"Shit." "My ticket." "I'll take off for a few days." "Where to?" "You want to leave?" "Yes." "I'd like to go to the country." "To study?" "I'll take a book with me." "You'll have to go alone." "I'm staying." "I have too much work, can't do it while traveling." "I can't work here anymore." "We've both been cooped up in this pad for too long." "I can't take it anymore." " Where will you go?" " I don't know." "Anywhere." "Away from this noise." "Come on!" "Guys like me do all the work and everyone else live off our backs." "My daughter is a student too." "Just nonsense." "Pretty soon, students will get their pension right after University." "And we'll keep working our asses off." "All the girls go to the University." "Guys..." "Why not?" "If they got brains." "But girls..." "I bet you can't even boil an egg." "I'll boil your eggs, creep!" "Listen, you!" "You don't know what you're talking about." "Or else, you don't know how to handle words." "Or your words outstripped your thoughts." "In any event, you'd best shut up." "I don't take that from kids." "Out!" "Any complaints?" "None." "It's just that you're an asshole." "You're lucky you're a girl." "If you were my daughter..." "Bitch!" "I screwed up your ride." "Got time for a drink?" "You could have stayed." "He didn't throw you out." "You were right about the old fart." "But you overdid it." " You live in Moudon?" " Yes." "I work in a store." "I was visiting my father in Lausanne and lost my ticket." "Since I don't like paying twice," "I'm hitching home." " You live in Lausanne?" " Nope, in Geneva." "And where are you going?" "I don't know." "I'm traveling around." "I share a place with a guy." "We've both got exams now." "It got too cramped, too hot, too noisy." "We started fighting, so I split." " You live alone?" " With my mother." "We fight quite a bit too." "If I find a job in Lausanne," "I could live with my dad." "It's very complicated." "What's your name?" " Jeanne." "And yours?" " Marie." "Aren't you getting off at Moudon?" "No, a bit further." "Near Lucens." "Marie, where are you going?" "Home." "Over the hills." "Can I come along?" "If you feel like doing a 15-km hike..." "I don't mind." "In that forest, my dad and I used to look for mushrooms." "I'm finished." "Can I sleep at your place?" "It'll save me money." " It's not possible." " Why not?" "Because I don't feel like going home tonight." "What do you want to do?" "I don't know." "Is there a cheap hotel in Moudon?" "I don't want to go to a hotel." "Where can we sleep?" "We'll sleep here." "Right here in the woods." "Are you going nuts?" "One sleeps well in the forest." "We don't even have a blanket." "We'll make a fire." "Don't you know it's forbidden to make a fire in the forest?" "No one will find out." "The city girl is scared!" "Scared of what?" "I prefer beds, that's all." "Are there animals in the forest?" "Sure there are animals." "Are you afraid?" "Stop it." "What kind of animals?" "Wild boar, maybe." "Foxes." "Some foxes have rabies." "Rabies... who cares?" "Now I want to sleep." "Are you cold?" "You must be kidding!" "I'll get the fire going." "It's going to be a beautiful day." "What time do you think it is?" "I don't know." "Early. 4 or 5 a.m." "What a drag!" "Still two hours before the café opens!" "It's going to be a beautiful day." "When do you start work?" "I want to keep going." "I'll say I got sick." "You're not really from here, are you?" "." "Eh?" "Sort of." "My dad's from here." "My mother is French." "I was born in France." "My folks came to live here when I was 12." "Now my father lives in Lausanne and my mother in Moudon." "They're separated." "My mother's lover is a real asshole." "Where are you heading?" "I don't know." "I'm going to hitch." "Mind if I tag along for a day or two?" "Of course not!" "What do you sell in that store?" "Needles, cheese, lawn mowers." "And, what are you studying?" "History." "Look, there's a small hotel." "Today was wonderful." "Yes, it was." "How does it feel to be bumming around instead of going to work?" "It feels... kind of strange." "I'm not used to it." "You'll soon get used to it." "You're on vacation?" "You get two months vacation?" "Three." "Three months?" "It's to give the students time to prepare for exams." "But I work harder than you." "At least, I'm supposed to." "People like you always figure out ways to get by." "Who are "people like me"?" "Students, city slickers." "No way, you don't know what you're saying." "Only one thing matters:" "if you're OK or not." "You are OK." "You're going back to Geneva tomorrow?" "Not for a few days." "I'll go home when I'm broke." "Shall I stay with you?" "Aren't you sleepy?" "Yes." "But usually I don't go to bed until late" "Then I read in bed." "I can't sleep with the light on." "Sweet dreams." "I'll read tomorrow." "What are you doing here?" "We're hitching a ride back to the hotel." "Your identity cards, please." "They're back at the hotel." "May I have your names, please?" "Yes, of course." "The family's name is Messidor." "She is Clio, I'm Thalia." " What are your names again?" "." " Clio and Thalia." "Our parents were a bit eccentric." "Now, listen." "Be careful." "Two girls hitching alone..." "What were those names?" "Messidor was a summer month on the old calendar of the French Revolution." "You're the muse of history, and I'm the muse of comedy." "I bet you forgot what we promised your mom." " What was that?" " I knew it!" "He forgot!" "We promised her that we'd pick her some wild strawberries." "We're lucky." "The woods are full of them." "Will you help us pick some?" "Of course, now I remember." "Mom wanted lots of strawberries to eat them with fresh cream." "Let's go get some." "You're invited too." "The Nature, the forest, the birds, the... the strawberries." "OK." "Cut out the bullshit." "Stop the car and let us out." "Stop the car!" " Take a right." " It's lovely here." "You'll see, it's lovely." "This way, your Highness." "We're off." "There are no strawberries here." "Let's play hide-and-seek." "No harm in a little fun..." "We're not in the