"LOST AND FOUND, MAYBE" " No need to see me to my seat." " Why not?" " No." " All right." "Promise me to use one." "Mum, you've told me at least 50 times." "I don't want to spend two weeks worrying, so promise me that if you do it, you'll use one." "Mum, I'm going to be a camp leader," "I'm not going there to..." "Leave off, I know the score." "I'll send you some post cards." "Bloody hell..." " You dropped your keys." " Thank you." " I'd rather do psychiatry." " No favouritism." "We'll be leaving early." "Come with me, I'm dropping Sonia at my mum's." "Let me just finish with the eye." " Hello." " Hello." "What are you doing here?" "What do you want?" "Why don't you answer my letters?" " This is not a good place." " But I'm here, now." "I'm supposed to be at a camp, but in fact, I'm here." "Yes, I can see that." "I wanted to see you." "Of course..." " Well?" " Well, what?" "I want to move in with you." "That's really droll." "OK, please go, I have work to do." "Taking the piss?" " What are you doing?" " Just wait." "What's going on, Bernard?" "Er, this is Sandrine Bellac." "Sandrine, this is..." "All right, it was a great interview." "I have your CV, I'll call you if you can do some drawings for me." "You may keep the knife." "Bye!" "You're all pale, are you not feeling well?" "I'm fine." "Eye microsurgery always makes me feel queasy." "Supporting the away team?" "Yes." "Are you sure it's the right key?" "Of course, I am." " How old are you?" " 18, why?" " Are you sure?" " Do you want to check my ID?" "Age is important, otherwise, it doesn't work." "Are they dry?" " Not taking your jacket off?" " Yes." "Wait, I'll give you a hand." "Thank you." " Aren't you a bit warm?" " No." "What is he doing to my sister?" " You always turn up too soon." " You like being groped, do you?" " Are you mad?" " In that case, shut up." "Leave it to me." "Shall we round it up?" " Who's the away team?" " Bougival." " West from here, isn't it?" " Between Chesnay and Vésinet." "Let's round it up, then." "I wish you were a bit nicer to me." " Are you sure it's the place?" " Didn't you say Gagarin Circle?" "Yes, but..." "What about the Alexandrovitch, er, Kropotkine Circle?" "I don't know either, just ask over there." " All right, thank you." " There." " Thank you." " Have a good day." "Bye." "Hey, what are you looking for?" "Excuse me, I'm looking for the Mirabelle building." "Mirabelle?" "Where did you get that from?" "Yes, Mirabelle, that's right." "Near the Alexandrovitch Kropotkine Circle." " I can't see any street names." " Street names?" " On signs." " What for?" " Ok, thank you, I'll manage." " Wait, what's your name?" "Want to come down to the store room?" "Bloody hell, look at her figure!" "Shit, not him again!" " Been shopping in Paris?" " Is there a law against it?" "No, on the contrary." "It's good for the economy." " I'm glad to see you." " So are we." "Aren't we, Aurélie?" " Yes, of course." " Yeah..." "By the way, what did you do, before going to Paris?" "I had a nap, that's what." "It's easy to sleep, at your age." "Make the most of it, I'm an insomniac." " Shit!" " Yes." "What about you, Aurélie?" "I watched a documentary about iguanas." "And a programme about dead singers." "Really sad." " Iguanas..." " Yes, the big lizards." "Thank you, I know what they are." " You didn't go to the sports hall?" " No, we're not the sporty type." "I'm more of an intellectual." "Me too." "You don't often get the chance, in the police." "I'm asking, because yet another team from the western suburbs got robbed." " Funny, isn't it?" " No, not at all." "You're not taking the mickey, are you?" " We wouldn't dare, would we?" " No, we wouldn't dare." "If you weren't a cop, we might, but in the circumstances, we'd have to be mad, wouldn't we?" "Yes..." "All right..." "See you very soon." "OK, on our way." " There's trouble at Sirocco." " Let's go, then..." "Bernard?" "This is good timing." "You never finished introducing us." " It smells good." " It does." "Mum?" "Why are you looking at me like this?" "We thought we'd come to the wrong flat." "Very funny." "You're off to the cinema." "Not tonight, I have too much homework." "It stinks of popcorn, it makes me feel sick." "You still have to go." "What's all this about?" "He's coming for dinner, is that it?" "I don't like him." "No one is asking you to." "He's not coming for you." "We live here as well." " Here, you're in charge." " Thanks." "Cash is safer with me than with Léa." "I saw you, this afternoon." "I don't like you going there." "We do what we like, it's not your shop." "Have a good evening." "We can't get away, can we?" "If it's any consolation, I'm not here for you." "We know, you two are not very subtle." "Aurélie, you've dropped something!" "Thanks!" "Isn't it a big wallet, for a little girl?" "Ouch!" "It could happen to anyone." "Are you lost?" " Do