"YOUNG AND OLD" "Thanks." "What?" " What's that?" " What?" " That." " Hair." "Grey." " No." " Yeah." "Slight greying." "No way." "You could tell I had hepatitis by looking into my eyes " "I can tell that in 3 years, you'll be white-haired." "Unless..." " Unless?" "We cut." "Got 2 hours?" "Yeah." "Sorry." "My cell." "Yes." "When?" "Call Meilleur." "Give me half an hour." "Thanks." "White-haired." "I'll make an appointment ASAP." "Promise." "White-haired!" "Guillaume Martel, 19, no history of major medical problems." "In Psych?" "No record." " Notify Neuro-ophthalmology?" " Done." " Family's been notified?" " Not yet." "Young man was alone at home." "Landlord found him while showing the apartment." " Drugs, alcohol, any substances?" " Not that we know." "We intubated - he was choking on his vomit." "He was eating, then." "Glass." "Think he ate the plate, too." "You, my man, look like a suicide." "Wasn't depressed - he was eating." "Hilarious." "Your partner's good:" "one pep talk, Meilleur's back on track." "There's no cure for emotional disturbance." "Tried talking to him 1,000 times." "It's like pulling teeth." "He's as tight-assed as a nun." " Doesn't give a damn about anyone." "An insignificant narcissist." "Good surgeon, but insignificant." "Yes?" "I saw a woman my age die in the ER." " The accident victim who" " Yeah." "I was looking at her and..." "I don't know." "Might be the fact that she's dead, because..." "Because...?" "Women my age - living ones - don't have that effect on me." "You're not taking me seriously." "You had a shock, because you saw a woman your age die." "I really sympathize, but I'm expected in the OR." "You're in a hurry, I understand." "Antoine..." "You've never experienced that." "You get up in the morning, see someone, something, outside, in the street  and suddenly, your life looks different." "You're afraid." "Of what?" "Of dying, for the very first time." "I came to see my friend, not the surgeon." "There's more to it." "She wants to live." "This child has a will to live." "Will?" "Every second brings us closer to death." "Had she been 70, I wouldn't have even operated." "Wouldn't be worth it." "Patients don't always know.." "... whether or not they want to live." "But will never lies." "Makes all the difference." "You'll understand when you've lost enough patients." "There was no glory in Julie's successful surgery." "It was all her." "I merely held the instruments." "Whatever your age, wouldn't you want everything done to save you?" "I don't want you to save me." "You don't?" "Take care of her." "Dad died 6 months later." "Grade-4 astrocytoma." "How old?" "Sixty." "Thanks for listening." "Feeling better?" "You know you were his last great surgical success?" "Your father was pretty demanding." "On himself, very." "And on you?" "You know, Sophie..." "Sophie?" "I admire one thing about her." "I... never could've followed in my father's footsteps." "All you do is chase after him." "Gotta go." "Some people can live with old age, the idea of death." "But others are bitter, unhappy, dissatisfied." "Disappointed with their lives." "That might not mean much to you now, at your age." "Does to me." "Hits home." "Mustn't be easy." " 'Cause of wrinkles?" "You're already using Botox." " True, I've seen you inject it." " Lay off." "At least she doesn't feign strength for brownie points." " Patients want us strong and in control." " Of course." "The more neurotic others are, the saner you seem." "Please." "If you had to choose between saving the life of a teen or an elderly person, what would you do?" " The teen." " No question." " Teen." " Yes." " Teen." " Tough call." "But logical." "Who was healthiest before?" "Are we talking someone with Down's syndrome with a 35-year life expectancy  or an old researcher about to find a cure for cancer?" "Who are we talking about?" "If there was an answer, it'd be in our textbooks." "All things being equal otherwise, what would you do?" "Old or young?" "Want me to say "young"?" "Fine." "I'll let the old one die." "But you explain it to his family." "Okay." " What've we got?" " Suicide attempt." "Not just cerebral trauma?" "Deglutition problem's unrelated to head trauma." " He swallowed glass." " We don't need you, Pierre." "You can go." " Forget it." "I'll stay and hold your hand, sweetie." "It's not pulmonary, but gastric." "Minor neurological damage." "Not as bad as it looks." "Operating?" " Pierre?" " I would." "Put him under psychiatric observation." "Depending on the surgical outcome." "Give them a chance." "Don't kill him." "Weren't you picking up your mom for lunch?" "After." "Had to operate." "Gastric perforation would've killed him." " Yes, cardia wasn't easy." " Good thing he's not obese." "Large incision gave us room." "How can someone swallow broken glass?" " We'll find out when he wakes up." "He wanted to shoot himself in the head after swallowing glass - pretty weird." "You