"#30 years old..." "Time to make a summary...#" "#If I see my life,now,in a hurry, not much thing to remember...#" "#What do I have left ?" "#" "#I've been mad of love for a girl, Martine." ".. No,no,no, that's not the point...#" "#Too, I've been mad of love for another one, later, called Neus.#" "#Well, OK, I'm messed up concerning true love." ".. And that's because I'm messed up too.#" "#Well, I'm going to do a little bit of tidying, after all, that's all about writting.#" ""Writting,it's tidying the mess of one's life"#" "#In a hurry, I'm not going to put it in good order, because good order is messed up#" "#So this is me..." "One month ago, I was in Russia for a wedding.#" "#These are all people I met 5 years ago...#" "#Actually, 5 year ago I went to Barcelona, I finisehd my Economics study there.#" "#Well, anyway, it's there that I met all these guys :" "I shared a flat with them during 1 year#" "#We had forgotten about each others since few years and we all met here, in Saint Petersburg# #because William, HIM there, gets married tomorrow with a russian girl, Natasha, HER #" "#And so, in a few seconds, an incredible event will change my life...#" "#Something really fundamental#" "#But so that I can explain why this thing is fundamental for me, the best is to go backwards one month ago...#" "RUSSIAN DOLLS (Erasmus 2)" ""Subtitles :" "Benoît, pre moja Janka :-)"" "#That's it." "Now I write, my job is to tell stories.#" "#But since a few years,it's in that woman's office that I tell my best stories.#" "#HER, she's Miss Vanpetegen,my banker...#" "Sothat'sthereasonwhytheytold me they would pay me in two months..." "But they told me - and I think this will interess you, Miss Vanpetegen,cause I'm like you" "I told them : "This is outrageous, you're not allowed to do that, there is a very strict juridiction concerning authors in France"" "because I was very very upset you know..." "Waita minute..." "Whatwas supposed to be interesting for me here ?" "Iwascomingtoit..." "Sotheytoldme that ." ".. they felt guilty for not paying me in time that when they would give me my payment, they would give it to me considering the fact that they considered it like delay indemnities" "Whatdoyoumean?" "Idon'tunderstand..." "Euh..." "Consideringthefactthat  there was delay, they will pay me more, even if I'm not working more..." "Didtheytellyou how muchmore ?" "Ohyes,Ithinkthey told  it would be much much much ..." "#So basically, nowadays, my job is essentialy to tell fibs.#" "Typically,weneedauthorslike youfor personalities who write there memoirs but who in fact don't write a single line..." "Would you know how to do that ?" "Heu..." "Beeinganigger?" "Hum ..." "Yes, no but this is..." "Yes, I can be a nigger?" "I already did that..." "#In fact, I was able to be nigger of ... anybody#" "Ipreferedgoingtowork there..." "It was in Barcelona ... in relation with language, this is important ..." "All that is fiction, but related to reality ..." "Otherwise, I think it is fascinating, euh, True things..." "Life, real life,..." "Traveling, litterature, people..." "#This is my job..." "By that way, I managed to work in many different places#" "Plum-colourisabout,hum ,curvature, warmth, a relative feminity, but with elegance and control..." "Causeyouknow,inglideword, there are stuffs kind of hot-dog, or more freestyle." "So we don't have the same equipment..." "Hardwarehasalwaysbeenvery reliable, Operating System makes the difference..." "No,concerningride!" "Doyoumean,concerning what you're carrying away ?" "It'scheapwithoutbeing"prout-prout",it's hype (fashion), but remains cool and relax..." "Forme,therealpleasure for me is freestyle !" "It'sthecolour...hein?" "!" "Doesn'titkilltrees to cut them that way ?" "..." "And how ...?" "Do you prune trees like that several times in the year ?" "Whatdoyouthink?" "Heu..." "Yes?" "No?" "Idon 'tknow,  I don't know anything about it..." "Doesgrapegrowupinwinter?" "Ok,stopit now,you 'vebeen laughing at me since one hour..." "I'm parisian, I don't know anything about campain, plants and all this shit..." "But I'm just like you :" "I have a fucking job that I have to do and that is so boring for me..." "And I don't give a shit about asking you questions, so if you don't want to answer or if you think my questions are stupid, I go away !" "Done?" "Aren'tyouabitovertaxed?" "Sorry." "Badnight..." "Bad sleep..." "I had a bad day, yes, I'm overtaxed..." "Don'tgiveme that!" "Nothing to do with parisians..." "Thisisparisians,hey ?" "!" "Laurent,stop,it 'sok ,facadeiscleared!" "So when do you have to give back this fucking story ?" "In15days..." "#I don't know why, people must believe I'm good at telling love story, cause it's what they ask me more...#" "Wecoulddo aspecialserialabout  love with young authors for summer..." "Yeah,I 'mdefinitelyin it !" "#So this last year, things went quite good :" "I even got a job for TV to write a scenario...#" "#Well, it's kinda consecration in fact...