"YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL" "Northeasterly winds..." "Armstrong finished strong..." "Bernard, in the beginning, you didn't even feel sick?" "Not at all." "I lost a little hair." "But I wasn't worried." "A year later, I had a stiff neck." "That was unpleasant." "I should say, I'm a cab driver." "I thought it was all the driving." "It wasn't that." "Not at all." "Then I got vision problems." "It started very gradually." "It was very debilitating." "Thanks, Bernard." "Back after the news." "Enjoy your lunch." "Now the weather..." "Clouds in the north, throughout the Channel regions..." "Huguette!" "What do I do with a vegetarian niece?" "4 pounds, 14 ounces." "She's against killing animals." "Like my son says, "Can't eat them alive!"" " He is something, that guy..." " Out the head off?" "That would be nice." "Eats only vegetables!" "I said maybe the carrot suffers when you yank it." "What do you know?" "Just cause it can't talk." "Nothing!" "We know nothing!" "So guess what?" "She stopped eating carrots!" "Twelve pounds, six ounces." "That's 30 Euros, 5 cents." "I don't have the 5 cents." "Change a twenty?" "I'll let it go, but..." "Youki, get out!" "Youki, I said get out!" "Shirley, just tell your boss your lover's taking you to paradise." "And I have only an hour to pack?" "It can't be done!" "All you'll need there is your bathing suit." "Come here." "Oh Shirley, I love you." "What do you mean, vacation?" "!" "With who?" "!" "I don't know, sir." "With Peter MacCollough!" "I'll break him." "Call the World Center." "Right now, Sabrina!" "Let's go, Panpan." "Come on, buddy." "Shit." "Look!" "I found sea urchins!" "Hey." "They sting!" "Your 7's look like 1's." "Cross your sevens!" "It's not a hard to cross a 7." "Five cents missing." "The Lochet woman." "No change." "It's a matter of principle." "They lose respect for you." "At 5 cents, your respect is cheap." "You watch too much crap." "All those American soaps." "They go to your head." "Then you start talking fancy." "You think you're Pamela Anderson?" "Panpan weighs the same." "He eat?" "Never stops!" "You let him run." "He's so fat he doesn't run, he rolls!" "What did you feed him?" "Me?" "You're going to tell me what to feed animals now?" "Today, it's mashed potatoes." "Go on, act all American!" "The cows are waiting." "The meat's in the pan and I took the cheese out." "Two Blue Lagoons." " To the two of us!" " Two?" "No, Brian." "More like the three of us!" " You're going to be a Dad!" " Oh Jesse!" "It's cold!" "That's the best gift I could have!" "Married under community property, and having stipulated the surviving spouse inherits all, there should be no problem." "Once again, Mr. Pigrenet, my condolences." "If you need anything, don't hesitate." "I can't get by alone." "Oh, I'm sure you'll weather this." "Weather!" "Two more weeks before it rains." "The crop is ruined this year!" "I meant you'll weather the storm." "In time, the wound will heal." "The wound?" "You get over it." "Huguette's over what?" "No." "You'll get over the hurt." " Your grief will fade." " Oh." "My grief, yeah." "I can deal with the grief." "But the work." "On my own, I can't do it." "What I need is..." "A woman?" "I'm sure one day, Mr. Pigrenet, you'll start over." "Well, in Montbouchard, women are not a bumper crop." "In the meantime..." "Great thing about women is they do stuff men can't do." "The housework, laundry." "But they're hard to find." "You have to get out." "Out?" "I'm done work at 8." "I go out, everyone's home already." "If you really can't find someone, you could call a matrimonial agency." "A matrimonial agency?" "Right." "When you get over the shock, I have a good referral for you." "Be brave, Mr. Pigrenet." "About that referral, while I'm here..." "I know, I'm in shock, but for when I'm less shocked." "Who died?" "Huguette, Mom." "It really must have hurt." "Electrocution?" "You feel no pain." "Not a whiff." "More than a whiff of barbecue." "220 volts, you'd smell too." "You're doing the trifecta on the day we bury