Love Blooms (2018) - full transcript
Martin, in a last hope, comes to meet Leah in Paris. They are both twenty-five and have lived together their first love story. From now on, everyone is working hard to build an adult life.
Yes, here I am.
Come on.
Hello.
Yes, follow me.
Yes, for the tour.
Yes, it's me. Follow me.
- Hello.
- Hello.
This way. Let's go, we're a bit late.
Let's get started.
The site we are visiting...
- Hello.
- Hello.
The site we are visiting has greatly
evolved over the last 30 years.
It was built on what used to be
the Paris slaughterhouse,
closed in 1974.
This tour will take us back in time,
since our last stop
will be the first building
to have been completed,
the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie,
built by Adrien Fainsilber,
with its famous Géode,
an iconic building which will be
our last destination.
You may already observe
the Grande Halle,
turned into a exhibition hall
between 1983
and 1985 by architects Reichen and Robert.
The park, created in the late 1980s,
is where Bernard Tschumi created
his Follies.
These are 10 m3 cubes
plotted at 120 m intervals
across the garden.
- How many Follies are there?
- 26.
To your left is the Conservatoire
for music and dance.
To your right is the Cité de la musique.
Let us follow this musical thread
and head towards
the latest construction to date,
completed in 2015, only a few months ago:
the Philharmonie.
Follow me.
Had you ever been to La Villette?
Is it your first time?
Oh, you've been here before!
Ten times, at least.
This surprisingly-shaped roof
is the Paris Zenith,
a concert hall built in 1983,
initially meant as a temporary building,
but still standing.
Across from us, this peculiar building...
The Grands Moulins?
Absolutely.
The Grands Moulins of Pantin.
Nowadays, you won't find any flour,
but the headquarters of a big bank.
The conversion of this building symbolizes
the impressive transformation
of the inner suburbs.
Over the last ten years, Pantin has become
the classic example of cities
formerly surrounded by brownfields
which have now become attractive,
and have become the home
of new populations of Parisians,
families and younger people.
Paris is overflowing.
I speak from experience,
because after finishing my studies,
this is where I came to live.
You can almost see my window from here.
This used to be the main hall
of the slaughterhouse.
I hope this tour has given you
some insight
into 30 years of architecture.
Since...
Since, over the last 30 years...
Thank you, we really enjoyed it.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
Yes, they're contemporary.
The Forum des Halles was inaugurated
in 1979,
but to me, it's not as big a success.
It was very interesting. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Goodbye.
Thank you. I'll come for the Batignolles.
I love the neighborhood.
All right.
You need to leave me alone.
I'm saving my skin.
I thought
we could
start again slowly.
We could start
- something new together in Paris.
- I can't.
I don't want to.
Autumn
Here. This is yours.
I'm not going back to Toulouse.
Don't you want to finish what you started?
I wouldn't be the first
not to finish school.
I can't stay in that apartment.
It reminds me of Lea.
I'm in Paris.
I'm here to stay.
Say,
your friend who works
in the cultural sector,
couldn't he find me a job?
I can ask him.
Something with kids,
like a movie workshop.
The way he describes it,
it looks like fun.
- Gaston, come and help me.
- Honestly, Mathias!
Those workshops don't pay!
It's how you learn.
It's an introduction to film-making.
I don't think so. What matters is that
you make your own movie.
I think it's great for him to stay
in Paris.
If you want, you can stay with us.
- What do you think, Mathias?
- Sure.
- Hello!
- Hello.
I'm sorry. It's so late.
No, don't worry. It's what was planned.
You can put your things here.
To turn it on, press here and release.
You have all you need right here.
The silverware is in here.
The top shelf of the fridge is yours.
That's fine.
The bathroom and toilets.
It's a sliding door.
- But what about your things?
- They're in my bedroom.
You didn't have to do that!
Here.
It's nice!
I'm sorry, I forgot something.
Don't worry about it.
I have to get up very early tomorrow.
- I hope I won't wake you.
- Don't worry, it's fine.
Your keys are here.
- Good night.
- Good night.
Thanks.
- And... sweet dreams.
- See you tomorrow.
Martin!
Hmm... Tristan?
That's right. From high school,
in Toulouse.
Right, right.
But we weren't in the same class.
I remember you well.
You wanted to work in the movies.
15 that why you're here?
Among other things.
What do you do?
Remember, I studied science.
A professor in Toulouse told me
to come to Paris.
He said I could do a PhD, maybe even
have a career in research.
I was scared at the time. I've been
a PhD student for two years now.
Do you live here?
Not at all. I'm staying with my cousin
and his girlfriend.
But they have kids and a schedule.
I feel like I'm in their way.
I'm getting tired of it.
I came to see if I could stay
in a hotel,
rent a room for the month or the year.
Why not find an apartment
and pay rent?
It's what the receptionist told me.
I'm not a student, I'm not on welfare,
I don't know anyone.
When I first came to Paris, I didn't know
anyone either. It wasn't easy.
- Are you sure you're OK?
- I'm fine.
I have to be careful not to bang my feet
against the furniture.
All right.
It's ridiculous.
You can't sleep like this. Come here.
I mean it.
- Good night.
- Good night.
I'm sorry.
I never came to your movie club.
You remember that?
We barely knew each other.
How could I forget?
You handed out invitations
and posted fliers everywhere.
You were really insistent.
It didn't work for all that.
I remember,
for The Lady from Shanghai,
only three people came.
For Morocco, I was alone with my brother.
I'd forced him to come.
You know,
I don't know the first thing about movies.
But what was beautiful
was...
How determined you seemed,
like a stubborn artist.
You didn't seem to care
what others thought.
I guess I admired you.
Right. Lights off.
Oh, I have to tell you.
I sleepwalk sometimes.
Really? What do I do?
Do I wake you?
- Not wake you?
- No.
You can redirect me towards my bed.
But I usually find my way.
It almost never happens.
Good night.
Good night.
Settle down. You all recognize Jerome.
He is here with a colleague.
You're in good hands.
Hello, everyone.
- How are you all doing?
- Good.
Today, I'm with Martin.
He'll be running a programming workshop.
I'll let you explain what programming is
and introduce yourself.
Hello, everyone. My name is Martin.
I'm from Toulouse, where I studied at
the ESAV, a film school.
We are all going to watch
a series of movies
and then decide
on how to establish, or constitute,
a program for the movies we saw.
- Yes?
- Have you ever made a movie?
No, if by movie you mean
a full-length movie. Not yet.
