43,957
The first question a writer must ask is
382
00:20:44,333 --> 00:20:45,374
who am I writing for?
383
00:20:46,166 --> 00:20:47,874
Who are you writing for?
384
00:20:48,791 --> 00:20:51,957
It's easy to show the worst
in characters,
385
00:20:52,541 --> 00:20:54,124
making mediocre people feel superior,
386
00:20:54,458 --> 00:20:56,582
scorning and mocking them.
387
00:20:56,958 --> 00:21:00,082
It's much harder to look closely,
388
00:21:00,458 --> 00:21:02,207
without judging.
389
00:21:02,583 --> 00:21:04,040
Flaubert is a perfect example.
390
00:21:04,375 --> 00:21:05,655
He doesn't judge his characters.
391
00:21:06,291 --> 00:21:07,790
Same time tomorrow?
392
00:21:08,041 --> 00:21:08,832
Yeah.
393
00:21:14,083 --> 00:21:15,415
Why are you helping me?
394
00:21:16,916 --> 00:21:19,915
I'm your teacher.
It's my job.
395
00:21:20,166 --> 00:21:21,749
Why me and no one else?
396
00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:28,540
I don't care for compliments,
but you write well.
397
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,499
You deserve encouragement.
398
00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:32,207
Thank you, sir.
399
00:21:33,041 --> 00:21:34,082
See you tomorrow.
400
00:21:35,458 --> 00:21:37,082
I don't get it.
401
00:21:37,416 --> 00:21:42,249
The boy has a gift for writing.
I'm just trying,
402
00:21:42,583 --> 00:21:46,499
though it may sound pompous,
to teach him literature.
403
00:21:46,791 --> 00:21:48,290
And thus, a bit about life.
404
00:21:48,708 --> 00:21:49,957
Literature teaches us nothing about life.
405
00:21:50,166 --> 00:21:50,999
Is that so?
406
00:21:51,458 --> 00:21:53,999
The nutcase who killed John Lennon
carried a book,
407
00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:56,040
The Catcher in the Rye
408
00:21:56,458 --> 00:21:59,165
What did literature teach him?
Nothing.
409
00:22:00,791 --> 00:22:04,249
Obviously your art exhibits
teach us much more.
410
00:22:04,541 --> 00:22:06,457
My art exhibits are the same.
411
00:22:06,833 --> 00:22:09,624
Art in general teaches us nothing.
412
00:22:09,958 --> 00:22:11,707
It awakens our senses to beauty.
413
00:22:12,041 --> 00:22:12,790
Wine?
414
00:22:14,541 --> 00:22:17,082
Version 2. Back in the house.
415
00:22:17,583 --> 00:22:20,749
In Rapha's room I help him study
for the math test.
416
00:22:22,083 --> 00:22:22,915
Come in!
417
00:22:23,916 --> 00:22:25,749
Rapha's dad enters the room
418
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,915
in greenish sweats.
He invites me to watch the game.
419
00:22:30,875 --> 00:22:33,790
Minute 2, 2nd quarter,
a 3-point shot.
420
00:22:34,083 --> 00:22:35,249
The Raphas go wild.
421
00:22:36,375 --> 00:22:38,457
- Beautiful!
- Did you see that?
422
00:22:38,666 --> 00:22:39,499
Good game, boys?
423
00:22:39,708 --> 00:22:40,415
Minute 3,
424
00:22:40,625 --> 00:22:44,165
Rapha's mom joins us for the game
but can't get into it.
425
00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:46,874
Minute 7, she opens Number 215
426
00:22:47,208 --> 00:22:48,207
of House Beautiful
427
00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:49,915
and admires a dream house
428
00:22:50,208 --> 00:22:51,374
she'll never own.
429
00:22:51,583 --> 00:22:54,707
Minute 8, Rapha Senior
wants to buy a plasma screen.
430
00:22:55,083 --> 00:22:56,957
We'll put in a plasma screen.
431
00:22:57,291 --> 00:22:58,249
Minute 10,
432
00:22:58,458 --> 00:23:01,499
Esther draws plans
to remodel the house.
433
00:23:01,833 --> 00:23:03,457
She's always at the house.
434
00:23:03,791 --> 00:23:05,540
But she's not happy with it.
435
00:23:05,875 --> 00:23:08,332
Minute 12, she stares into space,
436
00:23:08,583 --> 00:23:10,707
haunted by the existential question,
437
00:23:10,958 --> 00:23:12,999
"Where shall I put the new bathroom?"
438
00:23:13,833 --> 00:23:14,707
Minute 15,
439
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,040
The Grizzlies' power forward fouls out.
440
00:23:17,333 --> 00:23:18,832
The Raphas applaud.
441
00:23:19,166 --> 00:23:20,540
His personal score is amazing.
442
00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:25,290
The phone rings. Rapha Senior checks
his watch, not wanting to answer.
443
00:23:25,458 --> 00:23:26,165
Hello?
444
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:27,790
Maurice!
445
00:23:28,541 --> 00:23:30,832
Not at all. What can I do for you?
446
00:23:32,041 --> 00:23:33,165
I'm writing it down.
447
00:23:35,541 --> 00:23:38,165
10:15 pm, Terminal 2.
448
00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:39,624
A sign?
449
00:23:39,875 --> 00:23:41,457
Right, with his name.
450
00:23:41,833 --> 00:23:44,707
Wong Lee? Wong with an "o"?
451
00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:48,124
Got it. Convention Hotel.
452
00:23:49,833 --> 00:23:53,374
No worries. Get some rest.
453
00:23:53,583 --> 00:23:54,415
Bye.
454
00:23:55,083 --> 00:23:57,957
Rapha Senior changes
and heads for the airport
455
00:23:58,333 --> 00:24:00,374
as The Clippers come back from behind.
456
00:24:03,708 --> 00:24:05,749
The middle-class woman joins us.
457
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,124
Obviously she knows nothing
about basketball.
458
00:24:08,375 --> 00:24:10,957
- Who's winning, boys?
- The Clippers
459
00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:12,874
Not happy?
460
00:24:13,208 --> 00:24:15,457
Dad and I are Grizzlies fans.
461
00:24:15,750 --> 00:24:17,374
I thought you liked The Clippers.
462
00:24:17,833 --> 00:24:18,790
Mom!
463
00:24:19,166 --> 00:24:19,806
To be continued.
464
00:24:20,750 --> 00:24:23,165
You're right. He's gifted.
465
00:24:23,416 --> 00:24:26,499
But this version
is even more snarky and disdainful.
466
00:24:26,708 --> 00:24:27,832
- You think?
- Yes.
467
00:24:28,291 --> 00:24:30,249
He's manipulating you.
468
00:24:30,541 --> 00:24:32,207
He's the one teaching you a lesson.
469
00:24:33,458 --> 00:24:36,374
You know Dostoyevsky's secret?
470
00:24:36,708 --> 00:24:37,957
His genius?
471
00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:40,499
Turning normal... I mean pathetic,
wretched human beings
472
00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:41,957
into unforgettable characters.
473
00:24:42,583 --> 00:24:44,023
But if you'd rather do caricature...
474
00:24:44,291 --> 00:24:45,749
You said look close.
475
00:24:46,083 --> 00:24:48,040
I write what I see.
476
00:24:49,083 --> 00:24:51,957
If all you can see is ugliness, fine.
477
00:24:52,208 --> 00:24:54,874
But transpose it, transform it.
478
00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:58,374
Maybe you're not cut out for this.
479
00:24:58,916 --> 00:25:00,374
I brought you more books.
480
00:25:03,083 --> 00:25:05,082
Chekhov, Dickens...
481
00:25:05,916 --> 00:25:07,040
And the genius, Flaubert
482
00:25:07,333 --> 00:25:08,665
Madame Bovary
483
00:25:11,291 --> 00:25:12,290
What do you think?
484
00:25:13,291 --> 00:25:15,082
Ordinary objects.
485
00:25:15,666 --> 00:25:17,790
A kitchen clock, a fan.
486
00:25:18,291 --> 00:25:21,749
Yes, but they've been altered
to create surprise.
487
00:25:22,208 --> 00:25:24,499
The clock goes to 13.
488
00:25:26,625 --> 00:25:27,415
Not bad.
489
00:25:28,375 --> 00:25:30,374
And this. Listen.
490
00:25:30,625 --> 00:25:31,125
What is it?
491
00:25:31,250 --> 00:25:32,707
Listen.
492
00:25:36,833 --> 00:25:38,999
"Verbal painting."
493
00:25:39,541 --> 00:25:40,790
The artist
494
00:25:41,083 --> 00:25:44,415
attaches headphones
to a blank wall or frame.
495
00:25:44,750 --> 00:25:46,415
He describes the painting.
496
00:25:46,708 --> 00:25:48,457
The person listening becomes co-creator.
497
00:25:48,791 --> 00:25:50,790
Imagining the painting,
498
00:25:51,041 --> 00:25:53,707
projecting his imagination
into the blank frame.
499
00:25:54,125 --> 00:25:55,665
The paintings existed,
500
00:25:55,916 --> 00:25:58,582
but after describing them,
the artist destroyed them.
501
00:25:59,208 --> 00:26:00,374
There are thirteen.
502
00:26:00,625 --> 00:26:02,957
The artist is poking fun
503
00:26:03,250 --> 00:26:06,290
at the culture industry's obsession
with tangible objects,
504
00:26:06,625 --> 00:26:08,665
giving us something poetic,
505
00:26:08,958 --> 00:26:13,165
ephemeral, devoid of materiality.
506
00:26:14,041 --> 00:26:16,374
I'm not sure it'll sell.
507
00:26:17,041 --> 00:26:17,999
Germain!
508
00:26:18,458 --> 00:26:20,957
The opening's in 3 weeks.
509
00:26:21,208 --> 00:26:23,207
If I don't succeed
the twins will throw me out.
510
00:26:23,541 --> 00:26:26,832
If you need me naked
in the gallery window,
511
00:26:27,166 --> 00:26:28,374
I'll do it.
512
00:26:31,208 --> 00:26:32,124
Want to read it?
513
00:26:38,041 --> 00:26:39,915
I give Rapha 3 exercises.
514
00:26:40,166 --> 00:26:42,874
An easy one to start
a hard one,
515
00:26:43,041 --> 00:26:46,040
then a really hard one
so he'll get stuck
516
00:26:46,333 --> 00:26:48,665
While he grapples with imaginary numbers,
517
00:26:48,916 --> 00:26:51,915
I explore the perfect family's house.
518
00:26:52,583 --> 00:26:54,582
Wong Lee got drunk last night.
519
00:26:54,875 --> 00:26:56,582
He feels Maurice disrespected him.
520
00:26:57,166 --> 00:27:01,290
He's not happy with his cut.
He wants at least 15%.
521
00:27:01,833 --> 00:27:03,874
It got me thinking
522
00:27:04,083 --> 00:27:06,249
Maybe I should set up my own business.
523
00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:08,665
You've got a good job,
everyone likes you.
524
00:27:09,125 --> 00:27:11,332
But they don't respect me.
525
00:27:11,666 --> 00:27:14,790
Maurice gets all the credit
for my ideas.
526
00:27:15,458 --> 00:27:17,540
You always say teamwork suits you.
527
00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:19,915
Yeah, but on a team,
528
00:27:20,166 --> 00:27:22,624
some pass the ball, others score.
529
00:27:23,333 --> 00:27:26,999
Wong Lee told me about
these dolls, like Barbie.
530
00:27:27,250 --> 00:27:30,290
3 euros to make.
They sell for 10 times more.
531
00:27:30,708 --> 00:27:33,957
We send him our product specs
and he makes them.
532
00:27:34,208 --> 00:27:37,207
Better yet
we send a photo and they copy it.
533
00:27:38,041 --> 00:27:40,082
We'll need an initial investment.
534
00:27:41,458 --> 00:27:44,915
I was thinking,
with our savings and a small loan...
535
00:27:45,166 --> 00:27:46,749
What about my remodeling?
536
00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:50,790
We just decided to turn the terrace
into a veranda.
537
00:27:53,250 --> 00:27:55,540
At my age, I need motivation.
538
00:27:55,833 --> 00:27:57,207
Something's gotta give.
539
00:27:57,666 --> 00:28:00,290
Look what Maurice makes.
Why not me?
540
00:28:00,791 --> 00:28:02,040
You could help me.
541
00:28:02,416 --> 00:28:05,874
Choose products, establish a clientele.
You're good at that.
542
00:28:06,166 --> 00:28:07,487
You're proposing I work with you?
543
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:09,790
Yeah.
544
00:28:10,583 --> 00:28:12,165
Let's work together.
545
00:28:12,416 --> 00:28:15,582
Rapha's older now,
I want to get a decorating job.
546
00:28:15,791 --> 00:28:19,082
I know, but this will be ours. Ours!
547
00:28:19,375 --> 00:28:22,415
If it works, and I'm sure it will,
548
00:28:22,708 --> 00:28:24,165
you can remodel all you like.
549
00:28:24,541 --> 00:28:26,707
You're wearing me out.
550
00:28:35,291 --> 00:28:36,624
What are you doing here?
551
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,582
I have to finish helping Rapha.
552
00:28:39,833 --> 00:28:41,707
Hurry up, it's dark out.
553
00:28:42,375 --> 00:28:44,415
Does she suspect me of spying?
554
00:28:44,791 --> 00:28:48,332
Or think I was admiring
the Klee watercolors?
555
00:28:50,125 --> 00:28:52,874
He hears all that or makes it up?
556
00:28:53,250 --> 00:28:54,957
He's not really there.
557
00:28:55,166 --> 00:28:57,040
He's in the hall looking at paintings.
558
00:28:57,500 --> 00:28:59,207
He just hears snippets.
559
00:29:00,791 --> 00:29:02,874
- It doesn't add up.
- What?
