La vie lointaine (2009) - full transcript
Life at a Distance
/ was born
January 4th, 7975 at mxb/nryhz'.
January 4th, 2008, at mib/niyhz',
/ dried i}? a car accident
/ dried 0n the da y 0f m y bxlrth...
3.3' years la fer.
February 20th, 2008, I came back.
/ awoke from m y coma.
Yesterday, / moved {bro this house.
fl/I y father spent
his final years here.
/ came here t0 recuperate,
t0 gradually return t0 lxTe.
You must lose yourself in the forest
to meet the stranger.
Who are you?
My name is Haruki.
Sorry for sneaking up.
I was in the forest,
I got lost and...
happened upon...
your house.
It's astonishing.
It's a former monastery.
Do you feel alright?
- You look exhausted.
- I walked a lot.
Sit down.
Would you like a drink?
No, thank you.
Do you live around here?
I live
in the house on the opposite side.
What's he doing ?
He's looking for solutions.
Do you know Yoctddo Tammnn?
No.
He's a Japanese film maker.
Him?
VVhy's a Japanese film maker
out here?
He's preparing his next film.
That's curious.
You find it curious?
I met an Asian man yesterday,
near my house.
That's not him.
I'll let you work.
Are you going through the forest?
I'll take you as far as the road.
I know a shortcut.
What's your name?
Mathilde.
- Mine is Martin.
- Nice to meet you.
So you work with... Yogi?
Yoctido. Yes.
I'm his assistant.
How does one become
assistant to a Japanese film maker?
V's/hen I went to live in Japan
for two years,
I was already an admirer
of his films.
I met him
and quickly earned his trust.
V's/hen it looked like he'd make
a film in France, he called.
I helped mount the project,
and stayed on.
So, why here?
Yoshido insisted
on finishing his script
on the film's locations.
The locations inspired the story.
The shoot begins in a month,
in the house
and surrounding am.
Have you ever heard
of Haruki Nozaki?
Haruki?
Yes. Do you know him?
No.
Haruki was Yoshidds writer friend.
He was little known in France.
He spent 10 years in that house.
There, he began his last novel,
"Life at a Distance."
He died before he could finish it.
Yoshido's script was born out of it.
Yoshido made several trips
here alone
to moot Harald’: ghost.
Until he decided
to do the film here.
His ghost?
Yes...
Yoshido believes in ghosts.
VVill his film be a ghost story?
Partially.
Only mm».
And you?
You live here?
No.
I just moved here.
But it's... temporary.
Thank you, very much...
for this walk.
Keep going
and you'll come to your house.
Great.
Goodbye.
Maybe...
Can we meet again?
I'll give you my number.
U...
84».
6...
34».
70.
See you soon.
You gave me quite a start!
Sorry.
You should stop. It's late.
I'll finish tomorrow.
It's very beautiful...
You can read my writing?
Yes. Without any trouble.
You don't find it too... impossible.
Actually, yes.
Doing the impossible
is a worthy goal, no?
You'll manage.
I'd like it to go faster,
but I'm waiting for something
that isn't in my head. Not yet.
Haruki was waiting too.
He talks about this wait
at several points in his novel.
Did I tell you that the last pages
of his manuscript are drawings?
No.
He couldn't write anymore, so he drew.
V's/ho was that man you walked home?
His name is Martin.
He lives in a house nearby.
He got lost in the forest.
Invite him over
after my location scout.
Is Alice coming tomorrow?
Yes, in the afternoon.
We'll be four at dinner.
Can we manage that?
Yes, of course.
Your French is improving.
Today, I woke up bilingual!
"The time had come
"for each of them
to face the enigma:
"V's/hat were they to become?
"V's/ere they still able to decide
"what their lives would be?"
Haruki?
Yes?
You're dead, aren't you?
Yes.
How can I talk to you
if you're dead?
V's/hat about you?
How did you come back?
Como book?
Yes, comeback.
Did you go into the forest?
Yes.
Did you meet the stranger?
Yes.
You shouldn't stay here with me.
You must listen for the call.
Hello, Mathilde!
I'm sorry.
I'm fine. Let's get out of here.
Hold on. Take my hand.
- This way.
- Okay.
No, this way, it's shorter.
I'm really sorry.
Ali's well, I assure you.
I didn't hurt you?
No.
There was a gust of wind. I...
I couldn't control my descent.
I'm not a very gifted parachutist.
Don't be discouraged.
Do you want me to help you fold it?
You know how?
I think I still remember.
There.
I can't thank you enough.
My name is Yoshido.
I'm Caroline.
Winn are you going, Mr. Yoshido?
Nowhere.
I'm location scouting.