But I directed short movies
when I was in school.
Let's focus on the idea
of programming.
- Do you know what programming is?
- No.
Maybe we should start from there.
To program means to select, to choose.
It's a commitment.
I think what matters is that...
Never mind, go ahead.
It's a commitment...
We're going to watch all these movies
and once we've seen them,
and talked them over, we'll select
and choose them.
But what's the objective of this work?
- The objective?
- What's the point?
To make you aware
and curious,
and to help you know why
you like something.
Not just saying "I like" or "don't like"
something, but analyzing it.
Your name is Lucas, right?
- Loucas.
- Right, sorry.
Loucas, let me speak about
my own experience.
When I was younger, I was lucky enough,
or so I believe,
to have people show me movies.
They helped me hone my critical skills
and all these things, but above all,
some of these movies
showed me a part of myself
I didn't know.
A part I couldn't express.
It was crucial.
It was an encounter. It was like meeting
your future best friend.
That's why I'm here today
to discuss movies.
I have the hope, as well as Martin
and Valérie do,
that when you discover these movies,
you will experience such an encounter.
Maybe you will discover something
about yourself, Loucas,
that you didn't know of,
or couldn't express.
Thanks to a movie, you might become
able to express it.
It's very ambitious,
but I believe in it.
Paul Verlaine was seven when his father
suddenly quit the army,
left Metz, and decided to move here,
10 rue Nollet, which was then called
rue Saint Louis.
Moving to Paris is a first breaking point
in little Paul's life,
up until then coddled by his parents
and grandparents,
with whom he spent a lot of time
in the Ardennes countryside.
Verlaine later wrote of his disappointment
upon his arrival in Paris,
which he describes as a bleak, ugly,
and sad city.
The time spent on the second floor
of this bourgeois building
nevertheless represents decisive years
for the poet
who would later come back to stay
in his childhood neighborhood.
He is in fact buried
in the Batignolles cemetery.
Paul would walk to his school,
located some distance away,
always accompanied by his mother.
Growing up, he developed the habits
of a bohemian lifestyle.
With his group of friends, he visited
the neighborhood cafes.
His mother covered up his excesses,
hiding them from his father.
At 21, Verlaine moved out
of the apartment
to live slightly farther off, rue Lécluse,
with his mother.
A year later, he met Rimbaud,
the very year his son was born.
Shall we continue?
How about that!
Rue de Bizerte.
That's where Gilles Deleuze lived.
The philosopher.
He mentions it in his Abécédaire.
I believe it's at the letter G.
"G" for "Gauche."
Can we go see?
All right.
Come on.
It's on this street
that Jean Eustache lived.
And where he died.
- Who?
- A filmmaker.
He made some wonderful movies.
He never could make all the movies
he had in him.
I knew a boy who also loved
Eustache's movies.
He could recite whole dialogues by heart.
What a strange man. He told me he lived
on a boat near Bastille.
- Is he a bargeman?
- Not at all. He's a musician.
He also writes contemporary music.
Come. It will be beautiful.
- Where?
- Right there.
- Let's take a picture.
- What for?
To make new memories.
Now, hold it in your arms.
Yes, very nice.
Winter
We see how the needle positions itself
in the direction of the magnet.
It positions itself at a distance.
That's something, right there.
I don't know if you've ever tried
to open a door.
No one?
You do it every day.
Have you ever managed to do so remotely?
No.
You have to push the door,
for it to open.
You have to be in contact.
But the needle moves without it.
This shows two fundamental properties
of magnetism.
That of object orientation and attraction
at a distance.
There are quantity of spools here.
Using conducive material,
you can isolate in your imagination
one metal component, and make it revolve.
The electrons can revolve here, or there.
It's not that surprising.
It's what we saw earlier.
It's exactly the same thing.
We have one spool set on top of another,
with a variable magnetic field.
The power creates a contrasting
magnetic field, and it levitates.
All right?
And now, what if...
I add this?
It's beautiful, huh?
Like a picnic table.
So you won't have the same color.
The second thing...
Excuse me, the second thing...
is that the light intensity
will be so strong
that the retina will be saturated
and you'll just see a white flash.
- All right, then. Thank you.
- Goodbye.
- I have to tell you something.
- Yes?
I feel uncomfortable sleeping with you
without telling you.
Sometimes,
I do sexual things with men.
It's been like this for a while.
Sexual things?
What do you mean?
Well, sex.
Don't worry, I'm not saying that
so you and I will make love.
I'm not worried.
If I said no, you wouldn't force me,
would you?
No. But I don't want you
to feel uncomfortable
because you think I want something
to happen.
If you did, you wouldn't say it like this.
- Do you want to?
- No.
Not with you. I don't know why.
What about your girlfriend, Lea?
Lea.
I loved her. It was good.
It was normal.
I thought we'd have a child someday.
I loved going on vacation with her.
Have you been in a hotel with a girl?
The receptionist greets you.
She knows you're going to make love
in a room.
She's all smiles.
She's not suspicious.
I never did it.
I never made love.
Did you take a vow of chastity?
Monks did it to devote their energy
to important matters.
I think it was to stay pure.
But no.
It's not a vow. It's just how it is.
Tristan?
Yeah?
If something happened to you,
something serious, anything,
or if the world disappeared,
you could die a virgin.
And pure.
Ever think of that?
Stop, you're scaring me.
Sorry, I didn't mean to.
It's just beautiful.
To die a virgin.
- Hey, Lea.
- Hi.
- Welcome.
- Thank you.
- May I?
- Please.
It's small in here. It's nice.
- You like it?
- Yes.
I was afraid a boat in Paris
would look nouveau riche.
- You're an artist?
- If you like.
In my everyday life,
it just means being organized.
I used to read it a lot.
I don't know why, now I can't finish
a book.
I'm sorry.
You're scared.
I'm scared too.
Take my hand.
I can't.
What's wrong?
Why are you dressed like that?
Where were you?
At Orly.
Or Edinburgh, if you prefer. Flight 1943.
- You're a flight attendant?
- Of course.
You look nice.
There's a gape there.
I can help with that. I'll sew it back.
Oh, thanks!
How do you become a flight attendant?
You have to be good at foreign languages,
have some experience
as a ground hostess,
do three months of security training
before a company hires you,
and then, welcome on board!
Don't cry.
You've been here for months
and I never asked what you did.
Flight attendant.
That's incredible. What an adventure.
An adventure...
it soon becomes routine.
Flight attendants lead very common lives.
Is it normal, to fall in love
with an older man?
