"Quiet now." "Rico, put out your cigarette." "And turn off your mobiles too." "Come on now boys, will you please put away that photo album!" "Donato, that's your third beer, I saw you!" "If no one wants to play, we can go straight to the aperitif!" "Typical Jerome." "Set fire to my father's pants the day of my sister's communion." "Afterwards he got a good hiding." "But Jerome was used to it,." "all his life he got hidings." "I never got hidings." "Never." "I got presents, that's what I got, through and through." "Presents for the poor guy who couldn't speak." "I gave one to Jerome, to console him." "It was a 350-page book about Indians." "All about Indians." "He had always had a thing about Indians, but from that day on he was besotted." "He became an Indian." "The Steelworks Indian." "And now, give it up for our guitarists!" "We've got all the big names with us tonight," "Hendrix, Page, Gallagher, and, er..." "Clapton." "Come on guys, give it some!" "Our story takes place in the south of Luxembourg, land of fire and iron, Red Earth, as it used to be called." ""The Corner Cafe"." "The center of the world for a bunch of slackers." "They formed a club." "The Unemployment Club." "That's Frunnes." "He used to have a BMW and his wife Jackel was beautiful and sexy." "Even now he caters for her every wish." "He looks after the children, does the washing up, even buys her tampons when she gets her period." "Debts up to his eyeballs and no way out." "Up to his neck in shit, even if he stood on tiptoe." "How many fingers have you got?" "Ten?" "Aren't you the lucky one." "I've only got nine." "Théid Linari, we will call him the philosopher." "He's worked at the rolling mill for 20 years." "Got a finger in every pie, trade unions, gambling and..." "the rolling mill." "Nowadays he plays the lottery and thinks about giving up smoking." "Did you know Manu?" "He only had six." "But he started with ten." "An accident every time." "At the steelworks they used to ask themselves how he did it." "For each finger he bought five garages." "Not to mention disability allowance." "Manu lacked nothing in life, apart from his fingers." "80 percent disabled." "Abbes." "What annoys him the most is that 4 of his colleagues have got their allowance." "8 years ago he tried it on with his kidneys, then his back, then his heart." "Nowadays the only person who believes he is ill, is himself." "Ladies and gentlemen, give a big hand for Franz Wilwerding!" "Abbes, your back ache must be from too much wanking..." "Wilwerding." "His mates call him Sonny Boy." "He used to play in a band, Sonny Destroy  the Painmakers." "After four rehearsals they went their separate ways." "Some saga to do with women." "Nowadays he only plays the air guitar." "When you're divorced, like Jerome, you have to know all the tricks." "But an Indian always gets through in life." "Especially if you're a professional slacker and the head of a whole gang." "Not ashamed of anything!" "Her neither." "She must know that he's got a hard-on!" "Ah, it's OK, Patrick." "These are people from the real estate agency." "They've just come to look at the place." "They must think I'm stupid." "Just because I can't speak, it doesn't mean that I don't understand anything." "This has been going on for two months." "Everything's OK, Patrick." "It's the insurance." "Turn on the light." "The man is from the Central Electric for the 3 phase current" "Can you turn on the light in the main room?" "These people are from a French supermarket chain." "From Lorraine." "But that doesn't mean anything, the cinema's not even sold yet." "If the bus weighs 5,480 kilos and the driver 80 kilos, how much must you add in order to know the total weight of the bus, driver and children?" "Think about it for a bit." "Good morning, madam. I'm Mr Klein." "I just wanted to... clarify something." "I am not an electrician!" "It's the kid's mother who told him to go and say this rubbish." "You can note it in your exercise book." "I am not an electrician." "I am unemployed." "And not ashamed of it!" "Hear me, son, you can tell that to your mother!" "Unemployment in Luxemburg." "Does it really exist, and if it does, what can we do about it?" "How can we count the number of unemployed when 60,000 people come across the border every day to work here?" "I wanted to watch the programme, but Patrick wanted to see the match." "If you don't keep quiet, we won't be able to hear anything." "Or has the state simply already abandoned some of us?" "Stop it now." "There are clients outside!" "Which took us to Esch." "Mr Klein!" "Mr