560
00:29:03,916 --> 00:29:06,040
Klee watercolors in a middle-class home
561
00:29:06,666 --> 00:29:08,249
I think they're reproductions.
562
00:29:08,750 --> 00:29:09,290
No!
563
00:29:11,666 --> 00:29:15,582
Rapha has a big math test next week.
He's nervous
564
00:29:16,125 --> 00:29:18,332
Maybe we should get him a tutor.
565
00:29:19,333 --> 00:29:20,957
He's got Claude.
566
00:29:21,375 --> 00:29:23,999
He needs a real teacher,
not a classmate.
567
00:29:25,083 --> 00:29:27,207
They're not helping each other.
568
00:29:27,666 --> 00:29:29,582
Rapha's so glad to have a friend.
569
00:29:30,333 --> 00:29:31,749
He makes me nervous.
570
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,999
He was looking at the watercolors.
571
00:29:34,291 --> 00:29:35,415
He's strange.
572
00:29:35,833 --> 00:29:37,999
I'm sick of having him underfoot.
573
00:29:38,583 --> 00:29:40,415
I'll tell Rapha to stop inviting him.
574
00:29:42,541 --> 00:29:43,249
To be continued.
575
00:29:43,666 --> 00:29:45,832
Know who your pupil reminds me of?
576
00:29:46,041 --> 00:29:46,832
Who?
577
00:29:47,916 --> 00:29:50,290
My Yorkshire cousin, Andrew
578
00:29:50,625 --> 00:29:52,624
At marriages and baptisms
579
00:29:52,958 --> 00:29:54,957
he gets off on
dishing all the family dirt.
580
00:29:57,541 --> 00:29:58,999
Some people love that.
581
00:29:59,833 --> 00:30:01,624
Peeping through the keyhole.
582
00:30:12,333 --> 00:30:14,124
The surprise is waning.
583
00:30:14,375 --> 00:30:17,582
You're like a provincial cousin
dishing family dirt.
584
00:30:17,875 --> 00:30:20,207
If someone read this in a book...
585
00:30:20,458 --> 00:30:21,665
Is someone else reading it?
586
00:30:21,916 --> 00:30:24,374
It's not good enough,
I've shown no one.
587
00:30:24,625 --> 00:30:26,249
Don't show anyone.
588
00:30:26,416 --> 00:30:27,415
I'm telling you,
589
00:30:27,666 --> 00:30:30,165
if someone read this, they'd say
590
00:30:30,625 --> 00:30:32,040
it lacks...
591
00:30:32,833 --> 00:30:34,207
conflict.
592
00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:35,749
After you.
593
00:30:38,125 --> 00:30:39,665
A character
594
00:30:40,250 --> 00:30:42,040
desires something
595
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:46,165
There are obstacles
to attaining his desire.
596
00:30:46,416 --> 00:30:48,915
Rivals and adversaries
597
00:30:49,166 --> 00:30:52,957
Ulysses wants to go home
but the Cyclops is after him,
598
00:30:53,208 --> 00:30:56,499
the Sirens hypnotize him,
the Witch sequesters him.
599
00:30:56,750 --> 00:30:57,457
Sometimes,
600
00:30:57,666 --> 00:31:00,874
the conflict is not
between the hero and someone else
601
00:31:01,166 --> 00:31:02,665
but within himself.
602
00:31:02,958 --> 00:31:04,165
I don't mean remodeling,
603
00:31:04,458 --> 00:31:08,957
building a veranda
or scheming with the Chinese
604
00:31:09,208 --> 00:31:11,874
I'm talking about deep inner struggle.
605
00:31:12,083 --> 00:31:13,582
Achilles!
606
00:31:13,833 --> 00:31:15,082
Do I march on Troy
607
00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:17,915
or stay with my beloved Deidamia?
608
00:31:18,250 --> 00:31:19,790
Now the reader wonders
609
00:31:20,041 --> 00:31:22,957
how the hero
will overcome his difficulties
610
00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:24,874
and attain his objectives
611
00:31:25,166 --> 00:31:26,249
That's the key question.
612
00:31:26,416 --> 00:31:28,624
You must lodge it in the reader's mind:
613
00:31:28,916 --> 00:31:29,874
What will happen?
614
00:31:30,125 --> 00:31:32,582
Whether mystery or Shakespearean drama,
615
00:31:32,833 --> 00:31:34,033
ask yourself this one question
616
00:31:34,208 --> 00:31:38,707
How do I solve the problem
of what's going to happen?
617
00:31:38,916 --> 00:31:42,499
No respite for the reader.
Maintain suspense
618
00:31:42,708 --> 00:31:44,749
The reader is like Shahrazad's Sultan.
619
00:31:45,250 --> 00:31:47,290
If you bore me, I'll cut off your head!
620
00:31:47,666 --> 00:31:49,249
But give him a good story
621
00:31:49,583 --> 00:31:50,790
and he'll give you his heart.
622
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,832
The Sultan or anyone else.
People need stories
623
00:31:54,041 --> 00:31:55,874
Life is nothing without them
624
00:31:56,208 --> 00:31:56,957
Bravo, maestro!
625
00:31:57,166 --> 00:31:58,249
Don't call me maestro.
626
00:31:59,916 --> 00:32:02,290
I don't know if I can keep writing.
627
00:32:03,666 --> 00:32:04,332
Why not?
628
00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:07,290
Rapha and I have a math test Thursday.
629
00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:10,749
If he flunks,
his mom will fire me and hire a tutor.
630
00:32:11,250 --> 00:32:11,957
So?
631
00:32:12,166 --> 00:32:13,124
Well...
632
00:32:13,625 --> 00:32:17,290
If you want me to keep going there
and writing...
633
00:32:19,250 --> 00:32:20,624
I don't get it.
634
00:32:21,875 --> 00:32:24,999
Are you asking me to steal the math test?
635
00:32:25,291 --> 00:32:26,332
I didn't say that.
636
00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:29,374
But Rapha's no whiz at math,
637
00:32:29,791 --> 00:32:31,082
and his mom doesn't like me
638
00:32:32,666 --> 00:32:35,624
You don't need to go there
Imagine.
639
00:32:35,833 --> 00:32:38,874
I've tried, it's no use.
I need to be with them.
640
00:32:40,083 --> 00:32:40,874
Get going.
641
00:32:53,625 --> 00:32:54,540
Hi, Bernard
642
00:33:00,958 --> 00:33:02,749
Are you finding Sophomore C difficult?
643
00:33:03,583 --> 00:33:05,749
Not particularly.
644
00:33:06,583 --> 00:33:09,999
And Raphael Artole?
How are his math skills?
645
00:33:11,166 --> 00:33:13,207
Uneven, but he's trying.
646
00:33:13,916 --> 00:33:15,332
When's the next test?
647
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:16,915
Thursday
648
00:33:18,333 --> 00:33:21,290
I suppose you know
what you'll put on it?
649
00:33:24,458 --> 00:33:25,374
Excuse me...
650
00:33:26,291 --> 00:33:27,999
when'd you get interested in math?
651
00:33:36,458 --> 00:33:37,999
Wait a second.
Go ahead.
652
00:33:38,291 --> 00:33:40,832
Where was your text yesterday?
653
00:33:41,041 --> 00:33:42,957
I can't write if I don't go.
654
00:33:43,166 --> 00:33:43,749
Go sit down.
655
00:33:50,125 --> 00:33:51,374
NO STUDENTS ALLOWED
656
00:33:56,291 --> 00:33:58,249
- Who've you got now?
- Junior D.
657
00:34:00,208 --> 00:34:02,249
- Coming, Germain?
- I'm not done yet.
658
00:34:02,916 --> 00:34:03,790
See you later then.
659
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,290
Bye.
660
00:34:31,041 --> 00:34:32,290
Ten more minutes
661
00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:58,624
An A?
An A in math!
662
00:34:59,041 --> 00:35:00,874
See? Just takes work.
663
00:35:01,041 --> 00:35:02,540
- How'd you do, Claude?
- B
664
00:35:02,708 --> 00:35:03,999
That's good too.
665
00:35:04,291 --> 00:35:06,790
My work with Rapha
is starting to pay off.
666
00:35:07,041 --> 00:35:09,915
Now I'm a potential teammate.
667
00:35:10,958 --> 00:35:14,790
The housewife joins us,
a tea towel in hand.
668
00:35:15,041 --> 00:35:16,915
- Nice job, honey.
- Thanks, Mom.
669
00:35:17,083 --> 00:35:17,999
Esther...
670
00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:20,749
Thanks for helping him, Claude.
671
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,040
You should play basketball with us.
672
00:35:24,333 --> 00:35:26,124
We play Saturdays, 6 to 8 pm.
673
00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:27,707
You'll love the team.
674
00:35:28,041 --> 00:35:29,249
Basketball's not really...
675
00:35:29,458 --> 00:35:31,957
So what? Playing's the main thing!
676
00:35:33,166 --> 00:35:34,499
We get drinks after,
677
00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:36,374
yell at the ref, it's fun!
678
00:35:36,625 --> 00:35:37,790
Say yes. We'll be gentle.
679
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,749
I'm not sure I'm free.
680
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,332
I'm busy Saturday.
681
00:35:41,541 --> 00:35:44,790
But I see Rapha's disappointed.
682
00:35:45,041 --> 00:35:47,707
I risk no longer being his best friend.
683
00:35:47,958 --> 00:35:49,832
A and C makes a B average.
684
00:35:50,041 --> 00:35:51,415
- Yeah?
- Good boy!
685
00:35:53,833 --> 00:35:55,374
See you tomorrow.
Yeah.
686
00:35:57,916 --> 00:35:59,249
At school...
687
00:36:00,083 --> 00:36:02,707
everyone's talking
about you and Germain,
688
00:36:03,041 --> 00:36:05,249
how you stay after class.
689
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,957
He's helping me improve my writing.
690
00:36:08,583 --> 00:36:10,332
Did he give you the math test?
691
00:36:11,583 --> 00:36:12,540
Why do you say that?
692
00:36:12,791 --> 00:36:14,124
Careful, he's weird
693
00:36:14,333 --> 00:36:17,207
I hear his wife
has a porn shop in town.
694
00:36:23,083 --> 00:36:25,624
What are we doing in the story?
695
00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:28,790
I don't know, he's losing his way.
696
00:36:30,833 --> 00:36:33,124
What about you and this math test?
697
00:36:35,541 --> 00:36:36,749
I don't believe it!
698
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:37,582
What?
699
00:36:37,791 --> 00:36:38,999
You gave it to them?
700
00:36:39,291 --> 00:36:41,040
It was lying on a table.
701
00:36:41,375 --> 00:36:43,124
Do you realize what you've done?
702
00:36:43,333 --> 00:36:45,290
You're a teacher, not a delinquent!
703
00:36:45,625 --> 00:36:47,624
It was wrong but I had to,
704
00:36:47,958 --> 00:36:49,999
to keep Claude tutoring Rapha!
705
00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:51,499
And writing like a voyeur.
706
00:36:51,666 --> 00:36:54,207
Yeah, so? Loosen up a little!
707
00:36:54,458 --> 00:36:55,957
- Germain!
- Ok!
708
00:36:56,541 --> 00:36:59,582
I admit it was risky
but no one's the wiser.
709
00:36:59,916 --> 00:37:02,165
It'll never happen again.
710
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,540
Saturday, 5:30 pm.
I'm in the park,
711
00:37:12,833 --> 00:37:14,582
near the bench
where I sat last summer.
712
00:37:25,166 --> 00:37:26,165
The coast is clear.
713
00:37:27,166 --> 00:37:28,332
I ring the bell.
714
00:37:28,708 --> 00:37:31,040
Obviously it's perfectly ridiculous.
715
00:37:33,875 --> 00:37:35,624
The door opens and she appears.
716
00:37:36,250 --> 00:37:36,999
Claude!
717
00:37:37,166 --> 00:37:39,582
Esther, the world's most bored woman.
718
00:37:39,833 --> 00:37:41,165
They just left for basketball
719
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,290
Shall I call them?
720
00:37:43,541 --> 00:37:46,457
No, I just forgot my math book.
721
00:37:49,166 --> 00:37:50,749
Come in, we'll find it.
722
00:37:51,875 --> 00:37:53,290
Alone at last with Esther.
723
00:37:54,083 --> 00:37:54,915
In the house.
724
00:37:58,375 --> 00:37:59,707
Strange, I can't find it.
725
00:37:59,916 --> 00:38:01,665
Of course she can't, it's at home
726
00:38:02,041 --> 00:38:03,374
in my backpack.
727
00:38:06,333 --> 00:38:08,457
My mom had the same earrings.
728
00:38:08,666 --> 00:38:11,124
I said, indicating her earrings.
729
00:38:11,916 --> 00:38:13,249
She left when I was nine.
730
00:38:14,416 --> 00:38:15,624
She couldn't stand my dad.
731
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,480
I guess she couldn't stand me either.
732
00:38:20,708 --> 00:38:22,790
My words hit the bull's eye.
733
00:38:23,166 --> 00:38:25,707
The story about my mom provokes sympathy.
734
00:38:25,916 --> 00:38:27,790
- Something to drink?
- Sure.
735
00:38:28,125 --> 00:38:29,082
A bond is created.
736
00:38:29,250 --> 00:38:29,874
Coke?
737
00:38:30,083 --> 00:38:32,665
She wants to protect me.
Be my mother.
738
00:38:36,083 --> 00:38:39,665
She pours me a Coke.
We talk about Rapha, basketball,
739
00:38:39,958 --> 00:38:41,124
her difficulty with math.
740
00:38:41,416 --> 00:38:43,165
I left school to take care of Rapha.
741
00:38:44,083 --> 00:38:46,499
Now he's older,
I want to study architecture.
742
00:38:46,708 --> 00:38:50,124
Or find a job in art or decorating.