know something about oral fixation, no?" "Meaning?" "Enough, Mathieu." "You'll only be cured when you can laugh about it." "Last week, an 80-year-old hung himself." "Save him?" "Swallowing glass is stupid, but I wonder what could drive someone that age to suicide." "Despair, plain and simple." "Yet he only had to wait." "What's that song again?" "You know:" "Time time passes" "t's running out" "Afraid of getting old?" "Alone, yes." "With you, no." "Suddenly feel like a third wheel." "Your mom." "I'll call her after my shower." " Got a client for me?" " Yes..." "Failed suicide." "Twenty-four hours in ICU, then Ophthalmology." "Should be held for evaluation." " Was he conscious?" " Swallowed glass." "Didn't work." "Shot himself." "Missed." " Glass?" "You've performed peritonitis surgery?" " 'Course." "Tons." " Good." "Then show me how it's done." "Later." "So..." "I'm back in the boss's saddle?" "I'm making my rounds." "Glass?" "... so the old lady asks her husband:" ""Honey, let's make love tonight?" He says: "What?"" "She speaks up." ""Let's make love tonight?" "!"" ""What?" She whispers:" ""What, are you deaf?" He says..." ""Depends."" "Enjoy it while you can - won't be quiet long." "It is quiet." "Yeah." "Big bingo day." "Old folks are busy, don't come to the ER." "That's not funny either." "Don't like treating old people?" "Sure." "Why mock them?" "What's with everybody and old folks today?" "Yeah, Légaré gave us a seminar." "Boring." " Yes." "He instills good values in us, teaches us ethics, right from wrong." "You're bugging me." "Feel like working nights for a month?" "Enough with the cracks about old people." "It's tiresome." "Emergency." "Doctor." "Dr. Darveau's sister." "Available?" "Sure." "Nick, go to 3: fracture." "Eric, 4: headache, nausea." "Looks bad." "What's his damn problem?" "Pascale?" " Is Mathieu with you?" " No." "My mom's not answering the phone." "t's weird, she never goes out." " What can I say?" "I don't know." "He was finishing up surgery." "Call the super?" " Yes." "Couldn't reach him." "Could you ask him to check it out?" "Want me to tell him you called me?" "Yeah, no, okay." "Forget it." "I'll figure something out." "You know where you're going." "It's a source of anxiety." "Don't know if I want..." "to spend the rest of my life here!" "You didn't." "Well, you are to me." "The older I get, the more I think like you  used to." "You're getting closer to your mother." "That's a good sign." "It's a sham." "On both our parts." "Her damn menopause..." "To each their own." "I chose death." "Your mom, something different." "You'll choose your own path." "If I wanted to be like her, I wouldn't have gone into medicine." "Why'd you die, then?" "No." "Unlike me, you'll have a long, rewarding career." " No." " Yes." "Because I'm asking you." "You'll succeed where I failed." "Everything's fine." "Minor neurosurgery." "But ophthalmology and psychiatric follow-ups will be necessary." "Probable borderline-personality disorder with depressive features." "implying repeated suicide attempts." "Aren't you forgetting something?" "Attend to physical trauma." "Leave psychiatry to me." " Hello." "You've reached Juliette Darveau." " can't come to the phone." "Leave a message, /'ll call you back as soon as possible." "Thanks." "Have a nice day." "Hi, Mom." "It's Mathieu." "I'm running late." "I'll pick you up around 6:00." "Don't start dinner without us, huh?" "We'll have a bite together, with Julie." "She can't wait to see you." "Mathieu?" "Have people been talking about me?" "What about?" "My  personal life." "Got 5 minutes?" "Mathieu..." "Of course, living with a younger woman" "We're not living together." "I'm seeing her." "We don't live together." "I like younger women, much younger." "Sorry, I'm holding you up." "That's not it." "Just have rounds to make." "Have to pick up my mother for dinner." "She's waiting, alone." "What exactly do you want?" "Just asking, hoping for an honest answer." "That's all." "Yes, people whisper behind your back about your young lovers." "And... no, you don't make daily headlines." "Today, no one cares about anyone, about their neighbours." "We drag our kids around." "Stick old people in homes." "But Mom won't ever end up there." "She asked me to stay home until the end." "And so she will." "Whatever the cost." "I do take care of her." " That's not it." "I'm going on about my scruples about bonking women half my age, and you're telling me what a good son you are." "It's just too Freudian, huh?" "Want to reproduce?" "Excuse me?" "Want children?" "Never have." "Never wished for them, either." "Why?" "I don't like seeing those I love get old." "He'll be regaining consciousness soon." "Dr. Légaré will keep him 24 hours, then..." "No one's asked to see him." "No, young man's alone in the world." "Not everyone's lucky enough to have a big family and lots of friends." "I know what you're thinking." "I'm