Huguette?" "Yeah!" "What's the date?" "Working nights now?" "You here?" " You OK?" " Yeah, fine." "Antoine will help you tomorrow." "Keep your son, I don't need him." "Can't you stop whining, for once?" "I can get by on my own." "Only place you'll get on your own is next to Huguette!" "Foam supposed to be here?" "Cat supposed to be there?" "Love For A Day, Love Forever" "Heavy weight, huh?" "Heavyweight?" "Being alone is heavy." "First you feel you'll muddle through, but no." "No, you just can't." "First time?" "That I lost my wife?" "Yes." "Oh, you lost?" "I'm sorry." "A long time ago?" "Well, almost ten days now." "But hey, I'm in shock." "My husband died 11 years ago." "I got a dog." "But the truth is, even a nice dog is no substitute." "Did you try getting a pet?" "Animals I got." "And solitude doesn't go away." "Wake up alone, go to sleep alone, eat alone..." "One day you wonder, why eat?" "Why wake up?" "Why get your hair done?" "My hair..." "We used to order one dessert with two spoons." "Then one spoon goes, you don't order dessert." "That's the beginning." "The beginning?" "Of the end." "But don't lose hope." "You'll see..." "It comes back." "You'll get dessert with two spoons again." "Route des Vignes..." "Montbouchard." "There." "Now, do you like classical music?" "Sinatra, stuff like that?" "Right." "But also Mozart, Chopin." "And going out?" "You like that?" "Theater, movies." "Well, I saw Dr. Chicago once." "No, Zhivago." "Doctor Zhivago." "Maybe." "But it was long!" "Boy was it ever long!" "You don't like much, Mr. Pigrenet." "You need to find someone who shares your interests." "So I need to know your interests." "Well, mainly I have animals." "There!" "A woman who likes animals." "One who can take care of them." "Someone strong, in good health." "Athletic." "I got land." "She wants to jog, she can." "Oh, another thing." "The washing machine." "She has to know how to use it." "It was plugged up with cat hair but now it works again." "Well, that's secondary." "I have nothing to wear!" "Right, so scratch the theater and the classical music." " Yeah, maybe." " There." "And physically?" "Do you prefer blondes, brunettes?" "Well yeah, with hair." "Let's try another way." "I want to be an actress, or a model." "I love France." "It seems shocking, but since you're in a hurry and, obviously, the emotional side matters little, this looks like the best solution." "I love children." "I love coming to France." "They'll come to France?" "You have no idea how they live in Rumania." "Yeah, but they have nail polish." "They're..." "They couldn't work." "It's a farm." "They'd do anything to come to France." "Go for a weekend, bring one back." "It can go very fast." "You realize what this is?" " Buying a woman!" " Buying?" "!" "God, how horrible!" "You don't buy a woman, you save her from poverty!" "You're a savior." "A savior..." "You save her life." "What do I tell people?" "You're visiting relatives." "Relatives?" "Mine are relative strangers!" "Precise as by hand, and quicker." "And these babies never need repairs." "Sold 2 just this morning." "I'm telling you." "What I really need is an electric milker." "It's German." "The Germans do it right." "At home, we got all German." "Even the corkscrew!" "Next week is the Eurotier Show." "Me and my wife never miss it." "I'm telling you." "Heard of it?" "Agricultural show in Germany." "It was on TV yesterday." "It's in Germany?" "Love For A Day, Love Forever." "Oh, Mr. Pigrenet." "About this Rumania thing," "I might be free next weekend." "Fly there?" "I'd rather take the train." "It's longer, but not as high." "What happened?" "What happened was, I happened by, thought I'd say hello." " Not warm tonight." " No." "Had dinner yet?" " Who is it?" " It's Aymé!" "Who am I?" "There." "King Kong." "Let's go, come on!" "Ask a question." "Am I a famous man?" "Am I a ladies' man?" "What, no?" "He did loads of women!" "Never heard of the Eurotier Show?" "In Germany." "They make incredible milkers now." "German engineering." "You in Germany?" "I have to beg to get you to the