"Hi, mom." "My son." "I need you to write me a letter." "I'm so sorry to have to ask you but..." "My lawyer said it would be a good idea." "Would you write me a letter?" "I didn't want to ask you." "I swear." "But I think it's a good idea." "You understand?" "You need it, I'll write it." "Sorry." "Why are you sorry?" "You know where your dad and I had the best vacation?" "It was in Greece." "You were too small to remember." "It was great, he was nice." "I know." "You've told me before." "No, I mention it because I'd..." "I'd like us to go back together." "Ask him at the trial..." "for his schedule." "No. I mean..." "I'd like to go back, just you and me." "I don't know, we'll see." ""When you're the son of a thespian and a clown," ""and you're mortified by terrible nocturnal fevers" ""it's a relief to find a mask in the attic," ""that you can cry behind, unseen." ""Except that eventually," ""you have to ask someone for a tissue," ""because you gave the last one away, to your mom."" "What's wrong?" "It's a nightmare." "Anything serious?" "Yes, kind of." " You need money?" " No." "Family?" "That, too." "But that's always a nightmare." "Problems with Lolita?" "Okay!" "I see." "She slept out last night." "Ouch!" "Wait, maybe she was with a girl." "Really, it does happen..." "No. I know who she was with." " Was it a guy?" " Yes." "Not a family member?" "She slept at Damien's." " No." " Yes." " C'mon." " I swear." "Shit." "How could it be?" "We said it was forbidden, Arthur." "Not that!" "Why that?" "Beats me." " Didn't you sleep with Zoé?" " Forbidden." "That's different. I was depressed." "Poor Damien." "He'll feel so uncomfortable." "I should tell him not to sweat it." "I want to be the better man, you know..." "I want to be virtuous." " Damien respects my virtue, no?" " Yes." "I want to keep his respect.." "I hate revenge, she wanted revenge." "There he is." "Look at him." "The dude makes me laugh." "He walks like a zucchini." "Be discreet, please." "Me?" "I'm not discreet?" "My keys. I forgot my keys!" "Why is he leaving, huh?" "What's wrong?" "What's going an?" "Sylvain?" "He forgot his keys." "He just told you." "But without keys..." "He can't go home without keys." "I mean, what good are his keys if he can't open the door?" "What's wrong, Damien?" "Calm down." "Nothing, just that..." "without keys he can't go home." "Okay, I get it." "Shame is terrible, no?" "There are better things in life." "You ever been ashamed?" "Calm down, what's up?" "You'll hate me.." "He doesn't look easy." "No kidding, he's my dad." " I didn't know you had one." " I don't." "Did you plan to meet?" "Not that I know of." "So you drop bombs?" "The bomb here is you." "Alright..." "It's awkward far me... you being here." "Not as much as for me, sun." "Don't call me names!" "I know what your mother asked." "Will you do it?" "Would you dare?" "Little trooper." "I don't know." "Daddy." "You always went too far." "With everything." "I bounced you on my knee." "If you write this letter, and I lose custody of my daughter because of you," "you'll be... definitively dead to me." "Okay." "You know where to write me." "You okay?" "I'm okay." "I brought you this." "A jacket?" "You're nuts, Damien." "it's beautiful." "I was 17 and I went to the Sistine Chapel in Rome." "It was my first time." "Seeing it I thought, that's my toga." "But I don't dare put it on." "Try it on, Arthur." "See?" "Thanks, Damien." "I'm going to the bathroom." " I know she is. I mean, no!" " I don't." " l have to take a dump." " Okay." "I like people who say they have to take a dump." "No?" "I'm suspicious of people who don't." "Lolita's here." " It's Lolita." " I'm history." "Hey." "Cowboy." "Damien..." "If you stay under the table another second, you're dead meat." "Aren't you eating with your aunt, asshole?" "Yes..." "later." "You want a fat lip?" "From you, little angel?" "Wait, I'm an angel?" "I'm angel?" "You're a pain." "A real pain." "You know..." "I'm really happy right now." "I'm very, very happy." "Don't I look overjoyed?" "Asshole." "Little angel is going to the bathroom too." "To fix her makeup." "Did we just kiss?" "I was dying to." "Cowboy." "New Cologne?" "Really?" "I would have sworn." "I think you're beautiful." "So do I." "I find myself very erotic lately." ""Things went by too fast." "We didn't have time." ""Time should go by unnoticed." ""All the assholes were right in the end." ""People disgust me." ""It's silly, but I'd like to see the sea." ""and the boats." ""To sleep."" "My brother." "My sister." "Why are you crying?" "I'm sick of them fighting." "Who?" "Mom and dad." "Did they have a fight?" "Dad came to pick me up today." "They wouldn't stop yelling." "Look at me." "Look at me." "All parents fight." "Cut the crap!" "You need cab fare?" "No." "I never want to see them again." "Can I sleep with you?" "I'm not sure that's legal." "Okay." "Come on, I'm beat." ""That night," ""Sylvain wrote a long, long letter," ""which wasn't addressed to his mother or his father," ""but to the girl who'd left him two months earlier." ""And the letter went something like this:" ""Jeanne, my Jeanne." ""Life is hard, I already knew that," ""but without you, it has no taste at all." ""I love you as much as ever." "What about you?"" "MY FRIENDS"