"SOFT SHELL MAN" "Kierkegaard?" "You like him?" "Alex Beauchesne." "There's a ticket for me for Honduras via New York." "A seat in first..." " First class?" " Yes." "You arrive in Montreal at 14h30." "New York!" "How much for New York?" "If I stay, will you dine with me?" "$ 1,350 US." "Then I'm going to Montreal." "If I miss my plane, we tour Paris?" "Hey, big guy!" "Sam, it's Alex, I'm coming through Montreal." "Flight 266, arrival 14h30." "If you're not there, I'll grab a cab." "Don't tell anyone I'm coming." "No one." "I trust you." "This is Sam, leave a message." "Hey, big guy!" "Sam, I'm at your place." "It's changed quite a bit." "It's cuter, cleaner, and it smells good too." "Is she a blond?" "Brunette?" "Red head?" "This is more like you." "I'm staying here tonight." "My place is too..." "I leave tomorrow." "Let's get together." "Call me." "He can't wait to see you." "How are you?" "You OK?" " Why am I here?" " To see your favourite agent." "Your last fax said New York." " You got the cover page..." " The deal was anywhere..." " but here." " How was First Class?" "Pierre, what am I doing here?" "Terrible!" "Your accident..." "That morbid adventure of yours..." " Forget about that." " I understand." "I'm here for you." "You don't look death in the face everyday." "What am I doing here?" "Ah... your own gallery!" "Congratulations!" "It was an old project." "In one week, we hang... your photographs." "The photographs?" "Indian Ocean?" "Wait..." "You made me come through Montreal to tell me that?" "I ought to scold you." "No really." "You even deserve a good whipping." "The show opens in a week." "I have a super plan." "It'll be huge." "You'll be a star, my dear." "Easy on the star bit!" "What about Honduras?" "Not until mid-September." "You can stay here... with me." "Hold on." "Tomorrow, I leave for Central America." "I take pictures, I send you the negs..." "You send me money, and another contract." "Same as usual." "No." "Wait..." "Alex?" "Wait!" "Dammit, Alex!" " What's with you?" " You don't get it?" "Maybe you don't know it yet." "Maybe you do know it." "You're gay." "Deny it..." "Deny it all you want." "It's not what you think." "I don't mean to insult you, but... you don't look very dangerous." "It's my friends' house." "Good, it's mine too." "The frogman." "That's me." "Marie, I'm Sara's friend." " Sara?" " Samuel's girlfriend." "She told me to take the key." "I have it." "I do a culture beat on TV, tomorrow it's on new videos." "The problem is, my VCR crapped out on me." "and I have to screen three films tonight." "You're a film critic?" "Or theatre, live music, books." "Are you bitchy?" "Bitchy?" "Well..." "When I dislike it, I hate it, but when I like it..." "I love it." "I'm exaggerating." "Don't worry, I won't stay." "I just want the VCR." "No." "It's OK." "It's no bother." "So, ladies and gentlemen of the jury... the verdict?" "What do you think?" "Oh..." "It wasn't bad... not bad." "Not a masterpiece, but... kind of pleasant." "No, maybe not pleasant..." "but not total crap." "For one thing, it's not total crap." "What?" "What did you write?" "A love triangle." "Nice empty people... in nice empty settings, with a nice empty script." "Trying to please everybody." "In short, crap." "I may be harsh, but it's crap." "No." "Not at all." "It's cheap." "The tone is tacky." "The end's tacky, predictable, we saw it coming 100 miles away." "I'm glad you think like me." "I don't." "I think it's even crappier than you think." "Not only is it trivial, it's really... unimportant." " I'm glad we get along so well." " Me too." "Pleasant... pleasant..." "What did I say that for?" "In fact... it's because I thought you liked it." "And..." "And what?" "Pizza?" "Talking with you is really fun." "I don't have too much talk in me, but I sure can order." "I know all the phone numbers." "385-5555 is St-Hubert." "383-6000 is Donini