"Get down slowly." "Don't slide, Guillaume." "Next time tie your hair Guillaume." "It's dangerous." "Well done, Guillaume." "I'll give marks at the end." "Well..." "Dubosc, your turn." "Did you ever stand at the foot an unclimbable mountain?" "It happens to me all the time." "It's like a dream, except it's more like a nightmare." "My name is Grégoire Dubosc." "I'm 13 and I'm in 6th grade." "Yes I know, something isn't right." "I hate school." "I hate it more than anything in the world... and even worse than that, it screws up my life." "And the equilateral triangle, shown here... has three symmetric axes, mediating its sides." "Dubosc..." "Let's continue with the segment of a circle." "Dubosc, please." "So the big cities we should know are..." "A lamb was drinking." "In the course of a clean stream." "A hungry wolf is looking for adventure." "And hunger is what attracts him to these places." "What about the present tense, Dubosc?" "Dubosc, the present tense?" "That is the blackboard." "Mister Dubosc." "What is your first name please?" "Hello, Mister Dubosc." "Hello!" "Your first name please." "Thirteen." "Okay." "You are lucky." "Hello, grandma." "Hello, my little cat." "You had a good day?" "Yes, it was fine." "Look!" "Oh my!" "So it's raspberry, with a hint of thyme and lemongrass." "Here, taste it." "Well?" "As usual, delicious." "How I love you." "Grégoire, what are you doing?" "Swallow it quickly." "We have work to do." "He just came back from school and you jump on him." "I don't jump on him." "We just need time to reflect." "Reflect on what?" "Tell me." "Me about my past life and he about his future." "What a stupid thing to say." "But you are stupid, darling." " I love you." " Me too." "Are you coming?" " Did you finish?" " Hmmm." "Let's see." "Gramp Léon, when do we finish my glider?" "After we finish my table." "One thing at a time." "Well?" "Congratulations, buddy." "Bravo." "That's the work of a cabinetmaker." " Let's do a test." " No." "Yes." "What is this?" "Siberian birch." "Yes." "And this?" " It's black, so it's Congolese ebony." " Yes." " That?" " That's dead-easy." "Savoy walnut." "Dead-easy, huh!" "It took you some time but you got it." "You're like a marathoner." "You start slowly, but you get there in the end." " You know why?" " No." "Because you're brave, really." "I've seen you work." "Spending hours in the cold, sanding or painting, it has to be done." "But at school it's different." "They ask for the impossible." "Say to yourself that nothing is impossible." "You should just acquire the means to take action." "And believe in yourself." "Believe in myself, I believe it." "But I feel I'm the only one that believes." "Gramp Léon, he was always the first." "French, English, Latin, history." "Everything!" "At 17, he was admitted to Polytechnic France." "Later he built bridges, interchanges, highways." "Tough shit, right!" "Good evening, Mr. Martineau." " Hi Grégoire." "You're okay?" " Yes." "Come, Lola!" "Lola!" "Grégoire, is that you?" "Yes, Mom." " You had a nice day?" " Brilliant." "Grandma made raspberry jam." "You know her jams, they are good." "That also looks good." " You want to taste?" " No, thanks." "You've done your homework?" "I'll go to my room." "Okay." "We'll do things differently." "What is this?" "It's the humerus." "The radius." "This?" "Ah that's..." "That's the tibia." "The tibia, Grégoire!" "It is the..." "It's the carp!" " The carp!" "What is a carp?" " A fish." "The carpus, that's this." "No." " This is?" " It's..." " The?" "The?" " The kneecap." "Can't you tell me?" "Tibia, kneecap, skull..." "I don't know what." "This is the..." "I don't even know myself." "This is the humerus!" "Humerus!" "U..." "No, not U!" "H." "Like my mother says: in one ear and out the other." "Tomorrow in front of the biology teacher I've forgotten everything, or have everything backwards." "The tarsus and metatarsus, the humerus and radius." "And what is that?" "It looks like an math exorcize." "Mathematics, with an H and an S." "And this is not an exorcize, but an exercise." "When you have to do them?" "Today." "Today!" "Are you sure?" " I swear." " No, don't swear anymore." "Stop with that eraser." "What should I do here?" "What should I do here?" "It's written there." "Are you kidding me?" "28, 29, 30, 32" " Yes, that's