#" "So,weallreadwith  much interest your story... but despite of the fact we found very good qualities, there's a few stages which surprised us a little..." "Actually,notjustalittle..." "So:" "Stage57 :weallwonderwhy Jean-Edouard and Odile don't kiss in the scene of storm in Venice..." "Yes,whythat?" "Causewewantthemto kiss..." "Anyhow, I wanted them to kiss..." "Idon'tknow..." "Ijust didn 't want it to be too cliché..." "Well,it's so evident that I thought in might be more interesting if nothing happened for a while..." "I'm sorry, I disagree with you : why would we refuse this pleasure to our audience ?" "This movie is for Christmas ; it's a fantastic present we want to offer to the spectator, we shouldn't be afraid of cliché, Xavier !" "No,I'm supraOK !" "You musn't forget it's a following :" ""Retour au bois joli" was a real success, so for "Passion d'amour à Venise", there is a very big expectancy from audience, you've got to go, he ?" "!" "Everybody needs to know how Jean-Edouard and Odile will at least fall in love !" "Think :" "Jean-Edouard is good looking, Odile is good looking, they are in Venise, one of the most beautiful cities in the world..." "You know Venise, don't you ?" "Go Xavier, don't be afraid !" "People like postcards !" "Everybody likes sunsets, why would you refuse that ?" "Put them on gondolas, hey ?" "I have to send the "domaine du Bois-Joli"" "Why Jean-Edouard ?" "..." "Why ?" "I'm going to divorce" "But does your wife know about it ?" "Yes, I told her everything..." "Oh, this is marvellous !" "Pfff..." "Ridiculous !" "No, it's not ridiculous,..." "Think..." "You don't like love stories, you think it's ridiculous, but many people like love stories and don't think it's ridiculous !" "So you accepted to create the following of that..." "Yeah !" "Well, I hope you're well paid then..." "I am, it's better paid than my articles..." "And your book, it's over, isn't it ?" "I can't do everything at the same time, that's all..." "Lucas, do you like it ?" "Yes, I like it." "#Well, of course, it was not what I was dreaming of, but I think it's just a step :" "I learn, I learn a lot.#" "Who could that be ?" "Are you waiting for somebody ?" "No..." "#Five years ago, I wrote a book called "L'auberge Espagnole", I've never been able to find an editor, but I still try...#" "Prosim ?" "Ano..." "Co "ano" ? "Ano" kto ? "Ano" Co ?" "Preco "Ano" ?" "You don't want to say who you are, do you ?" "Everybody says who he is on phone, why wouldn't you ?" "What would you like me to say ?" ""It's your mother","It's your mom" ?" "I don't know, yes, it's what has to be said, people say it, I don't see why You wouldn't !" "Oh, come on, it's not so terrible..." "You always want every single person to do like everybody !" "It's for Pappou..." "Oh, hang on..." "Here we are, I was sure you had forgotten..." "Prosim ?" "..." "Just a minute Martine I'm on the other phone, I have to" "Oh, happy birthday !" "No of course I hadn't forgotten !" "Well Xavier, is that over ?" "Moment, mum, it's Martine on my mobile phone, I'll call you back, it's her birthday and..." "Ok, say her happy birthday from me if it's Martine..." "My mother says you happy birthday !" "Oh, say her dobry den a dakujem !" "And what time do you want me to come ?" "Well, this evening, he's waiting for you for dinner." "Wait mum, I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to Martine ..." "Ok,that's ok.Oh, I have to hang off..." "Wait, Xavier,Xavier..." "What is you code ?" "Mum, I'm not talking to you." "Give me the code..." "Well, my new code is 20B10" "I'm hanging off, I'm hanging off !" "Wait mum, hang on, hang on, moment !" "Hello Miss Lopez" "It's your task to go take your posts !" "Your letter box is full since one week..." "Oh, I see you are in a hurry, could you please lend me a DVD ?" "Xavier !" "Wait, I..." "Because, last time, when I gave you back DVDs,I could feel that I was bothering you." ".. and so I felt bad about it because..." "Wait mum, I'm coming..." "I'll come back later" "It's ok now ?" "Can I talk ?" "Is it my turn ?" "Well, I delight on you for Pappou tonight..." "Yes, of course, I'll be there" "#HIM, my neighbour, is the most uninteresting guy in the world#" "Hey, you know what ?" "What ?" "The Big Bang..." "It no longer works !" "What do you mean ?" "Universe's origin theory, the Big Bang, they told on radio this morning it no longer works : actually, they don't know !" "Well no, actually we can't really know..." "#If only he knew..." "When I write a story, I always think of Mister Bubaker#" "#Because when I write a scene, I try to know what happens when it occurs to M. Anybody#" "I go to work too..." "#And He is M. Anybody, it's very unusual to meet one : there's not so many people like everybody in real life#" "Are you waiting for someone ?" "Nie" "Ale, kto je to ?" "Neviem" "Barabara !" "What does it mean ?" "I thought I could find you here ..." "So it's her..." "You deceive me, I thought at least you would choose a woman who..." "A woman who what ?" "Yes, a woman who what ?" "Prosim ?" "What is she like, your girlfriend ?" "Oh, no no, it's not for my girlfriend" "No, it's true, it's not for my girlfriend, I have no girlfriend, so..." "Ok, so what is she like, that girl who is not your girlfriend ?" "Well, she is ... a little smaller than you, she has less euh, she has smaller, euh... you know..." "Actually, I don't know if she wears size 1 or 2" "I don't know, it depends if she's thinner than me." "Is she ..." "like that girl over there ?" "No, euh, more like that girl over there, but less ugly, eh ?" "!" "Ok, look, take size 2, anyway, your girlfriend can still exchange it !" "Cash desk, over there" "#So here, let's have a break." "Since one year, I'm single#" "I love your hair" "I'd rather you go out." "Really ?" "Yes,I'm bashful" "You've