café!" "No milkers in cafés!" "Am I dead?" "Who's dead?" "I might go next weekend." "Next weekend?" "Antoine, the disposable camera." "Who's dead?" "Bring me back some pictures." "I'd love that." "Of what?" "Of Germany!" "She had a boyfriend there." "Jurgen." "One of those phony-looking guys, fake blond." "Fake?" "That was his natural color!" " Curly locks..." " Enough!" "Who died?" "Napoleon!" "Napoleon died!" "It's easy." "It's automatic." "Can't make a mistake." "My turn." "Am I an animal?" "Am I King Kong?" "You cheated!" "In 2 questions!" "Cheated?" "Me?" "Aymé, did I cheat?" "Where?" "I quit." "You're both liars." "I'll make coffee." "Mom." "Aymé, where in Germany?" "Hanover." " Bring us sauerkraut!" " A big dinner!" " And lots of sausages!" " Don't forget the pictures." "And beer!" "Relax, you'll be fine." "Take some, for the ears." "They're big." "You thought they were for..." "God that's funny." "It's candy." "It's for the air pressure." "It unpops your ears." "Catherina!" "Telegram!" "Hang on, I'm coming." "Elena, a Frenchman!" "A Frenchman just got here." "A Frenchman?" "We have to rush." "First interview at 2." "Hang on, I have to mail this." "No, I'll do it." "How touching." "You wrote to yourself." "I never got a letter from abroad." "You could've sent a postcard." "No frills." "It's just for me." "Silvia, it's your turn." "Good luck." "Thank you." "Hurry, Silvia." "What's he look like?" "Does he really have money?" "What's he like?" "Bald." "What does he want?" "I don't know." "He has a farm." "He wants you more in the field than in bed." "Bad news, I'm telling you." "You mind?" "Could I borrow your sweater?" " This?" " Yeah." "Please." "She likes sports." "And she loves to ski." "Only likes disco." "I love Moulin Rouge." "She likes windmills." "I love France." "I think you're so handsome." "Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysées..." "And I think you're so handsome." "She speaks fluent Japanese." "Won't help me." "She's a nurse." " She cares for people." " No farmer." "I dream of becoming a singer." "And dancer." "You're so handsome." "You're so handsome." "Again?" "Why do they say that?" "What do I care if I'm handsome?" "Tell her she's not obliged." " Explain I'm not handsome." " She can see that." "I mean..." "She sees." "She sees you." "I don't have to explain." "If she thinks you're handsome..." "Maybe by Rumanian standards." "Me, Elena." "Me, Aymé." "Me 28 years old." "Me have farm." "Big farm." "And you have cows?" "Chickens?" "Rabbits." "Rabbits?" "That I got." "I love that!" "She loves rabbits." "The country, farmland..." "I think you're so..." "Handsome!" "Handsome?" "No." " Don't go overboard." " No." "You're so lucky, work on farm." "Elena." "Excuse me, sir." "Do you know where there's a store to buy sauerkraut." "Varza acra." "Sauerkraut." "Excuse me." "Could you take picture?" "Picture of me." "It's just, press this." "One second." "Wait." "Oh, this is good." " You want eat here?" " Yeah." "Then all of a sudden, no TV, no milker... no Huguette." "Huguette was my wife." "Never very solid." "Broke down twice already." "Twice in six months." "Elena, never buy a used milker." "You get me?" "Never." "I'll not buy." " Swear it." " I swear." "If you want, me stay with you... in France." "Shake on it." "You don't rather kiss me?" "Oh look!" "A German Shepherd!" "Sir!" "Picture?" "Can I?" "The dog." "German Shepherd." "Souvenir of Rumania." "Angela..." "I'll be back." "I'll send you money." "You'll have your dance school." "You'll open soon." "Together!" "We were supposed to do it together!" " You'll wake Gaby." " So?" "She'll see her mother's gone." "It'll be all right." "I'll bring her to France." "She'll come live with me there." "Before Christmas." "Tell her." "Don't forget to tell her." "Who is this little girl, walking around without slippers?" "Back to bed." "You'll catch cold in your feet." "You'll be sick." "She's such a good little girl." "Kiss!" "Take it, for the ears." "Not to put in the ears." "You eat it, it unpops your ears." "You thought?" "That's