it." "Now what are you doing?" " Good morning, Mr. Martineau." " Morning, Mr. Dubosc." " Everything fine?" " Yes, fine." "They say it'll be hot." "That's what they say." "Good evening." "Thanks." "Hello!" "It's me." "Oh!" "Grégoire, your backpack." "Hello, big boy." "That kid gets on my nerves, I'm pooped." "Don't get yourself worked up." "It's not that bad." "I think it's called adolescence." "It's easy to blame adolescence, but I can't take it anymore" "I'm tired." "I work all day and night," "I come up against a wall," "I don't know what to do anymore." " You want me to handle it?" " You never had the patience." " Let's try to hire somebody." " Yes, somebody." "Last year, he wore out 8 students whom you found incompetent." "Yes, we had no luck!" "I come home and I'm exhausted." "And I'm sick of always hearing the same thing." "I can't stand it either!" "Every evening it's the same thing." "Grégoire, get to work." "I'm in the habit now." "No, I'm lying, I'm not in the habit at all." "My parents are always yelling because... of my rotten grades." "Oh no!" "Hey!" "Every morning..." "How do you think I'd do this?" "And me, don't I work?" "What's happening?" "Can't be true." "You'll end up being late." "You could take the opportunity and revise your biology." "Don't think I'm doing this to annoy you." "It's for your own good." "You'll thank me later." "You can't spend your whole life having fun." "I'm going to throw up." "Oh no!" "You're okay?" "Feeling better?" "Look at me." "Come, we gotta go." "I don't feel so good." " I have a stomach ache." " I know, but it will pass." "Maybe I shouldn't go to school." "You were already absent twice last week." "I know, but my stomach really hurts." "Mom, please, be nice." "Oh my!" "Have a good day." "Go and don't get back too late." "Grégoire, I'll be late." " Hi." " Hi." "And your peeling machine for bananas?" "That progresses, come visit one evening." "My mother doesn't allow it." "She is afraid that you have a bad influence on me." "I'm sorry." "It's true." "I'm used to it." " Grégoire, you know what time it is?" " Yes, ma'am." " Mrs. headmaster." " Thanks." "Surely you think: this kid isn't normal." "My mother thinks so too." "So on Wednesday, instead of doing like the others, go play tennis or swim, I go to the doctor." "I saw almost all medical specialties." "Well, let's take a look at this ear." "It seems you don't like school." "Actually I'm allergic to school." "Okay." "Allergic to what?" "Certain smells." "Okay." "Which ones?" "For example the smell of chalk mixed with shoes." "It makes me want to throw up." "There you are, ma'am." " Well?" " All is well." "This child hears perfectly." "I recommend to see a gastroenterologist." "A gastroenterologist, okay." "Why not a proctologist too?" "I want us to put a name on what he has." "You want them to find a defect or a brain tumor?" " What do you prefer?" " Stop it." "I wish he was like the others." "That he stops vomiting every morning." "That he's self-reliant." "Every day I have to tell him to do his homework." "In the end he'll have a brain wave." "Since Kindergarten I expected him to get one." "Meanwhile, the others..." "Children are not all alike." "And you say that?" "You who kept repeating to me the theorems of Thales, Pythagoras equations with two unknowns, three unknowns." "Because to succeed at school is to succeed in life." " You can make a mistake." " Yeah right!" "Anyway, you should let go a bit of your son." "He drifts a little, but he'll get there, no boy is as kind." " Do you realize what you're doing there?" " What did I do?" "You don't even trust me to do that." " Marc, a bit of ratatouille?" " No, thank you." "I want some, it's the best in the world." "He sure eats." "Not like at home." "But the ratatouille of Charlotte, that's something else." " Léon." " Léon what?" "I give you a compliment, don't be embarrassed." "But no, Grégoire!" "It's awesome!" "How did you do that?" "What were you thinking?" "But it's awesome what he did." " Please." " But it's very funny." " Stay at the table!" " What's wrong with him?" " I'm going to the bathroom." " You shouldn't do that." "It's smart." " Yes. very smart Marc, now cut us..." " No, but I was talking." " I said it's smart." " What is?" " It's a parabolic trajectory." " And there we