An older man?
Not old, but someone who is twice my age.
People always say the beginnings
are nice,
but it's not true.
It hurts.
Hello?
Grandma, it's me.
I'm fine.
Is the radio on?
It's Ravel. Mother Goose.
Of course, I thought of us.
Come, let's listen to it together.
Can I come, Grandma?
Yes, to your place.
I don't know.
For sometime.
Spring
It's always nice to discover a new city,
even briefly. It's weird though.
You see the station, the hotel,
the restaurant, the theater.
And then you leave. It's like being
a sales rep.
It's all the little things.
A guy comes to pick you up,
you have to chat in the car.
You're introduced to someone,
you listen to stories about city hall.
- Did people come?
- You never know if people will come.
This time was OK.
I mentioned Renoir, realism.
People were receptive,
I joked around.
And then this woman asked me
who my favorite director was.
I hate that.
But I didn't want to upset her.
She was nice. 50 I made an effort.
And then it came to me: Boris Barnet.
Barnet. Of course.
Martin?
- Jerome.
- What a coincidence.
- What's up? It's crowded here.
- You got a ticket.
I made a reservation.
Have you met Theo?
He's a movie critic.
This is Martin, a future filmmaker.
He's running a workshop in Ivry this year.
Have you seen the movie?
Not in the theater. Only on YouTube.
They showed it on Arte
when Bernadette Lafont died.
I've seen it.
First for a re-release. I was a student
in Strasbourg.
Then there was a retrospective
at Beaubourg.
It's nice to see a movie every ten years.
You reassess things.
I don't know about today. We'll see.
I have some misgivings.
Is that Francoise Lebrun?
You know her so well you can
blow each other kisses?
Why not?
She owns a family house
in my village.
She's involved in my association.
We host readings.
- Your village? You don't live in Paris?
- No, why?
I've had my share.
Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming
to our screening of La Maman et la putain.
It's a rare film,
which explains why there are
so many of you.
Exceptionally, it will be introduced
by Françoise Lebrun, who plays Veronika.
Give her a warm round of applause.
And by Pierre Lhomme,
director of photography on the film.
The floor is yours.
Is the mic on? Yes.
It's very touching to see a full room.
I'm sorry, I'm so moved. I keep thinking
of Eustache,
who would be so happy to see us here.
Forgive me.
Who has already seen the movie?
Wow!
Speaking of La Maman et la putain
is somewhat overwhelming,
because it is the most serious film
I ever took part in.
Serious because of the seriousness
Eustache carried with him all his life
and which we felt every day.
Cinema was for him a vital element,
it was vital for him to make movies,
to print something on film.
We even found candy!
- Where is Martin?
- Moving furniture around in the bedroom.
I don't know. I didn't get it.
He didn't like it.
He wanted to push the desk by the window
to work better.
- Is that them?
- I think so.
Hello.
- Hello.
- Thank you.
Wildflowers, for you.
- Thank you.
- I know how you like them.
How kind. Please, come in.
- Do you know Bastien?
- No.
I'm sorry, hello.
He's my next-door neighbor.
He loves yard sales. He found us
a car for the return trip.
- We can pack as much as we like.
- Nice to meet you.
- Elise.
- Hello.
Mathias.
The children are playing in the den.
That's Tristan.
- Hello.
- Martin is upstairs.
He should be down any moment.
He's Mathias's cousin.
A producer agreed to read his script.
He wants to finish it this weekend.
Good Lord!
He likes the idea of writing
in the country. It's his romantic side.
- Jerome!
- Here he comes.
Your lamp doesn't work.
So, you're Martin.
Jerome, why didn't you tell me?
What do I look like now?
- What is it?
- Bouchées à la reine.
Did you know this dish was invented
out of love?
When Louis XV deserted her, the Queen
and her cooks decided
to create a dish made of ingredients
thought to be aphrodisiacs,
such as sweetbreads and lamb brains,
to regain the King's love.
- It didn't work.
- How do you know all of this?
I have my bible.
It describes the history
of traditional French dishes.
Their adaptations,
- their evolutions. It's fascinating.
- Why, Jerome!
It's a classic. Everyone has it.
- Really?
- Yes.
I didn't know.
Hand it over.
The bouchées...
The original classic garnish
of these vol-aux-vents,
is a purée of fowl with cream.
It has become common to replace it
with a salpicon of fowl breast meat,
and a garnish of truffles and mushrooms
bound with a Parisian sauce.
It is the garnish most commonly used.
It's wonderful, Francoise.
Very poetical.
You should read it at the poetry festival.
Not Paul Valery.
Nonsense. Valéry is beautiful.
Yes, but it's predictable.
Gastronomy and literature is more modern.
It'd be a hit.
Yes, I guess it's fashionable.
Whatever you choose, hurry.
We're printing the programs next week.
Come on, Françoise.
We all want to hear you read it.
We are two urchins
I always play this song after a dinner
with friends.
Two jolly rascals
Who love a laugh and a fight
Who eat like horses
And drink like fish
When the gallons we swig
Against the windows we swing
Of the estaminet
The hideous bourgeois
Trembles in his uniform
Under his fat cap
Life is diverse
As we brave the rain
That makes our skins wet
"As we brave the rain..."
"Always carousing
"With hardly any boots
"And no hat at all"
I'm going to bed.
Yes. Good night.
Our love and our youth
Good night.
- Good night.
- Good night.
See you tomorrow.
With our formidable fists
We are devils
The weather forecast doesn't look good
for our walk tomorrow.
We're not there yet.
Your passion for organization
has made you into a spoilsport.
You can't do anything if it's not planned.
And not doing anything makes me panic.
Shit.
Martin, what's wrong?
Tristan is a Sleepwalker.
I think he's having a fit.
We should make sure
nothing happens to him.
- Where is he going?
- Let's follow him and see.
- I love it. Let's go.
- Watch your step, Françoise.
- It's full of mole holes.
- Hush. Don't wake him.
- What are you doing here?
- You weren't sleepwalking?
Not at all. You're all nuts!
- Can't one go for a walk?
- Great.
What's the topic of your talk?
Electrostatics?
Magnetism. Electromagnetism.
I'll come to the Palais de la découverte.
I've never been. It's a good opportunity.
Don't worry, Jerome.
The weather will be fine tomorrow.
I'll go to the yard sale nearby.
I need a couch.
What about the four flights of stairs
in Paris?
Martin.
You like to move furniture around.
Would you come and help Bastien?
Why not?
There you are.