funny." "I'm laughing, but no offense." "You're not used to airplanes." "Nine isn't made up yet." "I have 18, but it's shower only." "Elena, is a shower OK?" "Here." "So you come when I call you." "That's my address." "Don't lose it." "You'll take a taxi." "For the others, you're the daughter of my brother's godson's..." "No." "My wife's godson's daughter's brother." "I'm his brother." "No, forget it." "The best way is you don't speak any French." "Shit." "Shit!" "How was Germany?" "Lots of Germans." "Lots of people, cars... you know, Germany!" "And the show?" "The show." "Like France, but there." "And overpriced!" "I'll get my milker here." "You got some haul." "I'll have Françoise cook it up." "Hey." "A letter from Rumania." " Who would write me from Rumania?" " The sauerkraut..." "My heavens." "Who could it be?" "I know no one in Rumania." "Here or at my place?" "Who could be writing?" "We have the sauerkraut here?" "Yeah, but who writes me from Rumania?" "Open it." "Save the stamp for Antoine." "My heavens." ""Dear Aymé," ""life is hard..." ""Our daughter... " Right." "Elena is my wife's godson's brother's daughter..." "It's complicated." "On my wife's side." ""Internship on your farm!" "Thank you!"" "Oh, the nerve!" "Here, read it!" "What am I, a youth hostel!" "?" "What is this?" "No way!" "No way she gets through my door!" "Like I don't have enough work already?" "Enough troubles?" "And I could just see what kind of girl she is." "A little teen, never saw a cow, and the nail polish..." "No way." "No Rumanian girl will live here!" "Have a heart." "Let her come." "Oh, all right." "Oh yeah." "This is really something else." "Not just sauerkraut." "Yeah, you can taste it's... a sauerkraut that's..." "Not a sauerkraut like just anyone." "Germany, I'm telling you." "Funny..." "I can't decide." "I do think it's..." "Well..." "I sort of agree with you, Sylvie." "I mean it's..." " It's not bad." " Right." "But it's nothing special." "Right, exactly." "Talk about pearls before swine!" "Next time buy canned stuff, they can't tell the difference!" "I say one word..." "Where will she sleep?" "Haven't figured it out." "Is this your first time in France?" "Is this first time, you in France?" "She's Rumanian, not deaf." "Pretty something." "Coming in the middle of the night, not a word of French." "She looks like she can manage." "Why didn't your wife's brother's godson teach her French?" "He died when she was born." "Who died?" "Her father." "He died when he was just a baby." "Horrible." "He didn't die a baby." "It's her." "She's dead?" "You drank too much." "He's not the only one." "If she can work like she drinks, you won't have much left to do." "She can't understand a word." "Maybe she's stupid." "Enough!" "You're putting her to work?" "She came to intern, so she'll intern." "And then..." "The ideal woman." "Young, pretty and doesn't talk." "Lucky stiff." "They can talk with their hands." "Well." "She's caught someone's eye." "I got a feeling this girl is the beginning..." "Of what?" "Of your headaches." "Tomorrow!" "I said to come tomorrow." "No more money." "With what I gave you?" "Shopping." "Spent much!" "Spent?" "Here we go!" " What is that?" " Your bed." ""Clic clac!" Right!" "Doesn't clic or clac!" "Throw money out the window, and this won't work." "I hope it's clear." "You're here, but nothing is permanent." "Why won't it open more?" "I have specific needs." "If you're not right, then, frankly, it won't last." "For you." "Gift." "It has flowers." "Flowers." "I can see that." "Waste money on flowers!" "White ones?" "Yeah." "Even white ones." "You know tree?" "It's a "Guard-Elena. "" "No!" "A gardenia." "Gardenia?" "I thought, Guard-Elena." "No, it's nia." "Nia means nothing." "I'll guard it anyway." "What are you doing?" "Too much noise?" "Seen the time?" "You always..." "Wait." "You always whine?" "So I'm whining now?" "I don't do dishes at 2 AM." "It's not you." "It's me." "Yeah, well." "Never mind." "Careful, it'll fall!" "This... apron." "Like this." "You... handsome." "Handsome?" "Before, you said