go again!" "You don't do that at the table." " Would you please cut?" " Yes, of course." "Are you done pulling a face?" "You don't have to worry." "I don't know what will happen, but I shouldn't worry." "You could also stop yelling at him, that would sort out things, with you at least." "Léon." "What Léon?" "Upsetting him won't work." "You have to give him confidence." "You constantly denigrate him, just be a bit more positive." "How can you support him?" "Well!" "That I..." "Hello." " You're okay?" " I'm fine." "I choked." "Don't sit down, we got work to do." "Let's see." "You're sure it's there?" "The workshop of my grandfather is where I am the happiest." "The smell of school makes me want to puke." "And there it's exactly the opposite." "When I go into the workshop, I open my nostrils wide." "To smell the happiness." "The smell of dirty oil, grease, the radiator, solder, it's delicious." "I promised myself that one day I'll invent a perfume that I'll call "Workshop perfume"." "To breathe in when life make me feel miserable." "Workshop perfume." "Workshop perfume!" "It's original and catchy." "Where did you get that?" "When I think how your mother despairs to see you get somewhere." "We'll make you a great perfumer!" "No reason to be ashamed." "Go ahead." "Look at that." "Hey Toto!" "I shouldn't forget..." "My bag." "Switch off the lights now." "School." " I'm not tired." " Yes, but..." "What are you reading?" "Snoopy." "But now Snoopy goes to sleep." " Careful, I'm stronger than you..." " No, Mark, you know what time it is?" " Good night, honey." " Good night mom." "Sweet dreams." " Sleep quickly, school tomorrow." " Sleep well." "Every week is the same." "Sunday night I fall asleep with a ball in my stomach." "And Monday morning I wake up with the same feeling." "And I have to wait till Friday afternoon, before it goes away." "And every week it's the same thing." "Good morning." "I think your grandfather is right." "We should have a less conflicting relation." "I'm ready to make an effort, but you have to do the same." "Okay?" "No, I don't want any." "Eat at least half." "But I don't feel good." "You're not going to throw up?" "Well, I'll get ready." "You know, the life of adults isn't that simple." "If you are not sufficiently equipped, you'll be in trouble." " Mom, I'm going to throw up." " Grégoire!" "Are you okay?" "The characters in this story are the founders of Rome." "Romulus and Remus." "They are part of mythology." "They were raised by a wolf." "For one year I was happy at school." "It was in kindergarten." "With a teacher called Mary." "On my last report Marie wrote:" ""This boy has a head like a strainer, nimble fingers and a very big heart." "We should manage to make something out of him." "It was the first and last time in my life that a teacher was nice to me." "What's the name of the harbor of Rome?" "Yes." " Ostie." " Bravo." "What's that?" "A machine to peel bananas." "And here I'm perfecting it." "And what's the link between this machine and the Roman Empire?" "Well, give me your notebook." "Grégoire, your backpack!" "What are you doing?" "Just tinkering." "You say your dream is to iron sitting down." "Okay, that's it." "Go on, sit down." "Oh!" "Wait." "It's awesome." "I'm going to add a board for your new steam iron." " Ah yes!" " Wait." "This is a "prototyk"" "A prototype." "You're the only mother in town who has this "prototyk."" " This prototype." " Yes." " You've done your homework?" " I took advantage of one hour recess." "I know, it's not nice to lie, but it is the only solution for an enjoyable evening... and eat my favorite food: the croque monsieur." "Thanks, mom." "What's annoying with you, is that you are gifted all the same." "What can we do to help you?" "You don't like school." "But it is compulsory until you're 16." "Of course, the less you work, the more you'll hate it." "The more you hate it, the less you'll work." " How you gonna get out of this?" " I don't know." "I'll wait till I'm 16 and I start working." "You're dreaming!" "Who will hire you?" "I'll invent and create games." "I won't need much money to live on." "You don't need to be as rich as Scrooge McDuck, but you need some." "You need to buy tools, a workshop, a truck." "And I don't know what." "That's not the problem." "What worries me