"for Arnaud" ""I was born at 12 years of age, June 22, 1960, at the dawn of a quiet revolution."" "I was born at 12 years of age, June 22, 1960, at the dawn of a quiet revolution, on an election night." "It's a victory for young people, who need no Ionger fear about the future." "It's a victory for mothers, concerned about the future of the family, on which our policy will be focused." "When I spoke of young people..." "Time to sing." "And he sings off-key, so... there!" " Dad was a liberal." " Sore loser." " Mom was a Conservative." "And I was light." " isabelle?" "Ready?" " Yeah!" "So light, the wind could have carried me off." "Or snuffed me out, Iike a candle." "Make a wish!" "Make a wish!" "..." "Whether we're singing or shouting, our family life is generally rewarding." "And sometimes we're so happy, we close our eyes in thanks, or to make a wish." "But that night, I couldn't ." "You rotten bastards!" "You're done bullying the whole village, copper!" "DupIessis's patronage days are over!" "The liberals will fire your ass!" "It's from Pierre and I." "Don't spend it all in one place." "Thank you." "You're sweet." "Where are you, michel?" " Is that michel?" " Yes." "He's detained, but on his way." " Go ahead." " Open it." ""Happy birthday."" "Two brand-new dollar bills?" "!" "One would've been plenty!" "Thanks!" "When it comes to you guys, money is no object to your brother." "Yes, but the SauInier brothers!" "Goddammit!" "Here, beautiful." "You know them." "What were you thinking?" ""You're a real godsend - if it wasn't for you," ""I'd still be torn between two guys." "Your big sister, isabelle." "always."" " Happy birthday, Monique." " tell him I'lI pick him up." "Your brother will pick you up." "It's not my fault." "The SauIniers ditched me." "That's your problem - it's never your fault." "Go to hell." "You're not my father." "Good thing." "I'd have smacked you silly." "June 22 mean anything to you?" " The elections?" " It's Monique's birthday, michel." "Damn, Monique's birthday." "Yeah." "And stop cursing at home." "You've messed up enough already." "I'm not going home." "No" "What's wrong with you?" "Ladies and gentlemen, the JeroIas!" "SauInier, you sonofabitch!" "That night, michel stopped at 12 stitches." ""On account of your birthday," he said." "Monique was happy." "Worried about michel?" "Aren't you?" "It's his Irish blood." "Sure, blame it on ireland." "I don't understand that boy." "I just don't understand him." "But you're exactly alike!" "When we first met, Robert Gagné, you were no angel, either." "Good thing I came along." "It's Monique." "She has a bad nosebleed." "Coming." "Quebec for Quebecers!" "..." "Mr. CaIixa?" "May I speak with you?" "Isn't that what you're doing?" "Do I know you?" "But I know this story." "I see." "Did you make it to the end?" " Yes." "well, I didn't ." "congratulations." "I'm intimate with your characters." "I'm trying to forget them." "That novel was a mistake." "I'm a musician, not a writer." "What's your name?" "Let's say..." "Gagné." "May I?" "What for?" "For the record." "Look at the hens." "I was Dad's favourite." "It was different with the boys." "especially michel." "Dad and michel loved each other, but didn't know how to express it." "They tried, but their relationship was often explosive." "Come look at this, sweetheart." "See, this stick is very important." "If it blows, everything blows." "Pack it down real good." "When I was young, I worked in the granite mines in Beebe." "I was quite the dynamiter and I Ioved it." " Why'd you stop, then?" " Ask your mother." "There, perfect." "You've seen me do it." "Okay, whenever you're ready." " Scared you, huh?" " Don't ever do that again!" "What?" "It was just a joke." "You look like a joke, dammit!" "Dad!" "Shit!" "The doctor in St. Anne just said we had to go to montreal." "That's when I knew I was really sick." "St. Justine's hospital" "Her red-bIood-ceII and platelet count is very low." "We'lI need a bone-marrow tap." " We don't understand, Doctor." "We just don't ." "I think Monique wants a soda." "Right, Monique?" "Right." "We'lI be out in the hall." "I'm listening." "Monique has leukemia." "It's