I wasn't." "That was before." "And now?" "Now what?" "I have no towel." "Eat?" "Shouldn't have." "I got a sandwich." "Sandwich?" "Not good for..." "You like great music?" "Classical music?" "Love it." "I can't work without classical music." "Mozart or... the guy with the piano." "But especially Mozart!" "Mozart is really beautiful." "Mozart is very musical." "And he wound up deaf." " Mozart?" " Stone deaf!" "Tomorrow," "I look for work, in town." "Work?" "But there's work here!" "Antoine will show you what to do." "Need money for family." "If you want," "I'll pay you for the work you do on the farm." "500 a month OK?" "500 Euros?" "That's a lot!" "Many months work at home." "So 200?" "No, 500..." "It's very good." "And also..." "Sleep with you." "Sleep with me?" "Why?" "Well..." "I mean..." "Look, Elena, right now..." "That must be my electric milker." " Antoine?" "Did you eat?" " Yeah, he ate." "Antoine!" "You better come along." "We might need you." "See you later." "Think I have a pot belly?" "Enough, he'll be back tomorrow." "He never talks to me." "He talks to no one, never has." "Maybe he has nothing to say." "You'll get bitten one day." "Why no name for dog?" "That's the way it is." "Never call him, he's always here." "We call him..." "Ciufut." "What's that mean?" "It means "whiner"." "Very clever." "It's not a him, it's a her." "I'm hungry." "Restaurant?" "There's food here." "Don't be idiotic." "Ciufut." "Let's go to a restaurant." "Decided on dessert?" "A peach melba." "You sir?" "No thanks, I'm full." "Yes." "With me." "No, Elena." "One peach melba." " You children have?" " Can't stand them." "They yell, always on your back, can't understand." "Later, maybe." "About 12 or 13, they can help on the farm." "If you get a boy." "Girls on a farm are a catastrophe." "You have children?" "No, silly me." "Silly?" "Why?" "If you did, you wouldn't be here." "There you are." "I brought you two spoons." "That way..." "Two spoons?" "For us two." "You never did dessert with two spoons?" "Never." "We're going to win." "Right, Panpan?" "13 lbs., 4 ounces!" "Oan you imagine, Elena?" "BIGGEST RABBIT CONTEST" "Let the winner through." "One, two... can you hear me?" "Roland, it's not a stadium." "It doesn't work." "See that?" "They're all watching Panpan." "Look." "All dying of jealousy." "Antoine, you take care of Elena please." "Hi, I'm Pierre." "This is Nicolas, Oédric." "Elena, who can't speak French." "Look." "They're after the Rumanian." "I don't get it." "She's plain." "Men prefer plain women." "We have too much personality." "It scares them off." "True." "I've often been told I was scary." "Lucien Hubert." "Six pounds ten." "Thierry Lucet." " Let me." " All right." "Seventeen pounds, six ounces." "But he's dead." "Wait, your rabbit is dead." "What do you mean?" "He was alive two minutes ago!" "Who's dead?" "The rabbit is dead." "It's a heart attack." "He's eliminated." "Eliminated?" "This really sucks!" "Got a nerve." "Entering a dead bunny." "Last contestant." "Aymé Pigrenet." "Six pounds, ten ounces." "Aymé Pigrenet is the winner!" "Elena!" "Look what I won!" "A barometer!" "...the poet died..." "On the day that the poet died..." "Carrots, grass..." "I did the same and boom." "Look." "May 24th, 1976." "So you play 2, 4 and 5." "Get it?" "Doesn't the winner buy a round?" "What'll it be?" "Champagne all around!" "Don't get crazy here." "Look, isn't that sweet?" "They make a nice couple." "Like peas in a pie!" "In a pod!" "Not in a pie!" "Elena, let's go home!" "Hey, she can stay." "We have work at home." "You'll die on your tractor." "Like Moliére." "Like Moliére?" "Drop it." "Let her relax." "It's Sunday." "Sunday or no Sunday!" "Don't forget Panpan." "Here." "Who's dead?" "The poet!" "The poet died!" " Let's go." " Let her live." "Enough, pea pie!" " You angry?" " No I'm not angry." "But you with that skirt..." "I never saw such a skimpy skirt." "What means "skimpy"?" "It means your legs are showing." "You saw I have legs?" "Hello." "Congratulations!" "He earned his medal." "Panpan is pretty." "How