are your studies." " Look at me." " Yes." "You won't get anywhere without some knowledge." "Imagine you invent a great thing, you need to deposit a patent." "Do you understand?" "So you should write it in correct French." " And listen to me please." " I am listening!" "For marketing your marvel, you need to be good in math, economics, computer science." "It takes work, work and more work." " Work..." " What?" "It's always the same thing." "Yes, Grégoire." "Always the same thing." "It takes work, work and more work." "Work, work." "Don't take it seriously, it doesn't matter." "The big workers need a long preparation." "I think you're in that phase." "Did you hear?" "Don't take it seriously!" " Okay, Gramp Léon." " What?" "Okay, Gramp Léon." "Please hurry up a bit." "All get changed." "Hurry up a bit." "How are you, bourgeois living at Victor Hugo?" "Little 6th graders in our locker room." "What you got there?" "What?" "Sit down." "Why you're looking at me like that?" "I'm talking to you." "Don't touch that." " Shut up." " Give it back." "Give it back!" "Give it back!" "Go, use your arms." "With wide arms." "A little bit of energy boys." "Oh!" "Dubosc." "Well, we're a bit late to install the equipment." "It doesn't matter, you will tidy up." "Okay?" "You don't have your stuff, as usual." "I guess you have a valid reason." "It's not my fault." "It's not your fault." "Well." "And why should I care?" "It's like this:" "You need a sports outfit like it says in the college rules." "So take off these socks, Grégoire." "Hop!" "Very good." "Yes, very good." "Hop, that's a bit feeble." "Dubosc, your turn." "Take advantage of the day." "Yes." "This can't be true!" "Enough!" "And I can't stand to see your face anymore, you understand?" "Grégoire, what's this?" "As if it's not enough for you to be hopeless, now you also clown around." " Yes, I am just a moron." " Grégoire." "Come back!" "They're all stupid, I tell you." "Berluron ies a stupid cow" "I'd like to see Berluron's face." "The guy who did that, doesn't look like a crack in spelling." " Why do you say that?" " Does I.E.S. mean anything?" " How would you have written it?" " It wasn't you that did it?" "Excuse me, Etienne." "And you come with me." "It can't be true." "It's not possible." "Grégoire." "What you did is very serious." "And it gives our college a bad name." " What should we do?" " You have to ask Grégoire." "Tell me, Grégoire." "What do you want to be later?" "Veterinarian." "Yes, the countryside, small birds, farming, indeed very nice." "Tell me little one, what do you want to do when you grow up?" "I'd like to work with books, in a bookstore." "Or be a librarian." "And why wouldn't you want to be a principal?" "That's great, principal." "Oh no, principal, no." "No, not a principal, surely not a principal." "If I had to judge you by your results," "I'd have a mediocre idea of ​​you." " But he made efforts all the same." " Efforts!" "We go from 0 on average in French to 0." "From 2 for math to 1." "I won't mention the remarks and warnings." "I ask you to pay the costs for cleaning the tags." "The disciplinary board will meet tomorrow." "Meanwhile you stay home." "You're not going to dismiss him for something... for something..." "Idiot." "Others were dismissed for far less." "And I don't think Grégoire will find an ally among his teachers." " Okay, a wing or a thigh?" " A thigh." "Attack!" "Chicken, it's the sacred Sunday meal." "Except when Mom is in a bad state." "And she sure is." " We're having a party, huh!" " Yes." "After this gastronomic break it'll get rough." "So much is certain." "Collect everything!" "Go!" "Quick, hurry up!" "Grégoire." " Bring me your tests and warnings." " Yes mom." " And no more TV." " I never watch." " Tidy up your bag." " Consider it done." "Put that newspaper away when I speak to you." " You take us for fools, great!" " What's wrong, mom?" " Your constructions in the trash." " What are you doing?" "Very good: "Grégoire finally masters additions"." "Three for English." "And the gem: two for geography." ""Rome is not in Martinique!"" "Now you put yourself behind your desk and start working." "We trusted you." "Holy shit!" "And I'm fed up." "You tidy up, it's no job of mine." " Morning, Grandma." " Morning." " Where is Gramp Léon?" " In the living-room." "But