Pizza." "It's true!" "273-7331 is Diamond Taxi." "985-7665 is..." "So you travel a lot." "Yes." "Yes..." "I do travel a lot." "2 days ago... yesterday..." "I was in New Delhi, India... this morning in Paris." "And tomorrow?" "Tomorrow, I leave for..." "Not." "Where?" "I leave for not." "That's not right." "I mean, I'm not leaving." "I'll stay here for a while." "Because..." "I'm free..." "I'm free as a bird." "You..." "Are you..." " Am I what?" " Are you... are you free?" "You mean, will you score tonight?" "You're pretty direct." "OK... frank, free... confident..." "Modern... that's right, fashionable... sexually liberated." "And what about you, Don Juan?" "No, no." "Me, no!" "Look, yes, but... dammit all, I've got to make myself clear." "It's just that, we are the way we are, according to who we're with." "No?" "Let's take the TV outside... it might be nice..." "Change of subject?" "Yes." "Wait, I can't get a grip on it." "It's complicated." "I want to see your passport picture." "Funny fantasy." " No, don't." " Handsome." "What's this?" "A plane ticket?" "Looks like a plane ticket." "The 14th." "When's the 14th?" "That's tomorrow." "When I asked you earlier if... you were leaving tomorrow, you said that..." "I know..." "What?" "What is it?" "You lied to me." "I'm, I'm not leaving tomorrow." "I'm supposed to, but I'm not." "I'm staying." "Why don't I believe you." "No, I'm staying." "I'm staying." "Marie, I love you." "Not I love you as in "I love you"." "I love your body." "I'm staying." "I..." "What have I done?" "Pierre, it's Alex." "Listen, about the exhibition," "I don't want my name seen anywhere." "Not anywhere." "It has to stay anonymous." "I'm very serious, my dear." "I'm counting on you." "I'm sorry." "I thought you were someone else." "I didn't want to wake you." "I'm sorry." "I'm Samuel's best friend." "Don't be afraid." "Who are you?" "I just told you." "I'm sorry, I'm deaf." "I'm deaf." " I'm sorry, what?" " I'm deaf." "Deaf!" "That's great!" "Oh no..." "I'm sorry." "Sara." "Sara." "I'm Alex Beauchesne." "Sam's best..." "You want a coffee?" "Do you read lips?" "Would you like a coffee?" "You sure?" "You're Sam's girlfriend, right?" "Where's Sam?" "Up at Mount Megantic!" " Work?" " What?" "I'm fascinated by silence." "Silence is a concept of the hearing which is inaccessible to the deaf." "I'm a moron." "I'll let you work." "Hey, big guy!" "Hey, big guy!" "It was about time!" "I know, Sam, I'm sorry." "That's it, apologize." "So?" "Mount Megantic!" "You've made it into the majors of astro-physics?" "Yes." "When can we see each other?" "Don't worry," "I'm sticking around for a while." "Did you talk to Simone?" "When do I see you?" " I'm off on Friday." " Excellent." "By the way, Marie..." "Sara's friend..." "You met Sara?" "You won the Jackpot, big guy!" " I want flowers." " Yes, but..." " What occasion?" " I want to be forgiven." "Yeah, Marie, you know her?" "You want to poke her?" "Poke her?" "I'm madly in love." "You're in love?" "Unbelievable!" "You?" "Son of a gun!" "She's something isn't she?" "She's mean tempered." "I warn you." "And how many 30-year-old childless women aren't?" "Not many!" "Listen, the problem is... we kind of screwed a bit yesterday..." "I don't know how to..." "Got any tips?" "A tip?" "You're asking me?" "Flowers won't change a thing." "You made a mistake?" "First, fix it, and then get forgiven." "She's the frankest woman I know." "You'll get her attention by baffling her with your frankness." "After she forgives you, give her the flowers, as a bonus." "I'm looking for a journalist who works here." "Her name's Marie." "What's that?" " A hypnotist?" " A student." "Just starting." "Need a guinea pig?" "Sorry to bother you, but I'm a friend of Sara's." " You're her translator..." " Her interpreter." "It's wonderful the way you communicate with your hands." "It's..." " Poetic?" " Thank