mood." "You're not children anymore!" "You won't find strawberries with those!" "Coming, dad?" "My glasses!" "My God!" "My God!" "Can you give us a ride?" "Two guys are after us." "Do you have a nice room with a bathroom for two people, please?" "I'll close the window." "I'll run you a bath." "Shall we go home?" "No." "If we did go home, it'd be as if those guys had really screwed me." "I don't want that." "The idea that they touched me, it makes me want to puke." "Shall we go on?" "Let's go on." "That poor bastard." "You bashed his skull." "Yes, I bashed his skull." "We go on." "Without a penny?" "Why?" " How much is this room?" " 80 francs." "You got nothing left?" " Nothing at all." " That leaves me with 20 francs." "We'll find a way." "You thought of the risks?" "We should know them by now, shouldn't we?" "So...?" "We're not bad together." "Right?" "Yes, we're not bad." "And if you don't take risks, you get nowhere." "I have an idea." "Sir, could you give us a ride in your car?" " Where to?" " That way." "OKm I'm taking the freeway." "Come on." "It worked." "Use the seatbelt, please." "I must stop here for a moment." "I'll be right back." "He has to take a leak." "Look, what's this?" "Fabulous!" "Are you crazy?" "Put it back!" "It's really heavy." "Shit, here he comes!" "Hide it quick!" "Sir, could you stop the car?" "I'm feeling sick." "I can't stop here." "If you don't stop," "I'll throw up in your car." "I'll let you out as soon as I can." "You think he'll be back?" "If we hide under the freeway, he'll never find us." "He opens the glove compartment, looking for a cigarette..." "Godamnit!" "I knew they were up to something..." "And on the freeway!" "I can't make a U-turn." "Shit!" "We can't keep this thing." "We can't?" "After what happened yesterday?" "Not to kill people." "To scare them off." "I guess you're right." "We're too broke to go to a hotel." "I'm not sleeping in the woods." "I'm not walking another step." " Watch out!" " And now what?" "I don't know." "We'll figure out something." "We need to meet people." "Let's go to a café." "See what happens." "You're right." "Are you coming?" "This way." "What will we do?" "It won't work." "We can't ask them." "We won't get anything here." "What?" "I want to tell you something." "Sit down." "What?" "Listen." "We still got 10 francs." "Tomorrow we'll be flat broke." "Either we act conventionally, and go home like everyone else," "or we can play a game." "What game?" "We go on." "For 1 day, 2 days, 3 days..." " Without money?" " Yes, without money." "As long as we can." "Until we find out." "I'm not sure what," "That's beside the point." "You agree?" "I maybe the one to hold out longer." "We'll see that." "Who cares how much money we have today or tomorrow?" "We're playing the game." "You've forgotten?" "You don't care about money." "For you it's easy." "You come from money." "That's what you say." "What's going on?" "Why are we stopping here?" "Because this road leads to my home." "is that what you want?" "It's not that." "We don't have to stop in the middle of nowhere." "In a village it's easier to find a place to sleep." "We could even try the police station." "The police station?" "After all the stupid things we've done." "They must be lloking for us." "I'm sure my mom went to the police." "Maybe your picture is in the paper." "What about yours?" "Yours too." "Sure, mine too." "I'm dumb." "We swiped a gun." "That bastard you clobbered may have talked." "The fact is... the cops are after us." "So what." "We'll sleep in a car." "Do you see what I see?" "Shit, it's locked." "Now it's starting to rain!" "Let's smash the window." "With what?" "OK, now what?" "Do we hitch again?" "I've had it with cars." "I want to walk." "Where to?" "Let's take that path." "You ask!" "Sir, can you give us some food?" "A piece of bread?" "We're hungry." "We haven't eaten since yesterday." "Maybe he doesn't speak French." "We're beginning to scare people." "Then maybe we could scare a grocer!" "No one'll give us anything here." "So, salami... 5.50," "Apple juice... 1.40," "Bread... 95." "That'll be 7 francs and 95 cents, please." "Marie, you have the purse." "It's at the bottom." "We don't have any money, but we've got this." "Are you joking?" "Don't run after us." "Come on." "I'm scared, damnit!" "This place stinks." "But it's nice and warm." "Don't they ever stop pissing?" "We must be up before they come to milk them." " What time is that?" " Around 5 a.m." "The daylight will wake us up." "Sleep well." "You can sleep anywhere!" "It's not fair." "Sure those cows are tied up?" "Don't worry." "What the hell are you doing here?" "Get out!" "Who said you could sleep here?" "We meant no harm." "That's my stable!" "Those are my cows!" "We didn't do anything." "What are your names?" "Don't you have a home?" "Yes, we do." "But we were out hiking." "We didn't have a place to sleep." "Yes, yes." "What are your names?" " Don't be mad." " You're thieves." "There's nothing to steal!" "What have you got in your bags?" "Show me." "Show him." "Don't move!" "Don't move!" "Can you give us a ride?" "We're in a rush." "Do I smell shit in this car?" "It's us." "We have slept in a stable and those poor cows never stopped defecating." "Could you give us a coupe of francs, so that we can buy soap?" "I'll certainly give you money to buy soap." "I'm sorry, but my bosses car is no pigsty." "Buy the soap right now." "Will you give us the money?" "Thank you, sir." "I was so dirty!" "Here, the soap." "I'll dive in again." "Look, thay're having a bath." "Got anything to eat?" "We don't understand." "Something to eat." "We haven't eaten in 2 days." "Sure, have a sit." "Look up there!" "That's where we're going." "All the way up?" "Even further." "To the point of no return." "Come on." "I've had it." "Yesterday, when you pointed the gun at that farmer," "I could swear your finger was on the trigger." "We don't know if the thing is loaded." "I was more scared than he was." "That's no excuse." "I think we should take a look." "See how it works." "This must be the safety catch." "In