Klein?" " Morning." "Take a seat, Mr Klein." "Last month we suggested two jobs for you." "You didn't even turn up." "Yes, but something came up." "I let Monsieur Turpel know." "Something's been "coming up" for the past three years." "According to my papers," "you are the busiest man in the country?" "What exactly do you do all day?" "Isn't Monsieur Turpel here?" "It's usually him who deals with my case." "Monsieur Turpel is on holiday." "But if there's a problem with me..." "No, no... on the contrary." "Mr Klein, you know that you're no longer eligible for the dole." "Are you managing financially?" "If we could manage financially, we wouldn't be here!" "With the best will in the world, I can't do anything for you." "You're four months in arrears." "How are you going to get out of it?" "Your husband doesn't even have a fixed salary!" "It's just a small loan." "200 US $ won't make a difference to you." "My dear lady, I shouldn't really tell you this." "But just an hour ago I had clients here, who, let's say, earn a good living." "What does that mean to you, to earn a good living?" "A couple who earn a good living." "Children." "He's a civil servant." "Net income." "How much do you think?" "Let's see... 2,700 US $." "But you used to have a shop." "And you think 2,700 US $ is a good wage?" " lt's been a while, I don't know... 8,000 US $ the two of them." "They wanted a 275,000 US $ loan." "No problem." "But they don't need the money." "Give it to us." "My dear lady, how are you going to get out of it?" "Come on..." "But what am I going to tell the children?" "The TV's been broken for two weeks." "And I promised my sister I'd pay back the 450 US $ she lent me." "Her husband's already complaining." "That guy can kiss my ass." "I don't understand how she can stay with him." "He's a dick." "Yes, but a dick worth 8,000 US $ a month." "Emil, another beer!" "If this fleapit closes down, your mate Petz could join our Club." "Nobody can say we wouldn't take it easy, huh, Théid?" "As for you and your philosophy of "To work is to live", kiss my ass." "And we can pay for you." "It's us that support you..." "Was that the bell?" "If you worked like you talk, the whole steelworks'd function with 6 of you." "And the others could join our club." "Give me a Spritzer, Emil." "Look, there's Miss Metallurgy." "If you ask me, she'd sleep with anyone for a glass of wine and a schnapps." "But no one is asking you." "Shut your mouth!" "Excuse me, Madam." "May I buy you a drink?" "It's my round." "But when was she "Miss Metallurgy"?" "Hey, way back when we were young and handsome." "It must have been 197 4." "November 73." "It was the first petrol crisis." "A week's ban on using the car." "And it was downhill from then on for the steelworks." "Théid would know." "He was one of the decision makers." "She gave you a blow-job." "No one said anything, but we all knew." "Nonsense!" "Shut up, Frunnes is coming!" "Has anyone seen Jackel?" "Put another in here." "Where were you yesterday?" " l had stuff to do." "What's all this?" "You want to become Director General of the steelworks?" "Come on, let's have another round." "Here's to being unemployed!" "Anyone not in our club have only themselves to blame!" "There's some salami in the fridge." "There's a journalist who says that in France, tapwater comes from the same lake they dump the sewage in." "You might as well piss straight into the coffee!" "Disgusting!" "Have you forgotten how to go to the cinema?" "Have they changed the locks?" "Come on!" "Hey, Patrick." "How's it going?" "We've come to go to the cinema." "The door's locked." "I know, I know." "Look, I'm just in the middle of writing a letter." "I can't do anything about it." "I was forced to sell up." "Everyone's going to the cinema in town." "I'm sorry, Patrick, but you must have seen it coming?" "But what was Petz meant to see coming up there in his projection room?" "He has no time to watch, he has to make sure everything runs smoothly, right?" "And what's with Petz's job now?" "Your job?" "Don't worry, I'll pay what I owe you." "Legally speaking, you understand, Patrick, I can't do more than that." "If I were you I'd have a word with the guys in charge of the supermarket." "They're sure to be taking people on." "Great, Petz, you can be a cashier!" "Let them talk their rubbish." "We'll go to someone of the Party." "The council must be able to do something." "Don't you want to take a few cassettes with you?" "What?" "You haven't got a video?" "I'll lend you mine." "Go on, at least take some porn!" "Madame, where's the porn?" "What, you're