743
00:38:50,416 --> 00:38:51,332
I like being with her
744
00:38:51,541 --> 00:38:52,790
I figured she wanted to talk.
745
00:38:53,041 --> 00:38:54,415
Time passes and I think,
746
00:38:54,708 --> 00:38:57,374
I'll come back next Saturday
for more alone time.
747
00:38:58,041 --> 00:39:00,957
Curtains, wallpaper, paintings...
748
00:39:02,041 --> 00:39:03,832
- Did you see the watercolors?
- Yeah.
749
00:39:04,041 --> 00:39:05,374
- Pretty, huh?
- Very.
750
00:39:05,583 --> 00:39:06,749
Let's go look at them.
751
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,165
Rettung.
752
00:39:11,375 --> 00:39:12,707
Unterbrechung.
753
00:39:13,666 --> 00:39:14,749
Hoffnung.
754
00:39:16,666 --> 00:39:17,665
Scary angels.
755
00:39:17,875 --> 00:39:20,290
Angels? I never thought of that.
756
00:39:20,541 --> 00:39:23,249
Like the Rapha males,
she speaks no German.
757
00:39:23,541 --> 00:39:26,540
These watercolors
are just decorative to her
758
00:39:26,791 --> 00:39:29,124
When she repaints, she'll change them.
759
00:39:29,416 --> 00:39:30,957
Rettung means redemption.
760
00:39:31,208 --> 00:39:33,082
Unterbrechung, interruption.
761
00:39:33,583 --> 00:39:35,290
Hoffnung, hope.
762
00:39:37,583 --> 00:39:39,749
Zerstorung, destruction.
763
00:39:41,041 --> 00:39:44,165
I should go.
The Rapha males will soon return.
764
00:39:44,375 --> 00:39:46,332
What if they found me in their house
765
00:39:46,541 --> 00:39:49,249
with Esther, Rapha's wife,
766
00:39:49,875 --> 00:39:51,082
Rapha's mother?
767
00:39:51,500 --> 00:39:52,374
To be continued.
768
00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:55,457
This'll end badly, mark my words.
769
00:39:55,708 --> 00:39:56,874
- No.
- It will!
770
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,415
Imagine they quit playing,
come hoked at everything.
771
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,680
... Mother and son's friend,
sitting on the couch.
772
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:08,830
What couch? Where is it?
So far there is no couch.
773
00:40:08,830 --> 00:40:11,570
- You imagine them on the couch.
- No matter.
774
00:40:11,570 --> 00:40:14,970
- If Rafa sees them, kills them.
- The father or the son?
775
00:40:14,980 --> 00:40:16,760
Both!
They kill Claude.
776
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:20,050
You take it too seriously.
They do nothing wrong.
777
00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:24,330
- You realize that everything is invented, imagined?
- Imagined?
778
00:40:24,330 --> 00:40:28,630
I imagine very well! It gets increasingly
credible, and increasingly dangerous!
779
00:40:29,590 --> 00:40:34,930
Claude I don’t want it simple.
With a good editor, you can be a good storyteller.
780
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:36,360
I'm must be hallucinating!
781
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,420
- Why?
- You’ve found the new Kafka!
782
00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:43,620
Listen, I hope you’re not thinking of publishing it ...
783
00:40:43,620 --> 00:40:45,240
Submitting it to a contest ...,
or something.
784
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:47,900
Why not? It’s much better
than anything that’s been published lately!
785
00:40:48,410 --> 00:40:50,310
- By God!
- Sorry Miss.
786
00:40:50,310 --> 00:40:53,450
There’s good dialogue,
exciting situations ...
787
00:41:03,290 --> 00:41:06,460
After re-explaining calculus for the umpteenth time ...
788
00:41:06,460 --> 00:41:10,140
... gave four exercises to Rafa and took
advantage of the absence of his parents ...
789
00:41:10,140 --> 00:41:13,250
... to explore further.
790
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,850
entered the room of the parents.
791
00:41:16,190 --> 00:41:19,430
heady scent
of middle-class women flooded the room.
792
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:24,310
photo of a Chinese smiles
on Rafa-father’s computer screen.
793
00:41:26,380 --> 00:41:29,980
Project XianXian wrists,
XunXin jewellery project ...
794
00:41:31,380 --> 00:41:36,500
... attestations of ownership,
Rafa holiday post cards ...
795
00:41:37,870 --> 00:41:41,150
... and suddenly, an x-ray.
796
00:41:44,550 --> 00:41:49,560
a backbone.
It seems to be a woman. Yes! It’s a woman.
797
00:41:52,380 --> 00:41:55,010
In the closet,
7 pairs of women's shoes.
798
00:41:56,820 --> 00:42:00,870
Esther. I imagine her walking
in the park with her red shoes.
799
00:42:02,660 --> 00:42:08,610
Then, go to the bathroom.
Rafa-father’s: "Eau Sauvage".
800
00:42:09,790 --> 00:42:15,000
Shavers, anti-stretch mark cream,
paracetamol, ... Xanax
801
00:42:56,190 --> 00:42:57,430
It’s me, honey.
802
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:04,280
- Good afternoon! Have a good day?
- You won’t guess what the Chinese did!
803
00:43:04,310 --> 00:43:07,180
- What now?
- They argued about the percentage.
804
00:43:07,580 --> 00:43:09,410
- the contract wasn’t signed.
- Too bad.
805
00:43:10,290 --> 00:43:12,600
This afternoon, Maurice called me into his office
showed me the restaurant bill,
806
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:16,170
...challenging, questioning
if there was an even more expensive restaurant!
807
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:18,820
He insisted that the Chinese
stay happy.
808
00:43:18,820 --> 00:43:21,980
- How much did the restaurant come to?
- 268 euros.
809
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:23,640
Pay it yourself
and forget it.
810
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,050
It’s not a matter of money,
we’re screwed because Wang Li didn’t sign ...
811
00:43:26,050 --> 00:43:29,490
If he had ... I would never
have been questioned about this shit!
812
00:43:31,190 --> 00:43:35,490
- What will you do?
- Wait for it to pass.
813
00:43:37,170 --> 00:43:40,030
When they sign up the Chinese
they’ll forget about dinner and the 300 euros.
814
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:43,570
- 300 euros?
- Yes, with the tip!
815
00:43:46,250 --> 00:43:47,670
(To be continued ..)
816
00:43:47,820 --> 00:43:49,850
- It doesn’t ring true.
- Who?
817
00:43:49,850 --> 00:43:51,790
- Esther.
- Why do you say that?
818
00:43:51,790 --> 00:43:55,330
- Is it that bad.
- The Xanax is an antidepressant, no?
819
00:43:55,550 --> 00:43:58,480
I took Temesta,
like half the teachers here.
820
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:00,900
How is it you know it’s hers?
It could be for him.
821
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:05,070
He seems more sane.
He has problems, it’s true ...
822
00:44:05,070 --> 00:44:08,120
... But he’s obsessed with his work,
whereas she has nothing to think about!
823
00:44:09,500 --> 00:44:12,420
He neglects her increasingly.
He no longer even notices her.
824
00:44:15,370 --> 00:44:21,380
I wonder why Claude didn’t
looked at the father’s computer?
825
00:44:25,530 --> 00:44:31,650
Perhaps, deep down,
what interests him, is Esther.
826
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:37,870
- The secret of Esther.
- What secret? If it’s completely transparent.
827
00:44:40,210 --> 00:44:44,520
Maybe it’s missing a scene.
To explain the change in Claude.
828
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:48,170
Don’t say anything is missing.
On the contrary, there’s too much, it overflows ...
829
00:44:48,170 --> 00:44:53,330
There’s too much of Esther ...
And this X-ray? It’s sentimental and manipulative!
830
00:44:53,330 --> 00:44:57,980
Claude. Seriously,
you’re not going to give her cancer?
831
00:44:58,930 --> 00:45:03,560
Claude's character wants Esther.
But there are obstacles ...
832
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:08,890
Rafa-father. Rafa-son.
The million-dollar question: "What will happen?"
833
00:45:08,890 --> 00:45:12,500
And what happens next?
Are you going to put Esther in a motel room?
834
00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:18,160
No, it has to be in the house.
Everything has to happen in the house.
835
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:23,270
I think you don’t know
what you’ve got.
836
00:45:23,270 --> 00:45:26,580
Do you want to write, Claude?
A satire of the middle class...
837
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:30,100
Fotonovela ... a travesty,
or "Bildungsroman"?
838
00:45:30,110 --> 00:45:32,020
- A what?
- I thought you knew German.
839
00:45:32,020 --> 00:45:35,040
- You wrote "Zerstörung", "Hoffnung".
- I asked my father.
840
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:39,070
He lived in Berlin when he was young.
He also explained to me who was Klee was.
841
00:45:39,100 --> 00:45:43,710
Really? Then what you’ve written is
a Bildungsroman account ...
842
00:45:43,710 --> 00:45:47,210
A coming of age story of a young man,
I thought that was what you wanted to tell.
843
00:45:47,210 --> 00:45:52,890
The passage of a child to maturity.
Now, I don’t understand what you want.
844
00:45:52,890 --> 00:45:56,080
Claude, tell me what to do?
845
00:45:56,290 --> 00:46:00,540
What I asked, Master:
You're the Sultan, I his Sheherazade.
846
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:03,040
I never asked you to mock the frustration
of a woman who could be your mother!
847
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:05,070
And stop calling me "Master"!
848
00:46:06,260 --> 00:46:07,310
Go, see.
849
00:46:07,630 --> 00:46:11,280
- Hello, Germain. Are you well?
- Yes, I'm fine.
850
00:46:11,870 --> 00:46:14,430
- See you later.
- See you tomorrow.
851
00:46:15,460 --> 00:46:17,380
Are you working overtime?
852
00:46:17,380 --> 00:46:20,510
Yes, the boy needed a little help.
853
00:46:20,550 --> 00:46:22,810
Claude Garcia, right?
854
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:28,430
- What you think of uniforms?
- Pathetic!
855
00:46:28,430 --> 00:46:30,520
I seem to be facing
a flock of sheep.
856
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:35,450
And this Claude Garcia:
black sheep or white sheep?
857
00:46:56,180 --> 00:47:00,960
Good day. Glad you're here!
Come, come!
858
00:47:01,170 --> 00:47:06,830
I wanted to talk about a Chinese artist
I’m presenting next week.
859
00:47:06,870 --> 00:47:12,200
We hear a lot about him, but he
hasn’t exhibited in France.
860
00:47:14,500 --> 00:47:18,060
- He’s Chinese?
- Yes, but he was born in Los Angeles.
861
00:47:18,060 --> 00:47:21,490
Calligraphy Works
through a gender perspective ...
862
00:47:21,490 --> 00:47:25,170
Here ... "Heaven Shanghai 1"
"Shanghai Sky 2", ...
863
00:47:25,170 --> 00:47:27,980
... "Shanghai Sky 3" and "Shanghai Sky 4".
864
00:47:27,980 --> 00:47:35,790
- What is the difference between them all?
- There are no two identical works in the series ...
865
00:47:35,790 --> 00:47:41,220
... they all have minor variations,
made at random by computer.
866
00:47:41,220 --> 00:47:49,800
- What is?
- For me, it represents the clouds, the horizon.
867
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:54,760
-Yes, it is above all a presence.
-Yes!
868
00:47:54,770 --> 00:47:57,920
Presentation instead of representation.
869
00:47:59,260 --> 00:48:02,520
I'm going to show you my favourite,
It’s "7 Shanghai sky".
870
00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:09,870
- What's up?
- I think they liked him.
871
00:48:09,870 --> 00:48:12,520
- Your Chinese painter?
- Yes
872
00:48:16,291 --> 00:48:17,499
What'd they say?
873
00:48:18,916 --> 00:48:21,499
Not much, but they seemed keen
874
00:48:23,041 --> 00:48:24,999
They're coming to the opening.
875
00:48:25,833 --> 00:48:28,290
But Rosalie or Eugenie, whichever
876
00:48:28,625 --> 00:48:30,040
gave me until the 30th
877
00:48:30,375 --> 00:48:31,790
The pressure's on
878
00:48:33,625 --> 00:48:37,832
The gallery's problem is not the art,
it's the name.
879
00:48:38,791 --> 00:48:42,082
"The Minotaur's Maze"
scares people, no?
880
00:48:43,750 --> 00:48:47,207
They invited me to dinner
to celebrate Rapha's A
881
00:48:47,416 --> 00:48:49,165
Chinese food, natch.
882
00:48:49,416 --> 00:48:52,082
At The Wall
they served this little filet.
883
00:48:52,416 --> 00:48:54,374
We didn't know if it was meat or fish.
884
00:48:54,833 --> 00:48:56,749
- Guess what it was?
- What?
885
00:48:57,208 --> 00:48:58,915
Duck feet webbing.
886
00:49:00,250 --> 00:49:01,749
Germain, the lit teacher,
887
00:49:02,083 --> 00:49:04,374
loaned me Kafka's Great Wall of China
888
00:49:04,875 --> 00:49:07,790
Rapha says he's weird. Kind of bitter.
889
00:49:08,083 --> 00:49:10,665
I think he'd rather write than teach
890
00:49:10,958 --> 00:49:11,999
He could do both.
891
00:49:13,083 --> 00:49:15,749
I think he lacks talent so he's bitter.
892
00:49:16,833 --> 00:49:19,665
Bitter! Aren't you upset about that?
893
00:49:21,541 --> 00:49:22,582
He's not wrong.
894
00:49:24,208 --> 00:49:24,957
Masochist.
895
00:49:27,625 --> 00:49:31,874
After the news,
Rapha Senior goes out for a smoke.
896
00:49:33,416 --> 00:49:36,582
Last summer I'd watch them
eating on the terrace.