that position it can't fire." "Then it's OK." "Shit!" "It's loaded." "All those bullets." "Open spaces go to my head." "I feel like making love." "Go screw a marmot." "The place is full of them." "If you'll be my little marmot," "I'll be yours." "A very gentle one too." "That's disgusting." "You pig!" "You filthy pig!" " Jeanne!" " What?" " Come here." " Why?" "Come so I can kiss you." "You come here, so I can kiss you." "I would kill for coffee and rolls, honey, jam, croissants, cheese..." "Stop it!" "I've got a better idea." "Let's go to a café, we'll order a huge breakfast, we'll eat it all up and, when we're through, we'll say we don't have any money." "We'll offer to do the dishes." " OK?" " OK." "They can't be all pigs." "Where do you want to go?" "I don't know." "Any old place." "When you know where you're going" "I'll give you a ride." "Good luck!" "Asshole!" "people don't just give away money." "There has to be a good reason." "An emergency." "Like an earthquake, starvation in Africa," "I don't know..." "As for lending money, that's out of the question." "It's a matter of principle." "I'll tell you why it's so crucial." "If you lend money, then someone gets into debt." "One can't live in debt." "I've never owed a cent." "I'm doing you a favour by not lending you the money." "Stupid British!" "Driving on the left!" "I'll give you another piece of advice:" "If you're traveling around alone, stay in Switzerland." "It's safer." "Anywhere else, you'd already be in trouble." "Really want to stop here?" "About the money..." "We could have worked something out, perhaps..." "between the three of us." "What are your names?" "I'm Mrs. Pisspot." "And I'm Mrs. Shitface." "That was good." "here comes the waitress." "You mind setting the check?" "We don't have any money." "But we can work in the kitchen." "Do the dishes?" "I must get the manager." "What did she say?" "She'll get the manager." "What's going on here?" "We have no money." "But we'll work in the kitchen." "I'm not interested." "I have all the paid help I need." "This isn't the Salvation Army." "I don't understand you." "Sorry." "I have to call the police." "Don't call the police over that." "Just as long as I get paid." "We'll pay for you." "Want a ride on a bike?" "On a bike?" "Sure." "The hardest thing is to live aimlessly, not knowing where to go." "Forward, backwards, sideways..." "The same thing over and over." "You know, people and places  all end up looking alike." "as if they didn't really exist." " Want to quit?" " Absolutely not." "On the contrary." "It's just starting to get interesting." "We're moving through empty space." "I'll let you in." "I'm having dinner with some people nearby." "Then we'll play cards." "Till my husband gets off work." "He'll be late tonight." "He won't be home before 9 or 10 p.m." "Come in." "Make yourselves at home." "I told them to get out." "I had a good look." "They were dressed like that." "Pants, jacket, red sweater..." "The jacket was too big..." "I asked them who gave them permission to sleep here." "A few days ago, Mr. Lecomte, a farmer, discovered the 2 girls sleeping in his stable." "Mr. Lecomte tells us how it happened." "Details of the clothing worn by the 2 girls were supplied by several witnesses who saw them." "The 2 young girls, who don't seem to belong to any terrorist network, are armed and mey make use of their weapon." "here is a similar weapon..." "It's not a toy." "The one in the girl's possession is loaded." "It was stolen from an officer of the Swiss army near Bern." "The girls have been seen in several parts of the country." "Let's watch TV." "Move over." "By observing their actions, it doesn't seem like they have criminal tendencies." "I don't understand any German." "What'll we do?" "I'm falling sleep." "thinking of anything specific?" "Same thing as you." "Could it be a white bag?" "It could be an ice-box too." "It's not fair to that woman." "She was nice." "I'm hungry." "So hungry it hurts." "Shit, I guess you're right." "Hurry, she'll be back soon." "Now here are photographs which may help you recognise the two girls, if you should run into them." "The girl on the left is Marie Corrençon, 18, from Moudon." "The girl on the right is Jeanne Salève, 19, from Geneva." "Follow me, please." "To the police?" "Please." "Drive on." "That way!" "Get going." "Just keep driving." "Straight on." "Keep going." "Right!" "Shit!" "Take a right." "That little road in the woods." "Now get out." "Give me the keys." "Now you can go fetch the cops on foot." "Are you coming?" "I've had it." "I'm tired of walking nowhere." "And I've got my period!" "My pants will get all wet." "What will I do now?" "it's all your fault!" "That's how I ended up in this shit!" " My fault?" " Yes, your fault." "The dumb game was your fault." "Nobody forced you." "Can you spare me two francs?" "Can you spare me two francs?" "Can you spare me two francs?" " What is it?" " I know you." "You do?" "I know who you are." "You were on TV last night." "On TV?" "I doubt it.." "I'm sure it was you." "Hey, Jeanne, she saw me singing on TV last night." "She was on TV, too." "You both were." "Was I backing her on the accordion?" "It was on the game show about wanted criminals." "They showed pictures of you." "And how you threatened a farmer with a big pistol!" "you held up a store." "And you beat a man almost to death." " It's a game show?" " In a way." "Anyone can phone in." "people love to play cops." "be careful from now on." "Lots of people watch that show." "Especially kids." "You'll be recognised." "You really did all those things?" "No." "We just stole a salami." "And we found the pistol." "In a way." "Actually, we're playing our own game." "What game?" "It has to do with time and empty space." "It's to see which one of us drops dead first!" "You know a place where we can sleep tonight?" "We must fix up our clothes... my place." "But it'll be a squeeze." "What's up?" "You know them?" "The two girls we saw on TV." "Are you sure?" "Positive!" "Let's take a look." "What do those creeps want?" "Watch out!" "The