cute." "See?" "We even scare widowers." "What is that?" "You'll start a fire with this crap!" " It's pretty." " Pretty?" "Look at this room!" "Perfume?" "It stinks like a polecat!" "Polecat?" " Like cat?" " Like a cathouse!" "What's that make-up?" "Have you seen yourself?" "What's this?" "A night gown?" "This is a night gown?" "Get out of this bed!" "In Rumania, they raise whores?" "!" "What are you doing?" "Elena, what?" "Where are you going?" "I'm fed up!" "Fed up with everything." "Fed up with everyone thinking I don't speak French." "Fed up with being the brother's godsend." "Godson." "Where are you going?" "Wherever I want." "I'm not your wife." "Keep this up, you won't be!" "Fine!" "I know you don't want me." "I'll find someone who wants me." "At this hour?" "So that's it?" "You want to find a French husband?" "Anyone." "First one you see." "Yes, first one I see." "The first one you saw is me!" "I came and got you." "I came first." "I'm the first guy you saw!" "No, Carmen." "I'm coming home." "But he hates me!" "I can't stay here." "Leave me." "I don't want see you more." "Never!" "I'm sorry." "I was angry, it was silly." "The guys in the café, taking you in their arms." "They took me in there arms." "Not my fault." "No, it's not your fault." "The fault is mine." "They take you in their arms because you're no one's woman." "That's how people are." "If you belong to no one, you belong to everyone." "And you say, they raise us in Rumania this way." "Whores." "I'm not this." "I didn't mean it." "It just came out." "You were there on my bed." "So beautiful." "You were waiting for me." "For me, you were waiting." "The more I saw you, so perfect, the more I saw myself, so..." "I felt old all of a sudden." "Not in the right place." "Like the foreigner was me." "I yelled at you, but I meant myself." "You see, I was angry at myself." "I'm really sorry." "You're sunshine, Elena." "Real sunshine." "Sunshine." "I know you pity girls like me." "Pity?" "Look at you." "How can anyone pity you?" "You even light up the night." "Since you came, I see things I never saw." "I see them, but here." "On the inside, where your sun shines." "So now what do I do with it?" "What do I do with what's in here?" "Pity?" "Pity me." "I didn't mean to give slap." "You hurt?" "Not anymore." "Up already?" "Here." "They're still warm." "What's this?" "Birthday, my... my sister." "You have a sister?" "I didn't know." "Her name is Gaby." "For Gaby, from me." "No, she's too little." " How old is she?" " Six." "A real little sister." "Still a baby." "I go." "Now?" "Post office is closed." "I have my horses." "Yesterday almost win." "No, you had one horse." "For the trifecta you need three." "That's what I said." "Almost." "Blow out all the candles tomorrow." "You have lots this year." "Six candles!" "Have you been good?" "I sent you some presents." "Lots of little presents." "What?" "Gaby?" "Why do you say, "Thank you, Ma'am"?" "Don't say ma'am." "I'm your mommy." "Don't say that." "Don't cry." "My sweetheart, my own little darling." "Yes, I'm coming back." "I promise." "Mommy will be coming home very soon." "I promise, I'll come home." "...gathering slowly over the northern regions... should yield afternoon finishing third in the shot up 53% to..." "Shit." "Shit!" "Pain in the ass!" "Not staying to eat with me?" "A lot of work." "No, Antoine." "Don't feel like." "What are you doing?" "Stop, that's not comical!" "That your Rumanian?" "She doesn't sound bored." "Elena, a letter for you." "How did you make her laugh?" "Come off it." "She hasn't laughed in days, now she's hysterical." "What did you do?" "Stop it." "Stop, you dope." "Stop!" "That made her laugh?" "Elena, we're going to Paris." "OK?" "To Paris, for the weekend." "OK?" "A ride on the Seine, in a boat." "And the department stores." "Did Antoine give you that?" "He gives you gifts now?" "True, he's a good friend." "Wonder what you two tell each other all day." "Lots of things." "What do you talk about?" "We don't talk." "How long ago?" "About two months." "In the name of Aymé