I look lost?" " A bit." "She doesn't exactly look homeless." "Do you know where I could find a taxi?" "A taxi?" "There aren't any, after 8pm." "Never mind, thank you." "Do you want to see this?" "Not really, what about you?" "If we go back now, she'll be grumpy for a week, so what shall we do?" "You see what I see?" "Were you going to the cinema?" " Where are you from?" " Saint-Germain-en-Laye." "Is the door never locked?" "It's broken." "Handy, isn't it?" "They should get it fixed." "Things could get stolen." "Is this where you do sport?" "Why are you here, if you're from Saint-Germain?" "None of your business, you're not the police." " What uni do you go to?" " Assas." "Léa will be pleased." "I don't know why, but she loves Assas." " What year are you in?" " 4th year." " Not taking your jacket off?" " Yes." "What is he doing to my sister?" "What were you doing to her?" "We're doing gymnastics." "Are you going to denounce us?" "Do you know how old she is?" " How old are you?" " 19." "Bad luck, unless she consented." "Did you, Aurélie?" " Will you stop fooling about?" " Of course, I didn't." "Well, then..." ""Article 227-25 of the Penal Code..."" ""A person of full age, not using violence..."" " As it happens, I study law." " I forgot to tell you, Assas." " Is it the girl from earlier?" " It's OK, I'm not spying on you." "I came to hang myself, but I don't want to trouble you." "I didn't realise it would be so busy." "What on earth..." "You want to hang yourself with a climbing rope?" "That's all I could find." "Why do you want to kill yourself?" "Where are you from?" "Do you live on the estate?" "No, I'm from Versailles." "The bastards always dump their waste on us." "We can't leave her there, just because she's from the west." "The guy saw her." "If she jumps and it gets in the news, he'll blab." "You're right." "Er..." "It's silly to want to die, at your age." "It's an age for living." "That was rubbish." "How old are you?" "I'm 19." "Exactly, it's not an age to die, it's the best time of your life." "I wouldn't be the first one." ""I wouldn't be the first one." What an idiot!" "She might as well die, no great loss." "Why don't you come down?" "We'll have a chat." "If we can't change your mind, you can always climb back." "We'll help you." "Er..." "I..." "I have vertigo." "You managed to get up there, stop putting it on." "I wanted to die, then, so obviously, I didn't have vertigo." "Why not let her splat herself, if that's what she wants?" "OK..." "Lie down on the girl, I'm coming." "I think that was a Freudian slip, because..." "You said "girl" instead of "girder"." "Didn't you?" " Fine, I'll leave you to it." " Léa, wait!" "She misunderstood, we can't leave her here." "No, you can't." "It depresses me, when people want to top themselves." "If I lived in Versailles, I'd want to kill myself every day." "We can't leave her here." " Can we?" " Yes, we can." "Feeling better?" " I still have a bit of vertigo." " We're not very high up, here." "The thought of suicide causes vertigo, not heights." "Fantastic." "Any more gems like this one?" "Here." "I think this is your pen." "Thank you." " Is it your diary?" " Yes." "Not the kind of diary that's filled with secrets." "It's..." "It's more like a collection of observations." "For instance, I'm in a bar, and I'm feeling low..." "So I jot down, "Bar, feeling low." That's all." "Interesting." "What do you do?" " What do you mean?" " Your job." "No, I don't work, I'm at uni." "History of Art." "That's great." "It's a bit boring, at times." "Do you work?" "Yeah." "I try, anyway." "Why did you come here?" "I'm on holiday." "You picked a great place." "Brilliant weather, and the sea is only 500 km away." "I didn't choose the place, I came to..." "To..." "Nothing, forget it." " What's this?" " A morale graph." "I chart my morale every day." "When it goes up, I'm in good spirits, when it goes down, I'm unhappy." "When it gets below zero, I kill myself." "Where is it, today?" "Here." "I see." "You see, we can't leave her." "It's called "failure to assist a person in danger"." "I'll tell you something." "We are the persons in danger." "I'll see what I can do." "What?" "This is the price of a hotel room." "See how smug he looks?" "He'd better stop bugging us, now." "Where is she?" "What's the matter?" "You can't stay here." "Come on." "Are you OK, not too cold?" "I hope we won't wake your mum up." "She works during the day, and at night, she takes sleeping tablets." "I know what it's like." "Still, you have to be gone by 5 o'clock." "5 o'clock in the morning?" "Coming?" "Our bedroom is at the end, our mother's just here." "The living room, and the kitchen." "They do have kitchens, in Versailles." "It's cosy, here." "Make yourself comfortable." "I lied to you, earlier." "I'm not on holiday, I ran away." "Don't stay standing there." "I'm