a blood disease." "A type of cancer." "Not a type of cancer - cancer." "She has a one-in-five chance of survival." "Some chance." "That's hardly good odds." "According to who?" " The doctors." "About 20 percent." " How many doctors?" "only in montreal?" "Maybe there are alternatives in the States." "We're dreadfully behind in Canada." " Let's just take care of Monique." "will she be hospitalized long?" "In and out." "It depends how she'lI react to the treatment." "It might take a while..." "It depends." " will they cover it, at Ieast?" " Not everything." "Maybe half." "I don't know." "Monique's health is priceless." "We'lI help in any way we can." "We'lI do our best." "Yes." "Okay, thanks." "Thank you." " I'lI serve dinner." " That's okay, don't bother." "I'lI make tea, then." " Hi, sweetheart." " Hi, Dad." "Where'd you get that beautiful doll?" "Not as beautiful as you, of course." "Don't scoId him, okay?" " Who?" " michel." "He bought her for me." "It was supposed to be our little secret." "Because... it's a bit extravagant." " Extravagant?" " Yes." "What's she doing now?" "Going to the amusement park." "With her friends." "She won't get sick!" " What's this?" " It's Marc, and his friends." " Huh?" "They're going to help us make hay." "So there's no need for hired hands." "You've got some nerve, isabelle Gagné!" "It runs in the family." "hello, uh...." "Marc." "My sweetheart." "It's really beautiful around here." "Okay, shall we get started?" "We've got work to do." "Where do you think you're going?" "On a lark." "Not on my watch, Mr. Gagné." " It's just for the day." " No way." "She doesn't have a treatment until tomorrow." "What difference does it make where she waits?" "What's the difference?" "Me." "We'lI be back early." "Dr. Demers." "call Dr. Demers." "Some days are full of firsts." "The first outing alone with one's father." "The first dream of flying." "The first day that fIies by." "But also, the first time we realize it may be the Iast." "It's stable, but that's not enough." "Monique isn't cured." "The problem is, maintaining this stability is draining her." "She'lI eventually decline?" "She'd have a better chance with the new treatments?" "I honestly don't know." "It's a new procedure." "It's expensive, but if we wait too long, she won't be strong enough to withstand it." "No, we won't wait." "No, we'lI manage." "So long as we start treatment as soon as possible." "It's the right decision." "I'lI get Dr. MansfieId." "It will take two to explain everything in detail." "We'lI sell the land, May." "Dressmaking is fine, but it will never be enough." "I'lI call my cousin, Damien." "He works on big building sites in montreal." "He'lI get me in." "Doing what?" "Dynamiting, operating a payloader..." "BuIIdozing." "Anything." "As long as there's overtime." "We'lI damn well need it." "Good idea." "Oh, my." "Here." "My, don't you look handsome." "You're very cute." "It's time." "I Iove you." "Forever." "And..." "I can't wait for you to take me, and get me pregnant, my handsome Pierre." "Damn, you look silly." "You should talk." "Sure you want to marry him?" "I don't get it." "Joking aside, he's insufferable, but not a bum." "You're making the right choice." "Take care of him." "Promise." "You know, michel, you'lI always be welcome here." "Pierre and I want you to feel at home." "Even though it's ours now." "You sold the land to Pierre?" "Yeah." "Why?" " You didn't tell me." " You weren't around." "I thought your mother told you." " Don't I get a say?" " You're never around!" " Right!" "So I don't exist!" " You've never cared about the land!" " You never have!" " What?" "!" "About the land, and me!" "Come now." "What...?" "Dammit!" "There are teachers' training colleges in montreal!" "I'd rather complete my studies in Sherbrooke, where I began." "We can no Ionger afford room and board." "You won't have to." "Marc and I..." "are setting up house together." "At his mother's ." "She lives alone, in a big house." "What do you mean, "setting up house" ?" "Together, Ma." "Marc and I are together." "We're a couple." "We sleep together, we make love together." "What kind of people are these?" "She