you." "What does Sara do, exactly?" "She's a journalist." "No, no, no, that's good." "I know this is "A"." "You're pulling my leg." "And "make love"?" "A..." "Thank you." "A L E X" "By the way, does Marie like..." " Marie?" " Does she like..." " Flowers?" " Yes, flowers." "What a coincidence." "How are you?" "I don't know what you're doing here, but I have an opening to get to." "It's Alex." "Remember me?" "We slept together yesterday." "Or almost." "If you got the time or you feel like..." "If you want to..." "If, if, if all of that..." "Listen, you can call me after the play's over... 990-6696." "Hello sir." "Save the world?" "A hell of a contract!" "Coffee?" "Just a minute." " Hi, it's me." " Oh, it's you." "You sound thrilled." "I thought it was her." "No news?" "No news." "Do you have her address?" "Are you OK?" "It's just..." "Fine, how about you?" "It's a bit late." "Yes, but it's about yesterday." "I know it's late." "But I just wanted... to clear things up between us." "I honestly believe in being frank," "I wouldn't want us to be on bad terms." "And..." "Can I sleep over?" " Just sleep." "No messing around." " No." "OK, I understand." "I won't bother you anymore." "I won't keep you any longer." "You were right." "I lied." "I was leaving for Honduras today, but..." "I'm sorry." "What do you want, Alex?" "To see you again?" "Got any change?" "Yes." "Wait!" "US money OK?" "You're fucked up, man." "Audrey?" "It's Alex." "What's wrong?" "You do some bad dope or what?" "I don't do drugs anymore." "There's a guy... who delivers, now." "Clients don't come here anymore." "It's OK, I didn't know." "I won't come back." "I needed a little bit of pot." "I can't trust him." "He does half the dope he delivers." "And he keeps the cash." "The delivery guy?" "Don't worry, you'll find someone else." "Who?" "For God's sake!" "I got a big client who's waiting for his stash." "Just bring it to him." "Don't worry." "What's wrong?" "He's far away..." "you don't have a car?" "I'll go." "It's OK." "You want me to go?" "OK." "Don't worry." "Who are you?" "Audrey sent me to..." "Next time Ms Paranoid sends you out on a powder run... don't be fucking late." "Get it?" "Did you ever wake?" "What?" "Wake-board." "Ever drive a speed boat?" "This way." "I was born on a speed boat." "M. Bullock from Investors Foundation is waiting." "I want a report by e-mail." "No fund transfer is authorized." "I'm taking the afternoon off, cause it's 'gloss'." "Very good, sir." "OK, that... is a wake-board." "Ready!" "Here, I think this is yours." "Don't worry anymore." "Here's your money." "Here." "Are you OK?" "Do you ever get out of here?" "I got something for you." "What?" "A present?" "10% for you." "Fuck... 15 if you want." "20 and you can use my car." "What more do you want?" "You want me to deliver." "It's only temporary." "OK, fine!" "1 gram at 3 o'clock every day at Armando's." "For the rest, I'll page you." "3 o'clock every day at Armando's." " Is Marie there?" " My daughter's not in right now." "Mrs. Ladouceur!" "I'm Alex, a friend of Marie's." "I'd love to meet you." "You might think I'm a bit weird, but..." "I love knitting too." "How charming!" "What're you doing here?" "And you?" "Her electricity's out, so she'll have to sleep over." "Your charming boyfriend kept me company." "He isn't my charming boyfriend, he's my lover." "Would you come with me, please." "Of course." "It's your turn, Charlotte." "My lover, my lover... boyfriend was fine." "What do you think you're doing in my life?" "I'm not your girlfriend." "What's the matter?" "I just came like usual for..." "For a fuck, yes." "So?" "Yes, and your mother was here." "She's adorable, cute and super sweet." "We started playing chess, and... you arrived." "You drive me nuts!" "That's good... it means that... we can continue to..." "Copulate." "I'll be right there, Charlotte." "How are you?" "I have to