in trouble with the police." "I'm involved in dodgy business, I can't really talk about it." "Drugs?" "No, honestly, the less I say, the better." "What about your parents?" "It's just mum and me." "My dad is..." " Your dad is what?" " Where is your dad?" "He lives right opposite." "She's not really from there." "Dad in the east, mum in the west, she's half-caste." " Where?" " 1st floor, opposite." "Don't know who you mean." " What does he look like?" " Er..." "Tall, dark hair..." " Quite elegant." " Yes, I know." "The prat who runs every morning." "Isn't he a bit young to be your dad?" "It happens." " They can be very young." " Just had a thought." "Why are you here, if your dad lives opposite?" "It's difficult to explain." "Try." "Our dad died while he was diving." "A decompression accident." "He came back up too quickly, and he exploded." " He didn't really explode." " He did." "It was nitrogen." "He had nitrogen bubbles in his body." "When he came back up, they all wanted to get out at once, and he exploded." "I said he didn't explode, stop it!" "Please don't smoke in here." "For me, it started with a few slaps." "For no apparent reason." "Then, little blows on the head." "After that, with his belt." "Then he started punching for good." "Bruised all over, black eyes..." "I wore scarves around my neck, at college." "And sunglasses." "The classical disguise." "It's horrendous, I can't believe it." "Blokes like that are sick." "And your mum?" " She didn't hit me." " I meant, did he hit her?" "No, no." "He daren't." "Because..." "She does aikido, so, obviously, he's careful." "Why didn't you take up aikido?" " Who was it?" " I don't know..." "A girl." "She called me a "bloody girder"." "Piss off, fat cow." "What are you doing, trying to wake my mum up?" " You should have let me die." " I'm beginning to wish we had." "Help yourself, don't mind us." " I'm unhappy." " Go on, then, jump." "It's only two floors, but given your morale curve, you may well be lucky." "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "What are you up to?" "Will you stop this?" "!" "Strong winds increasing in the evening, rain and snow at low altitude." "It's 8:31." "Hi." " What are you doing, today?" " I thought I'd go to Biology Club." "Will you walk to the job centre with me?" "OK." " Is she still here?" " No." "Thanks for the washing up." "You throw us out and we should clear your mess?" "What's this?" "What did you do with these bottles?" "If I wanted to drink, I'd go to Omar's, it's cheaper." " It wasn't us." " Did they just empty themselves?" "Could have been Vincent." "Cops like a drink, it's a well known fact." "Yeah..." "I'll be well tanned, when I come home." "It's just music playing at the camp." "Yes." "Yes, mum." "Yes..." "Yes." "I am on, mum, I am on." "They are really sweet." "Yesterday, we did freestyle skiing, it was great." "I still feel a bit queasy, actually." "I have to go." "Yes." "Yes, yes, yes." "OK." "Yes." "Love to gran." "Love you, bye." " Hi, Omar." " Hello, Manu, are you OK?" " I'm OK." " Good, good." "Hi." "Found Mirabelle?" "Yeah." "May I sit with you?" " Buy me a drink?" " If you like." "Omar, two coffees." "Make mine a large one, OK?" "You're not from here, are you?" "Definitely not." "Are you in trouble?" "Is it so obvious?" "Are you not smiling to hide your rotten teeth?" "Shame, you must be really pretty when you're not grumpy." "I was right, you're a cracker." "Thanks, you're very kind." "What about you, are you an Arab?" "What?" "I mean, you're..." "Well, you're not..." "I mean, your parents are from..." "Where are you from?" " Montreuil, why?" " Nothing." " Could you wait for me one minute?" " Sure." "Two minutes, if you like." "How are things, Léa?" "Coming down to the store room with me?" "Working in the leather trade?" "This is just a present." "Just been to the sales." "It's packed, must be Christmas." "It could be useful if we go to the store room." "While we're there, will you suck me off?" "You dare talk to me like this in front of my sister?" "Bastard!" " Shut it, go fuck yourself!" " Fucking cow!" " Give me the bag back!" " Have your shitty bag!" "I have to talk to you." " Did you ring me, last night?" " Why are you with an old woman?" "Sandrine?" "She's 30." "Why do you live in this crappy place?" "I quite like it, and I can't afford any better." "You can't just dump me." "I had my bag stolen." "I have nothing left." "No passport, no money..." "Nowhere to stay, nothing." " Can't you just go home?" " But..." "What happened to your eye?" "See, you still care about me." "Anne-Sophie, you're a great girl, I really mean it." "But you must accept that I met someone else." "It's serious." " Wasn't it serious, with me?" " Yes, of course, but..." " I'm older than you." " You can't tell." " It wouldn't have worked." " We could try, at least." "Honestly, it's