Close (2022) - full transcript
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(LEO SHUSHES)
(BIRDS CONTINUE CHIRPING)
REMI: (IN FRENCH)
What do we do?
LEO: (IN FRENCH) Shh.
Don't make any noise.
REMI: Okay, sorry.
-LEO: Don't make any noise.
-REMI: Got it.
BOTH: Shh!
-LEO: Wait. I'm gonna check.
-REMI: Don't. Stay.
(LEO CHUCKLES)
(FOOTSTEPS SHUFFLING)
-Leo.
-(LEO GASPS)
-Come on, hide.
-What's going on?
What's going on?
Please, keep quiet.
(METAL CLANGING)
Can't you hear?
(CLANGING CONTINUES)
Can't you hear the sound
of footsteps and armors?
How many are they?
There are at least 80 of them.
Let me see if they're here.
-What are they doing here?
-I don't know.
They're not in front.
(REMI GASPS)
-LEO: What's wrong?
-I hear something.
-Be quiet.
-I don't hear a thing.
They must be on the roof
and behind us.
They're forming a circle.
LEO: Stop it,
they're gonna hear us.
Are you insane?
On the count of three,
you run to get away.
Yes, Captain.
Three, two, one, go!
(BOTH PANTING)
They're behind us, run!
(BOTH PANTING, LAUGHING)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
YVES: (IN FRENCH)
Here you are at last.
I'll sleep at Remi's tonight.
NATHALIE: (IN FRENCH)
Will you ever come back home?
Maybe.
(REMI CHUCKLES)
CHARLIE: (IN FRENCH)
How nice of you
to come and help
your big brother.
-No, I've seen you enough.
-Come work with us someday.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
-(BOYS PANTING)
-(DOG BARKING)
(LEO CLICKS TONGUE)
(DOG PANTS)
-(DOG WHINES)
-(LEO SPEAKING AFFECTIONATELY)
SOPHIE: Mmm.
(IN FRENCH) I'm ready
for your draft.
Boys, open the windows.
-(REMI BLOWING AIR)
-(CHUCKLES)
I love it!
Now, if I could get
some grapes.
-Something...
-Hey, we're not your servants.
One can hope.
Let me dream a little.
Dreaming is a good thing.
I'm dreaming of a devoted son.
-Hmm?
-(LEO CHUCKLES)
And a devoted son of heart.
More devoted to me
than my son, by the way.
That's nice.
-Depending on the day.
-You too.
I'm always at your beck
and call, you know.
-When you deserve it.
-Sorry, but it's true.
-Do you agree?
-I do.
I'm too nice with him.
(OBOE MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(INHALES DEEPLY)
I have an idea.
I'm gonna become your manager.
And we'll travel the world,
even the moon.
And we'll become filthy rich.
-Yes.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
-Mm-hmm.
We might have to wait
a little.
Not at all.
-Yes.
-Show this to the world.
Put that on YouTube.
(CHUCKLES) No.
And you'll get
a million likes.
All the oboe celebs
are gonna...
Okay, I get it.
Which country
do you want to visit first?
First, I'd like to be able to
play this piece properly,
then we'll see.
If needed,
where do you wanna go?
The first country
that you could choose?
Uh, I'd say Mexico.
(PEN SCRIBBLING)
(REMI LAUGHS)
Stop laughing, I can't focus.
Let me see.
(REMI LAUGHS)
It's actually beautiful.
Are you ready?
(BOTH LAUGH)
-This is terrible.
-Yeah, I'm sorry.
It's not a masterpiece.
(WHISPERING)
You're not sleeping?
(WHISPERING)
Yes, I am.
(LEO CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
What is it?
I don't know.
(SIGHS)
It's just my brain.
It never stops.
But it's not that important.
Imagine
you're a very small duckling.
You just came out
of your shell.
You've just opened your eyes
for the very first time.
All the ducks are yellow.
And so are you,
but you're much more beautiful
than the others.
You're special.
One day, you decide to leave,
and you encounter a gecko.
You're wondering what it is,
as you've never seen one before.
You think that
this gecko is wacko.
And it rhymes too.
But you like it.
Because its color is special,
just like you.
One day, you leave together.
And you end up
on a trampoline.
You start jumping
on the trampoline.
You jump as high as the stars.
It looks a little bit
like this.
(BLOWS AIR SOFTLY)
(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)
(BOYS PANTING)
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
Hi, everyone.
Welcome to your first year.
I don't know you,
but I'd like
to get to know you.
BAPTISTE: (IN FRENCH) It's okay.
(IN FLEMISH) No problem?
We're going to try
and speak Dutch.
BAPTISTE: (IN FLEMISH) Okay.
My name is Baptiste.
I'm 13.
I play ice hockey.
My hobbies
are playing ice hockey,
swimming, and running.
I wanna become
a pro hockey player.
THOMAS: A professional?
-BAPTISTE: Yes.
-My name is Sekou.
I'm 12 years old.
I love basketball and soccer.
THOMAS: Hold on.
Jules, are you listening?
INES: My name is Ines,
and I would love
to work in politics.
THOMAS: All right.
Anyone else wants to talk?
JULES: I'm Jules
and I eat a lot.
THOMAS: Really?
And what do you eat?
Pasta, pizza, burgers, fries,
durums with pita,
lettuce, and onion.
THOMAS: You indeed eat a lot.
What would you like to become?
JULES: (IN FRENCH) I don't know.
Taster, maybe.
-(IN FRENCH) Are you nervous?
-A little.
(WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
Tell us who you are
and what we should learn
about you.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
(IN FRENCH)
It was this big, and...
I was on my bike
on the highway.
(SCREAMS) Nobody cares!
She's the one asking!
-Oh, my God!
-EMELYNE: Stop yelling.
SALVATORE: Yuck! You farted!
COURTNEY: Stop.
You're annoying.
Can I ask you a question?
Are you together?
No.
COURTNEY:
Why are you laughing?
EMELYNE:
He's the one laughing.
I don't know. We just aren't.
COURTNEY: I was just curious,
because you look
very close as friends.
That's it...
Not trying to be mean.
LEO: Well, we're not.
-Why are we laughing?
-I don't know.
Why do you say that?
-COURTNEY: Because it's clear.
-What is clear?
COURTNEY:
That you're a couple...
Do we hold hands,
do we smooch? No.
I could tell you the same
because you do
girly things together.
-My girlfriend!
-It's not that. It's just...
When you sit
next to each other,
you're that close.
Of course, we're best friends.
GIRL: We're best friends too.
It's just a question.
COURTNEY: I think
they're really best friends.
Yeah, we're BFFs to the point
that we're almost brothers.
COURTNEY: It goes beyond that.
GIULIA: They've known
each other forever.
COURTNEY:
Maybe you don't accept it.
Not at all.
Could you stop now?
We're just not together.
-CALYPSO: Are you sure?
-Yes, I am!
GIULIA: Okay.
This discussion is useless.
GIRL: It's just a question.
GIULIA: If they become a couple,
they'll let you know.
COURTNEY: I'm just curious.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
NATHALIE: Leo?
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
-So, how was school?
-LEO: It was okay.
All went well?
Are you in Remi's class?
-Yes.
-That's great.
All right.
Do you want a snack?
No, thanks.
I'm not very hungry.
Okay.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
(SIGHS)
Ciao.
Ciao.
Did you sleep well?
It was fine.
It was all right.
And you?
Ditto.
-It was all right.
-All right.
(LAUGHTER)
SALVATORE: No!
-BOY: Stop it, girls.
-BAPTISTE: Let them sleep.
SALVATORE: Yeah,
stop it or I'll hit you!
(CHILDREN LAUGH)
Man, she puts things
in my mouth.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(GIRLS LAUGHING)
REMI: (WHISPERING)
What are you doing?
Remi, I'm hot.
Me, too.
-I'm hot.
-No, stay. Ah!
Sorry.
(BOYS GRUNTING, LAUGHING)
(BOYS EXCLAIM, LAUGH)
SALVATORE: To whom
are you passing the ball?
BOY: I'm in the middle.
-Oh, no.