cops again." "Shit!" "I refuse to move." "What a storm!" "They have lots around here." "What are you doing here?" "It's raining." "Can we sleep in the hay?" "Sure." "But don't smoke." "Right." "No cigarettes." "The door to the hayloft." "You can sleep there." "We can sleep there." "Are you OK?" "I'm OK." "I guess I'm not really OK." "Me neither." "It's odd: in some ways" "I'm not OK, in others I feel great." "That's 'cause you're flipping out." "But it's true." "I see things very clearly." "I remember things from my earliest childhood." "Very clearly." "I'm aware of every part of my body." "ne part at a time." "Maybe it's for not eating too much and walking so much." "A healthy life" "I'm sure the farmer has gone to the cops." "You think he's got a TV?" "Did you see an antenna on the roof?" "I don't know." "They've all got TV." "What'll we do?" "What'll we do?" "Let's not move." "I'm fed up with moving." "So am I." "You got any leftovers we could eat?" "Don't you speak German?" "We'd like your leftovers." "We don't have any money." "Leftovers?" "No money?" "In my place, people order food and pay for it." "Leftovers are for the pigs." "he says, that leftovers are for the pigs." "Pigs!" "We're not pigs." "We're people." "We're hungry, you bastard!" "Leave me alone!" "Can't you give us something to eat, you bastard?" "!" "Leave me alone, for shit's sake!" "Get off my back!" "Funny, isn't it?" "You don't see that every day." "Leave me alone!" "Calm down!" "Calm down?" "I'm hungry!" "Stop it!" "They'll call the cops!" "Screw the cops!" "Screw you, too!" "OK, so scram." "Run home to mom." "Get lost." "What a drag." "She's so dumb." "Where are you going?" " Calcutta." " So are we." "Can you take us?" "I never pick-up hitchhikers." "Especially girls." "Why?" "because you have to talk to them." "It's such a bore." "But every cop in the country is after us." "In that case, get in." "But in the back." "Back to the mountains." "Fuck the mountains!" "From way up there you can see the sea..." "Can we sleep in your car tonight?" "As long as you don't snore..." "Will you help me finish the whiskey?" "Crossing borders." "They always hassle me." "Are you coming along with me?" "Ok, if you won't cross the border," "I'm leaving." "Help!" "I have to drop you here." "I'm going to put my car in the garage." "I hope you get another ride." "Where are we?" "Near Zürich." "Where are we heading?" "Straight ahead, as usual." "We'll find a chicken coop or a doghouse to sleep in." "Come, let's try out the gun." "With all that noise, no one will hear." "I want to fire it." "Be careful." "Or you'll kill 200 people." "I'll fire into the noise, once it's passed." "OK." "Have you read the papers?" "We don't read papers." "You don't know about the plane crash in the Balear Islands?" "It was on TV all day long." "We don't watch TV." "So you don't know about it?" "It's terrible." "There are no safe ways to travel anymore." "Accidents have become inevitable." "All summer long, all those charter flights..." "Just think what would happen if one of them crashed into one of those suburbs near an airport." "Too many cars, too many planes..." "That's our fate." "Sooner or later, we'll all have to die." "So why not go out in style, on TV?" "Don't make jokes about things like that." " Have you got 2 francs?" " No." "Can you spare us 2 francs?" "Want a drink?" "Got a cigarette?" "Do you know somewhere we can sleep tonight?" "Yes, it's OK." "I'm going to phone." "Who did you call?" "The police." "No, I didn't call anyone." "No one?" "I had to pee." "Where are you going?" "To the countryside." "We hate cities." "Nothing like the countryside." "I'm going to Aarberg." "How does that suit you?" "It's fine." "Didn't you want to be in the country side?" "I'm sick of walking." "What do all those people do?" "Where are they all going?" "They're going somewhere." "It's so weird." "When I was a kid it seemed incredible to me," "even fantastic, that every person I saw on the street had a bed." "It added up to a huge amount of beds." "I fel the same way now." "What's that woman doing?" "Where is she going?" "We'll never know." "That's what's so maddening." "Never knowing." "Look at grandma!" "We'll be like her someday." "And the girl with the baby carriage." "It's true, it doesn't make sense." "And this is a most normal place, full of normal people." "All that makes sense to me is hunger." "I'm so dizzy, I can't stand up." "Can you spare 2 francs?" "God will repay you tenfold!" "I really mean it." "You're gone mad." "Someone will recognise us." "We've both gone mad." "I hate this village." "I hate the cute little houses." "I hate it all." "Do you have a light, please?" "Do you have a light, please?" "I'm so hungry I could eat your thumb." "Shit, the police!" "Let's wait till it's dark, and then go." "See those people in the caf?" "They are lucky." "Yes and no." "Shall we go?" "What is it?" "I'm cold." "The safety catch is on." "What makes you so sure?" "I say it's on." "It isn't." "Where were you?" "Want to know?" "For 3 days we've been sitting here on our asses sucking eggs." "You go stealing at night from farmhouses." "Stop being a pain in the ass." "Let's hustle some money and go eat in a caf." "I can't take it here anymore." "I'm depressed." "This place suits me fine." "And I love sucking eggs." "Why do you want to stop here?" "We're starving." "We want to eat." "In a dump for truck-drivers?" "We don't care." "We're starving." "Stick with me." "Up ahead there's a nice restaurant." "OK?" "Give us some money." "We'll eat here by ourselves." "Come with me." "I know a little motel." "The food is good." "I've got all day." "Give us some money and get lost." "Go fuck yourselves!" " Dumb cunts!" " Asshole!" "That guy is watching us." "He's recognised us." "Could be." "I'm sure of it." "He's gone to call the cops." "See those two girls?" "Those are the girls with the gun, that we saw on TV." " You think so?" " I'm positive." "Those are the girls with the gun." "Yes." "call the police." "Stand up." "Put your hands up." "Call an