got to leave very fast, it's not a problem for you, is it ?" "That's OK !" "Don't freak out, I leave !" "Wait, I don't say that to kick you out !" "It's true" "I told you not to freack out !" "I leave, done !" "Toto je bola super, I loved it, dakujem !" "Wait, why do you talk to me that way ?" "I talk to you that way because I'm very stupid !" "#That's it, I just wanted to say I'm single#" "Cau" "Well let's keep going : that dress is really not for my girlfriend" "Ok,..." "No problem, I don't care" "No, it's just to tell you, I have no girlfriend, it's for the birthday of my ex girlfriend..." "I give you my phone number What for ?" "I don't know, in case dress doesn' fit, so you can call me..." "Ok" "Seriously, I don't know, I've always dreamt to do that, I never ventured, and seeing you I thought I had to venture." "Please, take my phone number, I really look stupid now..." "You call me this evening, you have too, cause if you don't, you will never." "Here you are." "Well, I don't know..." "Yes you do, you have nothing to loose !" "Anyway, if I were you, I would call me !" "Moreover I wrote an article about Snowb." ".. winter sports, they were very happy." "But don't you write your novel any longer ?" "Yes,..." "No, well I know, but it's not easy..." "And these little jobs are good because it enables me to pay my rent." "After I'll see, this is temporary" "Die pozor,preto je temporary, sometimes, it takes a long time..." "What do you mean ?" "You shouldn't forget to write the important things, you're good at it, i've always known it." "Well, let's have dinner, I'm hungry" "Ok, I'm going to call Aicha" "So, my little Xavier, when do you introduce me to your fiancé ?" "Oh, yes,... yes, it's true..." "Pfff..." "My size is 1, you know my size is one !" "Actually, you think i'm fat ?" "!" "No, well we can change it if you want..." "And why do you offer me this, I never wear dresses !" "What is you girls problem with dresses nowadays ?" "!" "First i'm not just "a" girl," "Two, it's a fact : i'm always wearing trousers, it's more useful for bicycle !" "Oh, but thank you very much, i mean, yes it's beautiful it's true..." "Ho, you're going to say again that i'm annoying !" "You're annoying." "Oh, no no, thank you Really?" "No, really" "Hey, I have to go to social forum, in Porto Alegre, in Brasil, I can't miss it, can I ?" "Could..." "Could you..." "Of course yes, no problem, i'll take care of Lucas." "How are things going on ?" "Does he see his father sometimes ?" "If you don't mind I'd rather not to talk about it..." "Oh, is it that bad ?" "Yeah" "Do you have somebody presently ?" "No, you ?" "No..." "So nice to be around 3O..." "Prosim ?" "Katia ?" "Oh, yes !" "Ako sa mas ?" "Mi, dobre !" "It's so cool you call me !" "Of course I can place you !" "No, you don't disturb me..." "What are you doing now ?" "Bonjour!" "Bonjour!" "Come..." "Want some more milk coffee ?" "No, I really have to go now..." "Oh, I just wanted to tell you,euh..." "What ?" "I know it's stupid but I just wanted to tell you that..." "I never do that..." "Well, we keep on touch ?" "!" "Yeah" "Are you in love ?" "Well, at least, something is happening with her..." "By the way, I'd like you to introduce me to her, generally, I like black girls." "You anyway, you like all that has a pussy at the moment !" "No, why are you saying that ?" "You perfectly know what I mean, you're sneeking all girls around..." "Lately, you've been neglecting me :" "I can be here or not, it's the same." "Stop that !" "Stop what ?" "Euh, i'm sorry to ask that but I'm in a shit presently..." "Actually, Thomas' girlfriend got rid of him, and I have to give him back his flat, he comes tomorrow with all his luggage..." "Could I come to live at your's ?" "Yep, of course, no problem Xavier." "Oh really ?" "What ?" "He detrains like that, in our home, and you don't even ask for my opinion?" "No !" "You're annoying presently Caro, you won't stop pulling me ahead !" "I remind you that Our home is My home, and that if I want to invite my friend I won't ask for your opinion !" "Wait, actually, if it's not a good moment, I..." "Ok, I understood..." "Wait, I feel embarassed now, I hope it's not..." "No, no, it's very good !" "It's very good like that." "Well, that's cool !" "When do you come ?" "Oh you're already here !" "It's cool !" "Well set up ?" "Way was good ?" "You know, I wanted to say you, I won't annoy you because anyway I have so much work !" "No problem, I'm no longer with Caro." "We are both single, my friend !" "That's great !" "It's cool!" "That's great !" "Come over here..." "Here we are, come in, do you like it ?" "Waou, this is so nice !" "Did you see ?" "Xavier..." "I think you already met..." "Oh, yes, we already met." "Bonjour !" "Yes, I remember." "Well, I go to..." "Here it is, I'm going to show you around !" "It's beautiful." "Oh, it's not so..." "You do the design ?" "Yep, let's go to the room, shall we ?" "It's right there..." "So, you see Lucas, trees are not spoiled when they have their taps cut like that..." "It's good for them actually." "Take my phone number, so I can come and I'll tell you, ok?" "It's nice." "Oh no, it's natural : 06..." "Come on, let's go !" "Well, thank you !" "It's very nice cause it's been week that it's dying on my balcony and I don't know what to do." "Of course, but flowers need attention, he ?" "!" "It's incredible, people think nature is growing all by itself !" "But No !" "We humans have to take care of it !" "And by the way, Forbe is a classical one : people always give it too much water." "Less than one sprinkle a week !" "But I'll come to your home and I will tell you,he ?" "!" "Thank you, it's really nice..." "#Here it is : to begin, it's that day that she met that guy, that Mr. Plane Tree, but moreover, afterwards...