for the best, for both of us." " Would you mind kissing me?" " What for?" "It will only upset us." " It will help me." " I don't believe it." "Just once." "OK." "If I kiss you, promise you'll leave me alone." " Yes." " And you'll give me my keys back." "Promise." " You bastard, let go of me!" " What's going on, are you mad?" " You perv!" " Stop it, what's up?" "You sicko!" "Thanks." "We saw everything." "It's horrible, really lousy." " Is that really your dad?" " Yes." "Look at her eye, he hit her." "He's nicked my mobile." "Don't worry, I'll tell Léa, she'll get it back for you." "My code's on it." "I'm such a moron!" "He's going to ring his gran in Ouarzazate, I'm sure." "Don't worry, things always get better." "Sometimes, hard luck turns into good luck." "For me, hard luck always remains hard luck." "And sometimes, it gets even worse." " Why don't you lodge a complaint?" " I'd need evidence." "You have evidence on your left eye." "Are you scared he'd seek revenge?" "I just want him to love me." "Of course, we all want our dad to love us." "I'm sorry." "Do you have a boyfriend?" "What?" "Er..." "No." " Have you already had sex?" " What sort of question is that?" " How old are you?" " 14." "Well, have you?" "Well, er..." "Yes, of course." "Léa never has." "You don't know that, she wouldn't tell you." "At school, all the girls do it, it's the craze." "OK, bye." "There are taxis, over there, you can go home." " What's up with you?" " I'm sick of her." "To each their own shit." "Go to the police or take up aikido." "Come on!" "With Vincent, we just can't afford to." "And the guys you take to the sports hall?" "Don't even go there." "I only have to speak to a couple of friends, and you'll be wishing it was your dad, beating you up." "Come on, Aurélie, let's go." "We can't do this to her, think of everything she's been through." "Our father exploded too soon, but who knows, he might have hit us too." "He didn't explode, Aurélie." " For how long?" " A week, no longer." "Five or six nights." "Give her a fair deal." "OK, if she stays six nights, otherwise, it's top price." "That's harsh." "Take cash where you can." "That's how you get rich." "OK for six nights, then." "And we'll help her get revenge on her dad." "A bonus." "Bonus, my arse!" "Anything else?" "To make his life a misery, it's 50% before and 50% after." "And 1,000 extra if he leave the estate." " And you deal with mum." " You're not nice." "All the parents have to." "Then, it will be my turn to go to England." "I was just wondering what I could gain from this." "Is there a war, in England?" "No, she fell over as she came off the plane." " Doesn't she speak French?" " No." "Even in English, she struggles." "And she's very shy." "That's good." "As I can't speak English, we won't bother each other." "Ask her if she likes tinned sausage casserole." "What?" "Ask her if she likes tinned sausage casserole." "Use your English." " That's what exchanges are for." " I don't know." "Er, do you like sausage casserole?" "My pronunciation must be bad." "She'll have to eat it, because at that price, I'm taking four tins." " What is she saying?" " That she likes it, here." "Really?" "Not surprising, the English never had any taste." "Put her up in your room." "Take the spare foam mattress." "She may ring her parents, if she likes." " No need to show you around." " You could have warned me." "I did Spanish and German, at school." "If you want, you can take my bed." "Right..." "I don't know how long I can stand this." " What were you expecting?" " I don't know, not this." "It's not hard." "Do you know how to use a shovel?" " Yes." " And a broom?" "You just push the shit into the shovel, with the broom." "So, I just wait there." "The bloke sits next to me." " He has to take his jacket off." " Does he have to?" " Yes, to rob him." " OK, I get it." "You come along, holding the Penal Code." "You look surprised and you say "What are you doing to my sister?"" "Ah, and that's when you steal his wallet." "So, you're with the guy and he chats you up." "You don't care, I'm coming, anyway." "I say "What are you doing to my sister?"" "I pretend I'm looking for the article." "You steal his wallet, and I read" ""Article 227-25:" "A person of full age, not using violence, threat or surprise, committing a sexual offence against a 15 year old, is liable to imprisonment..."" "Stop it!" "This is ours, none of her business." "How did it go?" "OK, but the job centre said it was to look after animals, when it's to clean up their shit." " When do you start?" " Next week." " What's this, in your hair?" " Anne-So gave it to me." ""Anne-So..."" "What does your father do?" " Layout designer in publishing." " Is it a job?" "And your mother?" "She sells holidays to industrialists." "It gets better..." "Our mum sells men's underwear." "They are both salespersons." " Have