- Hello, Françoise.
- Hello, Bastien. It looks heavy.
- Hello, Françoise.
- How are you?
Come in.
Can you make it?
Careful, now.
Your clothes match your couch.
Set it over there. I'll manage the rest.
All right. Perfect.
Thank you.
Well, then. Thank you.
Have a nice day.
Bye, Bastien, see you soon.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
She could at least have offered us
something to drink.
Let's go in the bedroom.
Why don't you talk?
Hello.
- Hello, musician man.
- Hello.
Have you been here long?
- Didn't you mention a requiem last time?
- I'm working on one.
It's the third rehearsal.
It's going very well. I'm delighted.
I was afraid a requiem might be too sad
or dark.
But it isn't. The choir is open to all.
It attracts people of all ages,
old and young.
Some 50 people come to sing.
- I'm very happy with it.
- How can so many people sing at once?
Most of them can't read music.
I have to work outside
traditional scoring.
There's no score?
No. I draw from medieval writing.
I start from monody, with a cantor
and responses.
I try to create an organum.
Parallel voices, a harmonization
in parallel voices.
Then a contrasting movement, in descant.
It's an homage to transvestites.
I have a surprising source,
Pedro Lemebel,
- a Chilean transvestite and prostitute.
- Jicé!
Lea!
It's Lea.
Where were you?
You disappeared.
- Hello, Grandma.
- Hello, darling.
- How are you?
- Good.
- And you?
- Good, as always.
- Hello.
- Thanks for bringing him.
Give me a kiss.
That's annual honesty.
It has transparent oval seedpods.
They're lovely.
They're beautiful.
He didn't prune the dead branches.
What a shame.
Never mind. Let me show you something.
Over there.
The Belvedere.
- Ravel's house.
- Yes.
Ravel's house.
She never forced me to do anything.
She did her things in her workshop.
She organized visits of Ravel's house
several times a week.
I needed this shelter.
After Martin.
And then you burst into the scenery.
Were you very much in love
with this boy?
Yes.
Too much.
If that means anything.
I wasn't with myself anymore.
I don't want that.
I'd best tell you now.
The producer I know told me he read
your scenario and couldn't help.
He's not interested.
I'm sorry.
Did he tell you why?
Yes, he told me.
You mean it's not pleasant to hear?
I read it too.
I don't mean to coach you,
but I think you should try to do it.
You'd need allies. You'd find them.
The main thing, is to give yourself fully.
- I'm not so sure.
- I am.
I recognized something, reading it.
It had to do with childhood.
With the invisible middle-class.
With banality.
You may have to take out
some romanticism.
Although...
Did you ever want to make a movie?
- I made one, some time ago.
- Can I see it?
There's a 16 mm copy.
But I don't want to show it.
Nor see it again.
Maybe I should.
For a long time, I believed it was
a total failure.
It might not be that bad.
I found it much too difficult.
Too painful.
I really don't think it's my thing.
But it's all right.
There's no obligation to make movies.
I rather help others
accomplish themselves.
For me,
being motivated every morning
just doesn't come naturally.
Let's do what we planned:
go see a movie.
I don't know. I don't think
I feel up to it.
Take your mind off things.
What will you do?
I don't know. We'll see.
As you like. I have to go.
- Bye. And thanks.
- You're welcome.
Summer
- You came.
- Did you think I wouldn't?
Do you have a couple of minutes, to talk?
Yes. I'm here. I'm listening.
I don't know how to say it.
I wanted to see you.
It surprised me.
What surprised you?
I'm not very used
to this kind of relationships
with boys.
To sit in a cafe and talk.
To have another connection
than sex.
Have you ever been in love?
I never thought I could fall in love
with a boy.
Love was with girls.
I was two years with a girl.
Now, I don't know what to do with it.
That relationship really meant something
to you, didn't it?
So it existed.
Take me someplace.
If you like.
Love, love, when you catch hold of us
Love, love, how tight you hold us
Your body dose against mine
Let's dance!
Castanets and tango, olé!
Here the breeze smells sweet
With the scent of orange trees
With the joy of living and singing
Love, castanets, and tango, olé!
Please get ready to dance the Madison!
Get on the dance floor and get in line
for the Madison.
Let's go. Music!
Have you seen a bare-naked man
Walking out the bathroom door
Already bad and sort of paunchy
His mustache all sad and floppy
Have you seen a very ugly man
Eating a plate of spaghetti
Fork in his hand, looking dopey
Tomato sauce on his jersey
When they're handsome, they're morons
When they're old, they're cold
When they're tall, they're superficial
When they're lean, they're very mean
Don't get married, girls
Don't get married
Go into the movies
Stay all your life with your daddies
Raise dogs and sheep
Go work the streets
But don't get married, girls
Don't get married
Have you seen an embarrassed fellow
Come home well past suppertime
Lipstick on his collar
Almost tripping over
Have you ever seen at the cabaret
Some staggering old drunkard
Leaning insistently over
Some innocent young flower
I have a message.
Hello, Martin. It's Lea.
It's been a while.
I was thinking of you.
I wanted to see you. If you agree,
I think I'd like that.
That's all.
I'm singing in a choir next Saturday.
It's at 3 p.m. at the Aquarium theater.
There'll be a seat for you.
I hope you're well.
We are
The little boys
We are
The little boys
Outrageously made up
It's so beautiful to see you all
singing together.
It's strange, and also sort of sad.
But thanks to the story
and the costumes, I loved it.
I didn't think the music would be
sort of...
Thanks. Sort of what?
Sort of... joyful.
Then sad. And powerful.
- And dythirambic.
- Martin?
Are you leaving?
Yes. I thought you'd be busy.
That you had people to see.
Things to do.
I wanted to write you something.
I wasn't sure you'd come.
Do you...
I didn't know if you were still in Paris.
Or if you'd left,
or if you'd left and come back.
It's nice to see you.
Really.
I'm Martin. Were you singing too?
No, I don't sing. Only when I'm on my own.
But I love music.
This is Alicia. We're sharing
the apartment now.
You're mostly on your barge!
Yes. It's Jicé's barge.
You moved to Paris then, definitely?
Are you free one of these days?
Come then, July 14. We'll see
the fireworks from the boat.
It's not far, at Nogent.
Nogent-sur-Marne. The guinguettes.
The barges. The firemen's ball.
Sounds like a picture postcard.
Sure, absolutely.
You can even bring someone.
We don't know who will come,
but it'll be full of joy.
What was it again?
We are
The little boys
Outrageously made up
See you. See you soon.