-(BOYS LAUGH)
BOY: Come on.
It's no big deal.
They're fools.
PETER: I'm gonna get you.
(PETER GROWLS PLAYFULLY)
I'll never catch up with you.
It's gonna be the opposite.
Oh, shit.
I got one.
(ALL GRUNTING)
-There you go.
-There.
-PETER: Do you like it?
-SOPHIE: It's delicious.
-It's very good.
-REMI: It's edible.
Seriously.
SOPHIE:
You know it's delicious.
LEO:
Do you know that technique?
Let me see.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
Try it. Watch out.
Wow! Again.
Awesome. I'm gonna try.
-Well done.
-Pretty good.
(NOTE PLAYS)
(LAUGHS)
Wait. One last time.
After that,
I won't bother you.
(PLAYS DISCORDANT NOTE)
Okay, okay.
Go ahead.
You do it so much better.
-Yes.
-Absolutely.
And tomorrow,
everybody's coming...
I'll sit in the front row
and I'll scream.
-Oh, no.
-Yes.
Remi! Hooray!
-Do that and I'll kill you.
-That's why I'm gonna do it.
How nice of you.
You're the king of this concert.
Go on, play.
(BLOWS AIR SOFTLY)
(ORCHESTRA PLAYING
SOLEMN TUNE)
GABRIELLE: I have
a good feeling about this.
LOUIS: Calm down.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
SALVATORE: Boom!
-Easy! Are you okay?
-LEO: Is that a joke?
Are you serious?
JULES: What?
You liked it, girl.
You're calling me names.
Shut up and beat it.
JULES: (IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE)
"Shut up and beat it."
My name is Leo,
and I'm a faggot.
LOUIS: They're pansies anyway.
Why do they find the need
to do that?
(CHILDREN LAUGH)
How long have you
been playing ice hockey?
Since I was four.
-And is it difficult?
-No, it's easy.
You get the hang of it
in two days.
Can you ice-skate?
Yep.
-Would you like to try?
-I don't know.
-You don't know?
-Hence my question.
Okay, but is it more
yes or no?
More yes.
That's good.
(INSECTS CHITTERING)
-LEO: What are you doing?
-Don't you hear anything?
I hear footsteps.
Hide.
-What?
-Hide!
-What is it? There's nothing.
-Shh!
(WHISPERING)
Stop making noise.
I didn't see anything.
There is something.
Can't you hear?
They're behind us.
They're not really behind us.
Shall we go home?
(GRUNTING) Wake up.
-Come on, wake up.
-What are you doing?
-What are you doing in my bed?
-I don't know.
-Why are you attacking me?
-Because I want to.
-You know what? Me too.
-No.
(BOTH GRUNT AND CHUCKLE)
Go to your bed.
Stop it.
-Are you going back to your bed?
-No.
-Ouch!
-Are you going now?
-What's with the biting?
-Just go to your bed.
No!
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(BOTH PANTING)
-Remi?
-What?
-Please, open.
-I'm taking a shower.
I told you
not to lock the door.
Go away, Mom! Leave me alone
for a minute. I'm good.
I will as soon
as you open the door.
I won't come in. Just open.
LEO: What's going on?
He locked himself inside,
and I don't want that.
On the count of three, Remi.
Remi!
(IN FLEMISH) Remi, eat a little.
-Remi.
-(IN FLEMISH) I'm not hungry.
What do you mean,
you're not hungry?
Don't start.
At least eat this, so you have
something in your belly, okay?
(MUMBLES INCOHERENTLY)
-What?
-I have a stomachache.
(IN FRENCH) Then, don't eat.
It's okay. Don't eat.
If it hurts,
he doesn't need to eat.
That's okay.
Hmm?
What's wrong?
PETER: (IN FLEMISH)
Why are you crying?
(IN FLEMISH)
My stomach hurts, that's all.
(IN FRENCH) Hey.
Tell me.
What's going on?
I'm gonna serve you hot water
with some lemon juice.
You're gonna feel better.
-I'll let you squeeze.
-PETER: (IN FRENCH) Done.
SOPHIE: Okay.
Pour it in his water.
PETER: Hold on. There you go.
Just like that.
There you go.
LEO: Remi. Wait.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
SEKOU: Imagine
if Ronaldo were to leave.
Who would I follow?
Kylian Mbappe?
I prefer to wait. He's gonna
be strong in three years.
JULES: He already is strong.
He'll be the new Ronaldinho.
SALVATORE: Leo?
You look a little tense.
Do you have your period
or something?
-Shut your trap!
-(CHILDREN LAUGH)
-Come on, that's not funny.
-SALVATORE: Yes, it is.
It's not.
SALVATORE: Yes, it is,
they laughed.
BAPTISTE: Let's go.
-What are you doing?
-Playing a game.
-Are you okay?
-Huh.
Is it a good huh or a bad huh?
Are you like this
because of me?
What's wrong then?
-Are you sure?
-Yes.
-You're not lying, are you?
-No.
Because it shows
when you lie.
Okay...
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Okay, guys...
Everybody on the ice. Come on.
(BOYS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
(IN FRENCH) Don't worry.
It doesn't stick.
-Okay, thanks.
-No problem.
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Listen up, guys, focus.
Look at me
when I'm talking to you, okay?
Okay, guys, don't forget
to bend your knees,
and to control your stick.
Position your body correctly,
and cross your legs
in rhythm. Okay?
Got it?
(IN ENGLISH) Okay, let's go.
-(IN FLEMISH) Here we go!
-(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Skate, and transfer
your weight. Okay.
Again. Push well.
Now, direct yourself.
Keep going.
It's okay, boy.
Come on, Stand up.
You're doing fine.
Push on your legs.
Choose a direction. It's okay.
Keep trying. Don't give up.
Choose a direction.
Look where you're going.
When you're in position,
cross your legs.
Try. It's okay.
Take the turn
and push on your leg.
Good job, kiddo. Good.
You're doing great.
-(WHISTLE BLOWS)
-Focus. Look over here.
We'll start the drill.
-(IN FRENCH) Come on, Salva.
-BOY: Just five more.
-He's trembling.
-BOY: Come on, come on.
(ALL CHEERING)
BOY 2: Come on, Leo. Shoot.
Great pass. Fantastic.
Fantastic. Just great.
Catch it. You got it.
Move forward.
-(CHILDREN CHEERING)
-(LEO LAUGHS)
(COACH BLOWS WHISTLE)
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Keep skating. Don't stop.
Come on, guys. Come on.
Stand up. Come on, let's go.
Come on, guys. Keep skating.
Crossover, crossover.
(IN FLEMISH)
Come on. Keep skating.
(IN ENGLISH)
Come on, boys.
LEO: (IN FRENCH)
Why are you here?
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Go back in line, Leo.
Come on, let's go.
Please, focus on the training.
Let's go.
(IN FRENCH)
What are you doing?
I'm watching you play.
Why did you come?
-I can't?
-Of course.
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Focus. Keep in line.
(IN ENGLISH) Come on, boys.
(IN FLEMISH) Let's go.
BOY 1: (IN FRENCH)
Hey, Baptiste.
(BOYS LAUGHING)
BOY 2: Hey, shut up. Wimp.
-Do you like it?
-Yes.
Maybe I should give it a try.
Why not?
I didn't say anything.
Then, why don't you
say something?
I don't know.
-Bye.
-See you tomorrow.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
NATHALIE: Are you going
to Remi's tonight?
-No.
-Why not?
Because.
Okay.
Come on, faster.
JULES: Kylian Mbappe
in the home stretch
against Cristiano Ronaldo.
Mbappe leaves Ronaldo
in the dust by 10 meters.
It's intense.
(BAPTISTE YELLS)
Yes, the three?
-BOY: The three episodes.
-They're awesome.
It's not my fault.
-Leo, where were you?
-What?
Why weren't you there?
I ate too early.
I left too early.
There's nothing.
It's nothing.
Come and join us.
You always wait for me,
not this time.
-I told you I left too early.
-No.
(REMI SOBS)
Don't cry.
It's nothing, Remi.
Stop crying. Don't cry.