897
00:49:36,833 --> 00:49:39,290
Now I'm here, gazing at the park,
898
00:49:39,583 --> 00:49:41,749
on the terrace with Rapha's dad.
899
00:49:41,958 --> 00:49:44,832
You know Claude,
people fear China.
900
00:49:45,041 --> 00:49:45,874
Really?
901
00:49:47,041 --> 00:49:49,040
But China is the future.
902
00:49:50,375 --> 00:49:52,332
The population is huge.
903
00:49:52,625 --> 00:49:56,332
With his son he talks only
about sports, cars, basketball
904
00:49:57,125 --> 00:49:58,207
With me it's different.
905
00:49:58,458 --> 00:49:59,582
Over a billion.
906
00:50:00,458 --> 00:50:02,832
And growing by 6 million a year.
907
00:50:03,291 --> 00:50:05,624
Before they had the one-kid rule.
908
00:50:05,958 --> 00:50:07,415
Now they're like rabbits.
909
00:50:07,708 --> 00:50:11,499
I spot the wino
who feeds the ducks and pigeons.
910
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:13,665
If he looked up and saw us,
911
00:50:14,250 --> 00:50:15,790
he might think I'm...
912
00:50:16,541 --> 00:50:17,749
Rapha's son.
913
00:50:19,083 --> 00:50:20,707
You're a good friend to my son.
914
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,582
I'm bonding with that man?
915
00:50:25,500 --> 00:50:27,874
To take his son's place.
916
00:50:28,166 --> 00:50:31,415
Provoking jealousy from Rapha Junior.
917
00:50:31,791 --> 00:50:34,415
A hollow character without conflict.
918
00:50:34,750 --> 00:50:37,749
Look at him, at dinner, watching TV.
919
00:50:38,250 --> 00:50:40,540
What does he think and feel?
920
00:50:40,875 --> 00:50:42,582
You don't know what to do with him.
921
00:50:43,125 --> 00:50:44,874
I'll be honest with you,
922
00:50:45,166 --> 00:50:48,457
you've got a serious problem
with the son character.
923
00:50:49,625 --> 00:50:50,707
Do you have children?
924
00:50:51,083 --> 00:50:52,124
Why do you ask?
925
00:50:52,625 --> 00:50:56,124
To help me understand
father-son relations.
926
00:50:56,458 --> 00:50:59,249
I have no children,
but I have imagination.
927
00:51:00,166 --> 00:51:01,207
Didn't you want them?
928
00:51:01,833 --> 00:51:02,713
None of your business.
929
00:51:05,708 --> 00:51:08,915
The important thing
is to develop Rapha Junior
930
00:51:16,916 --> 00:51:20,540
Saturday.
Though dying to be alone with Esther
931
00:51:20,833 --> 00:51:23,332
I decide to join the Rapha males.
932
00:51:23,750 --> 00:51:25,832
There they are, in shorts,
933
00:51:26,125 --> 00:51:27,624
chasing after their ball.
934
00:51:30,333 --> 00:51:32,290
I watch them for a long time,
935
00:51:32,666 --> 00:51:34,082
trying to imagine
936
00:51:34,333 --> 00:51:35,999
me and my father
937
00:51:36,291 --> 00:51:38,582
prancing around
aiming a ball at a hoop
938
00:51:38,750 --> 00:51:41,582
Nope. I can't imagine me and my father
939
00:51:41,916 --> 00:51:43,749
prancing around
aiming a ball at a hoop.
940
00:51:44,041 --> 00:51:45,082
But they do it.
941
00:51:46,958 --> 00:51:50,957
Every Saturday,
Rapha Junior and Senior
942
00:51:51,333 --> 00:51:54,749
are happy when the ball goes in
and sad when it doesn't.
943
00:51:58,291 --> 00:52:00,124
Rapha, look who's here!
944
00:52:01,208 --> 00:52:02,665
Cool, you came!
945
00:52:09,375 --> 00:52:11,624
- Nice shot!
- So you do play basketball?
946
00:52:11,958 --> 00:52:13,499
I look him in the eyes and say,
947
00:52:13,791 --> 00:52:17,582
The day Mom left,
Dad quit playing basketball.
948
00:52:18,208 --> 00:52:19,374
And so did I.
949
00:52:20,166 --> 00:52:22,374
C'mon Claude, you're on my team!
950
00:52:46,291 --> 00:52:48,165
You're better in the house.
951
00:52:48,541 --> 00:52:51,707
Why'd you go to the court?
It's like a cheesy sitcom.
952
00:52:52,041 --> 00:52:54,040
You want to write for TV?
953
00:52:54,333 --> 00:52:57,415
Stop explaining.
Let the reader fill in the blanks.
954
00:52:57,958 --> 00:53:00,499
Rapha Junior still worries me.
955
00:53:00,750 --> 00:53:03,207
He's just a foil for Claude.
956
00:53:03,541 --> 00:53:06,124
Yet you want to take his place.
Too obvious.
957
00:53:06,416 --> 00:53:09,415
Reveal who he really is.
958
00:53:09,666 --> 00:53:13,082
Start with the father playing alone,
959
00:53:13,333 --> 00:53:15,999
end with Claude telling Rapha Jr...
960
00:53:16,333 --> 00:53:19,624
The day Mom left,
Dad quit playing basketball.
961
00:53:21,875 --> 00:53:22,624
So did I.
962
00:53:22,833 --> 00:53:24,124
That's the key.
963
00:53:24,333 --> 00:53:28,582
Gently drive the action,
then surprise the reader.
964
00:53:29,041 --> 00:53:31,749
The last paragraph is pure filler.
965
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:32,999
I don't understand.
966
00:53:33,250 --> 00:53:35,249
If you know how, why don't you write?
967
00:53:36,083 --> 00:53:37,374
To tell you the truth,
968
00:53:37,791 --> 00:53:41,082
I tried, a few years ago.
I wasn't good enough.
969
00:53:42,416 --> 00:53:44,540
Neither are you.
But you could be.
970
00:53:44,791 --> 00:53:45,790
You have a gift.
971
00:53:46,166 --> 00:53:50,749
If you work hard,
one day you'll be a writer.
972
00:53:54,875 --> 00:53:57,374
A Simple Heart
by Gustave Flaubert
973
00:53:58,791 --> 00:54:02,415
I asked you to write
about your best friend.
974
00:54:02,916 --> 00:54:09,040
Who'll read theirs aloud?
975
00:54:09,541 --> 00:54:11,249
As brave as ever.
976
00:54:11,500 --> 00:54:13,249
I'll pick someone at random.
977
00:54:14,208 --> 00:54:15,207
Let's see...
978
00:54:17,208 --> 00:54:18,749
Raphael Artole.
979
00:54:19,791 --> 00:54:22,290
Come read us your paper.
980
00:54:22,791 --> 00:54:24,040
Come on, Raphael.
981
00:54:25,583 --> 00:54:26,790
My best friend...
982
00:54:27,041 --> 00:54:28,207
Louder.
983
00:54:28,250 --> 00:54:29,915
My best friend, Claude Garcia.
984
00:54:32,583 --> 00:54:36,457
I didn't know him last year,
we weren't in the same class.
985
00:54:36,666 --> 00:54:39,165
This year we made friends over math.
986
00:54:40,541 --> 00:54:43,040
He helps me study and improve.
987
00:54:43,375 --> 00:54:44,374
Math-Match. Com!
988
00:54:45,500 --> 00:54:47,332
Quiet, please
989
00:54:47,958 --> 00:54:51,040
I wanted him to play basketball
with me and Dad
990
00:54:51,333 --> 00:54:52,499
but he's not into sports.
991
00:54:52,791 --> 00:54:53,957
I respect him.
992
00:54:54,666 --> 00:54:57,499
In sports you must respect your opponent.
993
00:54:57,750 --> 00:54:58,582
Hurry up!
994
00:54:58,958 --> 00:55:00,499
Quiet, please.
995
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:02,999
Before my dad was my best friend.
996
00:55:03,375 --> 00:55:04,207
Now I know
997
00:55:04,583 --> 00:55:06,874
that was weird, my mom told me.
998
00:55:07,291 --> 00:55:08,207
She was jealous!
999
00:55:09,791 --> 00:55:13,457
Last Saturday, Claude made an effort
to play basketball.
1000
00:55:13,791 --> 00:55:15,749
That's when I knew he truly was...
1001
00:55:16,791 --> 00:55:17,832
my best friend.
1002
00:55:20,791 --> 00:55:23,624
Quiet.
1003
00:55:24,333 --> 00:55:24,957
Please.
1004
00:55:25,333 --> 00:55:26,832
Copy it on the blackboard,
1005
00:55:27,500 --> 00:55:28,957
and we'll correct it.
1006
00:55:30,166 --> 00:55:31,624
I felt like shit
1007
00:55:31,833 --> 00:55:33,707
Forget that asshole, concentrate
1008
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:35,749
See why it's an imaginary number?
1009
00:55:36,416 --> 00:55:37,082
I think so.
1010
00:55:37,416 --> 00:55:37,999
Come on!
1011
00:55:38,250 --> 00:55:41,665
The plane, not the axis.
1012
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,082
It's like he undressed me.
1013
00:55:44,500 --> 00:55:46,165
Obviously he's upset.
1014
00:55:46,416 --> 00:55:49,957
- You shouldn't have.
- I just corrected his mistakes.
1015
00:55:50,208 --> 00:55:52,957
You should've stopped
when they started laughing.
1016
00:55:53,333 --> 00:55:55,082
I want him to know what it's like.
1017
00:55:55,500 --> 00:55:58,457
I could kick his ass.
And burn his car!
1018
00:55:58,750 --> 00:55:59,874
I don't think he has one.
1019
00:56:00,125 --> 00:56:02,165
I don't drive. My wife has a car.
1020
00:56:02,416 --> 00:56:05,082
I'll kick his ugly teacher ass!
1021
00:56:05,583 --> 00:56:07,332
- You could do better.
- What?
1022
00:56:08,125 --> 00:56:12,082
Write an article in The Torch.
Tell your side.
1023
00:56:12,416 --> 00:56:14,707
You want him to criticize me
in The Torch?
1024
00:56:14,916 --> 00:56:15,749
Why not?
1025
00:56:16,083 --> 00:56:18,249
The Rapha character needs to exist.
1026
00:56:22,208 --> 00:56:24,499
Far be it from me to sully The Torch,
1027
00:56:24,708 --> 00:56:26,415
with its field trip photos,
1028
00:56:26,666 --> 00:56:29,582
tributes to retired teachers
and gooey poetry.
1029
00:56:29,875 --> 00:56:33,790
I won't have anyone saying
I censored The Torch!
1030
00:56:34,125 --> 00:56:36,665
Then why don't you talk to Rapha?
1031
00:56:36,958 --> 00:56:38,499
I'm not supposed to know.
1032
00:56:38,833 --> 00:56:41,999
There's no article, as far as I know.
1033
00:56:45,083 --> 00:56:46,790
Raphael, can I see you?
1034
00:56:47,583 --> 00:56:48,832
I need to talk to you.
1035
00:56:53,708 --> 00:56:56,749
He wanted to talk
but didn't say much.
1036
00:56:57,041 --> 00:56:58,082
He gave me this.
1037
00:56:58,541 --> 00:57:00,999
"Don't underline, dog-ear the pages
or turn it over open."
1038
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:06,040
- Maybe I shouldn't publish my article.
- Why not?
1039
00:57:06,375 --> 00:57:09,040
This book is like saying sorry.
1040
00:57:09,208 --> 00:57:10,749
No, you have to.
1041
00:57:17,875 --> 00:57:18,624
Hello.
1042
00:57:28,875 --> 00:57:32,082
I haven't slept for a week,
wondering,
1043
00:57:32,500 --> 00:57:35,790
Why did Mr. Germain
humiliate me in class,
1044
00:57:36,041 --> 00:57:39,207
making me read my paper
while everyone laughed?
1045
00:57:39,625 --> 00:57:42,749
He's the one who said to write
about our best friend.
1046
00:57:43,291 --> 00:57:45,540
His cruel streak not satisfied,
1047
00:57:45,750 --> 00:57:50,082
he made me write it on the board,
1048
00:57:50,583 --> 00:57:53,540
But once I wrote it,
Mr. Germain undressed me.
1049
00:57:53,750 --> 00:57:56,040
Erasing each sentence, one by one,
1050
00:57:56,333 --> 00:57:59,249
until the board was naked.
1051
00:57:59,833 --> 00:58:01,040
Desperately naked.
1052
00:58:01,333 --> 00:58:04,415
"I wanted to share my story
1053
00:58:04,750 --> 00:58:06,540
to stop such humiliations
1054
00:58:06,875 --> 00:58:08,582
and calm the knot in my stomach
1055
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:10,957
next time I get called
to the board.
1056
00:58:11,833 --> 00:58:13,082
Raphael Artole."
1057
00:58:15,166 --> 00:58:17,540
- He's right to be mad at you.
- Why?
1058
00:58:17,750 --> 00:58:19,707
It's like undressing him in public!
1059
00:58:19,916 --> 00:58:23,832
You take off his shirt,
pants, underwear...
1060
00:58:24,166 --> 00:58:26,124
I call a spade a spade.
1061
00:58:26,500 --> 00:58:28,457
Correcting bad writing
is correcting bad writing.
1062
00:58:29,416 --> 00:58:32,374
This is well-written, well-argued.
1063
00:58:32,750 --> 00:58:33,749
He's a bright kid.
1064
00:58:34,041 --> 00:58:35,290
I'm sure Claude wrote it.
1065
00:58:37,125 --> 00:58:38,582
What's the principal say?
1066
00:58:41,208 --> 00:58:43,915
Frankly, you fucked up.
1067
00:58:44,958 --> 00:58:46,540
You know the rules.
1068
00:58:46,791 --> 00:58:48,999
Teachers must place learners
at the heart...
