"Liberty isn't just a brand of yogurt." "4135." "Valium." "4721." "Percodan." "5132." "Percodan." "5229." "Largactyl." "Hey Cloutier!" "Save me a seat up front, ok?" "When the fuck is happy hour?" "Good morning Canada, medication rounds... 5132." "Hey screw, go home!" "A nigger's sucking off your wife." "3327." "Subtitles by Robert Gray (Kinograph) Montréal" "Subtitling:" "Laser Vidéo Titres" " Paris" "Hey, Coma!" "Ready." "Thanks for the comic." "Welcome." "Spade, my boy... tonight we're goin' out!" "That's fine Mr. Tremblay." "Leave the rest." "Almost done." "See you tomorrow." "G'night." "What're you doing here?" "I'm working on the show." "Let's see." "It says from the paint shop to the gym." "Nothing 'bout here." "I need some tools." "Sure... against the wall." "Spread'em." "Go on." "Ok, strip." "Shit, looks good." "Not bad, try some." "Hell, it's still fermenting." "It's only been two days." "Awful." "Turn around." "Open your mouth." "Wider." "Tongue up." "Higher." "Stick it out." "Turn around." "Bend over." "More." "Spread your cheeks." "I said spread'em." "Raise your foot." "Higher." "Other one." "Higher." "Papa 5 to Papa 7." "Papa 1 in." "The gear from the show's here." "I read you, out." "Beat it." "Got much longer?" "A half hour." "Bloody thing!" "Hustle!" "They'll be here soon." "Almost finished." "And move that cart." "Christ I'm scared." "G. G. Gagnon." "Your name?" "Pat Marteau." "Fine." "Méo Mongrain, as in Roméo Mongrain." "Nice moustache." "Same color as your boots." "Same line last year." "He's heard it." "He knows'em all." "Mr Leroux!" "You're back!" "I sure missed you guys." "How's it look?" "Perfect, just perfect." "The cash?" "Boyer stashed it." "Thanks." "Your name, please." "Loulou, Rose..." "I'm a dancer, and you?" "Journalist." "This your first time in jail?" "Yeah." "Me too." "Sylvie Nantel." "Next." "Name, Miss?" "Maurice Leblanc, honey." "Your queen bee just flew in." "The blue ones cost a pack the black are two." "Where'd they come from?" "That dancer at the St-Jean show, remember her?" "I'll pay you later." "Jesus I'd love a piece of her ass!" "A brunette with glasses named Marie-Josée Drouin." "Just about Pierrot's size." "Check the readhead." "Ya listening?" "Cool it." "Marie Drouin, wears glasses." "You'll get your pass." "I'd sure fuck her." "The ass on that blonde..." "Too skinny!" "With mine, you get your money's worth." "Grab her good..." "Take that, bitch!" "Hi, I'm Jacques." "Your boyfriend sent me." " How is he?" "Having a rough time." "He can't take this, I know him." "Getting you in sure gave him a lift." "When can I see him?" "Soon as the show starts." "We arranged the whole thing." "The inmates' committee?" "Yup." "I don't understand." "Might seem strange to an outsider." "It's what they call "rehabilitation."" "Who's "they?"" "Prison authorities." "Incredible." "Yeah... they'll do anything for the boys." "Look, I managed to get this through." "Pass it on." "Here..." "If you wanna get high..." "Now the party can start." "How do you?" "We use what we find in the kitchen." "That's from tomato juice." "Ain't bad." "I'm Spokes, and you?" "Loulou." "Like some peanuts?" "How'd you get'em?" "Well, you know..." "400 thieves under one roof." "Papa 1, all clear." "Go ahead." "I wouldn't stand by the door if I were you." "C'mon, Coma, move it." "The guy with the Elvis wave..." "He's the warden." "An SOB." "Who's the lady?" "Don't know her." "Some bitch." "Must be his wife." "The man in the turtleneck?" "Father Miron." "He's ok." "Usually he avoids that gang." "Boyer's not here?" "Not yet." "Wait, I'll check." "And in back?" "The psychiatrist." "Now there's a fuckin' sicko!" "Sons of bitches." "Don't know the other guy." "A son of a bitch." "All SOBs." "Then you've got evaluators, psychologists, criminologists..." "They're all sons of bitches." "So if I understand, everyone