going?" "For good?" "It just gets better and better!" "You can't do that." "Am I dreaming or what?" "Yesterday we were together." "Now you suddenly want to go to Portugal." "Have I done something?" "No, it's not that... I'm getting married." "A Portuguese girl from Dudelange." "We're going to live with my family in Portugal." "And since when has this been going on?" "That doesn't matter." "Well, no matter what, you won't see me cry." "I want us to stay friends." "How can we stay friends?" "You've hurt me, you asshole." "One, two, testing, testing." "It's working." "There he is." "Come on, let's go!" "Fine, I'll go myself then." "No, no, don't you worry, I'll do it." "So Jéiss, what are they saying at the council?" " Hey, Jerome." "How's it going?" "OK, OK." "And with you?" "Not great." "Marriage hassles, you know, governmental coalition." "What can I do for you?" "I was just wondering what was happening with the cinema." "A supermarket!" "But they've been talking about it since the last local elections." "And the people?" "They're going into town for their movies." "No, I meant the people working there." "But who's working there?" "Well, there was someone working there who's been thrown out and is jobless." "Ah yes, Petz." "Couldn't you have a word with the mayor?" "Jerome, the French have signed." "And our Mayor is as thick as thieves with them." "A new shop's opening in 3 months' time." "He should talk with those in charge." "You're not going to tell me he should be a cashier... I'll see what I can do." "How's your mother?" "Give her my best." "I mean..." "his foot got stuck in the rails." "Summer of 72." "Obviously he was laid out." "Then the train came." "My friend!" "Rico was cut clean in half." "His wife could have given his trousers to a thrift store." "The belt was OK." "A bit of blood perhaps, but that can always be cleaned up." "Come on, I'll introduce you to my friends." "Guys, this is Petz, old Batticelli's son." "I know Petz." "Didn't they pull your father from under a wagon at the steelworks?" "Petz is jobless as of this morning." "We are the Unemployment Club." "The unemployment fan club." "And we have a laugh, I can tell you." "A club with pretty strict rules." "No one works." "We're financed by odd jobs, illegal working or, better still, money from the State." "That's Théid, our treasurer." "You already know Frunnes." "Hi." "And that's Abbes." "Sit down." "Why do we only make peace once every few years?" "Make peace?" "You sound like a priest!" "Well, how would you put it?" "Why so rarely?" "Because we've messed up our lives." "You get up in the morning, you drink your coffee, get dressed, you go to work," "if you have a job, you eat, you do this, you do the other, you go to bed again." "And before you know it, the kids are grown up." "Got no time for such things." "Me, I don't take the train." "Frunnes lent me his Fiesta." "After you, sir." "Listen to me." "Afterwards you can do what you like, you can even stop speaking to me." "I didn't like your Lino from the start." "You're well rid of him." "I wouldn't beg even if he was the king of Portugal." "You make me laugh." "When you were in love you didn't smoke at all." "When it's ended, three packs of Marlboro a day." "Portuguese bastard!" "And you are a Luxemburgish git!" "A year ago you too were a Portuguese git." "Bad luck, girl." "Now I'm worth as much as you are." "is there another woman behind this?" "I'd rather smoke five packs a day than to fuck this Lino!" "You know, we will help anyone who wants to work." "What's his profession?" "Film projectionist." "Ah, now that's something we don't have on our files." "But if he wants work, he will work." "There's a supermarket opening up." "Great." "Thanks a lot." "Could I perhaps speak to Miss Angela..." "Miss Polivka has left." "You'll have to ask your friend to come back on Monday." "Yes, yes, but, to tell the truth, now with the digital films... one or two projectionists are all we need." "Hello, Nico?" "Yes, I'm listening." "But Sir, he..." "Pascal, I'll be with you in two minutes." "I'm sorry, but I really don't have the time." "But, the guy there... doesn't he talk at all?" "Yes, yes, but only Luxemburgish." "We're in Luxemburg, aren't we?" "As for you, you know three languages... stammering, dribbling and mumbling." "Come on." "These idiots have their head up their ass." "Don't worry, he who works should at least get drunk." "Time for an aperitif." "Hi, Teresa." "Can I have a word?" "Angie doesn't want to see you." "That's what I thought." "How is she?" "Not good." "You're off to