English translation:
Armelle Chrétien
Sous-titrage :
C I N É C I M
Come on.
Hello.
Yes, follow me.
Yes, for the tour.
Yes, it's me. Follow me.
- Hello.
- Hello.
This way. Let's go, we're a bit late.
Let's get started.
The site we are visiting...
- Hello.
- Hello.
The site we are visiting has greatly
evolved over the last 30 years.
It was built on what used to be
the Paris slaughterhouse,
closed in 1974.
This tour will take us back in time,
since our last stop
will be the first building
to have been completed,
the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie,
built by Adrien Fainsilber,
with its famous Géode,
an iconic building which will be
our last destination.
You may already observe
the Grande Halle,
turned into a exhibition hall
between 1983
and 1985 by architects Reichen and Robert.
The park, created in the late 1980s,
is where Bernard Tschumi created
his Follies.
These are 10 m3 cubes
plotted at 120 m intervals
across the garden.
- How many Follies are there?
- 26.
To your left is the Conservatoire
for music and dance.
To your right is the Cité de la musique.
Let us follow this musical thread
and head towards
the latest construction to date,
completed in 2015, only a few months ago:
the Philharmonie.
Follow me.
Had you ever been to La Villette?
Is it your first time?
Oh, you've been here before!
Ten times, at least.
This surprisingly-shaped roof
is the Paris Zenith,
a concert hall built in 1983,
initially meant as a temporary building,
but still standing.
Across from us, this peculiar building...
The Grands Moulins?
Absolutely.
The Grands Moulins of Pantin.
Nowadays, you won't find any flour,
but the headquarters of a big bank.
The conversion of this building symbolizes
the impressive transformation
of the inner suburbs.
Over the last ten years, Pantin has become
the classic example of cities
formerly surrounded by brownfields
which have now become attractive,
and have become the home
of new populations of Parisians,
families and younger people.
Paris is overflowing.
I speak from experience,
because after finishing my studies,
this is where I came to live.
You can almost see my window from here.
This used to be the main hall
of the slaughterhouse.
I hope this tour has given you
some insight
into 30 years of architecture.
Since...
Since, over the last 30 years...
Thank you, we really enjoyed it.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
Yes, they're contemporary.
The Forum des Halles was inaugurated
in 1979,
but to me, it's not as big a success.
It was very interesting. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Goodbye.
Thank you. I'll come for the Batignolles.
I love the neighborhood.
All right.
You need to leave me alone.
I'm saving my skin.
I thought
we could
start again slowly.
We could start
- something new together in Paris.
- I can't.
I don't want to.
Autumn
Here. This is yours.
I'm not going back to Toulouse.
Don't you want to finish what you started?
I wouldn't be the first
not to finish school.
I can't stay in that apartment.
It reminds me of Lea.
I'm in Paris.
I'm here to stay.
Say,
your friend who works
in the cultural sector,
couldn't he find me a job?
I can ask him.
Something with kids,
like a movie workshop.
The way he describes it,
it looks like fun.
- Gaston, come and help me.
- Honestly, Mathias!
Those workshops don't pay!
It's how you learn.
It's an introduction to film-making.
I don't think so. What matters is that
you make your own movie.
I think it's great for him to stay
in Paris.
If you want, you can stay with us.
- What do you think, Mathias?
- Sure.
- Hello!
- Hello.
I'm sorry. It's so late.
No, don't worry. It's what was planned.
You can put your things here.
To turn it on, press here and release.
You have all you need right here.
The silverware is in here.
The top shelf of the fridge is yours.
That's fine.
The bathroom and toilets.
It's a sliding door.
- But what about your things?
- They're in my bedroom.
You didn't have to do that!
Here.
It's nice!
I'm sorry, I forgot something.
Don't worry about it.
I have to get up very early tomorrow.
- I hope I won't wake you.
- Don't worry, it's fine.
Your keys are here.
- Good night.
- Good night.
Thanks.
- And... sweet dreams.
- See you tomorrow.
Martin!
Hmm... Tristan?
That's right. From high school,
in Toulouse.
Right, right.
But we weren't in the same class.
I remember you well.
You wanted to work in the movies.
15 that why you're here?
Among other things.
What do you do?
Remember, I studied science.
A professor in Toulouse told me
to come to Paris.
He said I could do a PhD, maybe even
have a career in research.
I was scared at the time. I've been
a PhD student for two years now.
Do you live here?
Not at all. I'm staying with my cousin
and his girlfriend.
But they have kids and a schedule.
I feel like I'm in their way.
I'm getting tired of it.
I came to see if I could stay
in a hotel,
rent a room for the month or the year.
Why not find an apartment
and pay rent?
It's what the receptionist told me.
I'm not a student, I'm not on welfare,
I don't know anyone.
When I first came to Paris, I didn't know
anyone either. It wasn't easy.
- Are you sure you're OK?
- I'm fine.
I have to be careful not to bang my feet
against the furniture.
All right.
It's ridiculous.
You can't sleep like this. Come here.
I mean it.
- Good night.
- Good night.
I'm sorry.
I never came to your movie club.
You remember that?
We barely knew each other.
How could I forget?
You handed out invitations
and posted fliers everywhere.
You were really insistent.
It didn't work for all that.
I remember,
for The Lady from Shanghai,
only three people came.
For Morocco, I was alone with my brother.
I'd forced him to come.
You know,
I don't know the first thing about movies.
But what was beautiful
was...
How determined you seemed,
like a stubborn artist.
You didn't seem to care
what others thought.
I guess I admired you.
Right. Lights off.
Oh, I have to tell you.
I sleepwalk sometimes.
Really? What do I do?
Do I wake you?
- Not wake you?
- No.
You can redirect me towards my bed.
But I usually find my way.
It almost never happens.
Good night.
Good night.
Settle down. You all recognize Jerome.
He is here with a colleague.
You're in good hands.
Hello, everyone.
- How are you all doing?
- Good.
Today, I'm with Martin.
He'll be running a programming workshop.
I'll let you explain what programming is
and introduce yourself.
Hello, everyone. My name is Martin.
I'm from Toulouse, where I studied at
the ESAV, a film school.
We are all going to watch
a series of movies
and then decide
on how to establish, or constitute,
a program for the movies we saw.
- Yes?
- Have you ever made a movie?
No, if by movie you mean
a full-length movie. Not yet.
But I directed short movies
when I was in school.
Let's focus on the idea
of programming.
- Do you know what programming is?
- No.