he's not very pleased." "Take it easy." "Hi." "Hi." "You're okay?" "Gramp Léon." " Did you sleep well?" " Can't you see I'm reading my paper?" "Oh yes, okay." "Now don't you worry." "Hey, cut some little squares." "It's what I told you, he'd throw you out." " Gramp Léon." " Mmmm." " Can we go to the work-shop after supper?" " No." "Why not?" "Because your mother told me the news." "I don't understand you." "If you hate school, why do you do everything to stay as long as possible?" "Are you as stupid as some people say?" "Are you stupid?" "First expelled, repeat a year." "Bravo!" "Pretty picture, congratulations." "And what's your plan now?" "You'll double your 4th and 5th grade and get your high school diploma when you're 30 years old, is that it?" "I don't understand you." "In any case, don't count on your old Léon any more." "It is too easy to say that it's hopeless and do nothing." "I'll tell you one thing, boy." "Sometimes it's easier to be unhappy than happy." "So be happy, dammit!" "Do what it takes to be happy." "You see what's ahead of you if you keep smoking?" "(Help me)" "Turn it down." "You can't do anything in this shack!" "You think it's fun to call all these colleges?" "Clear out the dishwasher." "Hello, sir." "This is Mrs. Dubosc." "I'm looking for a school for my son. 6th grade." "No, to finish the year." "Yes, Victor Hugo." "He just got expelled." "Yes." "Yes, I understand." "Thank you, sir, goodbye." " Ice-cube?" " Yes, please." " Two?" " No, thank you." "Why the face?" "(for sale)" " Don't you have school?" " No, I got expelled." " Ah!" "Like me." " You too?" "Yes, unemployed, the crisis." "And you?" "Doing some shit." "I was fed up being shouted at for nothing." " Yes." "What will you do now?" " I don't know." "Like me." "It's a pity, I see you're selling your house." "Let's say it's part of the plan." "Okay." "Well, bye." "Bye." "There's a space at Jean Moulin." " I don't want him to go there." " So what do you suggest?" "A private school?" "I can ask Chopa the number of his son's school." " How do we pay for that?" " I'll work more." "Of course." " I do what I can." " Me too." "And I feel a bit lonely." "Stop complicating your life." "There's a college 5 minutes from home." "Register him at Jean Moulin." "I don't want to register him there!" "Then you take care of it!" "You like it that he vegetates in front of the TV?" "Don't you hear the phone?" "Hello." "Ah!" "It's you." "Yes, I'm fine." "And you?" "I'm fine." "Is gramp Léon there?" "Yes, he's here." "He's busy, darling." "Will you tell him to call back?" "Yes, I'll tell him." "Okay, goodbye." "Hugs." "I don't understand." "A month ago you encouraged him to do nothing, and now you give up on him." "I'm not giving up on him, I'm disappointed." "I had other ambitions for my grandson." "Ambitions." "Who asked you to have ambitions for him?" "You feel bad that you didn't make your daughter into an engineer." "And you want her son to be one." "I never said that." "Yes, to others." "Pinocchio." "Your father thinks that if Grégoire had a little brother, or sister, it would be different." "We can't even make ends meet with one." "If it's a matter of money, ask him for it." "I don't want to owe him anything." "He should mind his own business." "He went to see the doctor?" "He asked him to choose between cigarettes and life." "And your father answered he had chosen." "He just does what he wants." "I'm hiding his packs." "He always manages to find them." "Mom." "We all have problems daughter, and we settle them as we can." "I've nothing special to tell you about this August." "My mother spent her time looking for a school." "And she didn't find a place to spend the holidays." "So, we stayed home." "I just found the time long and boring." "I said to myself:" "To be or not to be, who cares?" "Grandfather Léon always pulls a face and so do I." "Finally, my parents enrolled me in college Jean Moulin." "It seems that the level is nil and that the pupils are extorting money." "But it's the only one that accepted me, we didn't have a choice." "In Cretaceous, dinosaurs had the choice between dying and adapting." "Personally, I decided to adapt." "Just by luck I found a brochure of a high school." "On the picture all students were smiling." "Either they were paid, or one of their