1069
00:58:49,458 --> 00:58:52,165
...of learning, I know.
1070
00:58:52,666 --> 00:58:55,290
Don't say pupil, say learner.
1071
00:58:55,500 --> 00:58:58,499
Don't punish the pupil...
excuse me, learner.
1072
00:58:58,708 --> 00:59:00,749
Gently guide him with praise.
1073
00:59:00,958 --> 00:59:02,749
Use green pens, not red.
1074
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:04,832
Red makes the learner anxious.
1075
00:59:05,083 --> 00:59:08,832
I know all this new
mumbo-jumbo by heart.
1076
00:59:09,333 --> 00:59:09,957
So spare me.
1077
00:59:10,250 --> 00:59:11,874
This pupil writes
1078
00:59:12,791 --> 00:59:14,332
that you undressed him.
1079
00:59:14,625 --> 00:59:17,707
Are you kidding me? Seriously.
1080
00:59:18,083 --> 00:59:19,874
With those stupid uniforms!
1081
00:59:20,125 --> 00:59:22,832
Just tell me one thing.
1082
00:59:23,083 --> 00:59:26,374
Why did you humiliate that boy?
1083
00:59:26,625 --> 00:59:30,582
I didn't humiliate him.
I corrected his homework!
1084
00:59:30,958 --> 00:59:33,415
That's what you pay me for!
1085
00:59:33,750 --> 00:59:35,499
Just be aware that as principal,
1086
00:59:35,791 --> 00:59:39,540
I'm meant to inform
the head of the district.
1087
00:59:49,041 --> 00:59:49,915
Come in.
1088
00:59:52,083 --> 00:59:55,415
Mr. Artole.
Please have a seat.
1089
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:59,874
It's about my son's article
in the school paper.
1090
01:00:00,125 --> 01:00:02,290
Don't worry, it's already forgotten.
1091
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:04,582
Rapha didn't tell me.
1092
01:00:05,458 --> 01:00:07,040
But he seemed strange.
1093
01:00:07,833 --> 01:00:09,374
I was shocked to read this.
1094
01:00:09,583 --> 01:00:13,540
I was just doing my job as a learner...
1095
01:00:13,958 --> 01:00:15,582
I mean educator.
1096
01:00:15,833 --> 01:00:18,915
What matters in education,
politics, sports,
1097
01:00:19,333 --> 01:00:20,582
life in general,
1098
01:00:20,875 --> 01:00:21,957
is respect.
1099
01:00:22,250 --> 01:00:23,290
Respect for pupils,
1100
01:00:23,541 --> 01:00:26,040
partners, bosses, employees,
1101
01:00:26,250 --> 01:00:27,124
workers!
1102
01:00:27,416 --> 01:00:30,124
I understand,
but no need to get upset
1103
01:00:30,500 --> 01:00:34,332
over this admittedly awkward incident.
1104
01:00:34,791 --> 01:00:36,999
Teaching is teamwork.
1105
01:00:37,958 --> 01:00:39,707
Share information.
1106
01:00:40,083 --> 01:00:41,624
Divide responsibility.
1107
01:00:41,958 --> 01:00:42,832
Delegate.
1108
01:00:43,250 --> 01:00:45,082
We pass each other the ball
1109
01:00:45,458 --> 01:00:47,540
and together we score.
1110
01:00:50,500 --> 01:00:53,249
You humiliated my son in public.
1111
01:00:53,625 --> 01:00:56,665
My son deserves your respect.
1112
01:00:57,208 --> 01:00:59,832
I want you to apologize in public
1113
01:01:14,500 --> 01:01:18,874
- So?
- People like it, I'm happy.
1114
01:01:19,166 --> 01:01:20,040
Any buyers?
1115
01:01:20,291 --> 01:01:22,999
Not yet, but I can tell it's a hit.
1116
01:01:23,250 --> 01:01:24,165
Good job, dear.
1117
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:27,249
Did you see the twins?
1118
01:01:27,500 --> 01:01:29,582
- What do they look like?
- Twins.
1119
01:01:30,083 --> 01:01:32,415
I hope they come
and see all these people.
1120
01:01:35,416 --> 01:01:36,707
- I don't believe it.
- What?
1121
01:01:37,166 --> 01:01:38,874
- That couple.
- Who?
1122
01:01:39,166 --> 01:01:40,082
Rapha's parents.
1123
01:01:40,708 --> 01:01:41,499
You don't say?
1124
01:01:42,708 --> 01:01:43,415
Them?
1125
01:01:44,833 --> 01:01:47,790
I'd never have pictured them like that.
1126
01:01:49,125 --> 01:01:50,457
She's quite pretty.
1127
01:01:51,625 --> 01:01:52,999
You've seen them before?
1128
01:01:53,416 --> 01:01:56,332
The father came
for a parent-teacher meeting.
1129
01:01:58,375 --> 01:02:00,832
- Let's talk to them.
- No, stop!
1130
01:02:01,375 --> 01:02:04,332
- Why not?
- What're they doing here?
1131
01:02:04,625 --> 01:02:06,957
The middle class is interested in art.
1132
01:02:07,291 --> 01:02:09,207
And he's interested in China.
1133
01:02:09,416 --> 01:02:12,790
All he's interested in
is cheap labor.
1134
01:02:13,833 --> 01:02:15,124
I'm going home.
1135
01:02:15,416 --> 01:02:17,624
- Already?
- I start early tomorrow.
1136
01:02:18,375 --> 01:02:19,874
Wait for the twins at least.
1137
01:02:32,625 --> 01:02:33,415
So?
1138
01:02:34,958 --> 01:02:36,624
They never showed.
1139
01:02:36,875 --> 01:02:37,749
And Rapha's parents?
1140
01:02:38,541 --> 01:02:40,665
They didn't stay long.
1141
01:02:40,958 --> 01:02:42,749
- Did you speak to them?
- No.
1142
01:02:43,208 --> 01:02:44,707
How'd they end up there?
1143
01:02:44,958 --> 01:02:47,915
I don't give a shit!
It was my opening, Germain.
1144
01:02:48,250 --> 01:02:49,457
The twins didn't show.
1145
01:02:49,750 --> 01:02:51,915
They'll sell the gallery and fire me.
1146
01:02:52,333 --> 01:02:53,915
All you care about is that family!
1147
01:02:54,541 --> 01:02:55,374
I'm sorry.
1148
01:02:55,750 --> 01:02:57,207
Spare me your hypocrisy!
1149
01:03:02,083 --> 01:03:03,749
I invited them.
1150
01:03:07,541 --> 01:03:08,665
Rapha's parents?
1151
01:03:09,375 --> 01:03:10,290
Yes.
1152
01:03:11,416 --> 01:03:13,957
I sent an invitation.
I didn't think they'd come.
1153
01:03:16,041 --> 01:03:19,332
I wanted to see them.
And I thought you'd be happy.
1154
01:03:20,125 --> 01:03:21,832
Wrong, as usual.
1155
01:03:22,083 --> 01:03:24,374
They're fictional characters, Jeanne.
1156
01:03:24,916 --> 01:03:27,249
I don't want to see them
in your gallery.
1157
01:03:28,875 --> 01:03:31,082
Am I a fictional character?
1158
01:03:31,291 --> 01:03:33,415
Of course not, dear. Come here.
1159
01:03:34,500 --> 01:03:35,915
Of course not.
1160
01:03:41,791 --> 01:03:44,040
What are you doing? It's late.
1161
01:03:44,291 --> 01:03:46,915
These math problems are really hard.
1162
01:03:49,041 --> 01:03:50,915
Claude, you can stay if you like.
1163
01:03:52,333 --> 01:03:53,457
Ok.
1164
01:03:53,708 --> 01:03:54,790
Want to call home?
1165
01:03:55,125 --> 01:03:56,874
I don't need to.
1166
01:03:57,250 --> 01:03:59,707
Midnight strikes on unsolved problems.
1167
01:04:00,083 --> 01:04:02,624
And I'm finally sleeping over.
1168
01:04:02,916 --> 01:04:05,457
My aunt sleeps here at Christmas.
1169
01:04:08,750 --> 01:04:11,499
The room is strange.
Suddenly I think,
1170
01:04:11,791 --> 01:04:15,290
I'm at the epicenter
of the family's private life.
1171
01:04:18,250 --> 01:04:21,790
My mom's childhood toys.
She couldn't throw them out.
1172
01:04:22,208 --> 01:04:25,374
Armless, headless, blind.
1173
01:04:25,958 --> 01:04:27,665
Esther's dolls are all mutilated.
1174
01:04:28,666 --> 01:04:29,665
Poor dolls.
1175
01:04:29,916 --> 01:04:31,040
Sleep in this.
1176
01:04:36,500 --> 01:04:38,832
Thanks for helping with the article.
1177
01:04:39,750 --> 01:04:41,290
You help me so much.
1178
01:04:41,500 --> 01:04:42,540
Only normal.
1179
01:04:43,250 --> 01:04:45,790
Rapha loans me his jersey to sleep in.
1180
01:04:46,041 --> 01:04:49,207
It's way too big and he laughs.
1181
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:52,457
You're a real friend.
1182
01:04:59,833 --> 01:05:01,749
Know what I feel like?
1183
01:05:02,208 --> 01:05:04,332
Going wild like the rioters,
1184
01:05:04,708 --> 01:05:06,790
burning cars and stuff,
I get so pissed off!
1185
01:05:09,708 --> 01:05:11,749
Rapha goes to his room.
1186
01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:14,374
I'm not sleepy.
1187
01:05:16,916 --> 01:05:19,665
A strange sensation comes over me
and I wonder,
1188
01:05:20,416 --> 01:05:22,124
When it's stormy out,
1189
01:05:22,500 --> 01:05:24,207
don't all children have nightmares?
1190
01:05:36,666 --> 01:05:38,665
I walk blindly down the hallway
1191
01:05:39,041 --> 01:05:41,290
until my eyes adjust to the darkness.
1192
01:05:54,291 --> 01:05:56,665
I enter my best friend's room.
1193
01:05:58,250 --> 01:06:00,082
Rapha sleeps soundly
1194
01:06:00,416 --> 01:06:02,124
but fitfully,
1195
01:06:03,375 --> 01:06:05,082
making strange movements.
1196
01:06:06,375 --> 01:06:07,665
What is he dreaming?
1197
01:06:08,458 --> 01:06:09,832
Who is he dreaming of?
1198
01:06:11,750 --> 01:06:13,165
Powerful stuff.
1199
01:06:13,500 --> 01:06:15,832
Claude wandering through
the sleeping house
1200
01:06:16,166 --> 01:06:18,457
like an angel or a vampire.
1201
01:06:18,750 --> 01:06:21,457
It's powerful, but not believable.
1202
01:06:21,750 --> 01:06:22,790
It's true though.
1203
01:06:23,083 --> 01:06:25,582
Doesn't matter if we don't believe it.
1204
01:06:25,916 --> 01:06:29,249
And what's Rapha's kiss about?
1205
01:06:29,791 --> 01:06:32,749
The latent desires
of the perfect family?
1206
01:06:33,041 --> 01:06:36,749
The father, the mother, the son...
Is this Pasolini?
1207
01:06:36,958 --> 01:06:39,999
I'm developing Rapha,
I thought you'd like it.
1208
01:06:40,291 --> 01:06:43,957
You think I like
teenage boys making out?
1209
01:06:44,208 --> 01:06:44,957
I don't know.
1210
01:06:45,333 --> 01:06:46,624
Forget my desires,
1211
01:06:46,916 --> 01:06:48,332
think of what excites you.
1212
01:07:05,333 --> 01:07:06,290
She's smiling.
1213
01:07:06,958 --> 01:07:10,332
Her skin is so white.
Her feet are like a child's.
1214
01:07:26,541 --> 01:07:29,665
As I watch them sleeping in the dark,
1215
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:31,957
I imagine them earlier,
1216
01:07:32,916 --> 01:07:35,707
making love, clumsily, hurriedly.
1217
01:07:38,125 --> 01:07:40,915
Rapha thinking about work,
the Chinese guy,
1218
01:07:41,250 --> 01:07:42,665
Esther staring blankly,
1219
01:07:42,958 --> 01:07:45,457
feigning a desire that died long ago.
1220
01:07:49,208 --> 01:07:52,374
Maybe my mother pretended too,
that's why she left.
1221
01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:54,915
Why she left dad and me.
1222
01:07:55,875 --> 01:07:58,457
To stop pretending and start living.
1223
01:08:09,916 --> 01:08:11,165
Oh, honey!
1224
01:08:11,375 --> 01:08:14,665
A strange sensation comes over me
and I wonder,
1225
01:08:15,875 --> 01:08:20,332
When it's stormy out,
don't all children dream
1226
01:08:20,666 --> 01:08:22,346
of slipping into bed
between their parents?
1227
01:08:25,166 --> 01:08:26,082
To be continued.
1228
01:08:27,458 --> 01:08:29,040
He watched them make love.
1229
01:08:30,416 --> 01:08:33,040
No, he imagines them.
1230
01:08:33,958 --> 01:08:37,457
It's normal to have fantasies
at his age.
1231
01:08:38,166 --> 01:08:39,957
This one's pretty tame.
1232
01:08:43,208 --> 01:08:45,290
Germain, do you desire Claude?
1233
01:08:48,041 --> 01:08:49,332
What are you talking about?
1234
01:08:50,708 --> 01:08:52,582
Since you started helping him write,
1235
01:08:53,791 --> 01:08:55,165
we've stopped making love.
1236
01:08:56,750 --> 01:08:57,624
Really?
1237
01:09:00,041 --> 01:09:01,457
It's no big deal.
1238
01:09:02,333 --> 01:09:05,290
Teachers often fall in love
with their students.
1239
01:09:07,041 --> 01:09:08,874
He's a boy, Jeanne.