Maybe we should start from there.
To program means to select, to choose.
It's a commitment.
I think what matters is that...
Never mind, go ahead.
It's a commitment...
We're going to watch all these movies
and once we've seen them,
and talked them over, we'll select
and choose them.
But what's the objective of this work?
- The objective?
- What's the point?
To make you aware
and curious,
and to help you know why
you like something.
Not just saying "I like" or "don't like"
something, but analyzing it.
Your name is Lucas, right?
- Loucas.
- Right, sorry.
Loucas, let me speak about
my own experience.
When I was younger, I was lucky enough,
or so I believe,
to have people show me movies.
They helped me hone my critical skills
and all these things, but above all,
some of these movies
showed me a part of myself
I didn't know.
A part I couldn't express.
It was crucial.
It was an encounter. It was like meeting
your future best friend.
That's why I'm here today
to discuss movies.
I have the hope, as well as Martin
and Valérie do,
that when you discover these movies,
you will experience such an encounter.
Maybe you will discover something
about yourself, Loucas,
that you didn't know of,
or couldn't express.
Thanks to a movie, you might become
able to express it.
It's very ambitious,
but I believe in it.
Paul Verlaine was seven when his father
suddenly quit the army,
left Metz, and decided to move here,
10 rue Nollet, which was then called
rue Saint Louis.
Moving to Paris is a first breaking point
in little Paul's life,
up until then coddled by his parents
and grandparents,
with whom he spent a lot of time
in the Ardennes countryside.
Verlaine later wrote of his disappointment
upon his arrival in Paris,
which he describes as a bleak, ugly,
and sad city.
The time spent on the second floor
of this bourgeois building
nevertheless represents decisive years
for the poet
who would later come back to stay
in his childhood neighborhood.
He is in fact buried
in the Batignolles cemetery.
Paul would walk to his school,
located some distance away,
always accompanied by his mother.
Growing up, he developed the habits
of a bohemian lifestyle.
With his group of friends, he visited
the neighborhood cafes.
His mother covered up his excesses,
hiding them from his father.
At 21, Verlaine moved out
of the apartment
to live slightly farther off, rue Lécluse,
with his mother.
A year later, he met Rimbaud,
the very year his son was born.
Shall we continue?
How about that!
Rue de Bizerte.
That's where Gilles Deleuze lived.
The philosopher.
He mentions it in his Abécédaire.
I believe it's at the letter G.
"G" for "Gauche."
Can we go see?
All right.
Come on.
It's on this street
that Jean Eustache lived.
And where he died.
- Who?
- A filmmaker.
He made some wonderful movies.
He never could make all the movies
he had in him.
I knew a boy who also loved
Eustache's movies.
He could recite whole dialogues by heart.
What a strange man. He told me he lived
on a boat near Bastille.
- Is he a bargeman?
- Not at all. He's a musician.
He also writes contemporary music.
Come. It will be beautiful.
- Where?
- Right there.
- Let's take a picture.
- What for?
To make new memories.
Now, hold it in your arms.
Yes, very nice.
Winter
We see how the needle positions itself
in the direction of the magnet.
It positions itself at a distance.
That's something, right there.
I don't know if you've ever tried
to open a door.
No one?
You do it every day.
Have you ever managed to do so remotely?
No.
You have to push the door,
for it to open.
You have to be in contact.
But the needle moves without it.
This shows two fundamental properties
of magnetism.
That of object orientation and attraction
at a distance.
There are quantity of spools here.
Using conducive material,
you can isolate in your imagination
one metal component, and make it revolve.
The electrons can revolve here, or there.
It's not that surprising.
It's what we saw earlier.
It's exactly the same thing.
We have one spool set on top of another,
with a variable magnetic field.
The power creates a contrasting
magnetic field, and it levitates.
All right?
And now, what if...
I add this?
It's beautiful, huh?
Like a picnic table.
So you won't have the same color.
The second thing...
Excuse me, the second thing...
is that the light intensity
will be so strong
that the retina will be saturated
and you'll just see a white flash.
- All right, then. Thank you.
- Goodbye.
- I have to tell you something.
- Yes?
I feel uncomfortable sleeping with you
without telling you.
Sometimes,
I do sexual things with men.
It's been like this for a while.
Sexual things?
What do you mean?
Well, sex.
Don't worry, I'm not saying that
so you and I will make love.
I'm not worried.
If I said no, you wouldn't force me,
would you?
No. But I don't want you
to feel uncomfortable
because you think I want something
to happen.
If you did, you wouldn't say it like this.
- Do you want to?
- No.
Not with you. I don't know why.
What about your girlfriend, Lea?
Lea.
I loved her. It was good.
It was normal.
I thought we'd have a child someday.
I loved going on vacation with her.
Have you been in a hotel with a girl?
The receptionist greets you.
She knows you're going to make love
in a room.
She's all smiles.
She's not suspicious.
I never did it.
I never made love.
Did you take a vow of chastity?
Monks did it to devote their energy
to important matters.
I think it was to stay pure.
But no.
It's not a vow. It's just how it is.
Tristan?
Yeah?
If something happened to you,
something serious, anything,
or if the world disappeared,
you could die a virgin.
And pure.
Ever think of that?
Stop, you're scaring me.
Sorry, I didn't mean to.
It's just beautiful.
To die a virgin.
- Hey, Lea.
- Hi.
- Welcome.
- Thank you.
- May I?
- Please.
It's small in here. It's nice.
- You like it?
- Yes.
I was afraid a boat in Paris
would look nouveau riche.
- You're an artist?
- If you like.
In my everyday life,
it just means being organized.
I used to read it a lot.
I don't know why, now I can't finish
a book.
I'm sorry.
You're scared.
I'm scared too.
Take my hand.
I can't.
What's wrong?
Why are you dressed like that?
Where were you?
At Orly.
Or Edinburgh, if you prefer. Flight 1943.
- You're a flight attendant?
- Of course.
You look nice.
There's a gape there.
I can help with that. I'll sew it back.
Oh, thanks!
How do you become a flight attendant?
You have to be good at foreign languages,
have some experience
as a ground hostess,
do three months of security training
before a company hires you,
and then, welcome on board!
Don't cry.
You've been here for months
and I never asked what you did.
Flight attendant.
That's incredible. What an adventure.
An adventure...
it soon becomes routine.
Flight attendants lead very common lives.
Is it normal, to fall in love
with an older man?
An older man?
Not old, but someone who is twice my age.
People always say the beginnings
are nice,
but it's not true.