lets you sleep over with her son?" "!" "They're simply sensible, open-minded people." "I'm 20, Mom." "An adult." "What if you get pregnant?" "There are ways." " It's forbidden!" " By whom?" "Everyone!" "only the clergy, Mom." "The clergy, the social Credit Party and idiots!" "I'm not going to montreal, either." "I found a job." "Where?" "Bombardier." " The crazy skidoo guy?" " He's okay by me." "Great!" "Another daydreamer!" " I'lI help you move!" " That's not the point!" "Goddammit!" "... we present the family rosary." "Our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name" "Thy kingdom come" "Thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven" "hall Mary, full of grace..." "Are you in love?" "Have you ever been...?" "I mean truly." "So you wouldn't understand." "Understand what?" "FaIIing in love." "One day, I Ieft the hospital for a few hours." "And all time stopped... so my Iife could continue." "What's that instrument called?" "A tuning key." "It's only for pianos?" "This one, yes." "Too bad." "I couId use one to restore harmony between my siblings and parents." "They're squabbling?" "They don't see eye to eye, anyway." "So?" "children thinking like their parents - those days are over." "As are those of French-Canadians always kowtowing to everyone - the clergy, AngIos, bosses." "It's been going on for centuries." "Enough!" " You're fired up." " Yeah." "Yeah." "That's because I'm not the kowtowing type." "Know what?" "I'lI tell you a secret." "We are all masters of our own fate." "What's that mean?" "For instance, if you... really want to be cured, you will be." "What if I'm not?" "I have leukemia." "And I don't want to die." "Everyone is praying for my recovery." "will you?" "I don't believe in miracles." "But I'lI think of you, very hard, every day, until you're cured." "It will be a sort of pact between us." "And when I'm cured?" "well, it will be the best day of our lives." "I'lI think of you, too, so you're cured." "You're smiling now?" "How do you know?" "See?" "I'm getting better already." "Me, too." "play something for me." "Something for you." "I know." "A song composed by a friend of mine." "It's an epic, rollicking tale... that resonates deep down in your soul." "On a white horse" "I will take you away" "Funny how we grow up overnight." "Braving the sun" "And the immensity..." "The day song lyrics become promises." "In marshes unknown to the gods" "Love and danger." "Far from the city" "Just you and me" "And thousands" "Of wild horses" "will encircle us protectiveIy  three, four!" "I am a French-Canadian citizen" "And I have chopped my share of logs" "With my own two hands On these vast lands" "Now stop bothering me and all" "With those measures you call imperial" "Thank you very much." "Good night." "So, did you Iike it?" "You're a doll." "Thanks for the tickets." "The beer, too." "But, no," "I didn't like it." "His lyrics are good." "And he sings well." "You're cute." "It's fine!" "I'm just past that now." " Fine." "I'lI shut up." " Take it easy." "It's okay." "I have a problem, michel." "With words." "I can't stand pointless song lyrics and speeches." "Actions speak louder than words." "You can sing protest songs till the end of time, they're nothing more than pretty words." "only one thing really speaks." "Action." "It's okay with me." "She practices what she preaches." "What did she mean by " it's okay with me" ?" "She trusts you." "I Iove the nights of montreal" "It's just like place PigaIIe" "Laughing and singing" "Life is amazing" "Everywhere you go we sing of love" "I'II keep on singing Now and always" "And when I see the new day break" "In the early hours home I go" "Happy to be in montreal" "michel, what are you doing in montreal?" "I came down to see Mom and Monique." "I have to go back to St. Anne later." "I wanted to see where you worked." "Too bad my lunch break's about over." "Want to see the pit, though?" "It's something." "That's a Iot of dynamite." "It's a big site." "We're building the metro." "I can get you in, if you want." "Not as a dynamiter, but..." " No, Dad, I'm fine at Bombardier." "And the " daydreamer" is doing very well." " Hey, don't