here's a son of a bitch." "They're guards." "It's black or white..." "Isn't that a little simplistic?" "That's how it is." "You got those in the cage, and those who lock the cage." "Even when a guard's ok, it doesn't change reality." "And what's reality?" "Reality?" "That's reality." "And it's a son of a bitch." "Hi guys!" "Happy to see me?" "Yeah!" "Even as a screw?" "Better not joke about that." "Could be a long evening." "You weren't going anywhere tonight?" "Guard!" "What is it, Boyer?" "You can't keep me in deadlock, not with the party." "I don't make the rules." "Try to understand." "Ain't my job to understand." "You know the rules, no cash in prison." "Act human for once." "Put me in the hole tomorrow, but lemme out tonight." "It wasn't even my money." "Whose then?" "I'm no stool." "Fuck!" "Ya got no heart." "For $50!" "Ya can't be serious!" "Lemme out, ya goddamn pig." "Open the door, slob!" "You trash!" "Slime!" "Shithead!" "Just wait fuckin' cocksucker." "I'll cash you in!" "You'll leave here with a tag tied to your big toe!" "Scumbag!" "And now let's bring on the band" ".38 Calibre!" "We ain't come like some boy's choir" "We ain't here to put out your fire" "Gonna see these walls a-crackin'" "An' feel this joint a-rockin'" "No time for tears, no wimps here" "When we put on a show" "Wanna see the fuses blow" "Get the blues on a roll" "Let the sun set in the west" "Our rock'n roll will do the rest" "Got far to go, so let's get it on." "Smash the lock on that door" "Badman's gonna settle a score" "C'mon boys, break those chains" "Roll your troubles, we got a light" "No time for tears, no wimps here" "Whe we put on a show" "Wanna see the fuses blow" "Get the blues on a roll" "Jesus, take it easy." "That thing cost $300." "I was goin' crazy, had a 24-hour hard-on." "Sorry, maybe I'm..." "It's ok." "I don't know women, been in jail all my life." "How old are you?" "40." "In 22 years, I been out 6 months... 5 years ago." "Only 6 months?" "And before?" "The orphanage." "And then, 3 years in reform school." "When I got out felt like I was from Mars." "I spent too long in jail." "I had this girlfriend." "One day I found her with a guy in bed." "A cop." "I went berserk." "I slugged him, just once." "He never woke up." "Been in a coma 5 years." "Bastards." "Fuck." ".38 Calibre!" "Know how an Eskimo pees?" "You must've had some dreams?" "All you can do in here is dream." "I had a list this long in my head." "Visit Florida, see the ocean, Disneyworld..." "All that." "Gambling in Vegas." "It's wonderful." "Visit Niagara Falls, take the train out west." "All I did was see an Expos game... two." "Oh yeah, and once we ate at Da Giovanni's." "God that was great." "But mostly I worked." "At night I'd stay home, watch tv." "He says, "Hey screw, the steak's horse meat."" ""What do you mean?"" ""I yelled 'Woah!" "' And it bucked."" "They found Boyer's cash." "Christ!" "He won't talk." "I went and bought a fancy purse, this big." "Cost me $3,500." "I said, "Hold on, that's way too much."" "It's made of foreskins." "Rub it and it's a suitcase."" "He's in deadlock." "What's deadlock?" "He's locked in his cell till tomorrow." "He can't come?" "But why?" "What's with those bastards?" "Why can't the fuckers leave us alone?" "Scum!" "We'll use gas." "Go ahead!" "C'mon!" "Motherfuckers!" "Bastards!" "My eyes!" "My eyes!" "My eyes are burning!" "Lemme out!" "Easy now." "Scumbag!" "He says, "It's a screw's brain." "Never been used."" "I love your beard!" "C'mon fast." "Suck me." "What's he doing?" "Who?" "The guy shaving his arms." "It's for his act, a surprise." "Toke?" "No thanks, not tonight." "When I was a kid, all my pants were patched." "Everyone made fun." "At 15, I swore I'd make'em stop." "Got real nice pants." "Never needed welfare." "When I want money, I take it." "What did your father do?" "My father?" "He