Portugal?" "Great!" " Come with me?" "I'd love to." "Did you even ask if she wanted to?" "Can I see her?" "I don't know." "I'll tell her you want a word." "I have to go, I'm going out to eat with my mother." "Miss Polivka, good day to you!" "I was at your office today." "You weren't there." "No." "I dropped off all the forms for you." "Great, great." "Thanks." "Can I buy you a drink?" "A Coke or a cup of tea?" "No, thank you." "Sorry." "Goodbye." "Are you crazy?" "OK, boys." "Let's stop sleeping." "Over there, that's good." "Isn't anyone going to attack?" "Move your asses, we're not a team of girls!" "Hey hey, Sunday best!" "Hi, Jupp. I just want a quick word with my son." "You wouldn't have 70 US $, I'll pay you back on Saturday." "I'm going to faint!" "You already owe me some from the discount centre." "Cut the crap!" "Let's go!" "Come on, give it some!" "No, no, out of the question." "No." "Do you know if your mother's at home today?" "She's at the hairdresser's." "Shall I give her a message?" "No, that's fine." "Go and play." "I'll come and watch your match on Sunday." "It's only Jerome." "Can't you take off your stupid cap?" "Anyway, what are you doing here?" "Sorry, I didn't know anyone was here." "I..." "I have to talk to you." "We're in a meeting." "Can't you ring the bell like normal people?" "Can you lend me 50 US $?" "I'll pay you back at the end of the week." "We've already had this conversation." "Please." "Do I have to..." "in front of everyone..." "You don't have to anything." "You creep in here like a thief." "Can't you see that we're busy?" "Viviane has come specially from Wiltz." "She's going through a spiritual crisis." "We're helping her." "I've been having a spiritual crisis for forty years and no one's helping me." "Silly bitch!" "Did he hurt you?" "No, no, I'm fine." "I'm sorry, he's a brutal idiot." "I think I deserve that drink now." "But I have to be back in the office at two." "Not now, I've also got an... appointment." "This evening at Café Bizarre?" "At seven?" "Looking good, guys!" "Dressed to kill." "To quote Randy Newman :" "Here are the papers." "Instructions, guarantees, everything." "And more real than the real!" "There they are!" "So there's the 500 Nokias which I told you about on the phone." "There's also the computers, monitors and printers." "And here are the papers and... bills." "It's all there!" "You can even import officially." "He's very pleased with himself, the dumb hick." "I don't trust these guys." " Calm, calm." "Show me the goods and then I'll phone the head office." "Good morning, Patrick." "Can you give me a hand?" "Come on, put that down." "I've heard that they've closed the old cinema." "What are you going to do?" "Not a lot, huh?" "What are we going to do with you, Patrick?" "At school you were a top class pupil." "Yep, that's what it's like with the church." "Did you know that in the thirties there were 120 cafés in the village." "One café per 25 people." "And two confessionals." "Now that the steelworks is closed there are only 15 bars, but still two confessionals." "I guess that it's been a while since you've been here!" "No worries, Patrick." "The house is always open to you." "Be careful with Geronimo and his gang." "Nothing good going on in their heads." "I'm not sure... lf the cops caught us..." "Stop!" "You're mad!" "If I had thought of the cops earlier, my man..." "Shit, someone's coming!" "Miss, it's private property here." "We're from the National Audiovisual Center." "We're making a documentary on the steelworks..." "A film!" "Have you got permission?" "Monsieur Nipoli let us in." "We've been filming all week." "Would you mind doing an interview on the steelworks?" "You must have stories..." "Sure we can tell you some stories." "How much tape do you have?" "What does the chick want?" "They're making a film." "A film." "What do you take me for, an asshole?" "No, I don't know either." "She says they're doing a film." "A documentary." "Documentary, my ass!" "I'll give you documentary." "I'm warning you, if you try and con us, I'll pull your eyes out, then I'll move on to your mother, wife, son, and I'll do them all." "I know where to find them, got it?" "And?" "Have they decided?" "They're taking their time..." "It's cocktail time!" "Let's stay real calm." "We've got to check 1 or 2 things and we'll be in touch... end of the week." "We're all friends." "I don't have a good feeling." "This kind of guys... ln the old days, Théid would have had these guys for breakfast." "You know what a smelting furnace looks like." "The big things over there." "I