Swan dans le centre (2022) - full transcript

Hello.

Can I ask you a few questions?

I'm conducting a survey to improve

the shopping center's appeal.

- Yeah, sure.

- Sure.

Just five or six questions.

So, first question...

how often do you come to the mall:

every day, once or twice a week,

once or twice a month?

- Never.

- Every day.

Twice a day.

- I spend my life here.

- Totally.

Next: do you find it difficult

to find your way around the mall?

- No...

- Iťs pretty easy.

Iťs tiny. Iťs not that hard.

Which of the following words

gives you positive feelings:

nature, future,

community, or luxury?

What kind of question is that?

I dunno. Definitely not naure.

- A positive feeling?

- Not future.

- Am I supposed to say "luxury"?

- Not future.

- It depends.

- Luxury sounds superficial.

- So? It can be a nice house.

- Should I repeat the question?

- Yeah.

- Let me repeat it...

Which of the following words

gives you positive feelings:

nature,

future,

community,

or luxury?

SWAN IN THE CENTER

Its weaknesses? I don't know.

I have the most successful business.

Today, you gotta be fit, slim.

Good thing, too!

Back in the day,

fat was fashionable.

It meant you could

afford good food.

Luckily, we evolved,

learned how to get fit.

Iťs healthier.

If you sit around all day,

of course the machine gets rusty.

You develop health problems.

The agricultural revolution

12,000 years ago...

would we have been

better off without it?

I wonder, you know?

Rememberthe hunter-gatherers?

Our ancestors?

They were really athletic.

They'd climb mountains

to pick berries,

go down to rivers and torrents

to catch salmon bare-handed,

run after bison...

Iťs logical, just look around.

I mean, movement

is the essence of life.

If we stopped revolving around

the sun, we'd have problems.

Hey Swan, iťs me.

I got your message.

Cool, iťs been so long!

Iťs great you're in town.

Listen, l'd love to see you. But...

Evenings aren't a good time for me.

I can 't really do dinner.

But...

we could have lunch together.

I'm pretty available this week.

Or tomorrow if you're free.

OK, let me know. Bye.

Go ahead. Iťs all yours.

Thaťs OK.

Here.

She's cute.

Thanks.

- How are you?

- Good. And you?

I'm great.

I just got here,

so l'm only getting started.

Starting what?

I'm doing a field survey

for the shopping center.

And where are you living now?

Still in Toulouse.

Same apartment.

With your mom?

Yeah.

But we hardly see each other,

because I travel a lot for work.

Cool, you get to travel.

Just like you wanted.

Your bangs suit you.

You think so?

Yeah, I like it.

Iťs different.

Iťs been a while. Didn't I have bangs

when we were together?

What is it?

How old is she?

10 months.

Whaťs her name?

Her name is Swan.

I know, iťs weird.

But Helene liked the name and..

it doesn't bother me, so...

Is it weird for you?

Kind of, yeah.

Did you carry her?

No, but I'll carry the next one.

Thaťs what we decided.

OK.

What is it?

What are you trying to say?

She should be here any minute.

Or you can come back later.

Iťs OK. I don't mind waiting.

OK, great. And what are

the mall's weaknesses?

Why not ask about it's strong points?

We're interested in the weak points.

The location?

The design? The clientele?

The-Services? The sales?

The hesitation.

Hesitation?

Yes. People hasitate a lot.

They come two, three times

without buying anything.

Instead, they buy everything online.

How would you decribe your custemers?

Um... sleepers?

Go ahead, sit.

This is a quality mattress.

Memory foam.

It moulds itself

to the cortours of your body.

providing unique and perfect comfort.

Hello, l'm conducting a survey

to improve the shopping center's appeal.

I hope to offer clients

a unique experience

creating a realm beyond

simple consumerism,

full of emotions and suprises...

- No, sorry.

Yes?

We can send a proposal

to the shareholders by email.

Leťs discuss it tomorrow?

Do you need anything?

No, I was just trying it on.

It looks good on you.

Excuse me?

Is anyone there?

Excuse me?

Hello, ma'am.

This is at an elevation of 1,200 m.

- Beautiful, isn't it?

- Yeah.

- Also in the Vosges Mountains?

- Yeah, 50 km from here.

I love this forest.

I go every Sunday if I can.

I need the quiet to decompress.

Iťs great for mushroom hunting.

Do you know much about

picking mushrooms?

And this..

This is Longemer Lake.

Can you swim in it?

Of course! If the weather allows..

I swam there three weeks ago.

Iťs chilly, but I love it.

Here's the lake from another angle.

Iťs so beautiful.

I'm taking off.

OK.

Subtitles: Alexandra Joslyn