1240
01:09:09,500 --> 01:09:10,707
I like women.
1241
01:09:12,166 --> 01:09:15,624
Maybe with age
you're discovering new desires.
1242
01:09:18,083 --> 01:09:19,540
He's sixteen.
1243
01:09:20,541 --> 01:09:23,165
It's just that the boy touches me...
1244
01:09:23,458 --> 01:09:27,457
I mean he's got talent, that's rare.
1245
01:09:27,791 --> 01:09:29,707
I'm just trying to help him.
1246
01:09:33,666 --> 01:09:37,165
Together again, gazing at the park.
1247
01:09:38,166 --> 01:09:41,124
Esther bites into an apple
and looks at the sky.
1248
01:09:41,416 --> 01:09:42,499
I love this weather.
1249
01:09:44,375 --> 01:09:46,790
Reminds me of a Chinese artist.
1250
01:09:47,583 --> 01:09:49,790
Her work is beautiful, simple.
1251
01:09:50,208 --> 01:09:52,290
The sky in a myriad of shades.
1252
01:09:53,791 --> 01:09:55,957
The park is different in the day.
1253
01:09:57,000 --> 01:09:58,999
I remember Saturday afternoons,
1254
01:09:59,208 --> 01:10:01,915
my mom took me to play
on slides and swings.
1255
01:10:03,541 --> 01:10:06,040
Now dealers deal in the daytime
1256
01:10:06,500 --> 01:10:08,415
while retired people do Tai Chi.
1257
01:10:09,166 --> 01:10:10,040
See that bench?
1258
01:10:10,458 --> 01:10:12,665
I saw you there a lot last summer.
1259
01:10:13,083 --> 01:10:14,624
You like this park too.
1260
01:10:15,208 --> 01:10:16,957
I like how it's surrounded by houses.
1261
01:10:17,125 --> 01:10:18,082
You sit on a bench and look around.
1262
01:10:18,333 --> 01:10:21,207
There's so much going on.
1263
01:10:23,625 --> 01:10:25,832
I loved this house right away.
1264
01:10:26,791 --> 01:10:29,540
We're right in town
yet surrounded by nature.
1265
01:10:30,125 --> 01:10:31,332
The sky, the park...
1266
01:10:31,541 --> 01:10:34,415
I look at Esther.
Her skin seems soft.
1267
01:10:34,750 --> 01:10:37,499
Like the skin of an apple.
Delicious.
1268
01:10:41,666 --> 01:10:44,332
Are you ok?
It's my spine.
1269
01:10:45,333 --> 01:10:47,915
I had an operation
but it still hurts.
1270
01:10:52,208 --> 01:10:54,540
I used to run in the park with Rapha.
1271
01:10:55,583 --> 01:10:56,665
Now I can't.
1272
01:10:57,833 --> 01:10:59,207
I can't dance either.
1273
01:10:59,458 --> 01:11:02,374
As the day draws to a close,
I imagine her dancing,
1274
01:11:02,666 --> 01:11:03,415
barefoot,
1275
01:11:03,708 --> 01:11:05,082
on the yellow leaves of autumn.
1276
01:11:05,458 --> 01:11:07,374
"...on the yellow leaves of autumn"!
1277
01:11:07,625 --> 01:11:10,165
Did you shoot up a can of peaches?
1278
01:11:10,416 --> 01:11:13,040
Is the apple a symbol or just an apple?
1279
01:11:13,291 --> 01:11:14,874
"Barefoot", "yellow leaves"...
1280
01:11:15,208 --> 01:11:16,915
A contemporary art catalog!
1281
01:11:17,125 --> 01:11:19,540
- What?
- Never seen one?
1282
01:11:19,791 --> 01:11:23,290
I'll show you.
Feng Tang - Presences.
1283
01:11:23,583 --> 01:11:26,624
"What do we see in the work
of Feng Tang?
1284
01:11:26,916 --> 01:11:29,082
Silence, born in the space
between East and West.
1285
01:11:29,375 --> 01:11:32,207
Hushed presences battle
the noise of the world,
1286
01:11:32,500 --> 01:11:34,624
the deafening clamor of time,
1287
01:11:35,000 --> 01:11:36,874
sensorial, blah blah blah..."
1288
01:11:37,333 --> 01:11:38,290
Words are used
1289
01:11:38,708 --> 01:11:40,832
in the worst way for art catalogs.
1290
01:11:41,250 --> 01:11:42,415
Anything to sell it.
1291
01:11:42,750 --> 01:11:43,470
Just look at that!
1292
01:11:43,708 --> 01:11:46,374
Unbelievable, art for perverts.
1293
01:11:46,708 --> 01:11:49,874
They call it art, I call it shit.
1294
01:11:51,041 --> 01:11:53,332
- Do you say that to your wife?
- Of course.
1295
01:11:54,083 --> 01:11:56,124
"I imagine her dancing,
1296
01:11:56,458 --> 01:11:58,749
barefoot,
on the yellow leaves of autumn."
1297
01:11:59,125 --> 01:12:02,124
You're off track and you know it.
1298
01:12:03,208 --> 01:12:06,749
I didn't say, but after dinner
1299
01:12:06,958 --> 01:12:10,540
we went to this place
and Wong Lee lost it
1300
01:12:10,875 --> 01:12:14,499
He was so drunk,
he hassled this girl.
1301
01:12:14,916 --> 01:12:16,874
I risked my neck
to save his sorry ass.
1302
01:12:17,208 --> 01:12:18,499
Now he says I disrespected him!
1303
01:12:18,750 --> 01:12:19,874
Had you been there before?
1304
01:12:20,083 --> 01:12:21,040
Never.
1305
01:12:21,250 --> 01:12:24,582
You gotta make the client happy.
Some like museums,
1306
01:12:24,916 --> 01:12:27,457
some like football
and others are just pigs.
1307
01:12:28,375 --> 01:12:30,290
You took him to a hooker bar?
1308
01:12:30,500 --> 01:12:34,165
It's not a hooker bar!
It's a bar with women.
1309
01:12:34,416 --> 01:12:36,332
A bar with women? That's clearer.
1310
01:12:36,791 --> 01:12:40,040
I'd never been there,
I don't go to those places!
1311
01:12:40,541 --> 01:12:42,040
Maurice does, all the time.
1312
01:12:42,291 --> 01:12:43,999
It's his thing, not mine.
1313
01:12:44,291 --> 01:12:45,374
It was for work, I had to.
1314
01:12:45,875 --> 01:12:47,290
So you were forced to go,
1315
01:12:47,583 --> 01:12:49,332
you didn't drink or dance
with those girls?
1316
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:52,665
I had two drinks, to be polite.
1317
01:12:52,958 --> 01:12:54,915
I don't believe you.
1318
01:12:56,458 --> 01:12:57,165
Honey...
1319
01:12:57,416 --> 01:12:58,457
Don't touch me!
1320
01:12:59,208 --> 01:13:00,332
You disgust me.
1321
01:13:01,958 --> 01:13:03,249
I'm sick of this, Esther.
1322
01:13:03,500 --> 01:13:05,499
Always the same,
you never trust me.
1323
01:13:05,791 --> 01:13:06,790
Now's my chance.
1324
01:13:08,583 --> 01:13:09,582
I know it is,
1325
01:13:10,458 --> 01:13:14,415
but for the first time, I'm scared.
1326
01:13:18,833 --> 01:13:19,790
Here.
1327
01:13:51,541 --> 01:13:53,124
I couldn't sleep last night.
1328
01:13:54,416 --> 01:13:56,499
"Even barefoot, the rain won't dance."
1329
01:13:56,791 --> 01:13:57,707
What's it mean?
1330
01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:01,124
Nothing. It's something you feel.
1331
01:14:01,875 --> 01:14:03,415
It affects the reader.
1332
01:14:05,000 --> 01:14:06,915
You help my son, he likes you.
1333
01:14:07,291 --> 01:14:08,499
My husband does too.
1334
01:14:09,083 --> 01:14:10,665
What if they read this?
1335
01:14:11,250 --> 01:14:13,582
"Even barefoot, the rain won't dance."
1336
01:14:14,625 --> 01:14:16,957
I didn't write it for them,
I wrote it for you.
1337
01:14:18,541 --> 01:14:20,040
I think I get the rest.
1338
01:14:20,291 --> 01:14:23,207
But this thing about the rain...
I don't get it.
1339
01:14:24,833 --> 01:14:27,540
"Even barefoot, the rain won't dance."
1340
01:14:27,791 --> 01:14:29,415
You clever bastard.
1341
01:14:29,750 --> 01:14:31,624
You gave her a poem.
1342
01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:33,832
Yes, I wrote her a poem.
1343
01:14:34,041 --> 01:14:34,874
Nice.
1344
01:14:35,125 --> 01:14:38,540
No one ever wrote her a poem.
She's practically illiterate.
1345
01:14:38,958 --> 01:14:40,790
There's no poetry in this house.
1346
01:14:41,041 --> 01:14:43,040
Toss her some verse and metaphor,
1347
01:14:43,333 --> 01:14:45,207
it's like dropping an atomic bomb.
1348
01:14:46,083 --> 01:14:47,457
I see her differently now.
1349
01:14:47,666 --> 01:14:48,457
I see.
1350
01:14:48,666 --> 01:14:51,457
Our young iconoclast has fallen
for the middle class.
1351
01:14:52,416 --> 01:14:54,832
You said look close
without judging.
1352
01:14:55,125 --> 01:14:57,957
I did. I'll get Esther
out of this house.
1353
01:14:58,250 --> 01:14:59,874
You no longer mind
1354
01:15:00,291 --> 01:15:01,707
the way she talks, her scent,
1355
01:15:02,041 --> 01:15:02,999
her love of remodeling?
1356
01:15:03,291 --> 01:15:04,415
You'll get a job, a loan,
1357
01:15:04,791 --> 01:15:06,249
buy her a prefab home?
1358
01:15:06,958 --> 01:15:08,665
I think I get the rest.
1359
01:15:09,583 --> 01:15:11,374
But this thing about the rain.
1360
01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:14,499
"Even barefoot, the rain won't dance."
1361
01:15:38,708 --> 01:15:40,082
He's all we needed!
1362
01:15:44,083 --> 01:15:46,207
We're in a bad farce!
1363
01:15:46,416 --> 01:15:47,957
Ludicrous.
1364
01:15:48,375 --> 01:15:49,749
You're off track, Claude.
1365
01:15:50,125 --> 01:15:51,790
You told me to follow my desire.
1366
01:15:52,500 --> 01:15:54,082
I like kissing her.
1367
01:16:03,958 --> 01:16:04,874
To be continued.
1368
01:16:13,541 --> 01:16:14,624
What do you think?
1369
01:16:17,208 --> 01:16:18,665
It looks like a bag.
1370
01:16:19,208 --> 01:16:22,040
It is a bag. Hand-crafted from a tire.
1371
01:16:22,583 --> 01:16:24,082
Fair trade.
1372
01:16:24,458 --> 01:16:27,457
They also do backpacks, bedspreads
and coin purses.
1373
01:16:28,333 --> 01:16:29,832
Not bad, nice.
1374
01:16:31,708 --> 01:16:32,999
From China?
1375
01:16:33,166 --> 01:16:35,165
No, obviously from Africa!
1376
01:16:35,375 --> 01:16:37,624
They're nice, they should sell.
1377
01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:41,915
Do you think I want to turn
my gallery into a bazaar?
1378
01:16:48,333 --> 01:16:49,790
As the sun slides lower,
1379
01:16:50,083 --> 01:16:53,707
its rays caress her legs, her neck.
1380
01:16:55,791 --> 01:16:58,124
Esther, Esther...
1381
01:16:59,583 --> 01:17:02,290
The world's most bored woman
has fallen asleep.
1382
01:17:02,833 --> 01:17:05,957
I watch her sleeping peacefully,
1383
01:17:06,208 --> 01:17:08,165
listen to her shallow breathing,
1384
01:17:08,666 --> 01:17:11,582
and once again feel
a deep desire for her.
1385
01:17:19,916 --> 01:17:20,957
What happened?
1386
01:17:21,208 --> 01:17:22,040
I'll go see.
1387
01:17:38,208 --> 01:17:39,249
Rapha,
1388
01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:41,582
why did I choose you?
1389
01:17:42,458 --> 01:17:44,415
Because I thought you were different.
1390
01:17:44,916 --> 01:17:46,124
A normal boy.
1391
01:17:46,875 --> 01:17:48,124
Then why?
1392
01:17:49,041 --> 01:17:49,624
For a kiss?
1393
01:18:05,500 --> 01:18:06,790
Morning, sir!
1394
01:18:07,041 --> 01:18:08,832
Is Raphael Artole here?
No, sir.
1395
01:18:09,125 --> 01:18:11,040
- Do you know where he is?
- No, sir.
1396
01:18:11,583 --> 01:18:13,665
- Are you sure?
- Yes, sir.
1397
01:18:14,666 --> 01:18:16,290
Be right back.
1398
01:18:22,500 --> 01:18:23,332
Anouk!
1399
01:18:23,666 --> 01:18:24,332
What's wrong?
1400
01:18:24,625 --> 01:18:26,457
Did the Artoles call about their son
1401
01:18:26,875 --> 01:18:27,790
No.
1402
01:18:33,625 --> 01:18:37,332
Hello, Madam.
Anouk Mayer from school.
1403
01:18:37,708 --> 01:18:40,415
We noticed your son is absent today.
1404
01:18:42,166 --> 01:18:43,665
Right, right.
1405
01:18:45,958 --> 01:18:48,332
Ok, thank you. Goodbye, Madam.
1406
01:18:48,625 --> 01:18:49,457
So?
1407
01:18:50,416 --> 01:18:51,415
The flu.