teachers fell into a ravine." "If I ask you to take 3/5 of a segment." "Enough!" "Stop, everybody stop." "We need to divide the segment into five parts." "Please behave correctly." "Okay." "And don't speak to me like that, I'm not your girlfriend." "We are fed up of this behavior." "I feel you're getting more and more stupid every day." "It's sad, but what can we do?" "Let him sell drugs if it's fate." "But what can we do?" "No college wanted him." "I'll tell you what I'll do." "I'll send him to boarding school, that's what I'll do." " Now that makes sense!" " Yes it does.." "Great!" "For the one time that you agree on something, it's bullshit." " Grégoire." " I know you don't love me." "Grégoire, come back immediately." "Grégoire!" " Hi, Dad." " Well, hello!" "Your mother went shopping, she won't be long." "But it was you I wanted to see." "Me?" "Yes." "I need you, Dad." "I'm not getting anywhere on my own with Grégoire." "Oh!" "Come on, come on." "Hey!" "Let's go." "Come on, I have some whiskey left." "Hello." "Good day." "Is this Grandchamp?" "It want to know if you have a high-school." "Ah!" "Okay." "Well, thank you." "Bye." "Bye." "Hi." "Hello." "What are you doing here?" "The doctor advised me to get some fresh air." "So I went wandering and got here." " I thought you quit smoking." " Yes." "I do this to annoy your grandmother." " You got five minutes?" " Yes." "Come!" "I followed your plans." "You select the color and do the painting." "It looks like you're going to boarding school?" " I don't really want to talk about that." " No?" "But I want to." "I think it'd be good for you to go for a while, go elsewhere, take a bit of distance." "It would do you good." " And your parents too." " Why?" "Because, put yourself in their place, you're their only child," "They burden you with all their love." "For you it's not easy, but for them either." "They want you to succeed." "It's because they love you, that they put the pressure on you." "At the same time they put pressure on themselves too." "Sometimes, wanting to do well, they're awkward." "And they end up badgering you." "But they mean well." "But I tell you it's all out of love." "You understand?" "Yes I understand, but it hurts me." "You know, my big one..." "When your parents fight, it's not necessarily because of you." "It is also because of them." "Only them." "You have nothing to do with it." "It is none of your doing." "Good evening, sweety." "Grégoire." "You know what time is it?" "This is where I want to go." "It's not close by, besides, they don't have a high-school." " Yes they do!" " How do you know?" " I made a call." " You called?" "Okay, I know how to use the phone." "You didn't mention it." "I already know it's crazy." "They take students on academic record, and for mine there would hardly be room in a trash can." " Give me the number." " 04 79..." " You know it by heart?" " Yes." " Just by reading it." " 04?" "79 18 36 36." " 36 36?" " Yes." "Hello, ma'am." "My son is interested in your school." "Hi chubby." "You're still in your pajamas?" "Have you seen the time?" "You don't have class." "We could go on the road." " You want to?" "Where we're going?" " You'll find out." "Now go get dressed." "Come on, make a move!" "Hey!" "It's beautiful, right?" " I dunno," " What I dunno?" "It's one of the most beautiful viewpoints that I know." "When I was little I came here with my father on Sundays and we sat on the grass." "We sat there and watched." "Watching what?" "You watch it!" "You do it on purpose, right?" "We were watching all of this, Fort Saint-Jean, Saint-Nicolas." "Before, to go from one bank to the other, there was a transfer bridge." "Look." "You recognize that tower?" "Just behind the tower was the transfer bridge." "You could cross in 1:30." "Great, right?" " Did you build it?" " I'm not that old." "My grandfather worked on it." "I was your age when he got involved." " 13 years?" " Yes." "It must be magical to work on something like that." "My grandfather often told me he was very proud." "He told me that on the day of the inauguration, there was a big ball here." "And it was the first time he waltzed with Germaine, who became his wife." "It's because of him you built bridges." "No, it's not because of him, but thanks to him." "Enough about the past." "Let's take care