Remi. Remi, stop it.
Remi, I told you to stop.
I told you to stop.
I told you to stop!
Remi, stop it.
Stop it. Calm down. Stop it!
(REMI SOBBING)
Stop it. Calm down.
Please, calm down.
Come with me.
Calm down. Breathe. It's over.
It's over, Remi.
It's over! Remi, it's over.
It's over, Remi. It's over.
(REMI WHIMPERING, SNIFFLING)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(MACHINERY WHIRRING)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Come on, let's go, let's go.
Come on, guys.
Let's go, guys.
(BOYS YELLING, CLAMORING)
JULES: (IN FRENCH)
In Argentina,
he destroyed everybody.
Everybody.
He ran fast once
and all of a sudden,
he destroyed everybody.
Yes, he completely destroyed
the opponent.
BAPTISTE: You never saw
Thierry Henry run.
SEKOU: Yes.
Henry is impressive.
Henry is the best...
BAPTISTE: No, but Agro,
he made one of his sprints...
BOY: What do I care?
SEKOU: Maradona
or Ronaldinho?
-(BOYS EXCLAIM)
-BOY: No, not that.
JULES: Maradona.
SALVATORE: Ronaldinho.
SEKOU:
We talk French, Ronaldinho.
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
Leo, look at your paper.
(MACHINERY WHIRRING)
-THOMAS: Ines?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Emeline?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: June?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Harry?
-Yes.
THOMAS: Remi?
-Remi?
-INES: He's not here.
-THOMAS: Gabrielle?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Louis?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Julia?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Calypso?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Adam?
-Yes.
(CHILDREN SCREAMING,
CLAMORING)
THOMAS: Don't go
too far in the water.
(BOYS GRUNTING, LAUGHING)
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
CELINE: (IN FRENCH)
Let's keep moving!
(WIND GUSTING)
(BOYS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
BOYS: (CHANTING)
Harry, Harry!
(BOYS LAUGHING, CHEERING)
BOY 1: (IN FLEMISH)
Look, a jellyfish.
BOY 2: (IN FRENCH)
It's the first time
I am seeing one in real life.
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
CELINE: Come on, everybody!
Gather around!
Gather around, everybody!
Salvatore, Ines.
Both of you stop it.
Is everybody here?
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
We have to leave now. Come.
CELINE: (IN FRENCH) Let's all
get back in the bus, okay?
CHILDREN: Okay.
CELINE: We're all going back
to the bus now.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
CELINE: Kids,
we've just arrived at school.
Your parents
are actually here.
Go to your parents
and go straight
to the gymnasium.
CHILD: Why?
CELINE: Don't forget anything
in the bus.
SEKOU:
Why are our parents here?
CELINE: We'll tell you inside.
BOY: Why are they...
Okay, okay.
CHILD 1:
Do you see your father?
CHILD 2: Why are they here?
-CHILD 3: Do you see my mom?
-CHILD 4: Why are they here?
CHILD 5: I don't know.
We must have misbehaved.
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
Go over there.
Join your parents.
Leo, come.
We have to leave the bus now.
Come.
Leo. Come.
NATHALIE: (IN FRENCH) Leo?
Come with me.
What's going on?
(SIGHS)
Come.
Why?
Something happened.
Tell me.
It's about Remi.
He has...
Is he at the hospital?
(SOBS)
He's no longer here, Leo.
Come with me. Come!
Leo. Leo!
(PANTING)
(MUFFLED) Leo!
(DOG BARKING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(ALARM BEEPING)
(BEEPING STOPS)
(CELL PHONE THUDS)
I'm heading for school.
NATHALIE:
Eat something before.
It's okay, I'm not hungry.
NATHALIE:
Then drink something.
CHARLIE: Shall I give you
a ride on my scooter?
Thanks, but I have my bicycle.
NATHALIE:
I'd rather have Charlie
give you a ride
to school today.
CHILD: I cry pretty easily,
so I can't really
control that.
Sometimes, it just starts
and I can't...
In fact, being strong is not
necessarily refraining
from crying...
It's also about being able...
(VOICE BREAKING) to explain.
CELINE: You don't
have to apologize.
CHILD: No.
CELINE: It's important that
we can talk about it together.
Sekou, don't you think
you can be overwhelmed
by your emotions?
SEKOU: Of course,
sometimes they explode.
CELINE: But that's not
necessarily through tears.
No.
CELINE: When was
the last time you cried?
Out of sadness
or out of anger?
CELINE: Sadness and anger
are rather similar.
No, it's different.
Most of the time,
I cry out of anger.
CELINE: What about you, Leo?
Do you want
to share something with us?
No, I'm fine.
CELINE: All right.
CELINE: Leo?
If there's anything,
you can come and talk to me.
If you have any questions.
Who found him?
His mom.
Remember that
I'm here for you, okay?
Are you sure you wanna go?
Okay.
COACH: (IN FLEMISH) Go!
Okay, guys. That's it.
Stop in time, Leo.
Go! That's it. Go!
Now backwards, backwards.
(PANTING)
Go!
Tristan, go!
Come on, Tristan. Go on.
Go.
Come on! Keep going.
Try to sprint.
Keep it up. Go, go, go!
Come on.
(DOOR OPENS)
YVES: (IN FRENCH) Leo.
We gotta go, kiddo.
Hey, little man.
Come.
(LEO SIGHS)
Let's go.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(BRAKES SQUEAL LIGHTLY)
(CAR DOORS OPEN)
(CAR DOORS CLOSE)
NATHALIE: Leo?
Are you gonna come?
I'm not hungry.
You don't have to eat.
I'll save you a seat, okay?
(CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
-Sekou, Sekou! Salva!
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(BOYS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
BOY 1: Come, come.
-BOY 2: Oh, damn.
-BOY 3: Well done.
BAPTISTE: Salva.
Baptiste, Baptiste!
BOY 4: Behind you, behind you.
BAPTISTE: Yes, yes.
Come, come.
(CHALK SCRAPING ON BOARD)
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH) A bird
doesn't really say much.
We don't have
that much information.
But what we can do,
is add a word,
so we can get more information
about that bird.
-For instance...
-STUDENT: A beautiful bird.
-THOMAS: Right.
-STUDENT 2: A large bird.
THOMAS: A beautiful bird
or a large bird.
Now we have
these three words...
Which one
is the most important?
-A, large or bird?
-STUDENTS: Bird.
THOMAS: Bird, that's right.
That's our substantive.
That's our noun.
What we can do as well is add
another noun, for instance...
CHARLIE: (IN FRENCH)
What is it?
Do you think he suffered?
I don't know.
Do you think
he left something?
I have no idea.
Try and get some sleep.
Stop thinking about it.
(CHILDREN LAUGHING,
SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
He's really someone,
like Julia said,
who you could count on
and who was often happy,
with a smile on his face.
He was really someone
I liked very much.
CELINE: Thank you.
Salva?
SALVATORE: I wrote that Remi
was very cheerful,
although sometimes
he was a pain.
He was nice.
He was Leo's buddy.
I laughed a lot with him,
-and he was always happy.
-CELINE: And what do you...
-How do you know that?
-That's how we saw him.
And you really think
he was always happy?
CELINE: Everybody
gets his turn, Leo.
(SALVATORE CHUCKLES)
-Is that funny?
-SALVATORE: What's funny?
-Then what are you doing?
-SALVATORE: Nothing, man.
-Why are you laughing now?
-CELINE: Leo.
We're all entitled
to express our feelings.
All right?
It's important
to let people talk, okay?
-Anything else, Salvatore?
-No.
Raphael?
RAPHAEL: (IN FLEMISH)
I can remember Remi
as a nice and musical guy.
NATHALIE: (IN FRENCH)
Where do I go?
You go left.
-What time is it?
-Almost 8:00 p.m.
Then hurry up.
No, we're on time.
We'll make it.
I don't want to be late.
We'll be on time.
We won't be late.
-Can we sit more to the front?
-(CACOPHONY OF INSTRUMENTS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-There? Okay?
-Yes.
(ORCHESTRA PLAYING
SOLEMN INSTRUMENTAL MELODY)
(COACH SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Give it your all.