It hurts.
Hello?
Grandma, it's me.
I'm fine.
Is the radio on?
It's Ravel. Mother Goose.
Of course, I thought of us.
Come, let's listen to it together.
Can I come, Grandma?
Yes, to your place.
I don't know.
For sometime.
Spring
It's always nice to discover a new city,
even briefly. It's weird though.
You see the station, the hotel,
the restaurant, the theater.
And then you leave. It's like being
a sales rep.
It's all the little things.
A guy comes to pick you up,
you have to chat in the car.
You're introduced to someone,
you listen to stories about city hall.
- Did people come?
- You never know if people will come.
This time was OK.
I mentioned Renoir, realism.
People were receptive,
I joked around.
And then this woman asked me
who my favorite director was.
I hate that.
But I didn't want to upset her.
She was nice. 50 I made an effort.
And then it came to me: Boris Barnet.
Barnet. Of course.
Martin?
- Jerome.
- What a coincidence.
- What's up? It's crowded here.
- You got a ticket.
I made a reservation.
Have you met Theo?
He's a movie critic.
This is Martin, a future filmmaker.
He's running a workshop in Ivry this year.
Have you seen the movie?
Not in the theater. Only on YouTube.
They showed it on Arte
when Bernadette Lafont died.
I've seen it.
First for a re-release. I was a student
in Strasbourg.
Then there was a retrospective
at Beaubourg.
It's nice to see a movie every ten years.
You reassess things.
I don't know about today. We'll see.
I have some misgivings.
Is that Francoise Lebrun?
You know her so well you can
blow each other kisses?
Why not?
She owns a family house
in my village.
She's involved in my association.
We host readings.
- Your village? You don't live in Paris?
- No, why?
I've had my share.
Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming
to our screening of La Maman et la putain.
It's a rare film,
which explains why there are
so many of you.
Exceptionally, it will be introduced
by Françoise Lebrun, who plays Veronika.
Give her a warm round of applause.
And by Pierre Lhomme,
director of photography on the film.
The floor is yours.
Is the mic on? Yes.
It's very touching to see a full room.
I'm sorry, I'm so moved. I keep thinking
of Eustache,
who would be so happy to see us here.
Forgive me.
Who has already seen the movie?
Wow!
Speaking of La Maman et la putain
is somewhat overwhelming,
because it is the most serious film
I ever took part in.
Serious because of the seriousness
Eustache carried with him all his life
and which we felt every day.
Cinema was for him a vital element,
it was vital for him to make movies,
to print something on film.
We even found candy!
- Where is Martin?
- Moving furniture around in the bedroom.
I don't know. I didn't get it.
He didn't like it.
He wanted to push the desk by the window
to work better.
- Is that them?
- I think so.
Hello.
- Hello.
- Thank you.
Wildflowers, for you.
- Thank you.
- I know how you like them.
How kind. Please, come in.
- Do you know Bastien?
- No.
I'm sorry, hello.
He's my next-door neighbor.
He loves yard sales. He found us
a car for the return trip.
- We can pack as much as we like.
- Nice to meet you.
- Elise.
- Hello.
Mathias.
The children are playing in the den.
That's Tristan.
- Hello.
- Martin is upstairs.
He should be down any moment.
He's Mathias's cousin.
A producer agreed to read his script.
He wants to finish it this weekend.
Good Lord!
He likes the idea of writing
in the country. It's his romantic side.
- Jerome!
- Here he comes.
Your lamp doesn't work.
So, you're Martin.
Jerome, why didn't you tell me?
What do I look like now?
- What is it?
- Bouchées à la reine.
Did you know this dish was invented
out of love?
When Louis XV deserted her, the Queen
and her cooks decided
to create a dish made of ingredients
thought to be aphrodisiacs,
such as sweetbreads and lamb brains,
to regain the King's love.
- It didn't work.
- How do you know all of this?
I have my bible.
It describes the history
of traditional French dishes.
Their adaptations,
- their evolutions. It's fascinating.
- Why, Jerome!
It's a classic. Everyone has it.
- Really?
- Yes.
I didn't know.
Hand it over.
The bouchées...
The original classic garnish
of these vol-aux-vents,
is a purée of fowl with cream.
It has become common to replace it
with a salpicon of fowl breast meat,
and a garnish of truffles and mushrooms
bound with a Parisian sauce.
It is the garnish most commonly used.
It's wonderful, Francoise.
Very poetical.
You should read it at the poetry festival.
Not Paul Valery.
Nonsense. Valéry is beautiful.
Yes, but it's predictable.
Gastronomy and literature is more modern.
It'd be a hit.
Yes, I guess it's fashionable.
Whatever you choose, hurry.
We're printing the programs next week.
Come on, Françoise.
We all want to hear you read it.
We are two urchins
I always play this song after a dinner
with friends.
Two jolly rascals
Who love a laugh and a fight
Who eat like horses
And drink like fish
When the gallons we swig
Against the windows we swing
Of the estaminet
The hideous bourgeois
Trembles in his uniform
Under his fat cap
Life is diverse
As we brave the rain
That makes our skins wet
"As we brave the rain..."
"Always carousing
"With hardly any boots
"And no hat at all"
I'm going to bed.
Yes. Good night.
Our love and our youth
Good night.
- Good night.
- Good night.
See you tomorrow.
With our formidable fists
We are devils
The weather forecast doesn't look good
for our walk tomorrow.
We're not there yet.
Your passion for organization
has made you into a spoilsport.
You can't do anything if it's not planned.
And not doing anything makes me panic.
Shit.
Martin, what's wrong?
Tristan is a Sleepwalker.
I think he's having a fit.
We should make sure
nothing happens to him.
- Where is he going?
- Let's follow him and see.
- I love it. Let's go.
- Watch your step, Françoise.
- It's full of mole holes.
- Hush. Don't wake him.
- What are you doing here?
- You weren't sleepwalking?
Not at all. You're all nuts!
- Can't one go for a walk?
- Great.
What's the topic of your talk?
Electrostatics?
Magnetism. Electromagnetism.
I'll come to the Palais de la découverte.
I've never been. It's a good opportunity.
Don't worry, Jerome.
The weather will be fine tomorrow.
I'll go to the yard sale nearby.
I need a couch.
What about the four flights of stairs
in Paris?
Martin.
You like to move furniture around.
Would you come and help Bastien?
Why not?
There you are.
- Hello, Françoise.
- Hello, Bastien. It looks heavy.
- Hello, Françoise.
- How are you?