I'm looking for a lone tree
on a hilltop.
It's just what I wanted,
without knowing it.
I'm glad.
I didn't know bears lived here.
Actually, there were three of us,
but a hunter killed his mother
a few clays ago.
Anyway, your French is very good.
Far better than mine.
The same goes for your Slovenian.
What's that?
The main thing
is that we understand each other.
Do you understand me now?
Yes.
Incredible.
What's incredible?
Language-
"Language achieves,
in breaking silence,
"what silence wants
but can't obtain."
Marlena Pony.
"Linguistic danger
to spiritual thinking.
"Each word is a prejudice."
Nietzsche!
I'm happy to be back here.
It is your house.
Not anymore,
and it's better that way.
Can you stay a few clays?
I'd like to, but I must be back tomorrow.
The printer needs Haruki's drawings
as soon as possible.
The novel's release is next month.
So soon?
Oluy,
let's spea k French,
even though
I didn't wake up bilingual.
Thank you.
He says I worry a lot,
which allows him to be worry-free.
Today, I encountered
beauty in beings and in places.
I mot been...
Bears?
Two Slovenian been...
very cultivated...
a bacilli! young woman
who fell from the sky,
a lake bathed in sunlight,
a hill that looks out over the world,
and...
a young man
who passed through the invisible.
I'd like to see you alone.
You can come tomorrow at noon?
Okay!
See Mathilde,
we got a lot of work clone today!
You won?' come tonxyht
Crxles out m y frxyht
But the snow falls
And all thxhgs turn
Salvatore Adamo!
I didn't moan to were you.
Haruki?
I can touch you.
Hamid» I comgot you
oifmymho! ma:
Incredible!
V's/hat is it?
Can we help you?
Why are you here?
V's/hat were they to become?
V's/ere they still
able to decide
what their lives would be?
Why?
It was the man from the drawing.
What lnppomd?
l-lo booamo mmparom.
Tra nspa rent?
Yes, his body became transparent
for a few seconds.
Then he pointed his rifle
at Yoshido.
Yoshido took a revolver
out of his pocket...
He fired...
ls he dead?
Yes.
V's/ho is he?
I don't know.
Where's Yoshido?
In the house.
He killed him?
It was self-defense.
We'll be able to go soon.
What's he been doing
in his room all afternoon?
I tried to talk to him.
He won't answer.
I'll try again. VVait for me.
Thank you for your message.
"A firefly lights up
"a nother dead firefly."
Are you lost?
It's this way.
Can we do this?
- Wail
- Whit?
No final words?
- V's/hat do you mean?
- I don't know...
A prayer.
A prayer?
Or a song.
Yes.
A song.
Martin, you have a nice voice.
Plano...
A m.»
God, what a sad endrhg
l/I/ho would ha ve thought
That a story could end s0 sad/y
l/I/hen 1'2' started ofiso well
But {Ts not hard t0 xwagxhe
The reason t0 love
Lost somewhere 1?? the wrhd
S0 much sadness
flows from this xhstant
l/I/ho knows
what goes through our heads
Maybe we?! Ike 0f one another
lfon/y we had the courage 0f blYds
Miotlfl
1?? the icy wrhd
Martin?
Are you okay?
I feel very tired.
Shoo my coma, I...
fall asleep.
Inna
just need to...
Good evening.
Good evening.
We were asleep
when we heard a splash.
A Splash?
Yes, a splash.
I was worried.
I didn't hear a splash.
Nor did I.
Curious.
Didn't you meet Yoshido yesterday?
We shared excellent sandwiches.
I made them.
Bravo.
Thank you.
He's curious of human faces.
How do you feel?
Fin.
Hello.
Hello.
"The event has taken place.
"It arrived
with the body of this man.
"L need a night
to shake the melancholy.
"L'll be back tomorrow morning.
"Thank you, my friends,
‘Yochido:
I'm exhausted.
You spent the night here?
Yes.
I saw and heard everything
last night.
V's/hat did you see and hear?
I saw and heard my film.
From the first to the last shot.
You were in my film!
Mo?
Yes.
You were right
where you're standing.
No, a little further over.
Like this?
Yaw“
He walks slowly out 0f the house.
He walks t0 ward the forest.
He thxhks 0f the long walk home.
On the hilltop,
the sunlight shrhes
0n his' s/eepxhg face.
Then, a shadow.
He opens his eyes.
That nxyhz‘,
the dead manis face haunts his dreams.
The appearance 0f fireflies
was another sign.
FJYsz' their?' faces are bathed 1?? lxyhz'.
It looks like nothrhg the y xwagrhed
but theyflre not afraid.
They kno w nothrhg
0f this distant life.