forget to lock up!" " Yessir!" "I'm responsible." "You like that face?" "It makes people bow down to Nurse Renaud." "Even doctors." "Sir, visiting hours are over." "I'm here to see Monique Gagné." "I'm her piano teacher." "It will only take a minute." "Come." "You have three minutes." "No more." " You're very kind." " The bed is on your left." " Yes." "Thank you." "Okay, she's gone." "You can sit." "I didn't know you gave piano lessons." " Me, neither." "You know I thought of you every day?" "Me, too." "A little." "I've been sleeping a Iot, too." "And... you?" "See any better?" "When you're around, yes!" "Here, I brought you a present." "Open it after I leave." "It's just... something to remember me by." "I had the saleswoman write an inscription." "I hope there are no mistakes." "will you come back to tune our piano?" "I'm changing trades." "Doing what?" "Music." "You inspired me." "I don't play the piano." "No, but you have courage." "You think so?" "I'm often scared." "Open your hand." "Why?" "So I'm less afraid." "Look." "My hair is black." "Very black." "With blue eyes." "And long lashes." "Oh, yeah, and... a beauty mark on my cheek." "Like an actress." "really?" "What did you think I Iooked like?" "Rather blond." "With hazel eyes." "Laughing eyes." "And... sparkling." "You'lI get well." "I think I Iove you." "I have to go." "I don't even know your name." "Jean who?" "LangeIier." "Like our piano?" "Yes." ""168 pages, and on the first," ""a few words in red ink." ""To my little muse, a firstjournaI in which to recount her long, long, long life."" "Okay, it's paul." " That must be michel." " Not a word to michel." " He's no rat." " Maybe not." "But he's a rebel, not yet a revolutionary." "He'lI ask questions." "That's why you'lI leave us alone." "Oh, hell!" "So?" "Piece of cake." "You're such idiot sometimes." "The suitcase." " You do ask a Iot of questions." "Sorry." "I'lI be at the bar." " If you want a beer" " Where's the dynamite?" "You don't want to know." "It's too risky for everyone." "That wasn't the deal." "I was to see to everything." "You have to have faith, michel." "Come here." "Faith in who?" "In me, michel, in me." "Come closer." "What happened?" "Birthday present." "Don't ask." "Everyone has their secrets." "Parents, priests, nuns and doctors never use the names of body parts." "It's hypocritical." "isabelle explained two words to me:" "making love." "That said it all." "Are you trying to make me fall my exams?" "I was just bringing you tea." "You're the one..." "Sure, it's always the woman's fault." "You're such a misogynist." "You're right." "As always." "You know, I couldn't live without you anymore." "After I graduate... we could live together." "If you Iike." "Is that a marriage proposal?" "hell, no!" "Are you upset?" "sleepless nights are blank pages on which secrets are written." "This is nice, huh?" "Yes." "As nice as making love?" "You'lI see for yourself in 10 years." "Before that." "I know with who, too." "He's gone now - normal, given the state I was in." "But if I recover, he'lI find me." "And he'lI choose me." "Like Marc chose you." "I don't know, Monique." "I don't know if Marc chose me." "But I'lI know soon." "I'm pregnant." "You like making skidoos?" "It's all right." "What's the point?" "well, it has a bright future." "I'lI show you around my shop sometime, if you Iike." "Yeah." "How romantic." "Your " shop" ..." "Don't mock me." "It's not wise." "follow your dreams, michel." "I'm trying." "That's not enough!" "people who "try" are a dime a dozen." "I'm not interested." "I hate myself." "I shouldn't say that." "You're a great guy, michel." "Forgive me." "Kiss me." "Get out!" "Don't ever come back!" "I'lI call you." "Not a trace." "Nothing." "It's fantastic news." "You must still take very good care of yourself." "You can do, see and eat anything, but" " Not overdo it." "Do I have to keep taking pills?" " Yes, but a Iot fewer." "You can even go home in a week." "But only if you gain weight and build muscle." "Nurse Renaud gave me plenty of tips." "She's really good at getting fat!" "Okay, I'lI see you in six weeks." "If your father makes it!" "tell Mrs. Gagné