"God is great." "God is everything." "Without faith, you have nothing." "It's true, sir." "I cannot swear, but I swear it with my right hand... and if I'm not Christ, may God send a thunderbolt right now to strike me down." "I am Christ, the Messiah." "But I haven't returned to be crucified a second time." "Okay, come out from under there." "Come on out, you little prick!" "Come on out!" "I'll haul you out by your ass." "You hear me?" "Come out!" "Come on out!" "Come on out." "Cut it out!" "I'll fucking knife you!" "Listen, I'm tired." "I want a bit of peace." "Here's what I suggest:" "We forget all this but you take all your gear and get lost." "And that's that." "Is that a deal?" "Is that a deal?" "You hear me?" "Did you call the cops?" "No." "You're going to?" "If you don't come out, I will." "Okay." "I'm calling the cops." "No, don't call them, please." "So come out of there and get lost." " Okay, but I keep the jar." " What jar?" "The jar of coins." "No way." "Take your gear and get out of here!" "Why pick my place?" "Why not the jerks next door?" "There's a dog." "Why not the other neighbors?" "They have dogs too." " They all have dogs?" " Yeah." " All the neighbors have dogs?" " Yeah." " Come on, get up." " My legs are numb." " Can you move your feet?" " No." "I can't feel a thing." "See, you can feel your legs." "Get up now." "It hurts." "I think something's broken." " The hell it is." "Get up." " It hurts, I swear." " Turn over." " What?" "Turn over." "Let me see your hands." " Where's your knife?" " I don't have one." " Where is it?" " I don't have one." " You said you had one." " I only said that in case you beat me up." "I swear I don't have one." "Don't pull a fast one on me." "I swear I don't have anything." " Don't hit me again." " I didn't hit you yet." " Where does it hurt?" " Here." " There?" "Where?" " Here." "I didn't call the cops." "Stay right there." " Why?" " Don't move or else." "What's your name?" "Elie." " Elie?" " Yeah." " Where do you live?" " In the city." " Is this a Cadillac?" " It's a Chevrolet." " What year?" " '79." "Like me." "I was born in '79." "I was born in December '79." "And the car?" "I don't know what month it was born." "Too bad." "I'll drop you there." " There?" " Yeah." " Thanks." " You're welcome." "If I see you around again..." "No chance of that." " What'll you do now?" " Hitch a ride." " Going back to the city?" " No." "I'll go to my folks' place." "Got any money?" "To tide me over?" " Be careful." "You'll lose it." " Don't worry." "Right..." " See you." " Yeah, see you." " It's cleared customs?" " Hmm?" " It's cleared customs?" " Yeah." " It's an automatic." " Yeah." "You said it was a manual shift." "It's manual then." "You said it was in competition condition." "It is." "This is competition condition?" "Look at the carpets." " It's not competition condition." " Yes, it is." "This isn't competition condition." "It isn't?" "No." "What's competition condition?" " When it can compete." " This one can compete." " Like this?" " Yes." " No." " Yes." " No." " Yes." "No." "Yes." "No." "Yes." "Yvan... we're just talking." "No one comes this way." " Where do your folks live?" " Near the French border." " You're really going there?" " Yes." "Yeah, I'm really going there." "Okay, get in." "But I don't take the freeway." "You didn't answer because of me?" "That guy at your place." "You're in trouble?" " Who is he?" " Give me a break." "Just trying to make small talk." "We can talk but spare me the interrogation." " We need to find something to say." " Exactly, we need a subject." "A subject can be hard to find, talking to your thief." " I'm not a thief." " You could have fooled me." "No, I'm not a thief." "You came to steal from me." "I call that a thief." "No, I'm not a thief." "I had no choice, that's all." " Someone made you?" " No." "So why say that?" "I just had no choice." " Someone made you do it?" " No." " So why say you had no choice?" " Because." " Because what?" " Because." " Because what?" " Because." " Because what?" " Because." "Want me to tell you why?" "Because you're a goddamn junkie." " I'm not a junkie." " And I'm not fucking stupid." "I'll go pay." "Want something to eat?" "No, I'm okay." "Something to drink?" "No, I don't need anything." "No?" "Come