make a stop on the way." "Hey... you're cute!" "Thanks... you too." "That's nice." "You have an appointment?" "I have a bit of..." "I've got something for Armando." " I'm Jessie, his girlfriend." " Please to meet you." " Would you like a massage?" " Yes..." "No, you must be an expert, but I have friends waiting..." "Aren't the cunts coming in?" "What're you doing here so early?" "Masseuse?" "Pardon me?" "30***o/% of the cunts I know are masseuses." "Listen..." "No, cunts, no." "I'll say cunt if I want to." "I got your dope, it's not 3h00 yet, but..." "I'm taking the cunts to the chalet." "You?" "To the chalet?" "I'll invest more cash today, than you'll make in your fucking life!" "Check the stats, when I got snow," "I blow my brains in 20 minutes." "If I pay $150 for 1 gram, Alex, it better be here at 3h00 sharp, every day, not before." "I was offered a contract at VLT." "Four 8-meter telescopes." "8 meters?" "What do you look at, with that?" "Rabbits poking on the moon?" "Black flies fucking on the moon." "It's down in Chile." "Really?" "Minimum one year." "Does Sara know about it?" "I don't know what to do, I'm freaking out." "Stay." "Stay." "Did you talk to Simone?" "Paradise, good morning!" "It's for a delivery tonight." "Tonight?" "Sam." "Be careful, behind you!" "Sam!" "Be careful!" "Come on, pick up!" "Will you shut up!" "Alex, it's 3 o'clock." "Yes, Alex." "It's on the speed boat's dash-board." "Happy wake." "Sounds like you're talking to a mutant." "Who?" "What?" "Where?" "Your friend Armando." "He's not a friend." "I'm just giving him a hand." "What kind of a hand?" "You're curious?" "Journalist." "No... critic." "Change of subject?" "Don't worry, we all have something to hide." "Sara wants to know your relationship." "Marie and I?" "It's purely..." "Armando and you." "What were you doing?" "What happened." "I'm fascinated by silence." "A month ago... in India..." "I lost my memory, under water." "Memory." "Forget..." "I woke up in a decompression chamber decompression chamber." "You don't understand." "So it says:" "Hello, this is Sara." "Go ahead." "Go ahead?" "Go where?" ""Go ahead" means it's your turn." "Hello Sara, this is Alex..." "Go ahead." "...now tell me everything." "OK, now tell me everything." "Go ahead." "All right... a month ago, I was in India." "I had an accident that caused me a loss of my memory." "I was in the Indian Ocean 130 feet down." "And..." "I was right over an extremely deep canyon." "It's hard to imagine, but... the vertigo was incredible." "It was like... the bottom was pulling me down." "I let myself sink." "I..." "I touched the bottom." "Then my flashlight died on me." "I was... in total darkness." "Were you scared?" "Go ahead." "I felt great." "You're handsome." "Handsome?" "Me?" "Come in!" "I understand." "Do I have a choice?" "I'm going right now." "A gallery was vandalized." "The paper wants me to cover it." "You sure this is it?" "The pictures were hung yesterday." "They broke in during the night." "What are the pictures about?" "They were covered with black paint, but they'll be unveiled tomorrow." "Why the anonymity?" "The artist of international calibre, can't be here to defend his ideas." "I'm quite emotional and I'll be glad to continue this tomorrow, between 5h00 and 8h00." "It's strange." "There isn't much to write about." "I'll call the paper and I'm done." "Aren't you in Honduras?" "Are these my photographs?" "Indian Ocean?" "The wreck?" "What is it then?" "Bruno wants to know where his dope is." "I'll be there." "Maybe we can exploit the anonymous angle." "Like... cheap exploitation, or... the hypocrisy of the artist who didn't dare sign his provocative work." "Something like that." "Can you take care of it?" " I'm coming." " I got a delivery." "Big guy?" "Yes Man Beauchesne." "Still as handsome and still as stupid!" " How are you old tit?" " Fine." "It's been a hell of a