worked at Continental Can." "What did he do?" "Stack boxes." "At 50, the bastards fired him, replaced him by a lift." "When he died all he owned was his dentures and a torn handkerchief." "I don't want that." "When my feet hit the street people're gonna know it." "Here." "Move it!" "Listen to me, you fucking rat." "We're not done with you." "Two pigs are sitting in their patrol car." "Two filthy swine." "Y'know, drooling, snorting porkers." "Complete animals..." "An they're bored." "One of'em says, "Feeling hungry?"" ""A little."" "So he pulls up behind a diner, points to the trashcans and says, "Dig in"" "Don't you worry about killing, taking human life?" "What about my life?" "When you're poor, you'd do anything to break out." "Yes, but violence..." "It shows ya got feelings." "Where are you from?" "Montréal." "What part?" "The west, N.D.G." "And what did your father do?" "He was a doctor." "That's the difference between us." "There is a penitentiary..." "Not that song crissakes." "I've heard it a thousand times." "Only one he knows." "It's as if they have to sing it." "...to end my life" "Like other guys have done" "The light of day isn't made for us" "It's at night that we run free" "You who've lost everything you own" "Tomorrow'll bring your reward..." "The gates of the penitentiary" "Will soon slam shut on you" "Get this." "He says, "You're rather withdrawn, Mr Simard."" "Withdrawn?" "That's a brilliant insight for a shrink." "Wait, that's not all." "He says" ""Your file's empty." "How can I recommend you for a pass?" "I've nothing on you."" "Nothing on me!" "I've been locked up here 6 years!" "He says..." ""According to our reports, you're always moping around." "Know what guards call you?" "'Mr Smile."'" "Mr Smile!" "I think it suits you." "That was the limit." "I stood up and said" ""What?" "You treat us like dogs and we're supposed to like it?"" "And now for a real beauty a lady you'll lose sleep over." "Look but don't touch." "Our steamy, stimulating Alexandra!" "You're on." "Cut!" "Next song." "Get outta here." "That was at Christmas, your Dad was Santa Claus." "Was he drunk?" " Slow!" "The kids said Santa was "slow."" "Nicole and Louise..." "Hard to recognize'em after so long." "Jules is the youngest." "Super kid." "He has asthma, I had to rush him to hospital." "Hope he's ok." "He's there now?" "Yeah." "But you said you'd had it with your job." "This is different." "In clubs, nobody pays attention." "At least this is useful." "His birthday." "I wouldn't call this suitable." "Don't take it seriously." "Watch out, it's Bulldog." "You shouldn't be here." "Get out." "Hand it over." "Beat it." "That was super!" "You little doll." "I thought the guys'd explode." "Sex-y!" "Like it?" "Never saw anything so great." "After taking Abitibi by storm and a 6-month consecutive run at the Hotel Royal in Mascouche here he is, zanier than ever" "Mr Funnybones, Méo Mongrain." "Recognize me?" "No!" "Hold on..." "Now do you recognize me?" "Yeah!" "Why?" "Does the smell ring a bell?" "Know why I put this tie on?" "It's as long as your dong!" "Louder!" "It's as long as your dong!" "Warden, these kids deserve a break." "Tomorrow, everybody out!" "Our bookings are down." "So we tour malls with a stuffed lion." "Roland's the tamer, I take photos." "Is he a magician too?" "He's a fire-eater." "Swallows knives, glass, anything..." "A screw's in the infirmary cause he's got a frog growing on his head." "The doctor asks, "How'd that start?"" "The frog answers, "A wart on my bum."" "A show 's different." "You have to act, like in a play." "In real life I'm shy about undressing for the doctor." "Don't you mind being considered a sexual object?" "If they think I'm a sexual object that's their problem." "I'm a dancer." "Thanks a lot." "I'm an artist." "An artist?" "Yeah, are you surprised?" "'Cause I strip, you mean?" "No, not