(PANTING)
Keep up the pace, boys.
Hey, come on. We're increasing
the pace one more time.
Increase the pace, come on.
This is the last one.
Come on, boys. Keep it up.
Okay, boys. You trained well.
You can go change now.
See you next week.
Go.
(IN FRENCH) I didn't recognize
you with all this.
-Your haircut is pretty.
-Do you like it?
This looks good on you.
It makes you look strong.
Are you happy with your team?
Do you like it?
I'm a little behind at times,
but it's okay.
Is everything okay at school?
(CHILDREN SHOUTING, SCREAMING)
I'm happy to see you.
Me too.
Did you talk to each other?
I'm gonna go and change.
I'm very cold.
You're right.
Don't catch a cold.
How did you get here?
I took my bicycle.
Do you need a ride home?
No, it's okay.
It's not too far.
You're always welcome,
you know?
-Bye, Leo.
-Bye.
NATHALIE:
Good evening, Sophie.
-Welcome.
-SOPHIE: Thank you.
-Here you go.
-NATHALIE: You didn't have to.
Happy to see you again.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-NATHALIE: Do you like it?
-PETER: Yes.
It's really good.
It's delicious.
CHARLIE: While I criticized
the vegetables...
NATHALIE: You don't say.
CHARLIE: This is to my liking.
Is everything okay at school?
CHARLIE: Yes, absolutely.
An exam period is coming.
That's what
I'm working on right now.
YVES: That's what he tells us.
(ALL CHUCKLE LIGHTLY)
CHARLIE: No, I'm serious.
-I'm really studying, Dad.
-YVES: He's convincing.
And you stop laughing.
The problem is that he passes
without much effort.
CHARLIE: When I have exams
coming up I study,
and that's the case.
Don't think that I'm not.
Anyway...
You can tell
it's gonna be fine.
PETER: Perfect.
CHARLIE: And you,
are you doing okay?
Yes, everything's fine.
It's all good.
-I've started working again.
-CHARLIE: That's great.
PETER: Yes, yes.
NATHALIE: That's good.
What about you, Sophie?
You're working
at the maternity again?
Yes, I have.
-NATHALIE: Is it going well?
-It's going.
It's not what it should be,
but we'll make do.
Do you know
what you're going to do
after your exams?
CHARLIE: Well...
The infamous question...
Well, I'm getting a little
fed up with my studies...
I'm planning on traveling
for a year.
I'm planning a world trip
with my girlfriend.
I would love that.
It would be great.
I'll probably do it by car,
if I get my driver's license.
That's the plan.
We would go east and...
We would go
all the way to Australia.
(PETER SNIFFLES, CRIES)
YVES: It's okay.
I'm sorry.
(DOOR OPENS)
NATHALIE:
Do you want something?
PETER: No.
COACH: (IN FLEMISH) Come on.
Give it your all.
Come on.
Get up, Leo.
Go on, go on.
Come on.
-MAN: And again.
-COACH: And you go again.
MAN: Okay, pick up speed.
COACH: Come on, Leo.
Come on, pick it up.
(PANTING)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
LEO: (IN FRENCH) Damn.
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Come on, Leo.
(PANTING HEAVILY)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(PANTS)
(IN FRENCH) You're falling
by yourself. It's not me.
-(LEO LAUGHS)
-(CHARLIE GRUNTS)
CHARLIE: Come on.
-LEO: No.
-(GRUNTS)
Come here, you.
Got you.
That's it. I got you!
BAPTISTE: Hi.
BAPTISTE'S DAD:
Hi, son. Are you okay?
-BAPTISTE: Yes.
-A good day at school?
Yes.
-LEO: Hi.
-Hi, young man.
BAPTISTE: Can he sleep here?
Sure. It's fine with me.
But it's a school day,
so no fiesta until midnight.
-Okay?
-Yes.
Okay. Deal. Go on.
-Yes.
-Later.
I don't have
enough ammo either.
-So I'm done.
-(VIDEOGAME GUNFIRE)
-Watch out.
-I'm dead.
-Run.
-Run. I'm behind you. Wait.
-Shit. But if...
-Run, run, run.
No big deal.
-Whoa.
-(LEO CHUCKLES)
No, but fight.
But... (CHUCKLES)
Fight, right?
(DOG BARKS, WHINES)
LEO: Hello.
Hello.
Are you doing good, buddy?
(DOG BARKS)
SOPHIE: Come over here.
Did you see?
Did you see who's here?
He's happy to see you.
I'm happy to see him too.
He really missed you.
Do you have time to come in?
-What do you want to drink?
-Water is fine.
-Water?
-Yes.
Wouldn't you rather have
some milk or some soda?
-No, water is fine.
-Okay.
(WATER RUNNING)
-Here you go.
-Thanks.
I think
I'll get some water as well.
Where's Peter?
He's at work.
I'm not working today.
I'm enjoying myself.
-Do you want to eat something?
-No, thanks. I'm not hungry.
I can only make you a toast.
I have to do
some grocery shopping.
No thanks, I'm okay.
How are things at home?
We've started to plant.
Really?
-Have you learned?
-Yes.
Dad and Charlie taught me.
And?
-Do you like it?
-Yes.
It was hard at first.
You had to look everywhere.
You had to do
a lot of things at once.
You had to make sure
the plants
were still there and so forth.
It was fine after that.
SOPHIE: Hmm?
It becomes easier when...
-SOPHIE: You get used to it.
-Yes.
That's the trick.
You do that all together?
That's nice.
-How's school?
-It's all right.
And the teachers?
Some are good,
others are super boring.
You don't say.
That's always the case.
Forget about the boring ones,
and focus on the good ones.
More water? Don't hesitate.
Then I would have to pee.
You could go.
You're familiar
with the house.
If you wanna pee,
it's no big deal.
Did you come to see me?
Yes.
Can I go to his room?
If you want something,
help yourself.
No, it's okay.
You see, I looked everywhere.
Leo?
What happened between you two?
I have to go.
I forgot
I have to do something.
-Shall I bring you?
-No, thanks.
(RAIN PATTERING)
NATHALIE: Leo?
Leo?
Leave me alone!
What's wrong?
What's going on?
Leo.
Where were you?
Please, leave.
Come here.
What's wrong?
-Calm down.
-Go away.
Stop it!
Stop it! Stop it!
Calm down.
-(ALARM BLARING)
-(BOYS CHEERING)
Come on, guys!
Shoot, shoot!
COACH: (IN ENGLISH)
Defense! Defense!
(BOYS SHOUTING IN FRENCH)
COACH: (IN FLEMISH) Let's go.
(IN ENGLISH) Come on, boys.
Let's go.
Let's go.
-Come on.
-(REFEREE BLOWS WHISTLE)
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Attack, guys, attack.
Come on.
Come on, guys.
Defense.
Defense.
Push, defense.
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
(BOYS TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
(LEO PANTING)
(IN FLEMISH) Does it hurt?
(SOFT MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(LEO CRYING)
A broken arm does hurt, right.
(SOBBING QUIETLY)
(SNIFFLES)
(IN FRENCH) Are you sleeping?
CHARLIE: Not anymore.
I miss him.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
Okay, guys.
Thanks for this past year.
We'll see each other
next year.
Have a nice holiday. Bye.
-(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)
-(STUDENTS CHEERING)
-(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
-(CHILDREN CHEERING)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(BABY CRYING)
(BABY COOS)
(IN FRENCH)
Leo, what are you doing here?
How did you get here?
I took the bus.
What do you want?
I'm working.
(BABY CRIES)
(SHUSHING)
It's because of me.
It's my fault.
-(KEYS JANGLE)
-(CAR ENGINE STOPS)
I pushed him away.
(SOBBING SOFTLY)
(SOPHIE SOBBING)
Get out.
(PANTING)
SOPHIE: (SHOUTING) Leo!
Leo!
Leo!
Leo!
(LEO SOBBING)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(SAW WHIRRING)
DOCTOR: (IN FLEMISH) Try to turn
your wrist carefully.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)
(LEO SHUSHES)
(BIRDS CONTINUE CHIRPING)
REMI: (IN FRENCH)
What do we do?