of us." "It's beautiful, right?" "Thank you." "My pleasure." " Now do what we talked about." " Yes." "Don't mind the mistakes nor the style nor your writing, it doesn't matter." "You just say what's on your mind, okay?" "Okay." "Bye chubby." "Bye, hairy gramp." ""Mister principal of Grandchamp," ""I would like to go to your high-school"" "Y or I?" ""But I can't because I am too hopeless..." ""I would like to be admitted at your school." ""I'd like to be admitted to your school." "I know it's impossible because my school record is too bad." ""I know you have workshops..." ""on mechanics and carpentry." ""And I think that there are not only marks in life, there's also motivation." ""I want to go to Grandchamp because I think I'll be happy." ""I'm not very tall." "I weigh 35 kilos of hope." ""Goodbye, Grégoire Dubosc." ""PS:" ""It is the first time I beg somebody to let me go to school." ""I wonder if I may be sick"" ""Madam Director Grandchamp."" "Shit." "It's a woman." "(Emergencies)" "Mom." "Good morning, dear." "What happened?" "Your father was unwell, a respiratory accident." "I've been here for hours, nobody tells me anything." "I'm here, Mom." "Did you see a doctor, anyone?" "I couldn't bear to live without him." "But listen, we're not there yet." "Mom." "C'mon." "See you." " What are you doing here?" " I took a day off." "All well?" "I need to talk to you." "I have good news and bad news." "The director of Grandchamp called, she accepts you." "But you have to pass a test." "But there is bad news?" "Yes, the bad news is that..." "Is that your grandfather is in hospital." "Is it serious?" "I don't know." "The doctors say he's very weak." "I want to see him." "No, it's not possible right now." "But I want to see him." "Yes, but the doctors must look after him." "And sometimes when you're very sick, you don't want to see anyone, not even your grandson, not even your wife and your daughter." "It'll be fine." "You've no right to die, you're too young." "I want you to see me grow up, that you're proud of me." "And then one day when I get married," "I want you to know my wife and children." "I want my children to go in your workshop." "I want them to get your smell." "The train followed the power cables for miles." "And at each pole I said softly "Gramp Léon"." "And between the poles I said "Don't die"." ""Stay here, I need you "." "Are you Grégoire Dubosc?" "My name is Serge, I'm the manager of Grandchamp." " Where you're from?" " Marseille." " You had a good trip?" " Yes." "So you're not very talkative." "You feel a knot in the stomach, right?" "Because of the test." "Don't worry, it'll be okay." " And why are you here?" " No other school wants me." " Not one!" "Not even the asylum?" " Yes." "They say I'm a bad influence." "Welcome to the club, man." "I'm Grégoire." "I'll pass the test tomorrow." "You'll make it." "My name is Corentin." "Max." "But is it cold here." "I'll catch a cold." "Léon." "What are you doing?" "I'm ready, I'll pass the exam right away." "Relax, you'll succeed." "Good luck." "Thanks." "Entry test" "What's the average temperature of... the hottest month?" "Of the coldest month?" "On what continent did Alexander disembark?" "Prove that Alexander loved Greece." "What is a prophet?" "What does the prophet predict?" "Who is the king on the run?" "What river and what country did Alexander reach?" "Why did the elephants... turn against the the Indians..." "Young man, you have one more hour." "Get to work!" "It's true, Toto!" "What are we doing?" "What happened to you?" "And stop drooling on your pen, you'll drown it." "Léon, is that you?" "No, it's the Pope." "Who do you think it is, you fool." "It's not possible you're here, talking to me." "Don't talk nonsense." "You know I'll always be here." " Come on, start over from scratch." " Oh no!" "You're talking to me?" "No, no." "Now come on, get serious." "Concentrate at your work." "Underline all conjugated verbs." "Hey!" "Toto, not that one." "You see it ends with "er"." "Right." "Good." "Time for math now, I saw some scary things." "It makes my toes curl." "Come on, make that division." "Just do it now." "Make that division." "What are you forgetting there?" "The remainder." "Ah, the remainder." "There you go!" "That's good, huh?" " I leave you to do the editing." " No, Léon." "You're