Pigrenet." "Right, here it is." "I know that." "That's Bucharest." "Bucharest?" "In Germany?" "No, in Rumania." "Look." "The Ceausescu Palace." "That and the Great Wall of China are visible from the moon." "Well?" "The pictures?" "They're all dark." "All of them, can't see a thing." "Right." "When Antoine does it, you crack up!" "When it's me, you start crying?" "I'm sorry." "I get all upset." "She's been this way for days." "Doesn't eat, doesn't talk." "I toss eggs, she doesn't laugh." "What's wrong with her?" "She's homesick." "Well if you saw her home..." "Well..." "I imagine life in Rumania isn't..." "That's why guys go there." "The girls will marry anybody, rather than go on the way they are." "Sure, but her..." "She's here for an internship." "If the guy doesn't marry her, she'll have done it all for nothing." "Sure, but she's an intern." "And that's dishonest." "Or else..." "he doesn't love her." "Yes he does." "How long is the internship?" "I don't know." "That long?" "Your gardenia's going to croak." " I take good care of it." " Not good enough." "Did you know the Ceausescu Palace is visible from the moon?" "Well, on the other hand, who cares about the moon?" "We'll never go." "Hello..." "Pigrenet." "Aymé Pigrenet." " I'd like a ring." " What kind of ring?" "For a finger." "Yes, of course." " For a young woman?" " Yes, very pretty." "I have no doubt, sir." "An engagement ring, I imagine?" "Yes." "Engagement." "Elena," "I hope you'll wear this ring because diamonds are eternal." "Well, real diamonds are." "Because, just so you know, it's a real diamond." "Better be." "That's not..." "I want you to accept this ring which could be an engagement ring if you will marry me." "No, to get engaged." "You'll get a wedding ring too." "No, that's not great either." "This ring is just a simple ring." "Only you can make it an engagement ring." "Yeah, that's good." "Elena, it's up to you to make this an engagement ring." "Yeah, that's very good." "Very good." "Did I scare you?" "Sorry." "Yes you scare me." "Well..." "Elena," "I would like, well, how can I put it?" "You always come in behind." "You scare every time me." "Forgive me." "But recently you've had earphones on all day and night." "It's like you're not there." "Yes, I am here." "But I have no place for me." "Nothing." "I have nothing here." "I'm like a stranger." "Don't say that." "Not even own room." "In bathroom, my stuff on the ground!" "This is not my home." "I want my home." "I want to be home." "I'll see to it." "You'll be home, I promise." "Parinti..." "Parents." "Féricità..." "Happy." ""Dear parents, I'm not happy... "" ""here. "" ""Now I know I made a mistake. "" ""I shouldn't have left. "" ""I long for you. " Oh, she longs for you." ""I miss you terribly. "" ""I'll be back before Christmas. "" ""I won't anymore leave you. "" "Or, "I won't leave you again. "" ""Ever. "" "Mr. Pigrenet, she wrote you a beautiful letter!" "Believe me, she loves you." "Thanks." "Elena, I'm going to town." "I'll stop at the TAB." "I got your ticket." "Sorry, nothing." " You won." " I won?" "!" "Your horses came in, straight up." "I got you cash." "I won?" "I won how much?" "How much is it?" "15,650 Euros." "Mine?" "Yes, yours." "It's the happiest day of my life!" "I'm rich!" "I'm a millionaire!" " Millionaire?" " Yes!" "For us back there, it's lots!" "Back there." "I go to buy dresses!" "Many!" "And also, gift for you." "And also, champagne." "Must hide it." "It's lots!" "I'll take care of it." " Want me to come along?" " No." "Alone, to buy dresses." "I'm so happy." "Thank you!" " Not my doing." " Yes!" "12, 3, 5." "It's the day you... you bring me here." "I'm taking the scooter!" "Valence-Bucharest." "No direct flight." "You change in Paris." "One tomorrow." " Tomorrow?" " No?" "Later?" "No, tomorrow." "Champagne!" "Have to put it on ice." "You think it's pretty?" "Very." "And gift for you!" "This keep warm you." "And this is for Ciufut." "See you tomorrow." "You'd go without saying goodbye?" "Look at this." "It won't fit all scattered." "And it'll get all