LEO: (IN FRENCH) Shh.
Don't make any noise.
REMI: Okay, sorry.
-LEO: Don't make any noise.
-REMI: Got it.
BOTH: Shh!
-LEO: Wait. I'm gonna check.
-REMI: Don't. Stay.
(LEO CHUCKLES)
(FOOTSTEPS SHUFFLING)
-Leo.
-(LEO GASPS)
-Come on, hide.
-What's going on?
What's going on?
Please, keep quiet.
(METAL CLANGING)
Can't you hear?
(CLANGING CONTINUES)
Can't you hear the sound
of footsteps and armors?
How many are they?
There are at least 80 of them.
Let me see if they're here.
-What are they doing here?
-I don't know.
They're not in front.
(REMI GASPS)
-LEO: What's wrong?
-I hear something.
-Be quiet.
-I don't hear a thing.
They must be on the roof
and behind us.
They're forming a circle.
LEO: Stop it,
they're gonna hear us.
Are you insane?
On the count of three,
you run to get away.
Yes, Captain.
Three, two, one, go!
(BOTH PANTING)
They're behind us, run!
(BOTH PANTING, LAUGHING)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
YVES: (IN FRENCH)
Here you are at last.
I'll sleep at Remi's tonight.
NATHALIE: (IN FRENCH)
Will you ever come back home?
Maybe.
(REMI CHUCKLES)
CHARLIE: (IN FRENCH)
How nice of you
to come and help
your big brother.
-No, I've seen you enough.
-Come work with us someday.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
-(BOYS PANTING)
-(DOG BARKING)
(LEO CLICKS TONGUE)
(DOG PANTS)
-(DOG WHINES)
-(LEO SPEAKING AFFECTIONATELY)
SOPHIE: Mmm.
(IN FRENCH) I'm ready
for your draft.
Boys, open the windows.
-(REMI BLOWING AIR)
-(CHUCKLES)
I love it!
Now, if I could get
some grapes.
-Something...
-Hey, we're not your servants.
One can hope.
Let me dream a little.
Dreaming is a good thing.
I'm dreaming of a devoted son.
-Hmm?
-(LEO CHUCKLES)
And a devoted son of heart.
More devoted to me
than my son, by the way.
That's nice.
-Depending on the day.
-You too.
I'm always at your beck
and call, you know.
-When you deserve it.
-Sorry, but it's true.
-Do you agree?
-I do.
I'm too nice with him.
(OBOE MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(INHALES DEEPLY)
I have an idea.
I'm gonna become your manager.
And we'll travel the world,
even the moon.
And we'll become filthy rich.
-Yes.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
-Mm-hmm.
We might have to wait
a little.
Not at all.
-Yes.
-Show this to the world.
Put that on YouTube.
(CHUCKLES) No.
And you'll get
a million likes.
All the oboe celebs
are gonna...
Okay, I get it.
Which country
do you want to visit first?
First, I'd like to be able to
play this piece properly,
then we'll see.
If needed,
where do you wanna go?
The first country
that you could choose?
Uh, I'd say Mexico.
(PEN SCRIBBLING)
(REMI LAUGHS)
Stop laughing, I can't focus.
Let me see.
(REMI LAUGHS)
It's actually beautiful.
Are you ready?
(BOTH LAUGH)
-This is terrible.
-Yeah, I'm sorry.
It's not a masterpiece.
(WHISPERING)
You're not sleeping?
(WHISPERING)
Yes, I am.
(LEO CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
What is it?
I don't know.
(SIGHS)
It's just my brain.
It never stops.
But it's not that important.
Imagine
you're a very small duckling.
You just came out
of your shell.
You've just opened your eyes
for the very first time.
All the ducks are yellow.
And so are you,
but you're much more beautiful
than the others.
You're special.
One day, you decide to leave,
and you encounter a gecko.
You're wondering what it is,
as you've never seen one before.
You think that
this gecko is wacko.
And it rhymes too.
But you like it.
Because its color is special,
just like you.
One day, you leave together.
And you end up
on a trampoline.
You start jumping
on the trampoline.
You jump as high as the stars.
It looks a little bit
like this.
(BLOWS AIR SOFTLY)
(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)
(BOYS PANTING)
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
Hi, everyone.
Welcome to your first year.
I don't know you,
but I'd like
to get to know you.
BAPTISTE: (IN FRENCH) It's okay.
(IN FLEMISH) No problem?
We're going to try
and speak Dutch.
BAPTISTE: (IN FLEMISH) Okay.
My name is Baptiste.
I'm 13.
I play ice hockey.
My hobbies
are playing ice hockey,
swimming, and running.
I wanna become
a pro hockey player.
THOMAS: A professional?
-BAPTISTE: Yes.
-My name is Sekou.
I'm 12 years old.
I love basketball and soccer.
THOMAS: Hold on.
Jules, are you listening?
INES: My name is Ines,
and I would love
to work in politics.
THOMAS: All right.
Anyone else wants to talk?
JULES: I'm Jules
and I eat a lot.
THOMAS: Really?
And what do you eat?
Pasta, pizza, burgers, fries,
durums with pita,
lettuce, and onion.
THOMAS: You indeed eat a lot.
What would you like to become?
JULES: (IN FRENCH) I don't know.
Taster, maybe.
-(IN FRENCH) Are you nervous?
-A little.
(WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
Tell us who you are
and what we should learn
about you.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
(IN FRENCH)
It was this big, and...
I was on my bike
on the highway.
(SCREAMS) Nobody cares!
She's the one asking!
-Oh, my God!
-EMELYNE: Stop yelling.
SALVATORE: Yuck! You farted!
COURTNEY: Stop.
You're annoying.
Can I ask you a question?
Are you together?
No.
COURTNEY:
Why are you laughing?
EMELYNE:
He's the one laughing.
I don't know. We just aren't.
COURTNEY: I was just curious,
because you look
very close as friends.
That's it...
Not trying to be mean.
LEO: Well, we're not.
-Why are we laughing?
-I don't know.
Why do you say that?
-COURTNEY: Because it's clear.
-What is clear?
COURTNEY:
That you're a couple...
Do we hold hands,
do we smooch? No.
I could tell you the same
because you do
girly things together.
-My girlfriend!
-It's not that. It's just...
When you sit
next to each other,
you're that close.
Of course, we're best friends.
GIRL: We're best friends too.
It's just a question.
COURTNEY: I think
they're really best friends.
Yeah, we're BFFs to the point
that we're almost brothers.
COURTNEY: It goes beyond that.
GIULIA: They've known
each other forever.
COURTNEY:
Maybe you don't accept it.
Not at all.
Could you stop now?
We're just not together.
-CALYPSO: Are you sure?
-Yes, I am!
GIULIA: Okay.
This discussion is useless.
GIRL: It's just a question.
GIULIA: If they become a couple,
they'll let you know.
COURTNEY: I'm just curious.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
NATHALIE: Leo?
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
-So, how was school?
-LEO: It was okay.
All went well?
Are you in Remi's class?
-Yes.
-That's great.
All right.
Do you want a snack?
No, thanks.
I'm not very hungry.
Okay.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
(SIGHS)
Ciao.
Ciao.
Did you sleep well?
It was fine.
It was all right.
And you?
Ditto.
-It was all right.
-All right.
(LAUGHTER)
SALVATORE: No!
-BOY: Stop it, girls.
-BAPTISTE: Let them sleep.
SALVATORE: Yeah,
stop it or I'll hit you!
(CHILDREN LAUGH)
Man, she puts things
in my mouth.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(GIRLS LAUGHING)
REMI: (WHISPERING)
What are you doing?
Remi, I'm hot.
Me, too.
-I'm hot.
-No, stay. Ah!
Sorry.
(BOYS GRUNTING, LAUGHING)
(BOYS EXCLAIM, LAUGH)
SALVATORE: To whom
are you passing the ball?
BOY: I'm in the middle.
-Oh, no.
-(BOYS LAUGH)
BOY: Come on.
It's no big deal.
They're fools.