that." "I prefer that to posing on tv next to a can of dog food." "Ever heard of fags?" "Are there any here tonight?" "These 3 fags were talking about reincarnation." ""You believe in it?" "Sure."" ""Me too."" ""How do you want to come back?"" ""I'd like to be a sparrow, bouncing on a branch with a woodpecker." "Get the idea?" ""And you?" "As a horse." "A stallion galloping through the fields."" ""What about you?"" ""As an ambulance."" ""Are you nuts?" "Why an ambulance?"" ""When there's an accident they'll open me up wide shove a man in me and off I'll go."" "Here's a quickie..." "How's a fag remove his condom?" "He farts!" "Méo's fuckin' good guy." "I'll mention the story you told me." "Hope so." "Waitress, secretary, reporter..." "When a guy hires you, what's he look at?" "Your ass." "Same for us all." "And when reporters say this is a freak show?" "Reporters can kiss my ass." "Have a seat." "Why do you do it?" "It's a living." "Beats slaving in a factory." "Ever do that?" "Yeah, in fiberglass." "Fiberglass?" "We made pedalboats." "At night I'd barf my guts out." "I also spent 4 years in a bakery creaming 2000 mokas a day." "Before that I worked as a char at CBC-TV." "That was the pits." "They treat you like a piece of shit." "So struttin' my stuff on stage..." "Sorry, 'beautiful, gotta do my makeup." "And magic... where'd you learn to make things vanish?" "In stores." "Are you Lili?" "Yes, you Laplante?" "Yeah." "Nice to meet you." "Yeah." "There'll be three of us." "Three?" "Frank said two, who's gonna pay me?" "Settle that with Frank, cause..." "Over here, it's more private." "Take it, bitch." "Nice to see Brother André, but why the pinups?" "Before he left Dad said" ""Jerking off'll make you skinny as a saint."" "Thank you very much." "See you next year, God willing." "Don't go, Méo." "I'll tell you a secret." "Méo's got too much class but I'll tell you." "At noon today, Méo's 5-year-old son Jules... was rushed to hospital with a severe asthma attack." "But Méo still came tonight." "Cause he's a pro." "Cause he promised you." "Cause for him this matters." "Méo Mongrain!" "Don't drink so much." "I love him, dammit!" "I love him!" "No place left to smile" "No place to speak out" "No place left to burn" "No place left to bleed" "Ain't enough walls to shut me in" "Ain't enough holes to bury me in" "Rottin' away" "A living corpse" "Rottin' away" "A living corpse" "No place left to run" "No place left to rust" "No place left to pray" "No place left to cry" "Ain't enough walls to shut me in" "Ain't enough holes to bury me in" "Rottin' away" "A living corpse" "It's going fine." "The bars don't destroy you." "Time does." "Time goes by, but not for you." "Life goes on, but not for you." "They've got you." "To you time means something." "You can say..." ""That was the year I got married," or..." ""the year I went to the sea."" "For me two years ago or ten are the same." "Every day's the same." "Nothing happens." "That's prison" "Nothing ever happens." "If you had something to wait for... but what?" "The murders and rapes, what about them?" "The violence isn't what you think." "It's just as dangerous outside." "Real violence is when every Friday night for 5 years" "I eat shepherd's pie knowing that in 3 years" "4 years 5 years at supper Friday night there'll be more goddam shepherd's pie!" "The next song was written by a guy here..." "Claude Cournoyer!" "C'mon up, Claude!" "You took my picture" "You gave me a number" "But I got your portrait" "And I'll never forget" "I want out, you slime" "Out, ya hear?" "Your steak's rotten" "And this cesspool stinks" "Hey you, screw!" "Screw you, screw!" "Lemme outta the hole" "I wound up inside" "Cause outside was'too small" "My boss sucked my blood" "Had to be him or me" "But you, ya fat jerk" "Ya never stepped outta line" "You're here cause you like it" "You can't