wrinkled." "It's all scrunched up." "You'd have missed your plane." "Taxis get lost coming here." "I'll drive you." "I got you here, I'll take you back." "And you'll save money." "What'll you do with the money?" "Open a dance school." "A dance school?" "That's nice." "Surrounded by little rats?" "Yeah, but little ones." "Not real rats." "It's just a thing we say here." "There you go." "I try to make you laugh, you cry." "Plus you haven't slept." "So naturally..." "We got a few hours." "Get some rest." "We call them little rats because long ago, at the Opera, they put kid dancers way upstairs." "In the attic." "That's what they said on the radio." "When they were toe-dancing, they'd go "tick, tick, tick. "" "Like little rats' feet when they walk." "See?" "But why they call a tutu a "tutu", that's a mystery." "Maybe when they walked they went "too, too"." "No reason why they should go "too, too"." "You're sleeping." "Get a window seat." "Nothing much to see, but... at least there are clouds." "Flight 315 to Paris is now boarding..." "You have to go." "You're the last." "Goodbye, Elena." "I'm not going." "What do you mean?" "I'm staying." "You've no business here." "Yes, I have business." "I have chicken coup!" "You don't even tend it well." "I have to back you up." "It's double work with you here." "You weigh me down!" "And plus now you cry all day long." "That's not true." "Like it's me?" "You see me crying?" "Miss?" "Newspaper?" " Yes." " Which?" "Doesn't matter." " What?" " Isn't this the Mousquet farm?" "No, on the other side." "Left on your way out." "I know." "It's not left, it's right." "Asshole got our hopes up!" "Right foot forward." "Careful, Gaby." "Good." "Change feet." "Thank you." "Have a good day!" "Thank you!" "See you next week, children." "You look hot like that." "Not here." "Mom, did I dance well?" "You were wonderful." "You know what they say, oysters are hermaphrodites." "Aphrodisiacs, I knew." "But that." "Yeah." "They can change sexes right in your plate." "In my plate?" "That's disgusting." "I have a present for you." " For me?" " Well, for the dog." "What is it?" " What is it?" " A coat." "Oh, a coat." "Animals get cold, too." "Like humans." "Good new year for him." "He'll be happy." "Should we kiss?" "Well, it's not midnight yet." "I messed up dessert." "Terrible." "Come with me, please." "The mistletoe needs hanging." "Seen Aymé?" "Can't be far." "Did you know oysters change sexes in your plate?" "Sure." "Go easy on the booze." "They'd still change sexes." "Come here, you." "Ciufut, come here." "Happy New Year." " What are you doing?" " Nothing." "Stop fooling around and come..." "Where'd you get that?" "Get away, you!" "Look, look what you did do it!" "The scarf!" "My grandmother's scarf!" "On her deathbed she said, "Give the little guy my scarf. "" ""Little guy", she called me." "Even when I was little I was little." "That's why it's special to me." "I know it's silly, but..." "I want my room there." "That's the kitchen." "I'll sleep in the kitchen." "Fine, sleep in the kitchen." "Watch your step." "Elena, the dishes." "In the china closet, or in the kitchen?" "The French newspaper." "From the plane back." "Your Frenchman again?" ""Ecologists" ""demonstrated yesterday" ""in the streets of Paris. "" " I don't get it." " What?" "It's not the numbers." "The numbers?" "My horses didn't come in." "It's the wrong paper." "No." "It's the right one." "May 11th results." "I played that day." "Then you didn't win." "Of course I won." "No, you lied to us." "You killed the old guy, stashed him in the stable with the cows, stole all his money." "His money..." "Of course, it was his money." "What's winning the trifecta?" "Winning the trifecta?" "That's... when someone loves you" "very much." "Well I'll be." "And I thought it was a goner." "See that?" "Sure, what do you care?" "What are you doing here?" "What's your name?" "Gaby?" "So you're Gaby?" "My name's Aymé." "I am Aymé." "Gaby!" "Where's your big sister?" "Where is Elena?" "Momma!" "Subtitles by Michael Katims" "Subtitling by Vdm" " Paris"