PETER: I'm gonna get you.
(PETER GROWLS PLAYFULLY)
I'll never catch up with you.
It's gonna be the opposite.
Oh, shit.
I got one.
(ALL GRUNTING)
-There you go.
-There.
-PETER: Do you like it?
-SOPHIE: It's delicious.
-It's very good.
-REMI: It's edible.
Seriously.
SOPHIE:
You know it's delicious.
LEO:
Do you know that technique?
Let me see.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
Try it. Watch out.
Wow! Again.
Awesome. I'm gonna try.
-Well done.
-Pretty good.
(NOTE PLAYS)
(LAUGHS)
Wait. One last time.
After that,
I won't bother you.
(PLAYS DISCORDANT NOTE)
Okay, okay.
Go ahead.
You do it so much better.
-Yes.
-Absolutely.
And tomorrow,
everybody's coming...
I'll sit in the front row
and I'll scream.
-Oh, no.
-Yes.
Remi! Hooray!
-Do that and I'll kill you.
-That's why I'm gonna do it.
How nice of you.
You're the king of this concert.
Go on, play.
(BLOWS AIR SOFTLY)
(ORCHESTRA PLAYING
SOLEMN TUNE)
GABRIELLE: I have
a good feeling about this.
LOUIS: Calm down.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
SALVATORE: Boom!
-Easy! Are you okay?
-LEO: Is that a joke?
Are you serious?
JULES: What?
You liked it, girl.
You're calling me names.
Shut up and beat it.
JULES: (IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE)
"Shut up and beat it."
My name is Leo,
and I'm a faggot.
LOUIS: They're pansies anyway.
Why do they find the need
to do that?
(CHILDREN LAUGH)
How long have you
been playing ice hockey?
Since I was four.
-And is it difficult?
-No, it's easy.
You get the hang of it
in two days.
Can you ice-skate?
Yep.
-Would you like to try?
-I don't know.
-You don't know?
-Hence my question.
Okay, but is it more
yes or no?
More yes.
That's good.
(INSECTS CHITTERING)
-LEO: What are you doing?
-Don't you hear anything?
I hear footsteps.
Hide.
-What?
-Hide!
-What is it? There's nothing.
-Shh!
(WHISPERING)
Stop making noise.
I didn't see anything.
There is something.
Can't you hear?
They're behind us.
They're not really behind us.
Shall we go home?
(GRUNTING) Wake up.
-Come on, wake up.
-What are you doing?
-What are you doing in my bed?
-I don't know.
-Why are you attacking me?
-Because I want to.
-You know what? Me too.
-No.
(BOTH GRUNT AND CHUCKLE)
Go to your bed.
Stop it.
-Are you going back to your bed?
-No.
-Ouch!
-Are you going now?
-What's with the biting?
-Just go to your bed.
No!
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(BOTH PANTING)
-Remi?
-What?
-Please, open.
-I'm taking a shower.
I told you
not to lock the door.
Go away, Mom! Leave me alone
for a minute. I'm good.
I will as soon
as you open the door.
I won't come in. Just open.
LEO: What's going on?
He locked himself inside,
and I don't want that.
On the count of three, Remi.
Remi!
(IN FLEMISH) Remi, eat a little.
-Remi.
-(IN FLEMISH) I'm not hungry.
What do you mean,
you're not hungry?
Don't start.
At least eat this, so you have
something in your belly, okay?
(MUMBLES INCOHERENTLY)
-What?
-I have a stomachache.
(IN FRENCH) Then, don't eat.
It's okay. Don't eat.
If it hurts,
he doesn't need to eat.
That's okay.
Hmm?
What's wrong?
PETER: (IN FLEMISH)
Why are you crying?
(IN FLEMISH)
My stomach hurts, that's all.
(IN FRENCH) Hey.
Tell me.
What's going on?
I'm gonna serve you hot water
with some lemon juice.
You're gonna feel better.
-I'll let you squeeze.
-PETER: (IN FRENCH) Done.
SOPHIE: Okay.
Pour it in his water.
PETER: Hold on. There you go.
Just like that.
There you go.
LEO: Remi. Wait.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
SEKOU: Imagine
if Ronaldo were to leave.
Who would I follow?
Kylian Mbappe?
I prefer to wait. He's gonna
be strong in three years.
JULES: He already is strong.
He'll be the new Ronaldinho.
SALVATORE: Leo?
You look a little tense.
Do you have your period
or something?
-Shut your trap!
-(CHILDREN LAUGH)
-Come on, that's not funny.
-SALVATORE: Yes, it is.
It's not.
SALVATORE: Yes, it is,
they laughed.
BAPTISTE: Let's go.
-What are you doing?
-Playing a game.
-Are you okay?
-Huh.
Is it a good huh or a bad huh?
Are you like this
because of me?
What's wrong then?
-Are you sure?
-Yes.
-You're not lying, are you?
-No.
Because it shows
when you lie.
Okay...
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Okay, guys...
Everybody on the ice. Come on.
(BOYS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
(IN FRENCH) Don't worry.
It doesn't stick.
-Okay, thanks.
-No problem.
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Listen up, guys, focus.
Look at me
when I'm talking to you, okay?
Okay, guys, don't forget
to bend your knees,
and to control your stick.
Position your body correctly,
and cross your legs
in rhythm. Okay?
Got it?
(IN ENGLISH) Okay, let's go.
-(IN FLEMISH) Here we go!
-(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Skate, and transfer
your weight. Okay.
Again. Push well.
Now, direct yourself.
Keep going.
It's okay, boy.
Come on, Stand up.
You're doing fine.
Push on your legs.
Choose a direction. It's okay.
Keep trying. Don't give up.
Choose a direction.
Look where you're going.
When you're in position,
cross your legs.
Try. It's okay.
Take the turn
and push on your leg.
Good job, kiddo. Good.
You're doing great.
-(WHISTLE BLOWS)
-Focus. Look over here.
We'll start the drill.
-(IN FRENCH) Come on, Salva.
-BOY: Just five more.
-He's trembling.
-BOY: Come on, come on.
(ALL CHEERING)
BOY 2: Come on, Leo. Shoot.
Great pass. Fantastic.
Fantastic. Just great.
Catch it. You got it.
Move forward.
-(CHILDREN CHEERING)
-(LEO LAUGHS)
(COACH BLOWS WHISTLE)
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Keep skating. Don't stop.
Come on, guys. Come on.
Stand up. Come on, let's go.
Come on, guys. Keep skating.
Crossover, crossover.
(IN FLEMISH)
Come on. Keep skating.
(IN ENGLISH)
Come on, boys.
LEO: (IN FRENCH)
Why are you here?
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Go back in line, Leo.
Come on, let's go.
Please, focus on the training.
Let's go.
(IN FRENCH)
What are you doing?
I'm watching you play.
Why did you come?
-I can't?
-Of course.
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Focus. Keep in line.
(IN ENGLISH) Come on, boys.
(IN FLEMISH) Let's go.
BOY 1: (IN FRENCH)
Hey, Baptiste.
(BOYS LAUGHING)
BOY 2: Hey, shut up. Wimp.
-Do you like it?
-Yes.
Maybe I should give it a try.
Why not?
I didn't say anything.
Then, why don't you
say something?
I don't know.
-Bye.
-See you tomorrow.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
NATHALIE: Are you going
to Remi's tonight?
-No.
-Why not?
Because.
Okay.
Come on, faster.
JULES: Kylian Mbappe
in the home stretch
against Cristiano Ronaldo.
Mbappe leaves Ronaldo
in the dust by 10 meters.
It's intense.
(BAPTISTE YELLS)
Yes, the three?
-BOY: The three episodes.
-They're awesome.
It's not my fault.
-Leo, where were you?
-What?
Why weren't you there?
I ate too early.
I left too early.
There's nothing.
It's nothing.
Come and join us.
You always wait for me,
not this time.
-I told you I left too early.
-No.
(REMI SOBS)
Don't cry.
It's nothing, Remi.
Stop crying. Don't cry.
Remi. Remi, stop it.
Remi, I told you to stop.
I told you to stop.