#" "Yes, just a minute !" "#Yes, so, it's that day that Martine had to leave for Bresil, as if my life was not already enough untidy...#" "Happy to have at least recovered the prince, she accepted to marry him." "The wedding lasted an entire week and all inhabitants of the kingdom were conveyed." "They lived a long time in their beautiful chateau and got many children." "Well, now you have to sleep Lucas, do you want to go to the toilets ?" "Oh, Lucas, do you want to go to toilets before sleeping ?" "And mum, she still didn't find a prince, did she ?" "Oh, I don't know, she didn't tell you about it ?" "No" "Well, so she didn't find one..." "But it's not grave you know : she's beautiful, she's intelligent, you have a..." "#If only he knew how much I had loved his mother...#" "A beautiful castle... #I guess Martine didn't tell him#" "#How could she explain that ?" "#" "So, I've dated 7 guys, well, 7 princes, ... and I lived in several chateaux" "And Xavier is the fourth prince I've known..." "And today,hum..." "I'm on several guys at the same time, several princes, I don't really know, I hesite..." "I met one last week in diskoteka." ".. Well, it's like a bal, a big bal, and I attracts him a lot." "Well, he doesn't have an enormous chateau but he has a big motorbike." "Hey, you would like it, he ?" "!" "And..." "It's complicated..." "Even if things went well between us, it's still too early to know if there will be a wedding, you see ?" "And moreover, many people in the kingdom say that if it's him, they won't come to the wedding..." "Don't cry mum." "What's wrong Lucas ?" "And what do we do with apple :" "You want more, you don't want anymore ?" "I don't want anymore There is some left, hey ?" "!" "Yes" "You don't want anymore..." "Oh, look who's coming !" "It's mum !" "Well, he has been very ill, he's so tired, he needs to sleep Does he ?" "So, I'll put him in bed." "I'm so tired !" "Me too I'm tired !" "The doctor came cause I was ill." "So how was Porto Alegre ?" "It was fantastic !" "Can you imagine 216 countries were represented ?" "!" "Every continents were present :" "Chili, Mali, Monte Negro, Tibet..." "It was so touching to assist to that." "You really feel like you're a part of this planet when you see that!" "So, did you all agree to save the world which is running to it's end ?" "!" "Wait..." "You can laugh at that, but it's a fact today that globalisation is not only a source of progress." "And that it's important to join to fight against disasters that can very fast become ineluctable." "Impressive, you know your text !" "What's up with you ?" "Why are you upset ?" "Because me, meanwhile you're saving the world, I take care of your son who is ill and that it's been 3 nights that I didn't sleep, and that I..." "You what ?" "!" "You don't do anything and you have never done anything of your life !" "Me?" "!" "What do you think your doing with your stupid love story ?" "You give dreams to young teenage girls who read their stupid books in the train !" ""They kissed in front the sunset..." Bullshit !" "What kind of dream do you give them ?" "Only shit in rods !" "You know what Xavier ?" "What you do is stupid, everything that you write since 2 years is stupid" "And if I tell you that, it's because I know you could do much better !" "Wait, I..." "No, You don't care : you make your bacon alone, you are cool, everything is perfect !" "It's so easy criticize when one's move and fight against pollution, exclusion, violence... against real stuff of real life !" "It's so easy for somebody like you to jibe, for sure..." "I'm not jibing..." "You are just a parasite What ?" "You are a parasite!" "You are cool in your hammock chair telling your stupid love story and...it's perfect for you." "Well, please don't change anything, it seems to satisfy you..." "Prosim?" "Yes, it's me..." "Pardon me,hey ?" "Really..." "And..." "Well, thank you for Lucas..." "I..." "I have a twin brother, Jean-Sebastien, he looks just like me..." "Oh, yes, this is good..." "Fuck..." "Do you want to go ?" "Yes, maybe." "Are you ok ?" "How could I write a love story ?" "!" "I don't know anything about love..." "I'm an egoist, I care only for my ass..." "Euh, no..." "Yes, I do..." "Die pozor !" "Hang me strongly !" "I do, let's go now." "Be careful, here we have to stop, we'll cross in two times... ok Otherwise it's dangerous." "Tell me, when do you introduce me to your fiancée?" "Oh, yes, I forgot again..." "How come ?" "You shouldn't forget, it's important !" "Yes, I know." "#When will you introduce me to your fiancé ?" "#" "#I don't know why but that question my grandfather was asking me everytime was becoming an obsession.#" "#I thought I had to find the good girl, fast, very fast, before he dies.