ambulance." "Shit." "My ticket." "I'll take off for a few days." "Where to?" "You want to leave?" "Yes." "I'd like to go to the country." "To study?" "I'll take a book with me." "You'll have to go alone." "I'm staying." "I have too much work, can't do it while traveling." "I can't work here anymore." "We've both been cooped up in this pad for too long." "I can't take it anymore." " Where will you go?" " I don't know." "Anywhere." "Away from this noise." "Come on!" "Guys like me do all the work and everyone else live off our backs." "My daughter is a student too." "Just nonsense." "Pretty soon, students will get their pension right after University." "And we'll keep working our asses off." "All the girls go to the University." "Guys..." "Why not?" "If they got brains." "But girls..." "I bet you can't even boil an egg." "I'll boil your eggs, creep!" "Listen, you!" "You don't know what you're talking about." "Or else, you don't know how to handle words." "Or your words outstripped your thoughts." "In any event, you'd best shut up." "I don't take that from kids." "Out!" "Any complaints?" "None." "It's just that you're an asshole." "You're lucky you're a girl." "If you were my daughter..." "Bitch!" "I screwed up your ride." "Got time for a drink?" "You could have stayed." "He didn't throw you out." "You were right about the old fart." "But you overdid it." " You live in Moudon?" " Yes." "I work in a store." "I was visiting my father in Lausanne and lost my ticket." "Since I don't like paying twice," "I'm hitching home." " You live in Lausanne?" " Nope, in Geneva." "And where are you going?" "I don't know." "I'm traveling around." "I share a place with a guy." "We've both got exams now." "It got too cramped, too hot, too noisy." "We started fighting, so I split." " You live alone?" " With my mother." "We fight quite a bit too." "If I find a job in Lausanne," "I could live with my dad." "It's very complicated." "What's your name?" " Jeanne." "And yours?" " Marie." "Aren't you getting off at Moudon?" "No, a bit further." "Near Lucens." "Marie, where are you going?" "Home." "Over the hills." "Can I come along?" "If you feel like doing a 15-km hike..." "I don't mind." "In that forest, my dad and I used to look for mushrooms." "I'm finished." "Can I sleep at your place?" "It'll save me money." " It's not possible." " Why not?" "Because I don't feel like going home tonight." "What do you want to do?" "I don't know." "Is there a cheap hotel in Moudon?" "I don't want to go to a hotel." "Where can we sleep?" "We'll sleep here." "Right here in the woods." "Are you going nuts?" "One sleeps well in the forest." "We don't even have a blanket." "We'll make a fire." "Don't you know it's forbidden to make a fire in the forest?" "No one will find out." "The city girl is scared!" "Scared of what?" "I prefer beds, that's all." "Are there animals in the forest?" "Sure there are animals." "Are you afraid?" "Stop it." "What kind of animals?" "Wild boar, maybe." "Foxes." "Some foxes have rabies." "Rabies... who cares?" "Now I want to sleep." "Are you cold?" "You must be kidding!" "I'll get the fire going." "It's going to be a beautiful day." "What time do you think it is?" "I don't know." "Early. 4 or 5 a.m." "What a drag!" "Still two hours before the café opens!" "It's going to be a beautiful day." "When do you start work?" "I want to keep going." "I'll say I got sick." "You're not really from here, are you?" "." "Eh?" "Sort of." "My dad's from here." "My mother is French." "I was born in France." "My folks came to live here when I was 12." "Now my father lives in Lausanne and my mother in Moudon." "They're separated." "My mother's lover is a real asshole." "Where are you heading?" "I don't know." "I'm going to hitch." "Mind if I tag along for a day or two?" "Of course not!" "What do you sell in that store?" "Needles, cheese, lawn mowers." "And, what are you studying?" "History." "Look, there's a small hotel." "Today was wonderful." "Yes, it was." "How does it feel to be bumming around instead of going to work?" "It feels... kind of strange." "I'm not used to it." "You'll soon get used to it." "You're on vacation?" "You get two months vacation?" "Three." "Three months?" "It's to give the students time to prepare for exams." "But I work harder than you." "At least, I'm supposed to." "People like you always figure out ways to get by." "Who are "people like me"?" "Students, city slickers." "No way, you don't know what you're saying." "Only one thing matters:" "if you're OK or not." "You are OK." "You're going back to Geneva tomorrow?" "Not for a few days." "I'll go home when I'm broke." "Shall I stay with you?" "Aren't you sleepy?" "Yes." "But usually I don't go to bed until late." "Then I read in bed." "I can't sleep with the light on." "Sweet dreams." "I'll read tomorrow." "What are you doing here?" "We're hitching a ride back to the hotel." "Your identity cards, please." "They're back at the hotel." "May I have your names, please?" "Yes, of course." "The family's name is Messidor." "She is Clio, I'm Thalia." " What are your names again?" "." " Clio and Thalia." "Our parents were a bit eccentric." "Now, listen." "Be careful." "Two girls hitching alone..." "What were those names?" "Messidor was a summer month on the old calendar of the French Revolution." "You're the muse of history, and I'm the muse of comedy." "I bet you forgot what we promised your mom." " What was that?" " I knew it!" "He forgot!" "We promised her that we'd pick her some wild strawberries." "We're lucky." "The woods are full of them." "Will you help us pick some?" "Of course, now I remember." "Mom wanted lots of strawberries to eat them with fresh cream." "Let's go get some." "You're invited too." "The Nature, the forest, the birds, the... the strawberries." "OK." "Cut out the bullshit." "Stop the car and let us out." "Stop the car!" " Take a right." " It's lovely here." "You'll see, it's lovely." "This way, your Highness." "We're off." "There are no strawberries here." "Let's play hide-and-seek." "No harm in a little fun..." "We're not in the