1408
01:18:55,875 --> 01:18:58,832
Class is over. You're dismissed.
1409
01:18:59,125 --> 01:18:59,790
It's not time.
1410
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:02,457
I don't care.
Class is cancelled.
1411
01:19:03,083 --> 01:19:04,832
Claude, stay a second.
1412
01:19:12,250 --> 01:19:14,082
I knew you wouldn't like the suicide.
1413
01:19:14,500 --> 01:19:15,332
I changed it.
1414
01:19:17,958 --> 01:19:18,957
You've gone too far.
1415
01:19:21,291 --> 01:19:22,957
You enter the house,
1416
01:19:23,750 --> 01:19:26,082
eliminate the son, seduce the mother...
1417
01:19:26,375 --> 01:19:27,790
You confuse desire with story.
1418
01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:29,707
So? That's what you taught me.
1419
01:19:29,958 --> 01:19:33,165
If someone from school
or Rapha's family sees it,
1420
01:19:33,541 --> 01:19:34,624
you'll be in big trouble.
1421
01:19:34,833 --> 01:19:36,457
And so will I.
1422
01:19:37,750 --> 01:19:38,790
Want me to stop?
1423
01:19:43,833 --> 01:19:44,540
Yes.
1424
01:19:45,125 --> 01:19:48,540
Isn't it a bit late?
You pushed me into it.
1425
01:19:49,625 --> 01:19:51,207
The lesson's over.
1426
01:19:51,916 --> 01:19:53,999
Sorry Claude, I may have been wrong.
1427
01:20:07,458 --> 01:20:09,749
I remember
the first day of school,
1428
01:20:10,291 --> 01:20:13,207
I wanted to throw out my books
and quit.
1429
01:20:13,625 --> 01:20:16,665
You had us write a paper.
You gave me a B .
1430
01:20:17,041 --> 01:20:18,457
Now I can't stop.
1431
01:20:19,708 --> 01:20:21,040
You can't stop?
1432
01:20:21,291 --> 01:20:22,749
Then write!
1433
01:20:23,083 --> 01:20:25,082
About yourself, your family, anything.
1434
01:20:25,750 --> 01:20:26,999
But forget the Raphas.
1435
01:20:27,208 --> 01:20:30,499
I like those characters now,
you taught me how.
1436
01:20:31,458 --> 01:20:32,749
I don't want to stop.
1437
01:20:33,708 --> 01:20:35,290
Then I'll have to stop reading.
1438
01:20:41,375 --> 01:20:42,332
Asshole.
1439
01:21:15,791 --> 01:21:16,957
We need to talk.
1440
01:21:22,750 --> 01:21:24,665
Maurice brought up Wong Lee's bill again.
1441
01:21:26,083 --> 01:21:27,457
He humiliated me.
1442
01:21:28,166 --> 01:21:29,874
Doesn't respect matter?
1443
01:21:31,291 --> 01:21:32,207
Yes, Rapha.
1444
01:21:36,000 --> 01:21:37,332
- Esther...
- Yes?
1445
01:21:38,916 --> 01:21:39,957
I burnt his car.
1446
01:21:40,875 --> 01:21:41,665
Whose car?
1447
01:21:42,083 --> 01:21:42,999
Maurice's.
1448
01:21:43,208 --> 01:21:45,249
- Why?
- I don't know.
1449
01:21:46,250 --> 01:21:48,374
Something came over me, I had to do it!
1450
01:21:51,125 --> 01:21:52,249
I can't take it anymore,
1451
01:21:52,708 --> 01:21:54,957
this job is killing me.
1452
01:21:56,333 --> 01:21:57,290
Did anyone see you?
1453
01:21:58,541 --> 01:21:59,374
I don't know.
1454
01:22:04,708 --> 01:22:06,999
I'm sorry, I know what you'll say.
1455
01:22:07,708 --> 01:22:09,249
Please give me one more chance.
1456
01:22:09,791 --> 01:22:10,790
Please.
1457
01:22:11,875 --> 01:22:13,290
I have news too.
1458
01:22:14,666 --> 01:22:15,457
What?
1459
01:22:18,291 --> 01:22:19,332
I'm pregnant.
1460
01:22:23,625 --> 01:22:24,582
That's wonderful.
1461
01:22:25,458 --> 01:22:26,665
Why didn't you tell me?
1462
01:22:28,041 --> 01:22:29,749
I wanted to be sure I wanted it.
1463
01:22:34,166 --> 01:22:34,957
I love you.
1464
01:22:45,708 --> 01:22:47,707
Feeling better?
1465
01:22:48,416 --> 01:22:49,707
I wanted to ask you something.
1466
01:22:50,208 --> 01:22:51,124
What?
1467
01:22:52,333 --> 01:22:54,249
I want a real math tutor.
1468
01:22:55,791 --> 01:22:56,665
What about Claude?
1469
01:22:59,291 --> 01:23:00,749
I don't want to see him anymore.
1470
01:23:01,916 --> 01:23:04,790
They smile at each other.
1471
01:23:05,208 --> 01:23:06,957
The perfect family is united again.
1472
01:23:07,125 --> 01:23:07,874
Come here.
1473
01:23:10,750 --> 01:23:12,915
For a year
I dreamt of entering this house.
1474
01:23:13,500 --> 01:23:14,915
I got inside.
1475
01:23:15,416 --> 01:23:17,457
I observed a perfect family up close.
1476
01:23:17,875 --> 01:23:19,624
I even thought I could be one of them.
1477
01:23:24,333 --> 01:23:26,832
Now there's no home for me here.
1478
01:23:29,666 --> 01:23:30,415
To be continued.
1479
01:23:54,416 --> 01:23:55,457
What happened?
1480
01:23:56,750 --> 01:24:00,415
What happens when a rival
hurts his own teammate?
1481
01:24:00,625 --> 01:24:01,582
No idea.
1482
01:24:03,208 --> 01:24:06,040
If someone hurts my teammate,
I fight back.
1483
01:24:07,833 --> 01:24:09,874
- My dad and I are teammates.
- I know.
1484
01:24:11,791 --> 01:24:12,874
And my mom...
1485
01:24:14,416 --> 01:24:17,457
She doesn't play basketball,
but hands off.
1486
01:24:17,875 --> 01:24:18,665
Right.
1487
01:24:18,958 --> 01:24:21,457
Know what I do if some prick hurts her?
1488
01:24:22,583 --> 01:24:24,499
I break the prick's face,
1489
01:24:24,791 --> 01:24:26,082
and his dad's face too.
1490
01:24:27,666 --> 01:24:29,332
And if the prick says
1491
01:24:29,666 --> 01:24:31,082
a big fag kissed him?
1492
01:24:31,833 --> 01:24:32,790
Then what?
1493
01:24:38,708 --> 01:24:40,040
I thought it over.
1494
01:24:40,333 --> 01:24:42,874
The happy family reconciliation
doesn't work.
1495
01:24:43,291 --> 01:24:45,999
You must resolve the story.
1496
01:24:46,333 --> 01:24:47,165
I quit writing.
1497
01:24:48,208 --> 01:24:49,665
You stopped going?
1498
01:24:49,958 --> 01:24:51,915
You said there'd be trouble.
1499
01:24:52,750 --> 01:24:55,290
I work alone now. Only on math.
1500
01:24:56,416 --> 01:24:58,082
Math never disappoints.
1501
01:25:05,708 --> 01:25:06,957
Option A,
1502
01:25:07,583 --> 01:25:09,124
The Rapha males kill Claude.
1503
01:25:09,750 --> 01:25:10,749
Option B,
1504
01:25:11,041 --> 01:25:13,707
Claude kills them
and moves in with Esther.
1505
01:25:14,041 --> 01:25:15,040
Option C,
1506
01:25:15,625 --> 01:25:18,582
Esther burns the house
with all 3 males inside.
1507
01:25:18,833 --> 01:25:20,957
Pick one and write it yourself.
1508
01:25:21,583 --> 01:25:24,374
That's your job. It's not my story.
1509
01:25:24,750 --> 01:25:26,540
It's not up to me.
1510
01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:30,124
Know the secret to a good ending?
1511
01:25:30,375 --> 01:25:31,749
The reader says,
1512
01:25:32,083 --> 01:25:33,082
"I didn't expect that,
1513
01:25:33,375 --> 01:25:35,207
but it couldn't end any other way."
1514
01:25:35,750 --> 01:25:36,582
Option D,
1515
01:25:36,875 --> 01:25:38,499
Esther keeps repeating,
1516
01:25:38,833 --> 01:25:40,353
"Even barefoot, the rain won't dance."
1517
01:25:42,833 --> 01:25:45,040
Life is unbearable in that awful house
1518
01:25:45,416 --> 01:25:47,624
with her awful husband and awful son.
1519
01:25:48,666 --> 01:25:51,332
It's meaningless, she's suffocating.
1520
01:25:52,291 --> 01:25:53,957
So she goes outside.
1521
01:25:54,208 --> 01:25:56,790
He's there,
on the park bench, waiting.
1522
01:25:59,416 --> 01:26:00,582
She runs to him.
1523
01:26:01,625 --> 01:26:02,790
Joins him.
1524
01:26:03,791 --> 01:26:04,707
And they kiss.
1525
01:26:07,500 --> 01:26:09,332
That's Barbara Cartland.
1526
01:26:43,541 --> 01:26:44,832
Hello, Claude.
1527
01:26:46,583 --> 01:26:49,290
I knew you'd come.
I was waiting for you.
1528
01:26:52,083 --> 01:26:53,749
Here, your poem.
1529
01:26:56,041 --> 01:26:57,832
I didn't want to throw it out.
1530
01:26:58,958 --> 01:27:01,915
I came for you.
I'm taking you away.
1531
01:27:03,000 --> 01:27:04,374
- What?
- You and I.
1532
01:27:04,625 --> 01:27:05,915
We must leave this town,
1533
01:27:06,125 --> 01:27:07,457
the house, the Raphas.
1534
01:27:08,083 --> 01:27:08,999
Impossible.
1535
01:27:09,750 --> 01:27:10,499
Why?
1536
01:27:11,333 --> 01:27:12,665
You're a child, Claude.
1537
01:27:13,583 --> 01:27:16,957
What happened between us never existed.
Forget it.
1538
01:27:17,791 --> 01:27:19,415
- It was...
- Magical!
1539
01:27:19,833 --> 01:27:22,999
Magical, if you like.
But not real.
1540
01:27:46,166 --> 01:27:47,582
We really hurt Rapha.
1541
01:27:48,208 --> 01:27:49,624
- Which one?
- Both.
1542
01:27:54,750 --> 01:27:57,665
I didn't mean to hurt anyone.
1543
01:28:15,416 --> 01:28:17,582
No, Claude. Stop.
1544
01:28:18,333 --> 01:28:19,957
- But I love you.
- No.
1545
01:28:21,500 --> 01:28:22,832
It's not me you love.
1546
01:28:24,333 --> 01:28:25,457
It's an image.
1547
01:28:26,500 --> 01:28:28,082
An image in your head.
1548
01:28:33,541 --> 01:28:35,374
I have to finish packing boxes.
1549
01:28:36,416 --> 01:28:37,790
- You're leaving?
- Yes.
1550
01:28:39,000 --> 01:28:41,165
But the remodeling, the veranda?
1551
01:28:41,416 --> 01:28:43,832
Rapha quit his job,
we're going to China.
1552
01:28:44,583 --> 01:28:46,165
He has a partner there.
1553
01:28:46,791 --> 01:28:48,374
We're giving it a shot.
1554
01:28:48,958 --> 01:28:50,415
Starting a new life.
1555
01:28:53,291 --> 01:28:54,249
Come on.
1556
01:28:55,208 --> 01:28:56,290
Don't be sad.
1557
01:28:58,125 --> 01:28:59,290
Farewell, Claude.
1558
01:29:00,958 --> 01:29:01,999
Take care of yourself.
1559
01:29:03,875 --> 01:29:04,707
Esther!
1560
01:29:07,125 --> 01:29:08,707
They really need me.
1561
01:29:37,416 --> 01:29:38,957
Today is a different day.
1562
01:29:40,250 --> 01:29:42,707
I get up at 6:45, as usual.
1563
01:29:44,416 --> 01:29:47,374
Fix breakfast for my dad, as usual.
1564
01:29:48,750 --> 01:29:51,499
Leave the house at 8, as usual.
1565
01:29:53,083 --> 01:29:55,457
It's Wednesday. I have English at 9,
1566
01:29:55,875 --> 01:29:58,499
History at 10, Lit at 11,
1567
01:29:58,791 --> 01:30:00,374
then Math.
1568
01:30:01,791 --> 01:30:04,165
But today I'm changing directions.
1569
01:30:04,541 --> 01:30:09,374
I'm not going to school,
or to Rapha's house.
1570
01:30:10,041 --> 01:30:11,624
I'm looking for an ending.
1571
01:30:12,333 --> 01:30:14,374
An ending for my teacher.
1572
01:30:15,666 --> 01:30:18,374
Rapha...
1573
01:30:18,666 --> 01:30:22,374
You felt humiliated,
but you were just shaken up.
1574
01:30:22,708 --> 01:30:25,332
You're young, you're learning.
1575
01:30:26,250 --> 01:30:29,207
You're like the reed
in La Fontaine's fable.
1576
01:30:29,458 --> 01:30:31,707
You bend but don't break. Remember?
1577
01:30:32,083 --> 01:30:33,624
The Oak and the Reed
1578
01:30:33,875 --> 01:30:35,540
The Oak said to the Reed
1579
01:30:35,916 --> 01:30:38,582
You're right to blame
the nature of things...
1580
01:30:39,000 --> 01:30:41,957
When, with fury,
comes from the horizon
1581
01:30:42,375 --> 01:30:43,790
The fiercest of all winds
1582
01:30:44,250 --> 01:30:47,499
Which the North contained till then
1583
01:30:47,833 --> 01:30:49,113
The Oak holds up, the Reed bends
1584
01:30:49,166 --> 01:30:49,915
Yes.