#" "Hi, Katia ?" "Oh ok, sorry..." "Really ?" "But when will she come back from Senegal?" "Forget about it, it was Xavier." "No, thank you, bye !" "What's up ?" "Could you come just a second ?" "I have something to ask you." "I'm coming." "Are you ok?" "Did you have a good day ?" "What do you want Xavier ?" "Look I have a very big favour to ask you." "Something you'll hate to do, but that you must accept to do..." "What is it ?" "I was wondering : in all your clothes, do you have a dress ?" "A dress ?" "!" "Ok, forget about it, it won't be possible..." "Shit, this will be hard..." "I have no dress !" "What do you want me to do with a dress ?" "Forget about it, I'm sorry." "We agreed, you don't crack out at some moment, shouting "I can't continue, I'm a lesbian", ok ?" "Stop, I'm here, it's ok !" "I'm just warning you, that's all..." "Yes, but I'm not far from drop it all, I wonder what I'm doing here..." "It's just ridiculous" "No, it's not ridiculous !" "Yes it is !" "Would you like me to go back to the car to get it, my love ?" "Oh, no, there's no need, we'll go later... after the dinner." "But it's very nice from you muy sweetheart." "Well, I guess we can do it very well by another way..." "Oh, this is very beautiful here !" "Stop that Isabelle, you're not going to talk that way, he ?" "It's the way you wanted me to behave." "Stop, try to keep focused !" "I put my finger on the bell..." "Ok, ok" "Hey, what are you doing, I'm not ready !" "It's so nice to meet you !" "Please come in !" "Come in, don't stay in the entrance !" "Oh, be careful !" "Sorry, fuck !" "Hello my boy" "Follow me, I'm so happy to meet you !" "Oh, me too, really !" "Oh, it's really very beautiful here !" "Stop, don't talk that way !" "Do you want to know my age ?" "I'm 98." "I saw 3 wars." "Oh, this is wonderful, extraordinary." ".. Yes, I was born in 1906. 1906?" "But we shouldn't talk about me, I don't want to be boring." "Can you imagine ?" "If I told you my life, it would take hours !" "Let's talk about you, Mademoiselle, I'm so happy my grandson has a fiancée, so pretty !" "Oh, no..." "I'm not..." "Oh yes, I insist !" "Very pretty !" "Well, thanks a lot, it's very nice from you." "So, tell me what you do in life." "Well..." "I work for a TV channel where I am financial journalist." "So, what does it mean ?" "It means that I work in the world of stock exchange." "That's it :" "I collect a whole set of little pieces of information about financial markets, stock," "Things to sell, things to buy... because traders need... euh, people who work in stock exchange need a lot of info...rmation." "about many different... subjects." "But who is interested by that ?" "Oh, many people : you have to know that there is 450 managment companies only in Paris..." "It's a very competitive sector :" "everybody is fighting against everybody and everybody need these informations." "Moreover, it's a world where everything goes very fast, a lot of money floats..." "For example, once, I knew before everybody that certain asiatic financial markets were collapsing." "So I had to react like that, immediately,... and for all operators who manage assets, it can make the same effect as a bomb." "Then you have to be present, cause any information you give can have enormous consequences on planete's economy !" "What ?" "Hold firm just one more hour, we'll have dinner now, just one hour please !" "No !" "We leave !" "Come on, one hour, it's not long !" "Hey, I understood now why you were hiding !" "Come here, let's have dinner..." "Go first No, You go first !" "Go first !" "Come, come please come !" "I feel dirty !" "Being a prude..." "I'm sorry to tell you that Xavier, but the woman you're looking for doesn't exist !" "You have to grow up, it's like you wanted to find a princess, or even worse : an heroin of serial..." "But you have to stop dreaming Xavier, princess only exist in fairy tales" "What we've done is really stupid." "Why should I stop dreaming ?" "Isabelle, let's go out, shall we ?" "Oh, yes, cause now..." "But this time, I choose what we do." "Make him very beautiful !" "I thank you : after I feel just like the king of the world and I don't want to..." "Oh, you guys are ok !" "Xavier is quite hot like that !" "We go to bed" "Are you ok ?" "Yep, I'm fine." "Waou, your wife is going to be pretty !" "Yep, when will she be ready, my wife ?" "Oh, it's enough..." "That's it, it's better like that, isn't it ?" "Ok, I understood !" "Come on, move your ass !" "It fits quite good on him !" "Oh, I didn't introduce you to my wife !" "Darling, here's my secretary..." "Oh, my phone..." "Is it yours darling ?" "Yes, it's mine..." "Prosim ?" "Prosim ?" "Is it Xavier on line ?" "Hi, yes it's me." "Oh my sweety chick !" "Euh, no, it's Isabelle..." "Are you ok ?" "Yes, yes, why ?" "I don't know, you have a small voice..." "It's just that Lucas' father just came to pick him up and..." "Oh, super And..." "Lucas sleeps there Well, it's quite good he came to take his son, isn't it ?" "My wife spends much of her time on phone..." "But it could be her lover." "And now I'm alone But who is calling you so late ?" "But it's important for your son not to see only women..." "Yes, of course, it's great, but it's just that..." "Can i come to see you ?" "Euh..." "Yes, come over here, no really come, you won't derange." "You have make up !" "Do I ?" "Oh, no, I don't know..." "But it's cute, hey ?" "!" "I see you have fun between girlfriends !" "So what's wrong ?" "Hi Martine !" "How are you doing ?" "Hi, how are you ?" "Oh, I'm happy to see you, come in !" "Come in, we'll sit down." "You know what ?" "It's really funny cause last