while." "We were just passing by..." "No you're not, you're staying." "You always leave too early." "Now you're staying." "I'm so glad to meet you..." "gorgeous." "We have to go now, so..." "Don't be silly, make yourself at home." "You're here." " Jean, how are you?" " Fine." "I don't think you want to be here." "It's for Bruno, from Audrey." "I'm Simone, I'm sure you've never heard of me." "That's right." "I'm Marie." "Your new boyfriend?" "Shut the fuck up." "Always a ladies man!" "Why?" "Your ex?" "No." "Legally, for now, he's still my husband." "You know, love is without mercy." "And your cute Alex is an asshole." "But he's so handsome... so sweet, so intelligent." "You'll see everybody loves him." "He's an angel." "Your mother will adore him." "I love you." "Did you hear that one yet?" "How long did it take." "About a week?" "Be careful, Marie... our little Alex, is quick on the "I love you"." " I didn't want to marry." " Stop!" " I said yes anyway." " Shut up!" "I went to Asia on a contract." "You cheated on her." "So what?" "I don't care about your love stories." "You're here!" "You coming over to Bruno's?" "It's worse than you think." "After the wedding, I left for Asia... finished my work, and never came back." "I never called." "I saw her for the first time tonight." "I don't care." "Is that it?" "That's it." "Sit down I need to talk to you." "I want to help you and all." "It's just that I'm..." "I'm a scuba diver." "Did you know that?" "I take underwater pictures." " Soon you'll have to..." " When?" "How soon?" "That's not the problem." "Audrey, don't panic!" "There's no problem." "I'm your friend." "I love you, Audrey." "Count them." "There's 25." "At 40 each, that's $1,000." "His name's Bruno." " Not Bruno on Saint-Urbain?" " No." "On Napoleon." "It's a big deal." "It'll make my week." "After this, I'll leave you alone." "I promise you!" "Alex listen, I swear!" "No." "When was the last time you went outside?" "How long have they been delivering here?" "Walked outside lately?" "Since when are you so scared of people!" "You got a hell of a problem!" "Come on." "Let's go." "No!" "Not now!" "Let me go!" "Pierre, it's Alex." "Call me." "I want to know what those pictures are." "Sam..." "Chile?" "My artist!" "Cancel everything, there's no opening tonight." "Calm down." "Everything's fine." "Photos of a wreck, fine!" "But a dead boy?" "What the fuck were you thinking?" "Please... trust me." "Tonight, we go as planned." "You will be there, I will be there." "The media will be there..." "We reveal your identity." "Yeah, right." "And what will I look like?" "A weirdo?" "A killer?" "An artist." "You are Star material." "It'll create a scandal!" "For sure!" "They broke into your gallery." "They wrote hate messages on the walls!" "You're scared?" "There's no need to be scared, my dear." "It's a low down way... of marketing." "I don't have your talent for pictures, but for publicity..." "You vandalized your own gallery?" "Yes, but now it's the talk of the town." "You mean nobody hates me?" "You really don't get it." "Nobody hates you?" "Everybody loves you." "Everybody's always loved you, my dear." "Wait." "Sara called me in the middle of the night." "She left me." "It's over." "I don't get it." "I told her about Chile yesterday." "We had a fight, but we agreed not to split up." "And at 3h00 am..." "Something happened." "Was she hanging out with anyone... who came here often?" " You're not hid..." " No, I wasn't around much lately." "I was with Marie..." "It's just too weird." "Something happened during night." "She had an affair." "Not necessarily." "For sure, Alex." "She was too confused, she's hiding something." "We have no secrets, like you and me." "Stop it." "She loves you." "I don't care!" "She disgusts me... the bitch." "She won't even talk." "Leave, but at least tell me why." "It makes me want to puke!" "I'm going to need