you thought of anything?" " Anne-So had loads of ideas." "We could slash his tyres, ring him in the middle of the night." " Break his windows with stones." " Put salt in his coffee..." "You really have no imagination!" "Aurélie, wake up!" "I'm coming." " All of them?" " Yes, she's in them." " It's for my father." " Because he's in it..." " Here's your change." " Thank you." "Will this really bother him?" "If you can think of something better, feel free." "You're turning so ugly, at the moment!" "The receptionist was shocked." ""Are they all for him?"" "What are we doing, now?" "Where's my cash?" "Excuse me, I just did all the work." "Bloody hell!" "Does your dad have dandruff?" " What?" " Look at this mess!" " Not too hard?" " It's OK." "Do you have a spanner we could borrow?" " Thank you." " I want it back!" "Yes." "I found the number of the talking clock in Tokyo." " What's the international code?" " I'll ask." " What's the international code?" " 19." "No, 00, now." "Will you let me get on, or I'll never finish." "Yes, OK." "Thanks!" "00, he said." "Have you finished, in the kitchen?" "Careful, you're putting paint everywhere." "Would you like a cup of tea, or something?" " Do I put an s on fucker?" " If there's more than one, yes." "You find this funny, do you?" "The keys." "They made a right mess, didn't they?" " Yes, what bastards!" " We'll have to come back." " What do we do about the bill?" " Just send it here!" "When you're new to a job, people's behaviour can throw you, a bit." "Mr Venteuil!" " See you tomorrow." " See you tomorrow, bye!" "Someone left these for you." "I didn't like to bring them up to you." "You did right." "You did right, really." "Bernard?" "Bernard, I was worried I'd missed you." "Could you help me out?" "Yes, of course." "I'm late." " Could you pick up Sonia?" " Who?" "Sonia, my daughter." "Remember?" "My name's Sandrine, I have a daughter called Sonia." "Yes, but it's not great, for me." " I had planned..." " You've planned nothing." "We're eating with you, tonight." "Hurry up." "Actually, could you lend me the keys I gave you?" " Have you lost yours?" " I'll explain, it's..." "Here." "See you tonight." " Everything OK, Mr Venteuil?" " Everything's fine." "See you tomorrow." " Bye." " Bye." "Your dad will have to be put in quarantine." "Shall I add chlamydia to his ailments?" " You don't seem very amused." " Yes, it's really funny." "I won't put any bets on your morale curve." "It's the prescription you're giving him," "I feel almost ill." ""Is there such a thing as a bad position for sex?"" ""A position is bad if it is assumed in a hurry, and if it does allow enough comfort for penetration..."" ""For complete penetration, over the duration of ejaculation control."" ""In other words, these positions may well diminish the woman's pleasure and cause muscular pains..."" "Can I help you?" "I'm doing medicine." "You could help by going upstairs to smoke your shisha pipe." " All right, stupid cow!" " It was a pleasure." "He looked quite nice." "Just an impression they like to give." "I'll see what I can do." "Come here!" "Yes, come here!" "Excuse me." " What, now?" " The bloke." " He's from Bagnolet, not west." " Shit." " And he's 40, we don't do old men." " He looks younger." "And I want to finish my chapter." "Can't we make an exception?" "Bagnolet is quite middle-class." "I'm having bad vibes." "To teach your friend." "It's what you wanted." "It's not helping her get revenge on her dad." "Let's do it, anyway." "I don't know what's wrong with her, she's a pain." "Well?" "I'm on another chapter." "Shit!" "GOING TO HIS HOUSE, NOT THE SPORTS HALL." " Oh, my God!" " Couldn't she be more discreet?" "Oh, shit!" "Is he following us?" "Hi!" "You do a lot of sport, for an intellectual." " Yes, all right." "Bye!" " Introduce me to your friend." "Yes." "This is Annie, Aurélie's pen friend." "Not "pen friend", "exchange student"." "That's what they're called, you want to work on your French." "I've heard about the exchange student." " And where's your sister?" " She's at the library, revising." "She works hard, doesn't she?" "Good, good, see you soon." " See you soon." " Yes." "They must think we're complete morons." " What floor?" " 5th." "What do you think of it?" "Brilliant." "There isn't much pressure, is there?" "No, pressure depends on depth, and an aquarium isn't very deep." "No, not very." "There's something else." "Do you want to see?" "Er, yes." "This way." "I'm writing an article on the opening of irises." "Keep looking, I'm going to get the photo." "Shit." " Do you like it?" " Yes." "There, I found it." "The cover isn't mine, but there's a dozen inside." "Thanks, I have to go." "Very clever!" " I'll send it back." " You can keep it." " I have two more." " Thank you." " What's going on?" " We made a mistake." "Shall we get going?" ""Article 227-25 