mood." "You're not children anymore!" "You won't find strawberries with those!" "Coming, dad?" "My glasses!" "My God!" "My God!" "Can you give us a ride?" "Two guys are after us." "Do you have a nice room with a bathroom for two people, please?" "I'll close the window." "I'll run you a bath." "Shall we go home?" "No." "If we did go home, it'd be as if those guys had really screwed me." "I don't want that." "The idea that they touched me, it makes me want to puke." "Shall we go on?" "Let's go on." "That poor bastard." "You bashed his skull." "Yes, I bashed his skull." "We go on." "Without a penny?" "Why?" " How much is this room?" " 80 francs." "You got nothing left?" " Nothing at all." " That leaves me with 20 francs." "We'll find a way." "You thought of the risks?" "We should know them by now, shouldn't we?" "So...?" "We're not bad together." "Right?" "Yes, we're not bad." "And if you don't take risks, you get nowhere." "I have an idea." "Sir, could you give us a ride in your car?" " Where to?" " That way." "OKm I'm taking the freeway." "Come on." "It worked." "Use the seatbelt, please." "I must stop here for a moment." "I'll be right back." "He has to take a leak." "Look, what's this?" "Fabulous!" "Are you crazy?" "Put it back!" "It's really heavy." "Shit, here he comes!" "Hide it quick!" "Sir, could you stop the car?" "I'm feeling sick." "I can't stop here." "If you don't stop," "I'll throw up in your car." "I'll let you out as soon as I can." "You think he'll be back?" "If we hide under the freeway, he'll never find us." "He opens the glove compartment, looking for a cigarette..." "Godamnit!" "I knew they were up to something..." "And on the freeway!" "I can't make a U-turn." "Shit!" "We can't keep this thing." "We can't?" "After what happened yesterday?" "Not to kill people." "To scare them off." "I guess you're right." "We're too broke to go to a hotel." "I'm not sleeping in the woods." "I'm not walking another step." " Watch out!" " And now what?" "I don't know." "We'll figure out something." "We need to meet people." "Let's go to a café." "See what happens." "You're right." "Are you coming?" "This way." "What will we do?" "It won't work." "We can't ask them." "We won't get anything here." "What?" "I want to tell you something." "Sit down." "What?" "Listen." "We still got 10 francs." "Tomorrow we'll be flat broke." "Either we act conventionally, and go home like everyone else," "or we can play a game." "What game?" "We go on." "For 1 day, 2 days, 3 days..." " Without money?" " Yes, without money." "As long as we can." "Until we find out." "I'm not sure what," "That's beside the point." "You agree?" "I maybe the one to hold out longer." "We'll see that." "Who cares how much money we have today or tomorrow?" "We're playing the game." "You've forgotten?" "You don't care about money." "For you it's easy." "You come from money." "That's what you say." "What's going on?" "Why are we stopping here?" "Because this road leads to my home." "is that what you want?" "It's not that." "We don't have to stop in the middle of nowhere." "In a village it's easier to find a place to sleep." "We could even try the police station." "The police station?" "After all the stupid things we've done." "They must be lloking for us." "I'm sure my mom went to the police." "Maybe your picture is in the paper." "What about yours?" "Yours too." "Sure, mine too." "I'm dumb." "We swiped a gun." "That bastard you clobbered may have talked." "The fact is... the cops are after us." "So what." "We'll sleep in a car." "Do you see what I see?" "Shit, it's locked." "Now it's starting to rain!" "Let's smash the window." "With what?" "OK, now what?" "Do we hitch again?" "I've had it with cars." "I want to walk." "Where to?" "Let's take that path." "You ask!" "Sir, can you give us some food?" "A piece of bread?" "We're hungry." "We haven't eaten since yesterday." "Maybe he doesn't speak French." "We're beginning to scare people." "Then maybe we could scare a grocer!" "No one'll give us anything here." "So, salami... 5.50," "Apple juice... 1.40," "Bread... 95." "That'll be 7 francs and 95 cents, please." "Marie, you have the purse." "It's at the bottom." "We don't have any money, but we've got this." "Are you joking?" "Don't run after us." "Come on." "I'm scared, damnit!" "This place stinks." "But it's nice and warm." "Don't they ever stop pissing?" "We must be up before they come to milk them." " What time is that?" " Around 5 a.m." "The daylight will wake us up." "Sleep well." "You can sleep anywhere!" "It's not fair." "Sure those cows are tied up?" "Don't worry." "What the hell are you doing here?" "Get out!" "Who said you could sleep here?" "We meant no harm." "That's my stable!" "Those are my cows!" "We didn't do anything." "What are your names?" "Don't you have a home?" "Yes, we do." "But we were out hiking." "We didn't have a place to sleep." "Yes, yes." "What are your names?" " Don't be mad." " You're thieves." "There's nothing to steal!" "What have you got in your bags?" "Show me." "Show him." "Don't move!" "Don't move!" "Can you give us a ride?" "We're in a rush." "Do I smell shit in this car?" "It's us." "We have slept in a stable and those poor cows never stopped defecating." "Could you give us a coupe of francs, so that we can buy soap?" "I'll certainly give you money to buy soap." "I'm sorry, but my bosses car is no pigsty." "Buy the soap right now." "Will you give us the money?" "Thank you, sir." "I was so dirty!" "Here, the soap." "I'll dive in again." "Look, thay're having a bath." "Got anything to eat?" "We don't understand." "Something to eat." "We haven't eaten in 2 days." "Sure, have a sit." "Look up there!" "That's where we're going." "All the way up?" "Even further." "To the point of no return." "Come on." "I've had it." "Yesterday, when you pointed the gun at that farmer," "I could swear your finger was on the trigger." "We don't know if the thing is loaded." "I was more scared than he was." "That's no excuse." "I think we should take a look." "See how it works." "This must be the safety catch." "In