to come see me anyway." "How could this happen?" "!" "Twenty-one sticks of dynamite don'tjust vanish into thin air!" "Good thing I doubIe-checked." "If the cops start sniffing around" "I swear, it was all there!" "I don't understand it!" "only you and I have keys!" " You always leave 'em lying around!" "I must've forgotten to inventory a batch of sticks." "I must've been distracted by..." "I just don't know!" "AII right..." "I'lI take care of the report." "You'lI sign it, though." "Never again, Bob." "Pray this is really a mistake and nothing happens, 'cause..." "I can't cover for you again." "Goddammit!" "Why didn't you say anything about your daughter?" "The hospital just called to cancel an appointment." "Sorry." "I gave this number in case of emergency." "That's very French-Canadian, to apologize for another's mistakes." "It's just a manner of speaking." "A manner of being, too." "We're still fighters." "My daughter is in remission from leukemia." "Sometimes we win, too." "If there's anything I can do." "That's okay, thank you." "beautiful music." "You like Beethoven?" "Yes, very much." "Schubert, too." "25th Wedding Anniversary" "Where have you been?" "Never mind." "Marc isn't with you?" "He went back to London." "There's something different about you." "You, too." "Hey, you're in love!" "Yeah, a little." "That's not Iike you." "Let's just say she's complicated." "That's more like it." "There's something different about you, too." "I just had an abortion, michel." "Don't hug me... or I'lI fall apart." "I'm devastated, michel." "It hurts so much." "Change the subject!" "Quick!" " I dunno." "Uh..." "school!" "How's school?" "The kids are great." "This little boy reminds me so much of you!" "He's a pain, but he's curious." "And smart as a whip." "Forget it, michel." "It doesn't matter." "It's despicable." "You don'tjust erase people's history." "Catch me, michel!" " I Iove you so much!" " Me, too." "Aren't they cute?" "Hi, michel!" "well, then, shall we eat?" "Hot roast beef is like a man - it can't wait!" "And no birds in the house." "It's bad luck." "Come, michel." "How long has it been eating at you?" " What?" " Changing the farm's name." "Look, it's fine, okay?" "Dad had to sell the farm to pay hospital bills and that's fine?" "Enough, all right?" "Mom's slaving away in montreal and that's fine?" "!" " That's enough!" " You bet it is!" " I think you'd better leave." " Yeah." "I Ieft a Iong time ago, anyway." "michel, wait!" "Come back here!" "Some things you can't change!" "... the blasts merely caused material damage." "The provincial police and the RCMP immediately launched an investigation and are not ruling out a takeover by force of the Quebec Liberation Army." "He's not talking much." "No, but his expression changed when he found out Gagné's son had a record." "He's covering for his man." "My mind's made up - it's either the son or the father." "The son, I'd understand." "He's a bum." "But the father?" "His daughter is ill." "Just wait till you have to pay for medical care." "hospital bills, medication, etc." "You'lI understand." "We'lI turn up the heat." "One of them will crack." "I swear I had nothing to do with those bombings!" "I swiped dynamite, fine!" "But I was had, Dad!" "The girl I gave it to is gone!" "What can I say?" "We were targeting english signs in the country, not mailboxes in the city!" "I'm not crazy!" "I didn't set those bombs!" "No, not crazy - an idiot!" "You cost me my job!" "Because of your ridiculous damn folly!" "Just tell your boss!" "I'lI talk to him!" "Whatever!" "I don't give a damn!" "Just get out of my Iife!" "Go on!" "Get outta here!" "Out!" "Get out of my Iife!" "Understand?" "!" "Get out of my Iife!" ""Get out of my Iife."" "Mom told me he just got carried away." "It was the only time she ever lied to me." "If I couldn't turn to Jean in my journal every day, if I didn't have words to tune me like a piano," "I'd wonder what the point was in recovering if it's only to see people at each other's throats." "If you knew how dreary life was" "At the Manic dam" "You'd write as often as you can" "To Manicouagan" "Sometimes it's only you I ponder" "Recreating