with me anyway." "I prefer it." " Not eating?" " I said I wasn't hungry." "I won't stop every 10 minutes." "I'm not hungry." "You should eat instead of taking that crap." " What crap?" " What do you think?" "I control it." "I haven't used for two weeks." "I'm kicking the habit." "I swear I am." "Oh, yeah?" "Why burgle my place then?" "That wasn't why." "I wasn't after your CDs and stereo." "I just needed money for the trip." "I'm on the road, see." "No one gives me a ride." "I needed cash for the bus, that's all." "I swear it's true." "I'm not using now." "So eat, if you've kicked the habit." "Build your strength up." "Go on, eat something." "Go on, eat." "What's left?" " Tuna and mayo." " I don't like fish." " Chicken and olives." " I don't like olives." "So leave the olives." "Got a problem?" "I'm losing water." "Something snapped?" "A radiator hose?" "It's a V8, just like mine." "Losing a lot?" "I need to refill it regularly." "It'll be worse with pressure." "Going far?" "Near the border." "I live eight miles away." "Just follow me." "I have all the gear at home." "I have a garage, a ramp, a pit..." "the lot." " Thanks, but it's okay." " You'll wreck your engine." "I'll just add water." "You'll need a new engine rather than a new hose." "Kind of dumb, huh?" "I live eight miles away." "It's not far." "We can be there in 10 minutes." "You'll follow me?" "You just have to follow me." "I have everything you need." "Interested?" "You're looking at my collection." "I'm selling the lot." "It doesn't look like a collection but it is one." "This has a dent, a dent, a dent..." "A dent there too." "They all have one." "But not just any dent." "Each dent was made by a body hitting the car... a death every time, guaranteed." "With the press cuttings, case number and invoice from the wrecker working with the court." "It's my specialty and I don't cheat." " Interested?" " No." "Too bad." "I have two or three good ones." "There's a real beauty." "A very young mother." "A beautiful little dent, very feminine." "The poor girl." "I knew she was going to die." "I knew because I touched her the day before with this very hand." "Sometimes, when I touch," "I see." "I see." "Do you want to see too?" "Drink or it won't work." "Drink." "You drink too." "We're getting there." "Yes, it's good." "I can feel it coming." "I'm ready." "Give me your hand." "I have to touch you." "I see death and I see graves." "And I see you digging with your hands, another grave." "Walk on the graves." "They're dead but if you want to live, you must walk on the graves." "They're lying there." "They're dead." "And you're standing." "You're alive." "If you don't walk on the graves, you'll die." "There, I've finished." "You now." "I have to touch you." "It's odd, with you..." "I see nothing." "I know... sing the national anthem." "Sing." "Sing it for me." "Sing." "O Belgium..." "O Belgium" "O dear mother" "To you our hearts, to you our arms" "To you our blood, O fatherland" "We all swear it, you shall live..." "I'll get the hoses." "How come you know the words?" "Nobody knows them anymore." "It's because my dad's a soldier." "I had to sing it every night before I went to bed." "You're not starting it up?" " I've drunk too much." " So?" "I might fall asleep at the wheel." "Know what to do?" "Fix your hair to the roof." "Fix it to the roof." "That way, if your head droops, it pulls your hair and wakes you." "Hmm?" "Fix your hair to the roof." "Make sure it's taut enough." "If you doze off, it pulls your hair and wakes you." "How do you fix your hair to the roof?" "With thick sticking tape." "I don't have any thick sticking tape." "I think I have some narrow sticking tape." "In the glove compartment." "Fuck, do it gently." "It has to be taut." " Does it work?" " I think so." "Try it to see." "Perfect." "Perfect." "Fuck." "I dozed off." " Shit." "Are you okay?" " Yes." "So much for your trick." "Oh, fuck." "Right..." " Okay?" " Okay." "Easy." " Where are we?" " "Where are we?"" "What do we do now, huh?" " What do we do now?" " I don't know!" "What is this place?" "Shit." " We should call someone." " Yeah, but who?" " Assistance." " I don't have a cell." " You don't have your cell?" " No cell." " Is it in the car?" " I don't have one." "You don't