I told you to stop!
Remi, stop it.
Stop it. Calm down. Stop it!
(REMI SOBBING)
Stop it. Calm down.
Please, calm down.
Come with me.
Calm down. Breathe. It's over.
It's over, Remi.
It's over! Remi, it's over.
It's over, Remi. It's over.
(REMI WHIMPERING, SNIFFLING)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(MACHINERY WHIRRING)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Come on, let's go, let's go.
Come on, guys.
Let's go, guys.
(BOYS YELLING, CLAMORING)
JULES: (IN FRENCH)
In Argentina,
he destroyed everybody.
Everybody.
He ran fast once
and all of a sudden,
he destroyed everybody.
Yes, he completely destroyed
the opponent.
BAPTISTE: You never saw
Thierry Henry run.
SEKOU: Yes.
Henry is impressive.
Henry is the best...
BAPTISTE: No, but Agro,
he made one of his sprints...
BOY: What do I care?
SEKOU: Maradona
or Ronaldinho?
-(BOYS EXCLAIM)
-BOY: No, not that.
JULES: Maradona.
SALVATORE: Ronaldinho.
SEKOU:
We talk French, Ronaldinho.
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
Leo, look at your paper.
(MACHINERY WHIRRING)
-THOMAS: Ines?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Emeline?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: June?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Harry?
-Yes.
THOMAS: Remi?
-Remi?
-INES: He's not here.
-THOMAS: Gabrielle?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Louis?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Julia?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Calypso?
-Yes.
-THOMAS: Adam?
-Yes.
(CHILDREN SCREAMING,
CLAMORING)
THOMAS: Don't go
too far in the water.
(BOYS GRUNTING, LAUGHING)
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
CELINE: (IN FRENCH)
Let's keep moving!
(WIND GUSTING)
(BOYS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
BOYS: (CHANTING)
Harry, Harry!
(BOYS LAUGHING, CHEERING)
BOY 1: (IN FLEMISH)
Look, a jellyfish.
BOY 2: (IN FRENCH)
It's the first time
I am seeing one in real life.
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
CELINE: Come on, everybody!
Gather around!
Gather around, everybody!
Salvatore, Ines.
Both of you stop it.
Is everybody here?
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
We have to leave now. Come.
CELINE: (IN FRENCH) Let's all
get back in the bus, okay?
CHILDREN: Okay.
CELINE: We're all going back
to the bus now.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
CELINE: Kids,
we've just arrived at school.
Your parents
are actually here.
Go to your parents
and go straight
to the gymnasium.
CHILD: Why?
CELINE: Don't forget anything
in the bus.
SEKOU:
Why are our parents here?
CELINE: We'll tell you inside.
BOY: Why are they...
Okay, okay.
CHILD 1:
Do you see your father?
CHILD 2: Why are they here?
-CHILD 3: Do you see my mom?
-CHILD 4: Why are they here?
CHILD 5: I don't know.
We must have misbehaved.
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
Go over there.
Join your parents.
Leo, come.
We have to leave the bus now.
Come.
Leo. Come.
NATHALIE: (IN FRENCH) Leo?
Come with me.
What's going on?
(SIGHS)
Come.
Why?
Something happened.
Tell me.
It's about Remi.
He has...
Is he at the hospital?
(SOBS)
He's no longer here, Leo.
Come with me. Come!
Leo. Leo!
(PANTING)
(MUFFLED) Leo!
(DOG BARKING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(ALARM BEEPING)
(BEEPING STOPS)
(CELL PHONE THUDS)
I'm heading for school.
NATHALIE:
Eat something before.
It's okay, I'm not hungry.
NATHALIE:
Then drink something.
CHARLIE: Shall I give you
a ride on my scooter?
Thanks, but I have my bicycle.
NATHALIE:
I'd rather have Charlie
give you a ride
to school today.
CHILD: I cry pretty easily,
so I can't really
control that.
Sometimes, it just starts
and I can't...
In fact, being strong is not
necessarily refraining
from crying...
It's also about being able...
(VOICE BREAKING) to explain.
CELINE: You don't
have to apologize.
CHILD: No.
CELINE: It's important that
we can talk about it together.
Sekou, don't you think
you can be overwhelmed
by your emotions?
SEKOU: Of course,
sometimes they explode.
CELINE: But that's not
necessarily through tears.
No.
CELINE: When was
the last time you cried?
Out of sadness
or out of anger?
CELINE: Sadness and anger
are rather similar.
No, it's different.
Most of the time,
I cry out of anger.
CELINE: What about you, Leo?
Do you want
to share something with us?
No, I'm fine.
CELINE: All right.
CELINE: Leo?
If there's anything,
you can come and talk to me.
If you have any questions.
Who found him?
His mom.
Remember that
I'm here for you, okay?
Are you sure you wanna go?
Okay.
COACH: (IN FLEMISH) Go!
Okay, guys. That's it.
Stop in time, Leo.
Go! That's it. Go!
Now backwards, backwards.
(PANTING)
Go!
Tristan, go!
Come on, Tristan. Go on.
Go.
Come on! Keep going.
Try to sprint.
Keep it up. Go, go, go!
Come on.
(DOOR OPENS)
YVES: (IN FRENCH) Leo.
We gotta go, kiddo.
Hey, little man.
Come.
(LEO SIGHS)
Let's go.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(BRAKES SQUEAL LIGHTLY)
(CAR DOORS OPEN)
(CAR DOORS CLOSE)
NATHALIE: Leo?
Are you gonna come?
I'm not hungry.
You don't have to eat.
I'll save you a seat, okay?
(CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
-Sekou, Sekou! Salva!
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(BOYS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
BOY 1: Come, come.
-BOY 2: Oh, damn.
-BOY 3: Well done.
BAPTISTE: Salva.
Baptiste, Baptiste!
BOY 4: Behind you, behind you.
BAPTISTE: Yes, yes.
Come, come.
(CHALK SCRAPING ON BOARD)
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH) A bird
doesn't really say much.
We don't have
that much information.
But what we can do,
is add a word,
so we can get more information
about that bird.
-For instance...
-STUDENT: A beautiful bird.
-THOMAS: Right.
-STUDENT 2: A large bird.
THOMAS: A beautiful bird
or a large bird.
Now we have
these three words...
Which one
is the most important?
-A, large or bird?
-STUDENTS: Bird.
THOMAS: Bird, that's right.
That's our substantive.
That's our noun.
What we can do as well is add
another noun, for instance...
CHARLIE: (IN FRENCH)
What is it?
Do you think he suffered?
I don't know.
Do you think
he left something?
I have no idea.
Try and get some sleep.
Stop thinking about it.
(CHILDREN LAUGHING,
SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
He's really someone,
like Julia said,
who you could count on
and who was often happy,
with a smile on his face.
He was really someone
I liked very much.
CELINE: Thank you.
Salva?
SALVATORE: I wrote that Remi
was very cheerful,
although sometimes
he was a pain.
He was nice.
He was Leo's buddy.
I laughed a lot with him,
-and he was always happy.
-CELINE: And what do you...
-How do you know that?
-That's how we saw him.
And you really think
he was always happy?
CELINE: Everybody
gets his turn, Leo.
(SALVATORE CHUCKLES)
-Is that funny?
-SALVATORE: What's funny?
-Then what are you doing?
-SALVATORE: Nothing, man.
-Why are you laughing now?
-CELINE: Leo.
We're all entitled
to express our feelings.
All right?
It's important
to let people talk, okay?
-Anything else, Salvatore?
-No.
Raphael?
RAPHAEL: (IN FLEMISH)
I can remember Remi
as a nice and musical guy.
NATHALIE: (IN FRENCH)
Where do I go?
You go left.
-What time is it?
-Almost 8:00 p.m.
Then hurry up.
No, we're on time.
We'll make it.
I don't want to be late.
We'll be on time.
We won't be late.
-Can we sit more to the front?
-(CACOPHONY OF INSTRUMENTS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-There? Okay?
-Yes.
(ORCHESTRA PLAYING
SOLEMN INSTRUMENTAL MELODY)
(COACH SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Give it your all.