Subtitles: David H. Pickering
/ was born
January 4th, 7975 at mxb/nryhz'.
January 4th, 2008, at mib/niyhz',
/ dried i}? a car accident
/ dried 0n the da y 0f m y bxlrth...
3.3' years la fer.
February 20th, 2008, I came back.
/ awoke from m y coma.
Yesterday, / moved {bro this house.
fl/I y father spent
his final years here.
/ came here t0 recuperate,
t0 gradually return t0 lxTe.
You must lose yourself in the forest
to meet the stranger.
Who are you?
My name is Haruki.
Sorry for sneaking up.
I was in the forest,
I got lost and...
happened upon...
your house.
It's astonishing.
It's a former monastery.
Do you feel alright?
- You look exhausted.
- I walked a lot.
Sit down.
Would you like a drink?
No, thank you.
Do you live around here?
I live
in the house on the opposite side.
What's he doing ?
He's looking for solutions.
Do you know Yoctddo Tammnn?
No.
He's a Japanese film maker.
Him?
VVhy's a Japanese film maker
out here?
He's preparing his next film.
That's curious.
You find it curious?
I met an Asian man yesterday,
near my house.
That's not him.
I'll let you work.
Are you going through the forest?
I'll take you as far as the road.
I know a shortcut.
What's your name?
Mathilde.
- Mine is Martin.
- Nice to meet you.
So you work with... Yogi?
Yoctido. Yes.
I'm his assistant.
How does one become
assistant to a Japanese film maker?
V's/hen I went to live in Japan
for two years,
I was already an admirer
of his films.
I met him
and quickly earned his trust.
V's/hen it looked like he'd make
a film in France, he called.
I helped mount the project,
and stayed on.
So, why here?
Yoshido insisted
on finishing his script
on the film's locations.
The locations inspired the story.
The shoot begins in a month,
in the house
and surrounding am.
Have you ever heard
of Haruki Nozaki?
Haruki?
Yes. Do you know him?
No.
Haruki was Yoshidds writer friend.
He was little known in France.
He spent 10 years in that house.
There, he began his last novel,
"Life at a Distance."
He died before he could finish it.
Yoshido's script was born out of it.
Yoshido made several trips
here alone
to moot Harald’: ghost.
Until he decided
to do the film here.
His ghost?
Yes...
Yoshido believes in ghosts.
VVill his film be a ghost story?
Partially.
Only mm».
And you?
You live here?
No.
I just moved here.
But it's... temporary.
Thank you, very much...
for this walk.
Keep going
and you'll come to your house.
Great.
Goodbye.
Maybe...
Can we meet again?
I'll give you my number.
U...
84».
6...
34».
70.
See you soon.
You gave me quite a start!
Sorry.
You should stop. It's late.
I'll finish tomorrow.
It's very beautiful...
You can read my writing?
Yes. Without any trouble.
You don't find it too... impossible.
Actually, yes.
Doing the impossible
is a worthy goal, no?
You'll manage.
I'd like it to go faster,
but I'm waiting for something
that isn't in my head. Not yet.
Haruki was waiting too.
He talks about this wait
at several points in his novel.
Did I tell you that the last pages
of his manuscript are drawings?
No.
He couldn't write anymore, so he drew.
V's/ho was that man you walked home?
His name is Martin.
He lives in a house nearby.
He got lost in the forest.
Invite him over
after my location scout.
Is Alice coming tomorrow?
Yes, in the afternoon.
We'll be four at dinner.
Can we manage that?
Yes, of course.
Your French is improving.
Today, I woke up bilingual!
"The time had come
"for each of them
to face the enigma:
"V's/hat were they to become?
"V's/ere they still able to decide
"what their lives would be?"
Haruki?
Yes?
You're dead, aren't you?
Yes.
How can I talk to you
if you're dead?
V's/hat about you?
How did you come back?
Como book?
Yes, comeback.
Did you go into the forest?
Yes.
Did you meet the stranger?
Yes.
You shouldn't stay here with me.
You must listen for the call.
Hello, Mathilde!
I'm sorry.
I'm fine. Let's get out of here.
Hold on. Take my hand.
- This way.
- Okay.
No, this way, it's shorter.
I'm really sorry.
Ali's well, I assure you.
I didn't hurt you?
No.
There was a gust of wind. I...
I couldn't control my descent.
I'm not a very gifted parachutist.
Don't be discouraged.
Do you want me to help you fold it?
You know how?
I think I still remember.
There.
I can't thank you enough.
My name is Yoshido.
I'm Caroline.
Winn are you going, Mr. Yoshido?
Nowhere.
I'm location scouting.
I'm looking for a lone tree
on a hilltop.