have to look at the camera, right?" "They had taken Lucien on." "And he was meant to clean..." "to sweep. it was his first day." "Even cleaning was dangerous at the steelworks." "He fell into a huge cauldron which got tipped out into the smelting furnace." "Seriously." "And those kind of stories have to be told on telly!" "And then the Portuguese guy wanted to give me one." "I got angry, you know me, I'm not into that." "And I decked him." "is she at least good-looking?" "That's not going to turn out well." "You were already married, remember?" "Be careful, you're not good with babes." "Asshole!" "If anything goes wrong with the mobiles, I'm fucked." "Stop wetting yourself." "If the French lot don't pay up, we'll find someone else." "Or would you rather work till you're 60 like Joseph and die of cancer?" "It wasn't cancer." "That was just stories." "He hanged himself." "What's happening?" "We're waiting for Théid." "My dear, at that time I kept my mouth shut and did what I was told." "Mind your head." "Watch and listen." "Listen to this sound." "My dear madam, I tell you, I'm happy not to be working here any longer." "All this rubbish is good for people who are addicted to photos and take the dead steelworks for art." "Nothing against television, that's different." "They've even made a flower pot out of the last wagon." "Hello." "You could have gone in." "It's a bit chichi for me." "Shall we go somewhere else?" "Fine by me!" "To the trade union?" "When I was 1 7 I worked like a dog in the steelworks." "That was the norm, you understand?" "My father always said if you get a job at the steelworks, it's for life." "Look at the smelting furnace." "The cathedrals in the south." " What?" "The cathedrals in the south." "Who said that?" "My uncle." "He writes for the Tageblatt." "In 79 I was kicked out." "Kicked out?" "How old were you?" "19-20." "I stole tools." "And then I sold them." "Total idiot." "Then I worked for a tiler for 4 to 5 years." "And got married." "Way too young." "Last year a friend took me along to Chippendales." "You should have heard the screaming." "Oh yes, the strippers." "I saw a film about a group of unemployed guys who set up a group of strippers to earn some money." "It was ace." "What's wrong?" "The Portuguese guy?" "I really am an idiot." "I even got him a job so he could stop working illegally." "Does a Portuguese guy who doesn't work illegally exist?" "Racist!" "I don't find that funny." "Anyway, I don't care, it's in the past." "How long have you been married?" "Too long. I've been divorced for three years." "Maddy works in a dry cleaner's." "She's been taking in all those chemicals for years and bellyaching to me because I smoke." "But you don't find someone like her every day... but it was never a case of grabbing my heart, making me hungry" "or tremble." "So one day I grabbed my stuff and I went back to my mother." "And I'm still there." "Jobless." "And don't even begin to think that you could find me a job." "We find everyone work." "That's what you think!" "I live right here." "Thanks." "Thanks for that nice evening." "You're welcome." "Would you like to come in?" "Yes." "Hang on!" "I need to tell you something." "I think it's important." "I don't want a relationship based on lies." "Lino and this thing with the Portuguese girl, that did me in." "For two days I did nothing but take the train and see Portuguese people and wonder if it's her." "That's understandable." "I slept with the first man who came along..." "When, just now?" "I don't know why I did it." "Maybe I felt sorry for myself." "Or wanted to get one over on Lino." "I'm a fool." "I think I'd better leave now." "This has never happened to me." "But it's no big deal." "Maybe it'd be better if we give it some time." "Why are you going?" "Stay a while." "Are you angry?" "Not at all." "Why should I be?" "I thought women got annoyed when men couldn't... lt's a bit easier for us." "We can't fake it." "So that's the clutch." "Don't drive in the dark, the headlights are screwed." "And when you want to turn it on, you must keep your finger on this button or it'll stall." "OK?" "The brakes?" "Those in front don't work." "Those at the back, sometimes." "Be careful, huh?" "How long for this job?" "Two days." "Good, two days is OK." "You still owe me something, don't you?" "Yep, look, my last note." "Yeah, yeah, mine too." " Hey, don't you recognize him?" "Blow me, it's Paul Philippe, isn't it?" "I'm going to get his autograph for Marco." "Hey, coach!" "Hi, guys!" "Sorry, coach." "Could I have your autograph, for my son?" "Of