hack it outside" "When I get outta here" "I'm gonna find yer house" "The world's just too small" "For both of us, you louse!" "Gonna grab me a crowbar" "Just wait'n see" "Gonna scrap your car" "And piss on your tv" "I'll whip out my knife" "And slash your balls" "I'll fuck your little wife" "And she'll love it all" "Hey you, screw!" "Let me outta this cell" "Move your butt, screw" "Gonna send you to hell" "Madam, I came here to enjoy the show." "But this is outrageous!" "Some days I get up" "I can't take it." "I can't go on." "I feel like I'm gonna crack." "I wonder if I'll ever make it." "But I do." "Gods knows how." "I ask myself if I'm normal." "A normal human being couldn't take this." "You break or get harder than them." "I think I must've become a monster." "No you haven't." "I heard you in Val D'or 8 years ago." "I was on a binge, drunk and depressed." "You turned me around." "I've never forgotten." "You have to sing." "I don't feel like it." "You have to." "What's the point if he's not here?" "The guys've been waiting for weeks." "Well I have too, goddamit!" "Sons of bitches!" "Won't let us love each other!" "The fuckers can't take that with their fuckin' bullshit rules their fuckin' papers an' their fuckin' numbers." "I love that man!" "Do you understand?" "I love him, fuck!" "I dream about him at night." "I dream about his ass his belly, his thighs..." "I'm gonna fuckin' go crazy." "That guy's all I've got." "That goddamn man." "He's inside me deep." "I'm here but I can't touch him cause of those fuckin' bastards!" "Early in life I figured out" "My daddy didn't love me" "And so I set out to find" "A place where I'd be wanted" "Travelled to the edge of madness" "To be understood" "For all the love that we've betrayed" "I still tremble in your arms" "With a bouquet of troubles" "On my knees in front of men" "I wish you all the best" "Happy birthday, Mom" "Everything I've ever wanted" "Aches so deep inside" "And although love has hurt" "You'll always be my light" "With a bouquet of troubles" "On my knees in front of men" "I wish you all the best" "Happy birthday, Mom" "Yet for all these words I write you" "Love is all I want to know" "It's my desire, my one true way" "Your son the queen" "it is love that makes us love" "It is love that makes us dream" "It is love that wants us to love" "It is love that makes us cry" "But all those who think they're in love" "And those who just pretend they are" "She's goin' all out." "Must be 50 she's had so far." "...who think they love" "Will never be able to cry" "Love means that sometimes you must cry" "Love means that you must always give" "For her this is paradise." "Nothin' but cocks round here." "We oughta keep her." "A slut like her in prison... it's manna from heaven." "It takes oh so many tears" "To earn the right to love" "Hey you!" "I'm helping." "Get the hell outta here." "Ok, don't throw a fit." "Sorry, Miss." "You get to know every crack every heap of fly shit." "Try locking yourself in the can for a week." "How do you keep from going crazy?" "Some guys lift weights or others it's books leather bags, the Good Lord anything." "Me, I draw." "Bet you draw birds." "How'd you know?" "Your tattoos." "Spokes..." "They're all I care about." "Birds're beautiful." "In October I watch the geese." "And I fly." "So... how do I look?" "Real pretty but... if you wanna keep talkin', better do up your blouse cause my balls are gonna burst." "C'mon Weasel, help me." "We'll miss the dancer." "I'll wait outside." "Grace, charm, talent sex" "and beauty..." "Doesn't this stripping bother you, Father?" "No, why?" "On the contrary" "And call me Bernard, not Father." "But don't you find it somewhat... vulgar?" "This your first visit?" "Yes." "What I find vulgar is this prison." "Destroying men... that's vulgar." "The fact they can get a hard-on shows they're still