much better than me." "Just be careful with the spelling." "Imagine for the words you're like a cop." "You ask them their papers before letting them pass." "Hey!" "What's your name?" "Adjective." "Whom you drive with?" "With "horses"." "In that case, Mr. adjective, what do you need?" "An "S"." " Very good." "You understand?" " Yes." "Silence, young man." "Léon!" "Léon!" " Good morning." "Looking for someone?" " No." "Léon!" "Léon!" " How are you?" " Is he dead?" "No, he's in a coma." "Since when?" "Since this morning." "And will he wake up?" "Grandma." "Are you okay?" "Get to work, Grégoire." "Turn the machines on." "Touch the tools, talk to them." "Tell them he'll be back soon." "Now go!" "Go ahead!" "Dad." "I can't." " Well?" " He's accepted." " Are you happy?" " Yes." " You're happy." " Yeah, I'm happy." "That looks nice for a school, right?" "You'll be fine here." "You call me when there's news." " Grégoire." " Yes?" "No, nothing." "Well there is." "I'm really proud of you." "Try to be happy." "You deserve it." "And I've never told you, but I think you're a good guy." "A really good guy." "Dad." "I love you." "Go!" "I'll call you when I can." "Don't forget." "Timothée, 18 out of 20." "I was the last one in class." "In fact, it seemed to me that I was really the last one." "Thibaut, 16 out of 20." "Nevertheless, the teachers liked me." "Grégoire, 6 out of 20" "Grégoire, you're making progress." "And I hope your machine to prevent losing socks will be more successful." "On the other hand, in designing and practical class, I was the king." "Especially in practical work, when students couldn't... do something, they came to me." "At first the teacher took it wrong, but now always asks my advice." "He's still not out of coma?" "Stop asking me, you know I'd tell you if anything happens." "Tell us rather what you're doing." "Your friends, your classes." "I understood the use of math." "That's good news." "I hope the same will happen with French." " And you, how are you?" " We're fine." "But we miss you." "I gotta go, it's time." "Tell grandma I received her jam." " And my buddies ask for more." " That will please her." " We'll call you Tuesday." " Okay, Tuesday." "Well, goodbye." " Bye." "Wait..." " A hug." "He hung up." "I was fine." "But I wasn't happy." "I was angry at not being able to do anything to help Léon." "I could have taken him in my arms and cross the whole world while squeezing him against my heart." "I could have endured anything to save him." "But there was nothing I could do." "Just waiting, it was unbearable." "He helped me when I really needed it, and I did nothing, until that famous P.E. lesson." "Gramp Léon, listen to me." "I'll get there, I'll do it for you." "For you, you hear me?" "(students shouting encouragements)" "I need to get there." "Gramp Léon, wake up." "I'm with you." "Gramp Léon, look!" "I'm here." "I send you my strength, I send you my will, my youth, my courage, my breath." "Take them, take everything, grandfather Léon." "Take in this fresh air, breathe." "I'm here." "We tried everything." "I think I'll stop the treatments, there's no more use." "I'm sorry, have courage." "Grégoire, it's mom." "I wanted to say..." "I just returned from the hospital... with your grandmother, we went to see Gramp Léon." "And the doctors said... that they could not treat him any longer." "They'll stop giving him drugs." "I'd rather tell you the truth..." " since you are a big boy." " Is he going to die?" " It's better that..." " Why not pull the plug, that'll go faster!" " Your grandfather is in the hospital." " I want to see him." "Sometimes when you're very ill, you don't want to see anyone." " I want to see him." " Not even his grandson." "Because he's very sick." "We'll have to stop the drugs." "I don't wanna grow up!" "I don't wanna grow up!" "Hey!" "Toto, is that you?" " How did you call me?" " Toto." "Don't call me that." "It's not me, it's a gramp downstairs, in his wheelchair." "Where is he?" "In the lobby." "I love you." "He's sick." "Léon!" "You should close your fly, you'll catch a cold." "Can you say that again?" "You should close your fly, you'll catch a cold." "Shall we go for a stroll?" "Did you ever drive something like this?" "Let's go!" "Subtitles by Subransu with help from Didgilmar  Vitaminesea"