course!" "What's his name?" "Marco." "Marco Klein." "No, write here." " l thought it was for your son?" "Marco, yes. I'll show it to him." "No problem." "I've got a question." "How can one become a professional player?" "Well, if you want a proper job..." "No, seriously :" "Talent and training, training, and then more training." "Hey, Monsieur Philippe, on telly they said that Petit from the French team is making 2 million francs a month." "Well, Luxemburgians don't earn quite that much." "In any case, more than us, hey, Frunnes?" "Say, coach, how about you buying two faithful fans a drink?" "A beer and a lemonade, if you please!" "Come on, Paul, let's go, the guys are waiting for us." "Bye!" "He reckons that because he's been in the paper, he's better than us." "That'll never go away!" "Arse!" "That'll be 3 US $." "Songs with alcohol in the title :" "Tequila!" "So, you want to get from Differdange to Esch." "Straight on and past the old steelworks." "After 500 metres there's a roundabout and then there's a signpost for Esch." "Keep going straight on to Esch." "Straight on again and you come to the Kulturfabrik on your left." "Catherine, get us another one..." "Grohnemeyer." "Another German who can't sing." "It's burden, asshole!" "Beast of Burden!" "Café full of jerks, this is!" "A German stomach can take anything." "In Chihuahua they say that the worm makes you strong... gives you a dick of steel!" "But we're not in Chihuahua!" "What?" "What do you want?" "The worm gets rid of all the blockages, and fear." "Are you afraid, old man?" "There's also a short cut." " Thanks." "Listen, I'll tell them something about your worm." "Never find it!" "With or without the worm, I'd fuck her until her tits ache." "What did he say?" "More rubbish?" "No, they just said that they liked your jumper." "Today it's Ladykillers Club." "Here's to unemployment." "Anyone not employed only has themselves to blame!" "You really are an idiot!" "Such great schnapps!" "The worm's way too big!" "Geronimo reckons the bigger the worm, the bigger his dick'll grow." "What's all this mess?" "Jerome, there's a woman outside for you." "Not now, I'm busy." "Hello." "I thought you were going to call me." "I haven't slept a wink all night." "I just haven't had the time." "Go in." "I'll call you... ls that all you have to say?" "You really are a bunch of hopeless men." "To insult someone, you've got all the imagination in the world, but to tell someone you like them, you can't think of a word." "Have you seen my Sitting Bull T-shirt?" "The yellow one with the Indian on it?" "I gave it to the Salvation Army a month ago." "Moths had already got at it." "Are you mad?" "I wanted to wear it!" "Jerome, you can't wear it." "People would laugh at you." "I don't care about people." "I wanted to wear it now." "I put all these old stuff in a bag." "There are even communion presents and children's books." "You can't keep everything!" "And my book on Indians, where's that?" "Shit!" "Where's this damned bag?" "Jerome!" "Can you put on Channel 2?" "My programme's on." "I'm glad you called." "You're a funny sort, you are." "If you say so." "Come on, let's have another." "Would you like to dance?" "Who's getting married?" "Don't know." "I don't know anyone here." "Hang on!" "Don't throw that away." "I don't know anyone either." "What?" "I thought they were friends of yours." "It's neighbours of a friend." "It's a hobby of ours." "We eat and get drunk at weddings and communions without being invited." "I must be crazy!" "What are you doing?" "It's Abbes' car." "And that was that." "Shall we go in?" "I'm going home." "I've got work tomorrow." "Damn." "Just look at the Portuguese idiot." "Attack!" "What are you waiting for?" "They've been playing a zone defense since Sunday." "Zone defense?" "Zone shit!" "Paolo, do something..." "sort him out!" "Bah, that was lucky." "Away, how do you mean away?" "How do I know?" "Gone!" "I'm at the warehouse." "These idiots have broken the lock." "I don't know, there isn't anything left." "Paolo!" "But do something!" "He's there, in front of the place, alone." "Calm down." "The French guys have stolen the mobiles." "I'll calm down if I want to." "Course I'm sure." "The French have taken off with the mobiles." "1 - 0, goal by Carlo Morgante." "Do you think they're still OK?" "Look on the cover." "It's "package", you idiot." "LPs have a cover." "I was counting on the money from the mobiles." "I don't know how I'm..." "Oh, forget about the mobiles." "I need the loo." "And if the French go to the cops?" "Oh, screw the French... lt