have a cell?" "!" " Do you have one?" " No." "Well..." "Come on, let's go." "Wait." "Where are you going?" "To get help." "No one's here." "We're in a forest." "Come back." " What do we do?" " I'm not moving until dawn." "Do you like this one?" " How about up there?" " We've been there." " You're sure?" " That's the first one we looked at." " Then we went that way." " We didn't go that way?" "We went that way, then that way." "We did?" "I know what I'm saying." "We didn't go that way." "This is your size." "Take your clothes off." "Take them off and put this on." " This?" " It's that or you get sick." "Got a cig?" "I don't smoke." " In your car, maybe?" " In my car?" "I don't smoke." "I don't smoke in my car since I don't smoke." "I wouldn't mind a quick cig." " I wouldn't let you smoke in here." " Why not?" "Not in a cramped room where someone's sleeping." "Fascist attitude." " Fascist attitude?" " Yes." ""Don't do this, don't do that..." It's fascist." "It's not fascist, it's respect." "And you respect my craving for a smoke?" "No." "You can smoke outside." "You respect my wish to sleep in a room not filled with smoke?" "You could sleep outside." " What?" " You can always sleep outside." "Brilliant." "And I'm the fascist?" "If you smoke, you smoke outside." "There are no cigs anyway." "Are you okay?" "You slept well?" "Hello." "Alain Delon." "Yvan." "We have car trouble." "Do you have a phone?" "Well... yes..." "You'll find a small track." "Highway 95." "It'll lead you to the road." "Keep straight on from there and you'll find your way." "We turn right here?" "The track to the highway and you're all set." "Sir..." "Let's go." "Goodbye." "Well?" "I'm thirsty." "Sorry, but she's not coming over." " She's not coming over?" " No, even though she's seen me." " I can't fetch her." "What can I do?" " Help yourself." " No." " Why not?" "Because it's not done." "See, she doesn't care." "If she doesn't care, too bad." "I'm thirsty." "Pass me the cans." "I'll leave money." "Money?" "You're crazy." "Seen the place she's got?" "She doesn't care, I don't care, you don't care, nobody cares." "There might be cameras." "No way." "Come on, let's split." "I keep going?" "Yeah, a bit further." "Turn right at the end." "After the pub?" "Yeah." "Are they at home?" "Don't know." "I think so." "Can you come too?" "Please." "I haven't seen them for a while." "It'll reassure them if I bring someone, a pal, a guy with a car and money, a job and all that." "A guy like me will reassure them?" "Definitely." " Look how I'm dressed." " Who cares?" "Please." " Two minutes." " Yes." "Take your cap off." "You wear your hair long now?" "Yes." " You stopped shaving?" " Yeah." "I live my life, Mom." " Where do you sleep?" " At a pal's." "I'll have a new address soon." "How do you do your laundry?" "I go to... to the Laundromat." "Do you eat well at least?" "Yes, I eat well." "Have you known Didier long?" "Didier?" "Uh, yes." "Not very long." "Maybe, but we know each other well." "Yes, we're getting to know each other pretty well." "And not long..." "what does that matter?" "We know each other." "What do you do for a living?" "I sell cars, big American models." "I bring them back from the States," "I do them up and sell them to my customers, collectors." " Is Dad here?" " Yes." "He knows I'm here?" "And... you live in the city too?" "Not really." "Up in the hills." "It's still the countryside." "Didier should never have moved to the city." "Still, he's done it now." "That's life." "You have a fine garden." "It must be good to eat your own vegetables." " I'm giving up." " You are?" "I can't manage it." "Get the hell out of here!" "I told you not to come back." "I came to see Mom, not you." "How should I say it?" "I told you to piss off!" "Go on, get out of here." "I don't believe it." "You've pissed me off for 20 years now!" "Don't talk to your father like that!" "Go, get out of here right now!" "Go, get out of here!" "Okay..." "Didier?" "Give me a break." "I didn't know you enough to tell you my real name." "After, I forgot to tell you." "I can't stand guys who lie all the time." "I don't lie." "I forgot to tell you." "Don't you forget things?" "Whatever." "I quit." "I'm fucking sick of it." "You think I'll carry on alone?" "I don't know." "It