that position it can't fire." "Then it's OK." "Shit!" "It's loaded." "All those bullets." "Open spaces go to my head." "I feel like making love." "Go screw a marmot." "The place is full of them." "If you'll be my little marmot," "I'll be yours." "A very gentle one too." "That's disgusting." "You pig!" "You filthy pig!" " Jeanne!" " What?" " Come here." " Why?" "Come so I can kiss you." "You come here, so I can kiss you." "I would kill for coffee and rolls, honey, jam, croissants, cheese..." "Stop it!" "I've got a better idea." "Let's go to a café, we'll order a huge breakfast, we'll eat it all up and, when we're through, we'll say we don't have any money." "We'll offer to do the dishes." " OK?" " OK." "They can't be all pigs." "Where do you want to go?" "I don't know." "Any old place." "When you know where you're going" "I'll give you a ride." "Good luck!" "Asshole!" "people don't just give away money." "There has to be a good reason." "An emergency." "Like an earthquake, starvation in Africa," "I don't know..." "As for lending money, that's out of the question." "It's a matter of principle." "I'll tell you why it's so crucial." "If you lend money, then someone gets into debt." "One can't live in debt." "I've never owed a cent." "I'm doing you a favour by not lending you the money." "Stupid British!" "Driving on the left!" "I'll give you another piece of advice:" "If you're traveling around alone, stay in Switzerland." "It's safer." "Anywhere else, you'd already be in trouble." "Really want to stop here?" "About the money..." "We could have worked something out, perhaps..." "between the three of us." "What are your names?" "I'm Mrs. Pisspot." "And I'm Mrs. Shitface." "That was good." "here comes the waitress." "You mind setting the check?" "We don't have any money." "But we can work in the kitchen." "Do the dishes?" "I must get the manager." "What did she say?" "She'll get the manager." "What's going on here?" "We have no money." "But we'll work in the kitchen." "I'm not interested." "I have all the paid help I need." "This isn't the Salvation Army." "I don't understand you." "Sorry." "I have to call the police." "Don't call the police over that." "Just as long as I get paid." "We'll pay for you." "Want a ride on a bike?" "On a bike?" "Sure." "The hardest thing is to live aimlessly, not knowing where to go." "Forward, backwards, sideways..." "The same thing over and over." "You know, people and places  all end up looking alike." "as if they didn't really exist." " Want to quit?" " Absolutely not." "On the contrary." "It's just starting to get interesting." "We're moving through empty space." "I'll let you in." "I'm having dinner with some people nearby." "Then we'll play cards." "Till my husband gets off work." "He'll be late tonight." "He won't be home before 9 or 10 p.m." "Come in." "Make yourselves at home." "I told them to get out." "I had a good look." "They were dressed like that." "Pants, jacket, red sweater..." "The jacket was too big..." "I asked them who gave them permission to sleep here." "A few days ago, Mr. Lecomte, a farmer, discovered the 2 girls sleeping in his stable." "Mr. Lecomte tells us how it happened." "Details of the clothing worn by the 2 girls were supplied by several witnesses who saw them." "The 2 young girls, who don't seem to belong to any terrorist network, are armed and mey make use of their weapon." "here is a similar weapon..." "It's not a toy." "The one in the girl's possession is loaded." "It was stolen from an officer of the Swiss army near Bern." "The girls have been seen in several parts of the country." "Let's watch TV." "Move over." "By observing their actions, it doesn't seem like they have criminal tendencies." "I don't understand any German." "What'll we do?" "I'm falling sleep." "thinking of anything specific?" "Same thing as you." "Could it be a white bag?" "It could be an ice-box too." "It's not fair to that woman." "She was nice." "I'm hungry." "So hungry it hurts." "Shit, I guess you're right." "Hurry, she'll be back soon." "Now here are photographs which may help you recognise the two girls, if you should run into them." "The girl on the left is Marie Corrençon, 18, from Moudon." "The girl on the right is Jeanne Salève, 19, from Geneva." "Follow me, please." "To the police?" "Please." "Drive on." "That way!" "Get going." "Just keep driving." "Straight on." "Keep going." "Right!" "Shit!" "Take a right." "That little road in the woods." "Now get out." "Give me the keys." "Now you can go fetch the cops on foot." "Are you coming?" "I've had it." "I'm tired of walking nowhere." "And I've got my period!" "My pants will get all wet." "What will I do now?" "it's all your fault!" "That's how I ended up in this shit!" " My fault?" " Yes, your fault." "The dumb game was your fault." "Nobody forced you." "Can you spare me two francs?" "Can you spare me two francs?" "Can you spare me two francs?" " What is it?" " I know you." "You do?" "I know who you are." "You were on TV last night." "On TV?" "I doubt it.." "I'm sure it was you." "Hey, Jeanne, she saw me singing on TV last night." "She was on TV, too." "You both were." "Was I backing her on the accordion?" "It was on the game show about wanted criminals." "They showed pictures of you." "And how you threatened a farmer with a big pistol!" "you held up a store." "And you beat a man almost to death." " It's a game show?" " In a way." "Anyone can phone in." "people love to play cops." "be careful from now on." "Lots of people watch that show." "Especially kids." "You'll be recognised." "You really did all those things?" "No." "We just stole a salami." "And we found the pistol." "In a way." "Actually, we're playing our own game." "What game?" "It has to do with time and empty space." "It's to see which one of us drops dead first!" "You know a place where we can sleep tonight?" "We must fix up our clothes... my place." "But it'll be a squeeze." "What's up?" "You know them?" "The two girls we saw on TV." "Are you sure?" "Positive!" "Let's take a look." "What do those creeps want?" "Watch out!" "The