says, three weeks... in the fridge." "Good evening." "Evening." "Here you are, madam!" "Thank you, gentlemen, thank you." "Will you have a drink with us?" "Come on, madam." "Hey Frunnes, get us another bottle, will you?" "Your wife has drunk too much." "Look after her." "OK." "Thanks, gentlemen." "Bye!" "Jerome hadn't been so depressed in a long time." "Well, when a guy can't get hard..." "You know, it's supposed to be his best friend and one should look after a friend, even if he lets you down." "Jerome was sure he'd found the answer." "A spiritual ceremony like in the books." "An Indian ceremony for his dickl" ""l brake for the Grand Duke too"" "God used to be German, but after yesterday's match..." "Oh, sorry, father!" "I know what you mean." "The world seems a better place when the Germans lose at football." "Look at that." "The last time anyone saw a priest on a scooter was in 69 in the north." "Go on." "And I'll leave you the scooter here." "You'll have the papers too, if I can find them." "Shit, it's my mother. I was meant to be going to the cemetery with her." "Théid, quick, say something." "Hello, Mrs Klein." "Théid Linari here." "It's a bit difficult, we're in a car." "We're going fishing at Dudelingen, on the border." "No, Jerome's asleep." "The line's bad, we're just going into... a tunnel!" "Sewn with love!" "We choose a van and take control of it." "It's amazing what they carry." "If the driver's on his own, Jerome and Abbes keep him and we empty the van." "It has to be quick." "Your papers, please." "What?" "Your papers, please." "Ah, is it a check?" "Are you policemen?" "Customs." "And what have you got here?" "Nothing..." "I... I've got two washing machines which I'm delivering to Lasauvage." "Have you got the invoices?" "Can you get out of the van and open the back, please." "Come with us to the office!" "Only one!" "Fuck!" "Can't you see anything, moron?" "Who does he think he is, talking to me like that?" "I'll speak to you how I like, you French idiot." "I could fuck 3 of you every morning before breakfast!" "Just watch it. I know your type..." "Do you like that, you shit?" "What's going on?" " Dunno." "One of the smartasses we've stolen the Nokias?" "Hi!" "Thanks." "These are some colleagues." "You don't mind?" "No, no." "They'll be gone soon." "Ah, Patrick, what's up?" "I read somewhere that guys experience a sort of" ""birth crisis"" "three times in their life." "The first, the birth itself, the second when they have to learn to tidy their room and the third when they live with a woman who isn't their mother." "Apparently there are some who never get used to it." "It's only a joke." "Go easy on me!" "So this is your "job seeker"." "Has he at least got anything "down there"?" "Hey, Angie, I don't know..." "Be careful you don't catch anything!" "You have to stop the cork in a few millimetres before the end." "It musn't notice anything." "Dry as anything." "Did you know that there are over 60 nationalities living here?" "And many of them come to confession." "More than you'd think." "Some of them don't speak to anyone else but me." "How can I understand them all?" "I play the game." "Or otherwise, should I say" ""Sorry, sorry"..." "How many times have you..." "and with whom and where?" "I simply can't do that, you understand?" "It doesn't matter." "Him above understands every language, don't you think?" "With me, they say what they want." "Even you..." "So tell me. I'm listening." "We're listening." "He's fucking the babe from the Job Centre." "One does its best!" "I hope you're not going to work now." "Shut up and take this..." "And where were you yesterday?" "We waited for you!" "What happened to you?" "And your tip, the villa on top of the hill at Kayl?" "Franz Schumacher's place?" "He's gone to the Black Forest with his wife." "No neighbours, no alarm." "I can smell garbage." "You got a problem with that or what?" "Our club has its rules!" "What rules?" "Never to have a penny in your pocket?" "And not to work." "Even at the rubbish dump!" "You've been working and haven't told us?" "That's rich coming from you, asshole!" "You just watch what you're saying, just watch it!" "Go fuck yourself!" "My dear girl, couldn't you do better than him?" "Jerome, I need 800 US $ before Wednesday." "I've got to pay the children's mobile bills." "D'you think I've got shares in the steelworks or what?" "Wait!" "I didn't win my back in the lottery!" "She's not bad, Schumacher's old lady." "Stop dreaming, go and get some dough!" "Hello..." "Yep... of course..." "No, I can't right now." "It's the Employment