was your idea, not mine." "You piece of shit." "We're doing this for your mom." " I'm in pain." " Same here." "It's my back." "It's not just my back." "I hurt all over." "She's watching." "Surely you can do this for her?" "Just go easy." "Remember one thing, Elie-Didier... you can do stuff for your mom because she's still here." "That's priceless because it won't last." "So do it now." "Don't wait until it's too late." "Don't do what I did." "I did nothing for my family." "Even if I wanted to now, it's too late." "There's no one left." "I lost my brother a few months back." "I found out he'd died when I got back from the States." "That sucks too." "I can't get that out of my head." "I should have been there but it's too late." "You have to do it now." "Afterwards, it's too late." "You'll have made her happy." "She'll think of you." "And that's fantastic." "Come on." "We'll go easy." "Just follow my lead." "Bye." "Bye, Mom." "Bye, Mom." " I'm not going in." " Come on." "I'm not going in." " Once you're in, it's good." " I'm not going in." "Come in the water if you want to get back in the car." " You stink." "You said we'd wash." " I'll wash my feet." "Not just your feet, the lot." "It's cold." " Okay?" " I'm cold." "So move." "Take your cap off." "Cut it out." "Move or you'll freeze." "Was he your big brother or your little one?" "My little brother." "What did he die of?" "An overdose." "What are you going to do now?" "See if my socks are dry and put them on." "I mean, in general." "What'll you do?" "Where do we go?" "I'd like to go back to the city." "Can you take me?" " To the city?" " Yes." "Sure that's a good idea?" "I'm not staying here." "What'll you do?" "Why are they staring at me?" "They want my photo?" "It pisses me off when people stare at me." "They're looking at the car, not you." "You see?" " That's a young dog." " It isn't." " It's not like Sultan?" " No." " It's the same kind of coat." " What did I just say?" "This one's muzzle is longer." "This is a Doberman." "It's an old dog too." "What do we do with it?" "Nothing." "Leave it here." "We have to split." " It's not dead." " So?" "Who cares?" "You want trouble, do you?" "If there's a car smash and you're the first there, what do you do?" "Help them?" "You mustn't do that, pal, ever." "You're trained in first-aid?" "No." "You can't help." "So keep well away." "It's the same with dogs." "A dog's like a human." "Just leave it here and split." "He lost his dog last week." "What do we do with it?" "Throw it from a bridge." " Are you crazy?" " It's had it." "I know, but that's no reason to throw it from another bridge." "Finish it off then." "Give it a shot." "We'll have to find a veterinarian." "There's another way." "It'll be over in 10 minutes." "No need for a veterinarian and the dog won't suffer." "What do you mean?" "No way." " What?" " No." "What?" "Buy smack and shoot the dog up?" " It's painless." " It's not that." "What then?" " It's too dangerous." " No, it isn't." "You wait two minutes, we find a place and it's over." "No." " What?" " No." "What's up?" "You don't trust me?" "You don't trust me." "You think I'll take your dough to go shoot up, is that it?" "Is that it?" "That's it." "Fuck." "I trust you but I know how it goes." "I don't want you tempted by that crap because of me." "I trust you but I don't want to." "I don't want you to start using again because of me, you understand?" "Drop me where you want." " How much do you need?" " 25 euros." " 25 euros?" " Yeah." " It's for the dog, right?" " Yeah, for the dog." " You bring it all back." " Yeah." "All of it." "Is this the best way?" "Want to find another bridge?" "I won't be long." "There's a space there." "It's okay, I'm waiting for someone." "But there's a space." "I'm going soon." "It's not worth it." "My pal's keeping you a space." "I don't have any change." "We're keeping your space." "I don't care." "I never asked you to." "You can't stay here." "You're illegally parked." "If the cops turn up, you'll get a ticket." "You can't stay here." "You're in everybody's way." "If I call the cops, they'll tow you." "Go ahead, call the cops." "Call them." "Park over there or I'll fetch them." "So fetch the cops." "I don't care." "Get lost now." "Get lost." "Hey, boy." "Hey, boy."