not projecting." "I'm estranged from my family by choice." "What about his story?" "I understand." "I just reconnected with my father after many years." "It's not easy." "You?" "I know all about disappointing parents." "My father's life ran in cycles:" "5 years of success, 5 of failure..." "It gets old." "If you have questions, now's the time." " No questions." "Killing yourself by swallowing glass is too stupid for words." "It's crazy." "We don't know if he did so knowingly." "Can I speak freely without risking a black mark on my record?" "Ever gotten black marks for speaking your mind?" "No." "But threats, all the time." "Not you." "Dr. Meilleur," "Dr. Darveau" " Go ahead." "You bosses seldom have the answers, but always the last word." "Can I quote on you that?" "We'll know when he tells us." "But it would've great to know beforehand." "People are blind to others' despair." "Takes a bullet to the head." "Planning to leave us to do your residency in Psychiatry?" "Why?" "Because I care about the patient's life?" "One doesn't just read the surgical status." "But the ambulance report, too." "I wanna die..." "I wanna die..." "I wanna die..." "Told you it was no use." "You did a good thing, nursed your dog." "But  he's old." "He's dying - he can barely crawl." " He's not gonna die." "When we're old, we die, Julie." "That's life." "My mom wasn't old and she died." "We'll take him to the vet, okay?" "Want to let him suffer?" "That's inhuman." " He's not suffering, he's fine." "He's suffering, honey." "It's hard to understand at your age, but... later, you'll see, people die." "Life goes on." "Losing someone gives us the chance to  go further in life." "Look at me." "I'm doing what I wanted." "I realized my dream." "That's... thanks to your mother  up there." "She'll help you, too." "I want Mommy not to let my dog die." "Don't be so childish." "Catering to her every whim is no way to raise your daughter." "I don't want her to put him down!" "I wanna die..." "We have to make sure his delirium isn't the result of treatment." "What are you thinking?" "We can't determine the patient's psychological state prior to trauma." "We have to wait." "Dr. Darveau says the bullet didn't cause too much damage." "Just here, next to his eye." " Psychotic depression." " That's a hypothesis, not a fact." " It's an obsession." ""I wanna die." He'll try again." "Yes, but why?" "We don't know if his delirium is the result of trauma or surgery." "We'll find out later." "Stay with him, keep me informed." " Who's there?" " Julie." "Is it urgent?" " I can come back." " Come in." "Clearing my mind." "What can I do for you?" "It's about your daughter." "Hey." "Thanks for earlier." "The others think I'm shallow." "I'm not." "I know." "'m not shunning you." "It's Martine, Etienne..." "Wouldn't want you to think I have a problem with you and to talk trash about me." "Your father's a legend." "Everyone gets that." "I'm not jealous." "Besides, we won't go into the same speciality." "Stop." "Your obsessions don't concern me." "I respect you as a person and as a doctor." "My obsessions?" "Here, here..." "The masseter's sinking into the buccinator." "Yeah, that..." "You'll have wrinkles before 30." "I'd advise you to stay grim-faced." "Don't smile too much." "Should help." "No one cares about your wrinkles!" "The big circle... the big circle starts here... and ends there." "Easy, easy." "I don't want to be left holding my head!" "No worries." "Everything's fine." "You can change his dressing." "Doctor?" "People take up needless space." "If I stick around, I'll find out... good fences make good neighbours." "No doubt." "No chance this state was induced by surgery?" " No." "Psychotic depression." " I've said so all along." "With a moment of lucidity." "Suicide." "Why not finish him off?" "Don't start." "I've changed." "By saying the guy shouldn't have missed?" " He's taking up a bed." " We have room." "Forget it." "How telling!" "Spare me the philosophical debate about who lives or dies." "Get a sense of humour." " That was humour?" "Again?" "Sorry, didn't get it." "The big circle that hurts  is my grandmother walking." "Told them he was nuts." "They never listen." "Why keep him in ICU?" "He needs psychiatric evaluation." "The mysteries of pride." "Lie still, sir." "Lie still." "What did Corneille say?" "Y'know..." ""For souls nobly born... valour does not await the passing of years."" "Yeah." "But people here still don't have" "Hold him!" "We'll take care of you, sir." "Give him something for the pain?" "I'm afraid of depressing respiratory function." "He's anticoagulated, auricular fibrillation..." "He needs surgery." "Reverse coagulation." "Advise Orthopaedics." "Not concerned about a pulmonary embolism?" "It'll result in intestinal obstruction:" "worse than death." "Yeah." "By the way, Mathieu's sister's looking for him." " She's here?" " No." "A nurse asked if I'd seen him." "Seems