you, my friend." " What have I done?" " Stop it!" "It's not over." "I can't stay here alone, come up to the chalet with me?" "Listen, Sam." "What?" "Go ahead..." "I'll join you later." "It'll be OK." "I'm here for you." "I'm leaving for Honduras tonight." "Get me a ticket." "Pardon me?" "Say that again?" "I'm leaving tonight." "Get me a ticket." "I'm not joking." "How can I find..." "What?" "I love you." "Move it." "Got any change?" "You're fucking sick!" "Rachel, you're great, but I need to talk to Sara and it's personal." "I understand how you feel, but..." "It'll be easier if she stays." "I've nothing to hide." "All I want to say is..." "I don't want to..." "Listen, don't tell Samuel." "Don't say anything." "How can we hide what's going on between us?" "Between us?" "Sara, listen." "Samuel is my only friend." "I've known him for 15 years." "I can't do that to him." "Forget it." "Don't tell him anything." "So the two of us, last night, meant nothing?" "You don't get it." "You're the one who doesn't understand, not me." "You call Sam a good friend?" "It's the only thing I'm asking you." "Don't tell Samuel anything." "We end it right here and... never talk about it again." "You know, you got a big problem." "You're weak, a coward." "You can't face the truth." "You want everybody to love you." "You seem nice, but you're dangerous." "You got my ticket?" "Your plane leaves at midnight for NY." "You'll get to Honduras from there." "You're great." "I owe you one." "I get it at the airport?" "They'll deliver the ticket here." "You serious?" "You have to be here at 6h00." "I'm doing this out of love." "I'm turning off my cell phone." "Sara isn't here." "That you, Alex?" "Sara took the day off." "She's home." "It says:" "Sara here." "Go ahead." "Hi Sara, is Sam gone?" "Go ahead." "Yes." "Go ahead." "You told him?" "Go ahead." "What?" "Go ahead." "Our affair." "Fuck!" "Go ahead." "I'm waiting for an answer." "It says, no." "Go ahead." "Go ahead, sir." "Aren't you at the chalet?" "It's her lover." "Are you there?" "I'll be back." "Are you there?" "Yes, I'm here." "So it says I love you." "Go ahead." "Sir, are you there?" "You're an idiot." "You're useless." "It's him you love, not me." "You told me a 1,000 times." "Forget me, I'm going back to Belgium." "Belgium?" "You never loved me, and I never loved you." "One moment, not so fast." "I never loved you." "Straighten up!" "Have a good life, bitch!" "Yeah..." "I understand." "Of course." "So?" "The bastard hung up." "I know for sure she had an affair." "Hello, Jean-Paul." "I'm at the opening of an exhibition... that's somewhat controversial." "Pictures of the body of a drowned boy have created quite a reaction." "What did I tell you?" "Did you hear?" "You're a hit." "Your public's ecstatic!" "Got my ticket." "The reporters are begging to meet you." "Why remain anonymous?" "Your career's launched in 5 minutes." "OK." "My ticket." "You're serious?" "Really?" "You won't regret it." "Thank you." "Talk to you later." "You can't do that to a corpse!" "Let me go!" "Pictures of a dead child..." "Wait..." "I want my ticket." "Right away." "You're just a bunch of vultures!" "You know what?" "The pictures..." "I took them." "I discovered the body by accident." "I should've brought him to the surface, but... he looked so peaceful." "Will you deal with it?" "What're you doing here?" "It's..." "Mary invited me." "What are you doing here?" "This is where she fucked him." "Can you believe it?" "Right here, on the floor." "I'm fucking upset!" "Sam, Pierre, my agent..." "Pierre, Sam's my friend." "We're back at the IMA Gallery, with Alex Beauchesne, a photographer." "What do you think of this work." "Would you say it's cheap exploitation, or is it true art?" "I think it's beautiful." "I have difficulty in..." "I can't detach myself from the moment..." "I'm the one who took them." "It's me, Sam." "I know."