cops again." "Shit!" "I refuse to move." "What a storm!" "They have lots around here." "What are you doing here?" "It's raining." "Can we sleep in the hay?" "Sure." "But don't smoke." "Right." "No cigarettes." "The door to the hayloft." "You can sleep there." "We can sleep there." "Are you OK?" "I'm OK." "I guess I'm not really OK." "Me neither." "It's odd: in some ways" "I'm not OK, in others I feel great." "That's 'cause you're flipping out." "But it's true." "I see things very clearly." "I remember things from my earliest childhood." "Very clearly." "I'm aware of every part of my body." "ne part at a time." "Maybe it's for not eating too much and walking so much." "A healthy life" "I'm sure the farmer has gone to the cops." "You think he's got a TV?" "Did you see an antenna on the roof?" "I don't know." "They've all got TV." "What'll we do?" "What'll we do?" "Let's not move." "I'm fed up with moving." "So am I." "You got any leftovers we could eat?" "Don't you speak German?" "We'd like your leftovers." "We don't have any money." "Leftovers?" "No money?" "In my place, people order food and pay for it." "Leftovers are for the pigs." "he says, that leftovers are for the pigs." "Pigs!" "We're not pigs." "We're people." "We're hungry, you bastard!" "Leave me alone!" "Can't you give us something to eat, you bastard?" "!" "Leave me alone, for shit's sake!" "Get off my back!" "Funny, isn't it?" "You don't see that every day." "Leave me alone!" "Calm down!" "Calm down?" "I'm hungry!" "Stop it!" "They'll call the cops!" "Screw the cops!" "Screw you, too!" "OK, so scram." "Run home to mom." "Get lost." "What a drag." "She's so dumb." "Where are you going?" " Calcutta." " So are we." "Can you take us?" "I never pick-up hitchhikers." "Especially girls." "Why?" "because you have to talk to them." "It's such a bore." "But every cop in the country is after us." "In that case, get in." "But in the back." "Back to the mountains." "Fuck the mountains!" "From way up there you can see the sea..." "Can we sleep in your car tonight?" "As long as you don't snore..." "Will you help me finish the whiskey?" "Crossing borders." "They always hassle me." "Are you coming along with me?" "Ok, if you won't cross the border," "I'm leaving." "Help!" "I have to drop you here." "I'm going to put my car in the garage." "I hope you get another ride." "Where are we?" "Near Zürich." "Where are we heading?" "Straight ahead, as usual." "We'll find a chicken coop or a doghouse to sleep in." "Come, let's try out the gun." "With all that noise, no one will hear." "I want to fire it." "Be careful." "Or you'll kill 200 people." "I'll fire into the noise, once it's passed." "OK." "Have you read the papers?" "We don't read papers." "You don't know about the plane crash in the Balear Islands?" "It was on TV all day long." "We don't watch TV." "So you don't know about it?" "It's terrible." "There are no safe ways to travel anymore." "Accidents have become inevitable." "All summer long, all those charter flights..." "Just think what would happen if one of them crashed into one of those suburbs near an airport." "Too many cars, too many planes..." "That's our fate." "Sooner or later, we'll all have to die." "So why not go out in style, on TV?" "Don't make jokes about things like that." " Have you got 2 francs?" " No." "Can you spare us 2 francs?" "Want a drink?" "Got a cigarette?" "Do you know somewhere we can sleep tonight?" "Yes, it's OK." "I'm going to phone." "Who did you call?" "The police." "No, I didn't call anyone." "No one?" "I had to pee." "Where are you going?" "To the countryside." "We hate cities." "Nothing like the countryside." "I'm going to Aarberg." "How does that suit you?" "It's fine." "Didn't you want to be in the country side?" "I'm sick of walking." "What do all those people do?" "Where are they all going?" "They're going somewhere." "It's so weird." "When I was a kid it seemed incredible to me," "even fantastic, that every person I saw on the street had a bed." "It added up to a huge amount of beds." "I fel the same way now." "What's that woman doing?" "Where is she going?" "We'll never know." "That's what's so maddening." "Never knowing." "Look at grandma!" "We'll be like her someday." "And the girl with the baby carriage." "It's true, it doesn't make sense." "And this is a most normal place, full of normal people." "All that makes sense to me is hunger." "I'm so dizzy, I can't stand up." "Can you spare 2 francs?" "God will repay you tenfold!" "I really mean it." "You're gone mad." "Someone will recognise us." "We've both gone mad." "I hate this village." "I hate the cute little houses." "I hate it all." "Do you have a light, please?" "Do you have a light, please?" "I'm so hungry I could eat your thumb." "Shit, the police!" "Let's wait till it's dark, and then go." "See those people in the caf?" "They are lucky." "Yes and no." "Shall we go?" "What is it?" "I'm cold." "The safety catch is on." "What makes you so sure?" "I say it's on." "It isn't." "Where were you?" "Want to know?" "For 3 days we've been sitting here on our asses sucking eggs." "You go stealing at night from farmhouses." "Stop being a pain in the ass." "Let's hustle some money and go eat in a caf." "I can't take it here anymore." "I'm depressed." "This place suits me fine." "And I love sucking eggs." "Why do you want to stop here?" "We're starving." "We want to eat." "In a dump for truck-drivers?" "We don't care." "We're starving." "Stick with me." "Up ahead there's a nice restaurant." "OK?" "Give us some money." "We'll eat here by ourselves." "Come with me." "I know a little motel." "The food is good." "I've got all day." "Give us some money and get lost." "Go fuck yourselves!" " Dumb cunts!" " Asshole!" "That guy is watching us." "He's recognised us." "Could be." "I'm sure of it." "He's gone to call the cops." "See those two girls?" "Those are the girls with the gun, that we saw on TV." " You think so?" " I'm positive." "Those are the girls with the gun." "Yes." "call the police." "Stand up." "Put your hands up." "Call an ambulance."