week, somebody offered me Martine at camping and..." "I didn't have this one !" "To sum up, it's not easy..." "People must think we are stranded heterosexual !" "Well, they may be right !" "Wait, I think this is a very bad idea..." "It's just for tonight." "No, I assure you, we are really doing something stupid Ho, you are really stranded actually !" "I'm not stranded, I just don't desire it !" "It's just a matter of envy." "I like you very much but I dont' want to have sex with you again, that's it." "And you neither, by the way, I don't know why you want to do that..." "I have the feeling I'm irritating." "You're not !" "I will never find a boyfriend." "You're right, I'm to annoying." "I just got separated from Bruno." "Did I tell you about him ?" "Euh..." "I'm sorry but presently, you're changing so usually that..." "I can't follow you..." "But I don't understand : since you, I can't find a boy who would be ..." "I don't know..." "It's because you are too demanding." "You're looking for a perfect guy who doesn't exist." "You believe in Santa Claus." "You're grown up Martine !" "Stop believing in Mr. Perfect !" "React, react !" "Come, let's go in my room." "What's happening to you ?" "Why are you crying for so stupid thing ?" "You are annoying, it's a fact, but still : you're pretty, you're intelligent..." "I don't know, many guys are like you so much !" "Oh, I don't give a damn !" "Imagine if you were boring, ugly, very stupid and that you didn't please anybody..." "I would understand but things aren't so bad !" "Who are these guys who like me ?" "Well, I don't know..." "Hey, Patrick for example, he told me he was crazy about you." "Did he ?" "Yeah !" "He told you : "Martine makes me crazy" ?" "!" "Yes !" "You look suprised !" "You have something attractive you know !" "Oh, it's ok, you tell it as if..." "Can I sleep with you tonight ?" "Prosim..." "Ok, if you want..." "Oh, shit !" "Oh, thank you, I'm happy to have stayed with you." "Yeah, well actually, you can't stay here now, cause a girlfriend of mine will arrive soon." "What then ?" "It's not a problem..." "Just tell her the truth." "That we are old friends and we didn't have sex." "Yes, of course." "Is she your girlfriend ?" "Yep" "Hum..." "So you have a girl friend..." "No, not really" "Is she or isn't she your girlfriend ?" "I don't have A girlfriend, I have girlfriends !" "What do you want ?" "!" "No, do you have a girlfriend or not ?" "I have none, I have many, am I clear ?" "Ouh..." "I had forgotten how you were !" "Get worked up alone !" "It's ok, I go !" "Yes, go I told you, cause she will arrive and it will be a mess !" "Wait, I'm sorry but I have my life, you didn't let me time this night that this morning would be a mess !" "Cau, sorry for what I told you, I was worked up, and afraid you could see each other." "It's ok, I understand..." "Who is she ?" "She's nobody" "Am I nobody ?" "!" "Am I nobody ?" "!" "Look, you have you life, I have mine, no problem, but for me you will always be someone !" "Always !" "In front of anybody." "Who is she, Xavier ?" "She's nobody, just my ex-girlfriend, Martine, I already talked to you about her." "Not so "ex" as you tell, i can see..." "Yes, she's my ex, it's finished, totally finished, come on, enter !" "One enters, one goes out..." "It doesn't seem to be a problem for you..." "No, you can't understand..." "Actually, you are a guy who likes to get many girls, aren't you ?" "You just don't care..." "Yes, exactly, I'm a guy like that, and if it's a problem, you can leave." "Is that a way to talk to me ?" "YES, IT IS !" "Because you're all annoying, you're all stupid..." "And,..." "Do you understand that ?" "SO LEAVE !" "Asswhole Yes, yes, I'm an asswhole, yes !" "What's wrong with you, how can you talk to them that way ?" "Are you stupid ?" "Wait, who is that girl, what am I ?" "This is none of you business !" "Calm down Xavier, she didn't do anything to you..." "Wait, I what ?" "!" "What allows her to talk to me ?" "You, it's your home, I don't care if you take your prostitutes at home, but they are not..." "Shit, Xavier ?" "!" "It's not easy for a middle aged woman to find a good man" "Good men are unusual nowadays, you know..." "Yes, yes, I know..." "I will introduce you to him but you don't say anything, no comment, ok ?" "Come one mum, it' s ok, you're not 15 !" "I know what it is not to find the good person at first try !" "Don't be afraid, on that subject, I'm experienced !" "Anyway, humans are a strange species..." "Did you know that hippopotamus choose another hippopotamus and stay their whole life with the same one ?" "Did you know it ?" "No..." "It's marvellous, isn't it ?" "Yep..." "Is it here ?" "!" "Yes Does he live here ?" "Yes, he does." "And you too ?" "Since 3 months today." "Waou, now I understand !" "What do you understand ?" "I understand why he's a good man !" "Oh, stop that, will you ?" "Hey, I know why you are with him !" "You told you wouldn't make any comment." "Are you freaking out ?" "No !" "Yes you're freaking out !" "You're the one who is going to freak me out for real if you keep going !" "Before it was easy, world was shared in two parts :" "Capitalists/Marxists, exploiters/exploited, right/left." "Well, it was a pretty good order." "But today, all these oppositions are over !" "Actually,today, you have : the world of people who show naked women and the world of people who try to hide them !" "Actually, the real opposition in today's world is here : on the image we have of women." "Yep, this is not false..." "#Well, I had managed to finish a new version of the senario.