alive." "They take love as it comes." "11 years since I touched anyone." "It's Gramps." "Christ, you're sure dolled up." "You're late, dammit!" "That watchdog Trudeau wouldn't let me in." "Ok, sit down." "Hurry." "Relax, kid." "Great." "I'm a student." "I oughta get back to the spot." "Thanks." "With him there we're stuck." "He'll move along." "Dammit!" "We gotta get him outta there." "Any ideas?" "I dunno..." "A fight?" "C'mon!" "One of the girls?" "Just wait, he'll go away." "Stop it, that won't help." "Goddam pass!" "Stop it!" "Here... take this." "No way." "Go on, take it." "Forget it." "Hell, take it." "Every time we screw them it's a victory for us." "Faster'n lightning..." "She could even make a screw vanish." "She's stacked with talent and personality." "She's gracious and curvaceous..." "I'll show'em I know how to party!" "Mimi!" "C'mon, Pierrot." "Ya got 10 minutes." "It'll never work." "Sure it will, what do ya mean?" "Just shut your trap." "Can I ask a favor?" "Yes, depending." "Can I have your undies?" "My what?" "Your underwear." "Is this some joke?" "No, I'm serious." "Why?" "To sniff'em, of course." "Listen to me." "Pull yourself together." "300 guys are out there waiting." "They hurt too!" "Feel like bawling?" "So do they, 365 days a year." "So stop snivelling and go out and sing." "Sing for your man and for those 300 men!" "Make yer clothes vanish!" "Try sitting' on it!" "Bye Pratte, 'n thanks." "Nothin' to it." "It's gonna work." "Thanks." "'Night, Miss." "Sylvie Nantel!" "I want to dedicate this song to number 7195." "To me he's Pierre Boyer in deadlock." "Only one law" "A single desire" "Ever nearer to you" "Whom I can't resist" "I feel your shadow against my skin" "I feel your breath" "On my back" "And rising in me" "A deepening quiver" "It's coming over me" "The feeling of you" "Closer... closer" "Don't hesitate" "Between my thighs" "More, oh more" "Deep inside me" "Deep inside you" "Come my love" "In my arms" "I'm looking for the exit." "Didn't like the show?" "I have to go." "You can't, it's not even 10." "Why don't you stay?" "I'm off at 12." "I'll drive you home." "My husband's waiting." "It's through here." "Thanks, goodnight." "Sure I can't drive you?" "These girls, can't've been 12, had no hair." "You wouldn't believe the time we had, for peanuts." "Heaven on earth!" "What do you want, blacks..." "They're so lazy." "They got 2 speeds, slow 'n extra-slow!" "Nah, my in-laws went, say there's no comparison." "Haiti's way more beautiful." "The sea, the beach, golf..." "just not the same." "Super, didn't rain once the whole time." "Only 2 weeks..." "I went hunting last fall." "Have to go, someone's here." "See you in the union hall." "Fine." "Name?" "Marie-Josée Drouin." "Won't be long." "Marcel?" "This is Lalonde in D." "There's a Miss Drouin here." "No, a guest." "No, it's not over." "Just her." "Alright?" "I was in Haiti." "2 weeks, it was beautiful." "Hold on..." "It's straight ahead." "Thanks, g'night." "That's it, cry." "Cry." "She may be a whore, but she's a committee guest." "You don't touch a guest!" "Ya dumb SOB, I'll tear your fuckin' head off and I'll shit down your goddam neck." "Hold me." "Across the borders" "The prairies and the sea" "When darkness comes" "With hunters, their rifles ready" "In the hands of death" "He keeps on flying" "Higher still higher" "The heart is a bird" "In the eyes of the watchtower" "On the streets of nowhere" "Over great deserts" "Of cold, hunger and steel" "Against the tyranny" "He rebuilds his nest" "Warmer" "Still warmer" "The heart is a bird" "It was only a storm" "It was only a cage" "You'll take up this road again" "You'll return to the fountain" "You'll drink the wide skies" "Spread your wings" "Liberty!" "Liberty!" "Ok boys, that's it." "Back to your cells." "Move it, no foolin' ground" "Ok, it's over." "Your cells." "It's finished!"