Come in.
Can you make it?
Careful, now.
Your clothes match your couch.
Set it over there. I'll manage the rest.
All right. Perfect.
Thank you.
Well, then. Thank you.
Have a nice day.
Bye, Bastien, see you soon.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
She could at least have offered us
something to drink.
Let's go in the bedroom.
Why don't you talk?
Hello.
- Hello, musician man.
- Hello.
Have you been here long?
- Didn't you mention a requiem last time?
- I'm working on one.
It's the third rehearsal.
It's going very well. I'm delighted.
I was afraid a requiem might be too sad
or dark.
But it isn't. The choir is open to all.
It attracts people of all ages,
old and young.
Some 50 people come to sing.
- I'm very happy with it.
- How can so many people sing at once?
Most of them can't read music.
I have to work outside
traditional scoring.
There's no score?
No. I draw from medieval writing.
I start from monody, with a cantor
and responses.
I try to create an organum.
Parallel voices, a harmonization
in parallel voices.
Then a contrasting movement, in descant.
It's an homage to transvestites.
I have a surprising source,
Pedro Lemebel,
- a Chilean transvestite and prostitute.
- Jicé!
Lea!
It's Lea.
Where were you?
You disappeared.
- Hello, Grandma.
- Hello, darling.
- How are you?
- Good.
- And you?
- Good, as always.
- Hello.
- Thanks for bringing him.
Give me a kiss.
That's annual honesty.
It has transparent oval seedpods.
They're lovely.
They're beautiful.
He didn't prune the dead branches.
What a shame.
Never mind. Let me show you something.
Over there.
The Belvedere.
- Ravel's house.
- Yes.
Ravel's house.
She never forced me to do anything.
She did her things in her workshop.
She organized visits of Ravel's house
several times a week.
I needed this shelter.
After Martin.
And then you burst into the scenery.
Were you very much in love
with this boy?
Yes.
Too much.
If that means anything.
I wasn't with myself anymore.
I don't want that.
I'd best tell you now.
The producer I know told me he read
your scenario and couldn't help.
He's not interested.
I'm sorry.
Did he tell you why?
Yes, he told me.
You mean it's not pleasant to hear?
I read it too.
I don't mean to coach you,
but I think you should try to do it.
You'd need allies. You'd find them.
The main thing, is to give yourself fully.
- I'm not so sure.
- I am.
I recognized something, reading it.
It had to do with childhood.
With the invisible middle-class.
With banality.
You may have to take out
some romanticism.
Although...
Did you ever want to make a movie?
- I made one, some time ago.
- Can I see it?
There's a 16 mm copy.
But I don't want to show it.
Nor see it again.
Maybe I should.
For a long time, I believed it was
a total failure.
It might not be that bad.
I found it much too difficult.
Too painful.
I really don't think it's my thing.
But it's all right.
There's no obligation to make movies.
I rather help others
accomplish themselves.
For me,
being motivated every morning
just doesn't come naturally.
Let's do what we planned:
go see a movie.
I don't know. I don't think
I feel up to it.
Take your mind off things.
What will you do?
I don't know. We'll see.
As you like. I have to go.
- Bye. And thanks.
- You're welcome.
Summer
- You came.
- Did you think I wouldn't?
Do you have a couple of minutes, to talk?
Yes. I'm here. I'm listening.
I don't know how to say it.
I wanted to see you.
It surprised me.
What surprised you?
I'm not very used
to this kind of relationships
with boys.
To sit in a cafe and talk.
To have another connection
than sex.
Have you ever been in love?
I never thought I could fall in love
with a boy.
Love was with girls.
I was two years with a girl.
Now, I don't know what to do with it.
That relationship really meant something
to you, didn't it?
So it existed.
Take me someplace.
If you like.
Love, love, when you catch hold of us
Love, love, how tight you hold us
Your body dose against mine
Let's dance!
Castanets and tango, olé!
Here the breeze smells sweet
With the scent of orange trees
With the joy of living and singing
Love, castanets, and tango, olé!
Please get ready to dance the Madison!
Get on the dance floor and get in line
for the Madison.
Let's go. Music!
Have you seen a bare-naked man
Walking out the bathroom door
Already bad and sort of paunchy
His mustache all sad and floppy
Have you seen a very ugly man
Eating a plate of spaghetti
Fork in his hand, looking dopey
Tomato sauce on his jersey
When they're handsome, they're morons
When they're old, they're cold
When they're tall, they're superficial
When they're lean, they're very mean
Don't get married, girls
Don't get married
Go into the movies
Stay all your life with your daddies
Raise dogs and sheep
Go work the streets
But don't get married, girls
Don't get married
Have you seen an embarrassed fellow
Come home well past suppertime
Lipstick on his collar
Almost tripping over
Have you ever seen at the cabaret
Some staggering old drunkard
Leaning insistently over
Some innocent young flower
I have a message.
Hello, Martin. It's Lea.
It's been a while.
I was thinking of you.
I wanted to see you. If you agree,
I think I'd like that.
That's all.
I'm singing in a choir next Saturday.
It's at 3 p.m. at the Aquarium theater.
There'll be a seat for you.
I hope you're well.
We are
The little boys
We are
The little boys
Outrageously made up
It's so beautiful to see you all
singing together.
It's strange, and also sort of sad.
But thanks to the story
and the costumes, I loved it.
I didn't think the music would be
sort of...
Thanks. Sort of what?
Sort of... joyful.
Then sad. And powerful.
- And dythirambic.
- Martin?
Are you leaving?
Yes. I thought you'd be busy.
That you had people to see.
Things to do.
I wanted to write you something.
I wasn't sure you'd come.
Do you...
I didn't know if you were still in Paris.
Or if you'd left,
or if you'd left and come back.
It's nice to see you.
Really.
I'm Martin. Were you singing too?
No, I don't sing. Only when I'm on my own.
But I love music.
This is Alicia. We're sharing
the apartment now.
You're mostly on your barge!
Yes. It's Jicé's barge.
You moved to Paris then, definitely?
Are you free one of these days?
Come then, July 14. We'll see
the fireworks from the boat.
It's not far, at Nogent.
Nogent-sur-Marne. The guinguettes.
The barges. The firemen's ball.
Sounds like a picture postcard.
Sure, absolutely.
You can even bring someone.
We don't know who will come,
but it'll be full of joy.
What was it again?
We are
The little boys
Outrageously made up
See you. See you soon.
English translation:
Armelle Chrétien
Sous-titrage :
C I N É C I M