1585
01:30:52,625 --> 01:30:53,499
Be seated.
1586
01:30:55,333 --> 01:30:57,790
I need to see you in my office.
1587
01:30:58,416 --> 01:30:59,540
- Now?
- Yes.
1588
01:31:00,416 --> 01:31:01,582
Is Claude Garcia here?
1589
01:31:02,125 --> 01:31:02,999
He's absent.
1590
01:31:03,750 --> 01:31:04,624
Raphael Artole?
1591
01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:07,082
Come with us.
1592
01:31:31,916 --> 01:31:33,832
She's here, looking tired.
1593
01:31:34,375 --> 01:31:37,749
I know her husband.
I know she has no children.
1594
01:31:38,125 --> 01:31:41,124
I know he thinks she shows "shit"
1595
01:31:41,458 --> 01:31:42,379
and "art for perverts".
1596
01:31:42,500 --> 01:31:44,790
- You're Claude, aren't you?
- Yes.
1597
01:31:45,166 --> 01:31:46,832
She looks me up and down.
1598
01:31:47,333 --> 01:31:48,624
Did she imagine me differently?
1599
01:31:48,833 --> 01:31:50,124
Don't you have class?
1600
01:31:50,583 --> 01:31:51,874
I decided to quit.
1601
01:31:52,916 --> 01:31:53,915
What'll you do?
1602
01:31:55,583 --> 01:31:58,707
People struggle with math.
1603
01:31:59,041 --> 01:32:00,332
I could give private lessons.
1604
01:32:00,833 --> 01:32:02,707
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
1605
01:32:03,916 --> 01:32:06,040
Or I could write for art catalogs.
1606
01:32:06,583 --> 01:32:08,374
My teacher says I'd be good.
1607
01:32:08,583 --> 01:32:11,749
I know.
Lots of imagination.
1608
01:32:12,750 --> 01:32:13,707
May I come in?
1609
01:32:14,916 --> 01:32:15,915
Germain isn't here.
1610
01:32:16,791 --> 01:32:17,582
I know.
1611
01:32:38,208 --> 01:32:39,249
What a nightmare.
1612
01:32:40,208 --> 01:32:41,540
A total nightmare.
1613
01:32:42,583 --> 01:32:43,749
Assholes.
1614
01:32:45,875 --> 01:32:47,707
So Claude wasn't in class?
1615
01:32:47,916 --> 01:32:48,707
How'd you know?
1616
01:32:53,458 --> 01:32:54,332
He came here?
1617
01:32:57,375 --> 01:32:58,457
You let him in?
1618
01:33:01,125 --> 01:33:02,540
Not for all eyes to see.
1619
01:33:09,958 --> 01:33:12,249
I've done it, I'm in his house.
1620
01:33:12,500 --> 01:33:13,290
Taking a trip?
1621
01:33:13,500 --> 01:33:14,915
No, I brought your husband's books.
1622
01:33:15,250 --> 01:33:16,957
The gallery was closed.
1623
01:33:17,375 --> 01:33:19,832
I start taking out the books.
We put them away.
1624
01:33:20,250 --> 01:33:23,040
He arranges them by period.
1625
01:33:23,375 --> 01:33:24,290
Tolstoy.
1626
01:33:25,208 --> 01:33:26,415
I hate the Russians.
1627
01:33:26,666 --> 01:33:28,665
I only read the first and last pages
1628
01:33:29,000 --> 01:33:29,957
of Anna Karenina.
1629
01:33:31,375 --> 01:33:35,249
Suddenly a book catches my eye.
1630
01:33:35,750 --> 01:33:37,457
I take it. Jeanne smiles.
1631
01:33:38,166 --> 01:33:39,582
Child of the Storm
1632
01:33:39,791 --> 01:33:43,624
Germain wrote it over 20 years ago.
Didn't he tell you?
1633
01:33:43,833 --> 01:33:45,332
No. What's it about?
1634
01:33:45,750 --> 01:33:47,790
A run-of-the-mill love story.
Not very good.
1635
01:33:48,291 --> 01:33:52,749
He knows it's not on par
with the authors he admires.
1636
01:33:53,166 --> 01:33:53,874
That's sad.
1637
01:33:54,083 --> 01:33:56,665
One of Germain's rare qualities
is lucidity.
1638
01:33:59,625 --> 01:34:01,165
You're like he was,
1639
01:34:01,541 --> 01:34:02,749
but you have talent.
1640
01:34:04,250 --> 01:34:08,082
She's different than Esther
but just as desirable.
1641
01:34:11,708 --> 01:34:12,874
Keep it.
1642
01:34:13,125 --> 01:34:15,457
She invites me for lunch.
1643
01:34:15,833 --> 01:34:17,540
We talk about the gallery, math,
1644
01:34:17,875 --> 01:34:20,957
how Germain and I got acquainted,
books she likes...
1645
01:34:21,333 --> 01:34:22,540
Then, suddenly...
1646
01:34:22,833 --> 01:34:24,915
Esther will never leave Rapha.
1647
01:34:25,625 --> 01:34:27,915
They're going through a rough patch,
1648
01:34:28,375 --> 01:34:30,499
but they have a solid bond.
1649
01:34:31,208 --> 01:34:31,957
Right.
1650
01:34:33,333 --> 01:34:35,457
They're in love.
They're having another child.
1651
01:34:37,458 --> 01:34:38,249
I didn't know.
1652
01:34:39,416 --> 01:34:41,915
Why didn't you have children?
1653
01:34:45,875 --> 01:34:48,790
We could have,
we never really thought about it.
1654
01:34:49,708 --> 01:34:52,249
Me with my work,
him with his books...
1655
01:34:54,791 --> 01:34:56,707
I've wondered whether
1656
01:34:57,000 --> 01:34:59,332
he became close to you
1657
01:34:59,583 --> 01:35:01,124
because he wants to be a father.
1658
01:35:02,083 --> 01:35:03,249
He wanted a son.
1659
01:35:04,500 --> 01:35:05,249
He told you that?
1660
01:35:07,666 --> 01:35:09,040
He told me
1661
01:35:10,416 --> 01:35:12,124
you couldn't have children
1662
01:35:12,833 --> 01:35:13,790
because you're sterile.
1663
01:35:17,041 --> 01:35:17,749
He told you that?
1664
01:35:18,500 --> 01:35:19,207
Yes.
1665
01:35:30,500 --> 01:35:31,499
What?
1666
01:35:33,500 --> 01:35:35,124
Who?
1667
01:35:38,041 --> 01:35:38,915
Ok.
1668
01:35:46,250 --> 01:35:48,582
The principal suspended Germain.
1669
01:35:48,875 --> 01:35:49,790
Why?
1670
01:35:50,458 --> 01:35:53,249
Rapha spilled the beans
about the math test.
1671
01:36:01,583 --> 01:36:03,665
The moment I met Mr. Germain,
1672
01:36:03,916 --> 01:36:05,915
I wanted to know how he lived,
1673
01:36:06,541 --> 01:36:07,915
what his house was like,
1674
01:36:08,250 --> 01:36:09,374
who his wife was,
1675
01:36:09,958 --> 01:36:11,040
what she did,
1676
01:36:11,291 --> 01:36:12,457
did they have children?
1677
01:36:12,750 --> 01:36:14,124
Were they still in love?
1678
01:36:16,708 --> 01:36:19,582
Jeanne...
1679
01:36:20,333 --> 01:36:22,290
Mr. Germain's wife lies before me
1680
01:36:22,583 --> 01:36:24,124
on the sofa.
1681
01:36:24,625 --> 01:36:26,790
Sleeping.
I listen to her breathing.
1682
01:36:30,000 --> 01:36:31,749
Her skirt is open.
1683
01:36:32,000 --> 01:36:34,040
I see her alabaster skin.
1684
01:36:34,750 --> 01:36:37,790
She has beautiful feet.
Like Esther.
1685
01:36:39,750 --> 01:36:40,957
What am I doing here?
1686
01:36:42,083 --> 01:36:43,915
As my teacher's wife sleeps,
1687
01:36:44,250 --> 01:36:47,332
awakening the desires
of this back-row pupil...
1688
01:36:47,875 --> 01:36:48,915
I'm looking for an ending.
1689
01:36:49,208 --> 01:36:50,124
My ending.
1690
01:36:51,750 --> 01:36:54,582
Perhaps I'll find it here.
In his house.
1691
01:37:01,208 --> 01:37:02,082
What are you doing?
1692
01:37:02,583 --> 01:37:04,040
Packing my suitcase.
1693
01:37:04,583 --> 01:37:05,915
- You're leaving?
- Yes.
1694
01:37:06,666 --> 01:37:08,499
The gallery's a bust and so are we.
1695
01:37:08,666 --> 01:37:09,415
Where'll you go?
1696
01:37:09,666 --> 01:37:11,707
I don't know. To my mother's.
1697
01:37:12,541 --> 01:37:15,749
Are you crazy? Today?
The day I got fired?
1698
01:37:15,958 --> 01:37:18,707
I'm like Esther,
alas, you're no Rapha
1699
01:37:19,208 --> 01:37:20,832
and Claude will never be your son!
1700
01:37:22,791 --> 01:37:23,749
What are you on about?
1701
01:37:33,958 --> 01:37:34,918
You slept with that kid?
1702
01:37:36,500 --> 01:37:37,140
To be continued.
1703
01:37:37,833 --> 01:37:40,290
You slept with that kid!
Look at me, bitch!
1704
01:37:41,416 --> 01:37:44,040
- You're insane!
- He fucked you!
1705
01:37:58,333 --> 01:38:02,207
Journey to the End of the Night
1706
01:38:36,208 --> 01:38:37,249
Hi, Claude.
1707
01:38:37,708 --> 01:38:39,415
Hi. How are you feeling?
1708
01:38:42,958 --> 01:38:43,790
Better.
1709
01:38:45,916 --> 01:38:47,915
- May I sit down?
- Of course.
1710
01:38:56,916 --> 01:38:59,457
Did you find your ending?
1711
01:38:59,708 --> 01:39:01,499
No, I gave up.
1712
01:39:02,625 --> 01:39:03,749
I brought your book.
1713
01:39:04,375 --> 01:39:06,249
Your wife loaned it to me.
1714
01:39:07,083 --> 01:39:10,207
You can throw it out.
It's worthless.
1715
01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:13,582
I liked it.
It's a nice love story.
1716
01:39:13,958 --> 01:39:14,957
Then keep it.
1717
01:39:26,458 --> 01:39:29,290
Funny, all the windows
we can see from here.
1718
01:39:31,666 --> 01:39:33,290
Pretty impressive.
1719
01:39:35,791 --> 01:39:37,957
When I sat in Rapha's park,
1720
01:39:38,416 --> 01:39:40,582
I was like a spectator
in the front row.
1721
01:39:41,375 --> 01:39:42,415
I looked and wondered,
1722
01:39:42,708 --> 01:39:45,957
What's life like in those houses?
1723
01:39:50,583 --> 01:39:51,874
Look, over there.
1724
01:39:52,416 --> 01:39:54,915
Those two women. What are they doing?
1725
01:39:56,416 --> 01:39:57,332
Do you know them?
1726
01:39:59,541 --> 01:40:00,249
No.
1727
01:40:03,708 --> 01:40:05,332
They seem to be arguing.
1728
01:40:07,375 --> 01:40:08,915
Two sisters, maybe.
1729
01:40:09,708 --> 01:40:11,749
Arguing over an inheritance.
1730
01:40:12,875 --> 01:40:14,749
Two lesbians breaking up.
1731
01:40:15,041 --> 01:40:18,290
Twin sisters
fighting over the family house.
1732
01:40:18,541 --> 01:40:21,207
One wants to sell, one says no way.
1733
01:40:21,583 --> 01:40:22,790
Two lesbians.
1734
01:40:23,166 --> 01:40:25,290
Their love destroyed when the blond
1735
01:40:25,708 --> 01:40:26,832
hit on her rheumatologist.
1736
01:40:27,083 --> 01:40:29,915
The brunette says,
"And I introduced you!"
1737
01:40:30,250 --> 01:40:31,374
"Watch her hands."
1738
01:40:31,791 --> 01:40:33,249
"I introduced you!"
1739
01:40:33,458 --> 01:40:36,374
"Now I know why
you wouldn't let me come along."
1740
01:40:36,583 --> 01:40:37,415
"No way."
1741
01:40:37,750 --> 01:40:39,415
"We can't sell the house,
1742
01:40:39,791 --> 01:40:42,624
Dad fought so hard to keep it."
1743
01:40:44,125 --> 01:40:46,082
You prefer them to be twins?
1744
01:40:50,125 --> 01:40:50,999
Not really.
1745
01:40:53,583 --> 01:40:55,624
First floor on the right.
1746
01:40:56,583 --> 01:40:57,915
Forget it, Claude.
1747
01:40:58,625 --> 01:41:01,374
I doubt they need math lessons.
1748
01:41:03,500 --> 01:41:05,790
They must need something.
1749
01:41:07,416 --> 01:41:09,040
There's always a way in.
1750
01:41:09,875 --> 01:41:11,915
There's a way into every house.
1751
01:41:14,250 --> 01:41:15,130
And you could help me?
1752
01:41:35,083 --> 01:41:36,832
Mr. Germain had lost everything.
1753
01:41:37,166 --> 01:41:39,082
His wife, his job.
1754
01:41:39,791 --> 01:41:41,749
But I was there, at his side.
1755
01:41:42,833 --> 01:41:44,582
Ready to tell him another story.
1756
01:41:46,958 --> 01:41:47,665
To be continued.
1757
01:41:48,305 --> 01:42:48,361
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