of the Penal Code."" " "A person of full age..."" " Enough!" " Cough up or we'll squeal on you." " What for?" " You don't ask for cash." " Playing innocent?" "I get it." "This is a mistake, OK?" " Pervert!" "Have you no shame?" " Stop this!" "Stop!" "We'll go, now." "Where can we find a taxi?" "And you pose as a photograph!" " He didn't take any photos." " Go away, before I get cross." "Off you go, hurry up!" "Thanks for the mag, and sorry to trouble you." "Will you hurry up?" "Never again, Aurélie, do you understand?" " What are you doing?" " You gave me such a fright!" "It's not a game, can't you see?" "You go off with a stranger, without us..." "How can you be so stupid?" "The cheek!" "She's not doing anything." " You encourage her." " She's my sister." "Mind your own family and leave mine alone, OK?" "I knew it wasn't a good day." "Just as well we didn't rob him." "He was the sort to lodge in a complaint." "You're a quick learner." "Both as bad as each other." "He was a nice guy." "Let's not panic, he can't trace us." "He didn't take any photos, he doesn't know our names." "Did you tell him your name?" "I'm sorry about earlier." "It scared me, that's why." "It doesn't matter." " Your keys..." " Thank you." "Your signature..." "I'm sorry, but they had the keys, and they were inside." "You can't expect me to check everything." "All right, see you very soon, no doubt." "Shall I send both bills at the same time?" "OK, then, bye-bye, darling." "Bye." "Wow, brilliant, a burglary!" "They really meant it!" "Why do they bear such a grudge against you?" "I've no idea." "Someone's speaking Chinese on your phone." "Stop bugging me, I've told you a hundred times I don't know them." "What, don't you believe me?" "Pull your curtains, we can't see a thing!" "They're downstairs." "Oh, my God, she's in for it." "He's going to hit her." " Who's the kid?" " Her daughter, I should think." " Want to have a look?" " No, thank you." "What are you writing?" "All the dirty tricks we're playing on him." " On your father." " Yes." "Make sure it's written down, it's over." " Why?" " I think you're taking the piss." " Has Léa gone, already?" " She's at the job centre." "Mum, do you really think she likes it?" "Of course, she likes it." "The English will eat anything, for breakfast." "Doesn't she look happy?" "Is it nice?" "Morning!" " I see why Léa woke up so early." " Ah, it's great to feel loved." "Someone who wants to be loved mustn't go in the police." " Not "mustn't", "shouldn't"." " I get top marks in writing." "Top marks?" "It's not noticeable, when you speak." "Pass me the sugar." "Thank you." "And how's the autistic English girl?" " Are you ready, Vincent?" " Let's go." "Aurélie, I wanted to tell you, Vincent might move in." "It's handy for work." "We'll talk it over with your sister, obviously." "OK, let's go." "Does it bother you?" " Speak in English or more quietly." " They've gone." "Don't you like him?" "Who is this?" "It's you." "And here?" "It's you as well." "Can you tell it's me?" "Of course, why do you ask?" "Because sometimes, you can't really tell, on photos." "You're very recognisable, really." "I quote, "The patient can be extubated very soon after the nebuliser has been switched off."" "This goes under diagram number 4." "Thank you." "Same layout as last time." "No, it makes no difference." "Yes..." "Mr Durand, may I call you back in five minutes?" "I won't be long." "What?" " Do you live on the estate?" " Maybe." "Do you know two sisters who live here?" "The younger one has bunches." "Maybe." " Do you know where they live?" " Maybe." "Why?" "Maybe, because I want you to take me there." "I'll go and see what he wants." " Call us if there's trouble." " Don't worry." "Did someone just ring the doorbell?" " It's him." " Who?" "Your dad, with Manu." " Hi, Manu." " Hi, Léa." "Can I have a word?" " With me?" " Yes." "OK, just give me five minutes." "You can have this back." "I'm not saying anything." "I said you'd left." "We're going for a drink, he wants to call the cops." "No, you can't go." "He's very dangerous." "Any other ideas?" "What do we do?" "Listen to some music, go for a walk..." "Denunciation is not my thing." "I just want my papers back." "Yes..." "How old are the girls?" "I don't know." "Well, yes..." "The youngest one, 14, and the other two, around 20." "They seemed harmless enough." "But you could tell they were well rehearsed." "One of them, in particular." "I'd say she was the leader." "She was quite intense, but, you know..." "About the young one, I wanted to tell you..." "She's on here." " You're not lodging a complaint?" " No, of course, not." " Do you have the negatives?" " Of course." "Thank you." "I expect she wants to be loved." "No excuse to grab the first bloke she meets." " How did you meet?" " This summer, in La Rochelle." " We were both bored, and..." " That's