Agency!" "What am I up to right now?" "We've been trying to get hold of you all day yesterday." "Your mother kindly gave us your mobile number." "We've got a job for you." "When for?" "But... isn't Miss Angela there?" "She deals with my file." "What are you going to do?" "Well, I'm not going to go." "There's enough Portuguese." "Why don't they ask them?" "He's boasting in front of his mates... and he can't even get it up." "He can kiss the ass of the girl from the Employment Agency!" "Hi." "Hi." "I heard that Franz Schumacher's place was burgled." "Well, he should have locked it better." "What?" "I haven't a clue what you're talking about." "That's a great way to treat a mate." "I give you a tip and you go it alone." "You're losing it." "Go and tell your drunken stories at the bar!" "I'll whack you so hard you'll hear the sirens at the steelworks, pal." "Dust bin!" "That's fine." "Come on!" "Bye, guys." "Don't work too hard!" "Assholes!" "If you guys played like we've just..." "Yeah, yeah, so keep talking..." "Right, but now the results really have to get better." "And there's the drinking too." "Marco, wait up." "A present for you!" "I've got a mini-disc!" "I'll minidisc you in a minute!" "Hey, guys, look." "There's someone famous coming!" "Pull yourself together, Jupp." "If you had seen as many naked women as I have bare-assed football players, then you'd have done alright." "What's up now then?" " That woman called." "Angie?" " She seemed angry." "If I was you, I'd think up something quick." "What did she say?" "That you couldn't get it up!" "Last time it was the FC Union which played here." "On average I'd say they've got a few more cm between them than you lot." "Burgled?" "I need help to finish the painting... while I call the spirits." "Stop laughing... it's in the book." "Perhaps we're going to see a miracle." "Does it also work for disability allowance?" "The Navajos have been observing this ceremony for centuries." "The sand is super fine, and super expensive." "I had to go to Trier on my scooter to get it." "It cost me 1 400 francs." "It reminds me of the "red dust"" "at the steelworks, do you remember?" "All the salad in the garden, the terraces, the laundry, it was all covered in red dust." "And no one said anything." "Nowadays there would be demonstrations and they'd shut the steelworks down." "As long as there was red dust, we were alright." "Why aren't you saying anything?" "Your Miss Metallurgy is sleeping with half the committee and all you can say is hmmm!" "Get a grip!" "But hit me, just do something." "That was the last one, Frun..." "Petz, I'm counting on you." "Tomorrow morning at five by the gate." "Shall I pick you up?" "All what you have!" "Luxemburgians and French..." "Go!" "Sorry, madam..." "Stop!" "Police!" "Put down your gun!" "Frunnes is deadl Frunnes is deadl" "The cops shot him." "He robbed a bank." "I'll be right there, I'm on my way." "Can you hear me?" "Jerome?" "Hello?" "I wouldn't go there if I were you." "They're looking for you." " Why?" "A burglary." "What have you idiots done now?" "He never wanted to see them." "I didn't know him yet." "I was Miss Minett." "I'm not joking." "When is he due to come in, this man?" "What is he again... a judge?" " Magistrate." "Frunnes... he's dead." "Frunnes, the stupid bastard." "What'll I do now, hey?" "Tell me that." "Without Frunnes?" "I love you." "Jerome got 1 2 months, four inside." "He couldn't wait until he got out so he married Angie in prison." "When a man and woman get married in jail they're allowed to get it together." "And Angie and Jerome finally managed it... I love you too." "It was a miracle. I didn't tell anyone about our Indian ceremony." "All people knew was that I could speak again. lt seemed to be due to a shock, brought on by the memory of a childhood trauma." "There were 500 people at Frunnes' funeral." "Jackel is dry now and married a guy from the bank." "Abbes got 1 2 months inside." "He was beaten up inside and finally got his disability allowance." "Théid got a prize for literature." "He still writes books today." "After prison Jerome worked until he retired." "His son made the national football team." "He was there when Luxemburg beat Germany 3 - 1 in 2008." "And me?" "I visited them twice a month in prison." "I brought them oranges, cigarettes, porn films and typewriter ribbons." "And in Luxemburg we still talk about the times of the steelworks and say that perhaps it will recover and that we can live in peace with the Portuguese, Italians, Bosnians, Croatians, Russian, French," "Belgians and Germans..."