It's just what I wanted,
without knowing it.
I'm glad.
I didn't know bears lived here.
Actually, there were three of us,
but a hunter killed his mother
a few clays ago.
Anyway, your French is very good.
Far better than mine.
The same goes for your Slovenian.
What's that?
The main thing
is that we understand each other.
Do you understand me now?
Yes.
Incredible.
What's incredible?
Language-
"Language achieves,
in breaking silence,
"what silence wants
but can't obtain."
Marlena Pony.
"Linguistic danger
to spiritual thinking.
"Each word is a prejudice."
Nietzsche!
I'm happy to be back here.
It is your house.
Not anymore,
and it's better that way.
Can you stay a few clays?
I'd like to, but I must be back tomorrow.
The printer needs Haruki's drawings
as soon as possible.
The novel's release is next month.
So soon?
Oluy,
let's spea k French,
even though
I didn't wake up bilingual.
Thank you.
He says I worry a lot,
which allows him to be worry-free.
Today, I encountered
beauty in beings and in places.
I mot been...
Bears?
Two Slovenian been...
very cultivated...
a bacilli! young woman
who fell from the sky,
a lake bathed in sunlight,
a hill that looks out over the world,
and...
a young man
who passed through the invisible.
I'd like to see you alone.
You can come tomorrow at noon?
Okay!
See Mathilde,
we got a lot of work clone today!
You won?' come tonxyht
Crxles out m y frxyht
But the snow falls
And all thxhgs turn
Salvatore Adamo!
I didn't moan to were you.
Haruki?
I can touch you.
Hamid» I comgot you
oifmymho! ma:
Incredible!
V's/hat is it?
Can we help you?
Why are you here?
V's/hat were they to become?
V's/ere they still
able to decide
what their lives would be?
Why?
It was the man from the drawing.
What lnppomd?
l-lo booamo mmparom.
Tra nspa rent?
Yes, his body became transparent
for a few seconds.
Then he pointed his rifle
at Yoshido.
Yoshido took a revolver
out of his pocket...
He fired...
ls he dead?
Yes.
V's/ho is he?
I don't know.
Where's Yoshido?
In the house.
He killed him?
It was self-defense.
We'll be able to go soon.
What's he been doing
in his room all afternoon?
I tried to talk to him.
He won't answer.
I'll try again. VVait for me.
Thank you for your message.
"A firefly lights up
"a nother dead firefly."
Are you lost?
It's this way.
Can we do this?
- Wail
- Whit?
No final words?
- V's/hat do you mean?
- I don't know...
A prayer.
A prayer?
Or a song.
Yes.
A song.
Martin, you have a nice voice.
Plano...
A m.»
God, what a sad endrhg
l/I/ho would ha ve thought
That a story could end s0 sad/y
l/I/hen 1'2' started ofiso well
But {Ts not hard t0 xwagxhe
The reason t0 love
Lost somewhere 1?? the wrhd
S0 much sadness
flows from this xhstant
l/I/ho knows
what goes through our heads
Maybe we?! Ike 0f one another
lfon/y we had the courage 0f blYds
Miotlfl
1?? the icy wrhd
Martin?
Are you okay?
I feel very tired.
Shoo my coma, I...
fall asleep.
Inna
just need to...
Good evening.
Good evening.
We were asleep
when we heard a splash.
A Splash?
Yes, a splash.
I was worried.
I didn't hear a splash.
Nor did I.
Curious.
Didn't you meet Yoshido yesterday?
We shared excellent sandwiches.
I made them.
Bravo.
Thank you.
He's curious of human faces.
How do you feel?
Fin.
Hello.
Hello.
"The event has taken place.
"It arrived
with the body of this man.
"L need a night
to shake the melancholy.
"L'll be back tomorrow morning.
"Thank you, my friends,
‘Yochido:
I'm exhausted.
You spent the night here?
Yes.
I saw and heard everything
last night.
V's/hat did you see and hear?
I saw and heard my film.
From the first to the last shot.
You were in my film!
Mo?
Yes.
You were right
where you're standing.
No, a little further over.
Like this?
Yaw“
He walks slowly out 0f the house.
He walks t0 ward the forest.
He thxhks 0f the long walk home.
On the hilltop,
the sunlight shrhes
0n his' s/eepxhg face.
Then, a shadow.
He opens his eyes.
That nxyhz‘,
the dead manis face haunts his dreams.
The appearance 0f fireflies
was another sign.
FJYsz' their?' faces are bathed 1?? lxyhz'.
It looks like nothrhg the y xwagrhed
but theyflre not afraid.
They kno w nothrhg
0f this distant life.
Subtitles: David H. Pickering