really lame!" " Sports hall..." " Make some sense!" "Shit, I am!" "There's a problem, come to the sports hall." "Tell me in front of Anne-So's dad, he's very understanding." " It's best if you come." " Is she OK?" " She's fine." " Shall I come with you?" "No, it's a girls' thing." "No more tricks, I promise." " Tell her..." " Hurry up!" "Fine, don't tell her anything." "She'll work it out, eventually." "Bloody hell, I turn my back for five minutes..." "Will you explain, at least?" "I can't, you have to see for yourself." "Shit!" "It was to make Anne-So happy, to make her morale curve go up..." "To show you she'd got it." "But this idiot, he starts having hiccups." "He can't breathe, he starts to squeal." "Then he falls to the ground and he's stopped breathing." " It was going to be a surprise." " Don't worry, it worked." "What's going to happen to us?" "Didn't I tell you a hundred times?" "No old men!" "It's not difficult, no old men!" "Oh, shit!" "Are you sure he's dead?" "Have you checked?" "If you want to check his pulse, feel free." "He doesn't look too alive." "You dropped us in this shit." "You should find yourself a bloke, it would chill you." "See what happens when you find one?" "Léa, don't get annoyed." " Let's not panic, let's think." " Think all you like, I'll panic." "We don't have many options." "Either we tell the cops, or we don't say anything." "Let's go." " Shut up and put your fag out!" " No, I won't shut up." "Yes, you will!" "Haven't you done enough?" "You don't care, you'll just go back to your aristo-fascist suburb and forget it all!" "But we live here, and whatever happens," "Vincent pins it on us straight away." "I'm not going to cry because a fat old perv died while groping a 14 year old." "I'm not." "He deserved it." "And how old is the bloke you fell in love with?" "Who?" "Who are you in love with?" "So, what do we do, now?" "What's the matter?" "Stop staring at me like a fool, what's up?" "My exercise book." " What about it?" " I've lost it." "There are more pressing things than your exercise book, right now." "No." "Tell me it's not true." "I got it out to pretend I was revising." "To hurry him up." "He wasn't going for it." " He was quite slow on the uptake." " Shut it!" "Is your name on it?" "What is it about you, always studying?" "You're on holiday!" "Exactly, I have time to revise." "You never stop messing up, Aurélie." " OK, I'm off, now." " Where are you going?" "Getting some fresh air." "With your bag?" "I don't get it, are you leaving?" "Er, yeah." "Now, after what just happened?" "I know." "Had that prat died last week," "I would have stayed, but I can't, now." "I'm sorry." "If you run away for over 30 hours, you become a missing person, so..." "You owe me two nights, but never mind, I'm not stingy." "OK, then..." "Bye." "Hiya!" "You both look very happy." "Vincent's taking us out to eat." "We're meeting him at the restaurant." "Are you pleased?" "He must have dumped you." "What about your English girl, has she dumped you?" "Oh dear..." " Sorry, last minute job." " We were getting worried." " What are the long faces for?" " Knackered." "It's because of him, over there." "You could be a bit nicer to Vincent." "You don't expect us to call him dad, do you?" "Do you think we're fools?" "Nonsense, who's asking you to call him dad?" "Talking of fools," "I heard your English girl on the phone, the day she came." "She'd made incredible progress, in a few hours." "Just a slight western suburb accent, maybe." "Why didn't you say anything?" "We should have a chat, you and me." "What for?" "I don't know." "Just to chat, we don't often get the chance." "Don't you think?" "I don't say much, I'd rather listen." "Really?" "I thought you liked flowers." "What about sport?" "Do you still do sport?" "Shall we sit over there?" "Let's get some sauce." "Eat all this quickly and we're off." "No, I'm not doing very well." "The thing with kids is that whatever you do, it's always wrong." "Yes..." "When their father died, I gave up." "Completely." "Léa coped for us all, I was absolutely useless." "Could be worse." "Last month, I went to see the mother of three kids I had arrested for petty crime." "I told her about the case." "She just said to me," ""It's their business, I don't know these kids."" "Their mother didn't worry as much as you do." "Yes..." "Look at them." " You're not eating anything." " I'm not hungry, any more." "Thank you, it was really nice, but we're off to see some friends." "Coming, Aurélie?" " I'm sure they'll get to like you." " Yes, yes..." " Things are better already." " Yes..." "Yes, a lot better." "I expected you earlier." "Is it locked?" "No, I'm trying to straighten up my crowbar." " What colour is it?" " Blue, with photos on the cover." "Great, a blue book among blue mats..." "Bloody hell, where did you put it?" "Where were