his mom's not answering the phone." "She must be out." "Why call here?" "Dunno." "Your family matters..." "I wish my residents had a fraction of your humanity." "What are you doing?" "Waiting." "For a shooting star?" "What, then?" "My mom." "The vet said your dog didn't suffer." "I gave him aspirin." "You gave the dog aspirin?" "Do we have to suffer when we die?" "No, but a dog..." "Auntie?" "What?" "In heaven  do we keep growing old?" "It's over." "You'll take 4 and 5, give Eric 7 and 8," "I'll take care of the rest." "But Eric's tending to the old guy." "No, he's not." "He's learning a life lesson." "You want to practise social medicine, helping kids?" "That's great." "I didn't say that." "Then be a real doctor." "Real doctors don't handpick their cases." "So go on." "You've reached Juliette Darveau" "Who's your imaginary friend?" "Nobody!" "Hear voices?" "Why, then?" "Don't listen to the other residents!" "They hate me." "I don't talk to myself." "It wasn't a resident." "Nor an intern." " Who?" " Someone else." "Someone looking out for you." "Doesn't matter who." "Let's talk." "There's nothing to talk about." "Perhaps we should address some issues before it's too late." "Life's too short." "Every day I regret what I never told your father." "Broken dates." "Pointless fights." "One day, when I'm gone, you, too, will regret our lost moments." "Time doesn't matter to me." "Okay, enough." "If you want to call it that." "It's not psychotic depression." "Whether the young lady likes it or not." "Leave it to the specialist." "He must've attempted suicide in a moment of panic." "It happens." "We should move him." "That's 48-hour hospitalization, max." " Agreed." " Mightn't he try again?" "But we'll put him in restraints." " Still here?" " Where else would I be?" " Your sister called the ER." " Pascale?" " Your mom's not answering the phone." "She's probably been waiting outside for an hour." "Go ahead." "I'll join you." "I really thought we'd reconnected." "I can't trust the hospital administrator." "Not regarding my personal life." "You trusted your father." " That again?" " Sorry." "I'm not competing with him." "I mean  where you're concerned." " 'Course not." "Do you really see your father?" " What does the scan indicate?" " Retroperitoneal haematoma." " Due to...?" " Ten-metre fall." "What happened?" "She was helping her father down the third-floor stairs." " The gentleman?" " He's fine." "Just her." " What are our options?" " Just one." "Haematoma's supramesocolic." " It's neither perirenal nor pelvic, but could extend to the inframesocolic space." "Impossible." "We'll know when we open her up." "Let's start with the hypothesis established by the first scan." "We can rule it out once we're in." "So?" "How you feeling?" "Better..." "Where are we?" "Hospital." "Who am I?" "Doctor." "Dr. Légaré, psychiatrist." "Do you know why I'm here?" "I tried to kill myself." "Can you tell me why?" "You must have good reason." "I'd like to know what it is." "Like..." "Elvis." "Like Michael Jackson." "Like Marilyn Monroe." "Same." "Dr. Légaré, line 101." "Yes?" "So how's it going?" "Good, for now." "Where are you?" "Stuck in traffic." "Felt like pestering someone." "By following up on your patient?" "By offering to write the scrip." "Writing your own is awkward." "To " keep up" with your girlfriends." "If you're embarrassed, I can write it." "Go to hell." "Is the aortic bleeding affected between the celiac and renal arteries?" " What do you think?" " You tell me." "Playing boss?" "Just being zealous." "Turn over the viscera." "Right." "Good." "Why do that?" " Yeah, why do that, Martine?" "Offers greater access to the abdominal aorta." "Good answer." "We're just talking." " You're putting her in her place." "Her knowledge irritates you." "Not his fault - he's sick." "But his days are numbered." "Just trying to help." "Always keep maximum control of aortic bifurcation." "Otherwise, significant internal bleeding could mask the wound." "Carry on." "With age comes experience." "Some make the most of it." "Others cut corners." "Still others prefer to live outside of time." "There are also those who stand on the threshold of old age keenly aware of having chosen the wrong path  consumed by their obsession with the past." "The are also the unexpected ones, those who seemed young at heart with ageless souls." "Whether young or old, time waits for no one." "The only difference is the expiry date, in the near or distant future." "After all, what is youth  if not carefree?" "Youth is madness that makes us dream of eternity." "You'll save her." "We're doing everything we can." " One's free?" " Yes." "1 , 2, 3..." "I'll pay anything!" "Two, three million?" "More?" " Sit down." " Five!" "Name your price!" "Save her, we'll forget the whole thing." "I'll write you a cheque right now." "It's not that simple." "Subtitling and Translation:" "D. Gauthier, CNST, Montreal"