#" "#But when I arrived in France Télévision, a little surprise was waiting for me...#" "#They told me that an Australian satellite bouquet,... or Deutch#" "TelSetsi is the silent partner of channel télépassion through the numerical bouquet Eurosat 2000..." "I'll be right back..." "#Yes, that's the point : it was a story of buying back a bouquet by some company...#" "#But in any case, Passion d'Amour à Venise had became a co-production with BBC2#" "#So scénario had to be in english from now on.#" "Waou, so much..." "#Something had occured with their counterparts from BBC, they were gathering a pool of scenarists...#" "#Anyway, I still had the pleasure to hear :#" "We are sorry, cause we know how much you were personnaly involved in that project..." "#But he specified me that all that was due to hazardousness of globalisation.#" "You're a victim of globalisation, Xavier... #It comforted me...#" "Wait, I do speak english !" "What do you mean ?" "Do you think that you can keep writting the scénario in english ?" "Of course I can, I can write in english, I already wrote several scénari in english !" "Can we see it to submit it to our co-producer ?" "Yes, euh..." "Actually it's gonna be complicated cause..." "I wrote these scénari when I was in Barcelona for a..." "By the way, I think the production company of edition went bankrupt..." "#That's it : a love story, it's first of all a story...#" "I was given the name of your english scénarist, they knew her very well..." "Oh, really ?" "So, they accept the idea of your collagoration, you may go to London as soon as you want." "I took care of everything : your trips will be repaid to you and for your fees in london, it shouldn't be a problem neither." "Perfect !" "Dakujem !" "I think we owe that to you..." "#I've always known that Wendy was like a sister, like a mirror of me." "That day, I discover I was not alone to have problems.#" "#Wendy is a good girl, she had certainly been very much in love with that guy to be in such a shape.#" "#How did she manage to go out with a guy like this one ?" "#" "#How is it possible, just aligning sincere moments one after the other one, to arrive in such a terrible position ?" "#" "#Who could want that ?" "#" "#I can't remember how, we finally managed to begin to work.#" "#After breakfast, we were working hours with no break.#" "#When we couldn't work anymore, we were going to eat at the restaurant nearby.#" "#We were going to bed late : even after work, we couldn't really stop talking together...#" "Hello, Mr Rousseau ?" "Amy Shalerman speaking." "Yes, Hello, tell me, have you ever heard about a Célia Shellburn ?" "Yes, of course..." "Oh really ?" "Cause I heard about her first time last week." "She's 24, and she's going to write her memoirs, so she has many things to tell, and you'll have many things to write !" "#Very rapidly, I had to go back to Paris :" "I had to begin the other work with Célia Shellburn.# so, code is 46B28." "I have red wine and diet Coke." "I love that kind of... it was... funny..." "We can speak french if you prefer :" "I speak french too..." "Oh, you (informal) speak... you (formal) speak french too ?" "!" "Well, ok, no problem" "At 18, I had already gone all around the world several times." "Waou, ok..." "It's really awful you know, to be very well-known..." "Yes, I can imagine it." "Can we see "bateau-mouche" passing by night ?" "Yes, it's wonderful, I do love it." "Oh, I've always dreamt to see it !" "Célia, I've got to go !" "I didn't see the time" "#In morning, she was always taking a rotten little croissant from the Pakistanese grossery next door.#" "#I tried to tell her several times, but she insisted, giving the pretext that she liked the...#" ""French breakfast"." "#Me, on the other hand, as I do everytime I go abroad, I insisted to get used to country's traditions :#" "#So, it was eggs and bacon !" "#" "#At the begining, we just wanted to have a little walk together, to show her Paris...#" "#And time had gone forward and I felt we didn't want to split." "We wanted that walk not to be just a little walk.#" "#We wanted a longer walk.#" "#At some moment, I don't really remember why, nor how, but this happened...#" "#I felt her hand saying me :# Really ?" "You think ?" "Are you sure ?" "#And my hand answered :# Yes, I'm sure." "I have desire, and I can feel you have this desire too." "#I felt her hand holding me more firmly, she felt desire too !" "#" "#It's crazy to see how these moment are strong :#" "#A thing that lasts in a whole 12 seconds in your life and that remains in your memory forever !" "#" "#Habitually, a love story stops here in movies : the best in a story, it's not to tell the following.#" "#But rightly : the most interesting IS the following...#" "Leave me !" "Leave me !" "I don't want you to leave !" "Stay here !" "Leave me !" "Leave me !" "Stay !" "Stay !" "..." "No !" "Fuck !" "Neus, what the hell are you doing ?" "Neus ?" "!" "But Neus !" "I can't believe it !" "Neus, what are you doing ?" "!" "#I have the feeling that with Neus, we needed to live that kind of experience...#" "#As if we wanted to prove ourselves that if we were able to live crazy experiences like that, it comforted us...