you, when..." "Oh, shit!" "Would it bother you to help?" "We should get rid of it." "Throw it in the river, or bury it." "Or go for the gory option, chain saw and sulphuric acid." "Sorry, I don't have any on me." "Or we could cut him up and feed him to the lions." "You'll be working at the zoo, so it's good timing." "Come back here!" "You should come and have a look." "Sorry, I've not quite digested tonight's dinner." "This isn't going to slow your digestion." " Stay here." " It's OK, I've already seen it." "Let's bounce." "That prat's ruined my battery!" "There." " Are you sure you know how to?" " Yeah, yeah." "Sort of." "Is it a good idea to nick a cop's car?" "This cop is our future step-father." " Crooks on the run always go west." " Are we going east, then?" "No, we're going west." "Look, crooks always go west, so the cops will think that to trick them, we're going east, OK?" "So, they won't go west, they'll go east." "So, to trick them, we're going west." "Your reasoning makes me see how I failed all my exams." "Er, I didn't quite get this." "Where are we going, in the end?" " West." " West." "Vincent!" "Vincent, the girls didn't sleep here." "What?" "I don't understand." "They can't have gone far, they didn't take anything." "What did they say they were going to do, last night?" "I'll try my sister." "What is it, do you know something?" "Have they messed up?" "Do you know where they are?" "Leave it to me." " What's going on?" " Leave it to me, OK?" " I'm coming with you." " No, certainly not." "It's like when we went on holiday with dad." "Do you remember, when we went to Bergotte?" "All the diving equipment went in the boot, we squeezed in the back with the cases." "We always stopped at the services." "My dad would drink coffee, to stay awake, and my mum would buy magazines to read on the way." "Going for a wee." "We all have the same memories, we all stop at the service station when we go on holiday, if only to fill up the tank." "When we all have them, they're no longer memories." " What, then?" " Clichés." "Why did you make up such a thing?" "I don't know." "The poor bloke, we made his life hell." "Does your real dad beat you up?" "I never knew my real dad." "Another one of your sob stories?" "Is he dead, is that it?" "It's not the end of the world." "He's not dead, I just don't know who he is." "For all you know, he's some fascist bastard who drinks too much while watching sports on TV." "It's no substitute, but it makes you feel better." " Does you mum exist?" " Yes." " Does she do aikido?" " Er..." "But I was never in any trouble with the police." "Now, you are." "We're in the shit, aren't we?" "Things could be better." "But they could also be worse, for sure." "What would that be like, out of curiosity?" "We didn't do anything evil." "No, he might have died, anyway." "While changing a fuse or listening to Céline Dion." "Maybe his days were numbered." "Aids, prostate cancer, severe flu..." "He was having a bad day." "What can they do, anyway?" "Supposing they find the guy." "They'll have doubts, so they'll request an autopsy." "We didn't exactly stab him, did we?" "They'll open him up..." "Cardiac arrest, that's all." "We're clean." "You tell a beautiful story, I like it." " You're a pessimist, Léa." " Look who's talking." "When we met you, you wanted to merge with the basketball court." "I feel better, now." "I can see why." "Someone's dead, we're going inside, it's cool." "I don't know why, I just feel better." "Why do you cut them in half?" "You want to die and you chop your fags." " I don't get it." " I don't get it either." "Did you really love him?" "I don't know." "Yes, I think I did." "Where is she?" "We should be going." "Aurélie!" " Aurélie!" " Aurélie!" "When was it?" " She kept looking at that photo!" " I know where she is, quick!" "Are you sure you got into 4th gear?" "I do my best." "Civil servants' cars are crap." "Have you found it?" "There, Bergotte, first right." "Look, I told you there was a 4th gear." "Try to use it, or I might take offence." "Aurélie!" "Aurélie!" "What about your homework for tomorrow?" "Does school start tomorrow?" "Yes, how could you forget?" "My exercise book..." "Now I'll be able to revise." "Your mum is worried sick." "And the..." "The other thing?" "What other thing?" "Well, the..." "The thing which was next to the book." "I don't have a clue what you mean." " Here." " Thank you." "OK, let's go, then." " You make magic." " Oh, you do speak French." "It's coming, slowly." "By the way, you should avoid going to the sports hall, for a bit." "A bloke died of a cardiac arrest while exercising there." "Sport's bad for you." " That's what I think, anyway." " That's why I read." " It's safer." " Absolutely." "I feel a bit sick, it must be the diesel engine." "Is it OK if I sit in the front?" "SUBTITLES:" "RED BEE MEDIA FRANCE"