(PANTING)
Keep up the pace, boys.
Hey, come on. We're increasing
the pace one more time.
Increase the pace, come on.
This is the last one.
Come on, boys. Keep it up.
Okay, boys. You trained well.
You can go change now.
See you next week.
Go.
(IN FRENCH) I didn't recognize
you with all this.
-Your haircut is pretty.
-Do you like it?
This looks good on you.
It makes you look strong.
Are you happy with your team?
Do you like it?
I'm a little behind at times,
but it's okay.
Is everything okay at school?
(CHILDREN SHOUTING, SCREAMING)
I'm happy to see you.
Me too.
Did you talk to each other?
I'm gonna go and change.
I'm very cold.
You're right.
Don't catch a cold.
How did you get here?
I took my bicycle.
Do you need a ride home?
No, it's okay.
It's not too far.
You're always welcome,
you know?
-Bye, Leo.
-Bye.
NATHALIE:
Good evening, Sophie.
-Welcome.
-SOPHIE: Thank you.
-Here you go.
-NATHALIE: You didn't have to.
Happy to see you again.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-NATHALIE: Do you like it?
-PETER: Yes.
It's really good.
It's delicious.
CHARLIE: While I criticized
the vegetables...
NATHALIE: You don't say.
CHARLIE: This is to my liking.
Is everything okay at school?
CHARLIE: Yes, absolutely.
An exam period is coming.
That's what
I'm working on right now.
YVES: That's what he tells us.
(ALL CHUCKLE LIGHTLY)
CHARLIE: No, I'm serious.
-I'm really studying, Dad.
-YVES: He's convincing.
And you stop laughing.
The problem is that he passes
without much effort.
CHARLIE: When I have exams
coming up I study,
and that's the case.
Don't think that I'm not.
Anyway...
You can tell
it's gonna be fine.
PETER: Perfect.
CHARLIE: And you,
are you doing okay?
Yes, everything's fine.
It's all good.
-I've started working again.
-CHARLIE: That's great.
PETER: Yes, yes.
NATHALIE: That's good.
What about you, Sophie?
You're working
at the maternity again?
Yes, I have.
-NATHALIE: Is it going well?
-It's going.
It's not what it should be,
but we'll make do.
Do you know
what you're going to do
after your exams?
CHARLIE: Well...
The infamous question...
Well, I'm getting a little
fed up with my studies...
I'm planning on traveling
for a year.
I'm planning a world trip
with my girlfriend.
I would love that.
It would be great.
I'll probably do it by car,
if I get my driver's license.
That's the plan.
We would go east and...
We would go
all the way to Australia.
(PETER SNIFFLES, CRIES)
YVES: It's okay.
I'm sorry.
(DOOR OPENS)
NATHALIE:
Do you want something?
PETER: No.
COACH: (IN FLEMISH) Come on.
Give it your all.
Come on.
Get up, Leo.
Go on, go on.
Come on.
-MAN: And again.
-COACH: And you go again.
MAN: Okay, pick up speed.
COACH: Come on, Leo.
Come on, pick it up.
(PANTING)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
LEO: (IN FRENCH) Damn.
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Come on, Leo.
(PANTING HEAVILY)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(PANTS)
(IN FRENCH) You're falling
by yourself. It's not me.
-(LEO LAUGHS)
-(CHARLIE GRUNTS)
CHARLIE: Come on.
-LEO: No.
-(GRUNTS)
Come here, you.
Got you.
That's it. I got you!
BAPTISTE: Hi.
BAPTISTE'S DAD:
Hi, son. Are you okay?
-BAPTISTE: Yes.
-A good day at school?
Yes.
-LEO: Hi.
-Hi, young man.
BAPTISTE: Can he sleep here?
Sure. It's fine with me.
But it's a school day,
so no fiesta until midnight.
-Okay?
-Yes.
Okay. Deal. Go on.
-Yes.
-Later.
I don't have
enough ammo either.
-So I'm done.
-(VIDEOGAME GUNFIRE)
-Watch out.
-I'm dead.
-Run.
-Run. I'm behind you. Wait.
-Shit. But if...
-Run, run, run.
No big deal.
-Whoa.
-(LEO CHUCKLES)
No, but fight.
But... (CHUCKLES)
Fight, right?
(DOG BARKS, WHINES)
LEO: Hello.
Hello.
Are you doing good, buddy?
(DOG BARKS)
SOPHIE: Come over here.
Did you see?
Did you see who's here?
He's happy to see you.
I'm happy to see him too.
He really missed you.
Do you have time to come in?
-What do you want to drink?
-Water is fine.
-Water?
-Yes.
Wouldn't you rather have
some milk or some soda?
-No, water is fine.
-Okay.
(WATER RUNNING)
-Here you go.
-Thanks.
I think
I'll get some water as well.
Where's Peter?
He's at work.
I'm not working today.
I'm enjoying myself.
-Do you want to eat something?
-No, thanks. I'm not hungry.
I can only make you a toast.
I have to do
some grocery shopping.
No thanks, I'm okay.
How are things at home?
We've started to plant.
Really?
-Have you learned?
-Yes.
Dad and Charlie taught me.
And?
-Do you like it?
-Yes.
It was hard at first.
You had to look everywhere.
You had to do
a lot of things at once.
You had to make sure
the plants
were still there and so forth.
It was fine after that.
SOPHIE: Hmm?
It becomes easier when...
-SOPHIE: You get used to it.
-Yes.
That's the trick.
You do that all together?
That's nice.
-How's school?
-It's all right.
And the teachers?
Some are good,
others are super boring.
You don't say.
That's always the case.
Forget about the boring ones,
and focus on the good ones.
More water? Don't hesitate.
Then I would have to pee.
You could go.
You're familiar
with the house.
If you wanna pee,
it's no big deal.
Did you come to see me?
Yes.
Can I go to his room?
If you want something,
help yourself.
No, it's okay.
You see, I looked everywhere.
Leo?
What happened between you two?
I have to go.
I forgot
I have to do something.
-Shall I bring you?
-No, thanks.
(RAIN PATTERING)
NATHALIE: Leo?
Leo?
Leave me alone!
What's wrong?
What's going on?
Leo.
Where were you?
Please, leave.
Come here.
What's wrong?
-Calm down.
-Go away.
Stop it!
Stop it! Stop it!
Calm down.
-(ALARM BLARING)
-(BOYS CHEERING)
Come on, guys!
Shoot, shoot!
COACH: (IN ENGLISH)
Defense! Defense!
(BOYS SHOUTING IN FRENCH)
COACH: (IN FLEMISH) Let's go.
(IN ENGLISH) Come on, boys.
Let's go.
Let's go.
-Come on.
-(REFEREE BLOWS WHISTLE)
COACH: (IN FLEMISH)
Attack, guys, attack.
Come on.
Come on, guys.
Defense.
Defense.
Push, defense.
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
(BOYS TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
(LEO PANTING)
(IN FLEMISH) Does it hurt?
(SOFT MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(LEO CRYING)
A broken arm does hurt, right.
(SOBBING QUIETLY)
(SNIFFLES)
(IN FRENCH) Are you sleeping?
CHARLIE: Not anymore.
I miss him.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
THOMAS: (IN FLEMISH)
Okay, guys.
Thanks for this past year.
We'll see each other
next year.
Have a nice holiday. Bye.
-(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)
-(STUDENTS CHEERING)
-(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
-(CHILDREN CHEERING)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(BABY CRYING)
(BABY COOS)
(IN FRENCH)
Leo, what are you doing here?
How did you get here?
I took the bus.
What do you want?
I'm working.
(BABY CRIES)
(SHUSHING)
It's because of me.
It's my fault.
-(KEYS JANGLE)
-(CAR ENGINE STOPS)
I pushed him away.
(SOBBING SOFTLY)
(SOPHIE SOBBING)
Get out.
(PANTING)
SOPHIE: (SHOUTING) Leo!
Leo!
Leo!
Leo!
(LEO SOBBING)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(SAW WHIRRING)
DOCTOR: (IN FLEMISH) Try to turn
your wrist carefully.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)