#" "#It proofed that we loved each other.#" "You know, it's kinda perturbing to work with you..." "Really ?" "Why ?" "Because one month ago, you were like a stranger for me, and now, I tell you my life, you're going to write it..." "You're becoming something like my miror... and I hope you don't think I'm too superficial..." "No, not at all !" "You are a pampered child, but you have a lot of personality." "Really, do you think so ?" "Yes, and you are a beautiful person..." "You're going to reach your dream !" "#Next morning, everything had changed :" "even my scooter wasn't the really the same.#" "#With Wendy, we've decided to leave :" "we met her brother in Saint Petersburg.#" "#Begining a story with a girl, it's like going on a trip : it's by going far together that we can know if we are closed.#" "#Wiliam took us to his home." "He was leaving with his bride and his future parents-in-law in a Communolka#" "#A communautary flat they were sharing with several families.#" "In Moscow ?" "You are in Moscow ?" "Well, I don't know..." "No, I didn't say that !" "It's true it's not far..." "Yeah, why not !" "Two days ?" "Ok..." "Well, I don't know if I can..." "No, yes, of course I want to but..." "Ok." "Yeah, great, i'll call you back." "#Any normal guy would have run after her after hearing that.#" "#I didn't move..." "Or actually, it's the train that moved... and I let it go...#" "Oh, I'm so happy to see you !" "I was alone in Moscow... and I became bored, and I thought you were in Russia too, and I thought : "That's stupid, we have to meet !"" "I'm so glad you came !" "You really are a nice boyfriend !" "#When I saw her I thought she was so beautiful, and I thought "No doubt, Célia is really a girl who makes people dream..."#" "#She barely exists in reality cause she's so beautiful.#" "#It must be amazing to spend a lifetime with a woman like her.#" "#I can remember the sapoffer was peacefully pestling bass...#" "#After all, it's the job of a bass box." "It's to do that.#" "#Must believe we like grave : we all want to vibrate#" "#Célia is the equivalent as woman of the ideal dimensions street.#" "#We don't have much time on earth, so necesarily, at the begining, we have the desire to live in that street.#" "#I would have loved spending hours just watching a girl like that one.#" "#Just watching her living, watching her walking, just being rocked by the swaying of her skirt.#" "#Just getting drunk at watching the movement of tissue moving on her body.#" "#I think that show would have been enought for me for an entire life.#" "#But is it possible to live like that ?" "#" "#I felt I had to do what everybody was asking me to do :" "I had to stop dreaming... to come back to real life.#" "Hey, you bitch !" "Your street, you know what ?" "Your street is ugly." "I left 3 messages to Wendy, I don't understand..." "Why is she avoiding me that way ?" "Stop freaking out !" "Anyway she'll call you back at least, no doubt !" "Right now, she's with her familly, her brother's getting married, it's normal, let her breath, too !" "Shit !" "Yes mum Do you know I repainted the kitchen ?" "Yes I know it, you told me the day before yesterday !" "Wait mum, I have another call." "I leave you, I'll call you back." "What is the problem with love ?" "!" "How come we're becoming crazy like that ?" "Can you imagine the time we spend ruminating on it ?" "!" "When you're alone, you complain : "Will I find someone ?"." "When you have someone : "Is she the good one ?" "Do I really love her and does she love me as much as I love her ?"" "Is it possible to love several persons in one's life ?" "Why do we split ?" "Can we fix things when we feel we're loosing control ?" "All these stupid questions we keep asking ourselves !" "Though, we can't say we're inexperimented : we are prepared !" "We read love stories, we read tales, we read love novels, we watch love movies..." "Love, love, love !" "What if you just called her back ?" "#Though, it's crazy all that masquerade where everybody plays : "It will be forever..."#" "#We can't avoid being touched." "We can't avoid wanting to believe in it.#" "#"Most beautiful day of my life, for the best and for the worst aetcetera...#" "#Ok, let's fill in the album, we'll remember it our whole life, after we'll have to remember this day...#" "#It's like the gravestone of our love which will live forever...#" "#It's incredible :" "I can't believe in it anymore myself.#" "Hey do I look like a girl who dances farandole ?" "Come on, we don't care !" "Sure..." "Is that ok ?" "Yes" "#So, This is me..." "I'll soon be 30, still single...with my face of ME.with nothing to do about it.I'm me,stupidly me...#" "#No, that is too stupid, that's not what had to be done.#" "#I reconsidered all the girls with who I had been, with who I had had sex, or even that I had just desired.#" "#I thought they were like russian dolls :" "we spend our lifetime playing that game.#" "#We are curious to know who will be the last one, the very smaller which was hidden since the beginning in all others.#" "#We can't catch it directly :" "we have to follow a progress#" "#You have to open it, one after the other one, wondering each time : "Is she the last one ?"#" "#Shit, I didn't have time to finish.#" "#Well, actually, it's not that bad if I didn't finish telling my story :" "I'll finish later#" "Wait, I'm going to help you !" "Xavier ?" "I finished !"