you body and soul" "I think of you and wonder" "How I can be whole..." "I called Damien to thank him for the letter of recommendation." "And, uh... he says hi." "Oh, hi." "He stuck by me." "He's a good guy." "You should go." "You don't want to be late." " That's okay." "Two months will fly by." "And three weeks' holiday..." "Oh, yeah." "As for money, my paycheque will be sent here." "It'lI be okay." "Sure, it'lI be fine." "We're just beat..." " After everything..." " Anyway, we're far" " We'lI get cIoser" " Yes, right." "With the kids and everything..." "Anyway, it's not forever." "We'lI get through it." "Right." "I'lI write you." "That's okay." "It'd be like the song and..." "I hate it." "well, I'lI write you anyway." "Stubborn woman." "And you, careful with the dynamite, okay?" "Don't worry." "I won't blow my top." "Okay, then." "Then one day, you're 13, and the world is turned upside down." "Images pour in from around the world." "From London, chanting for revolution;" "Vietnam, burning from napalm;" "Texas, the president assassinated." "But a man, too " "Martin Luther King Jr. - chanting for freedom." "I'm 17." "And I, too, have a dream." "Which is in a name." "Yours, again and again." "Notice anything different?" "Ah, yes." "You're smiling." "That's very unusual." " No, it isn't !" " Oh, yes." "I'm always cheerful with you." "One day, you'lI appreciate me at my true value." "It's now official." "I'm opening my fashion studio." "congratulations!" "High-end ready-to-wear clothes are the future!" "I'lI be the first in montreal." "You, too." " Pardon?" " Yes." "Because you'lI accept the position as head of the Cousumain studio." "You like the name?" "Sure." "Good." "You accept my proposal, then?" "Mr. AushwaId..." "I'd just Iike" "You'lI get a raise." "No need to get excited." "Okay, I'lI think about it." "Perfect!" "I'lI make the announcement, then?" "I Iike your grey hair." "Mom will think it's sexy." "I've had enough." "That was my 20th trip." "I'm ready to quit the power plant, sweetheart." " Does Mom know?" " No, but, uh... tonight, at the restaurant." "Men!" "always making decisions without consulting us." "Great, another one in the feminist club!" "What are you complaining about?" "You've been living with guys for four years." " exactly." "Besides working, all we do is talk about our wives." "It's scary how many guys are getting separated." "That's how it is now, Dad." "Not for me." "I Iove your mother, Monique." "I've often been afraid we'lI drift apart." "But things will be different now." "Not too different, okay?" "I Iike you as is." "Something wrong?" "No, but, uh... there will be if I don't talk to you." "I've never stopped you." "No, but you might as well." "Might as well what?" "What are you talking about?" "It's too much, Robert." "Or too fast, or too late." "I don't know." "But the flowers, the restaurant, the wine." "It's very nice." "But I don't feel it." "And now what?" "We'lI sleep together and..." "I can't pretend..." "I Iove you too much for that." " That's enough." "You no Ionger feel anything... but I couId feel you all the way up north." "I'm a one-woman man, May." "I'lI get that woman back." "Or my Iife has no meaning." "Quebec for Quebecers!" "..." "There!" "Where have you been?" "Away." "I Iooked for you everywhere." "well, here I am." "You're fucked up." "No worse than you." ""Don't ever come back." "I'lI call you."" "What kind of bullshit was that?" "always with the questions, michel." "You lost my number, is that it?" "555-0578." "Look all you want." "He walked through and went out the front." "careful, we have rats." "Yes!" "What a stud!" "Hands off!" "That's my brother." "So?" "He's an adult." "Not always." "This is very good work." "excellent." "You could've used 400 ASA;" "it's more sensitive film." "But... it's ... it's fantastic." "Quit flirting with her, George." "It's embarrassing." "You're such an idiot!" "Cut it out with Jorge and me!" "You're embarrassing!" "Don't pass this up." "It's the best deal in town!" "But, no." "She's saving herself for Jean." "Her " gorgeous" Jean, vanished into thin air." "blind..." "Musician..." "Poet..." " Hey!" "I'm your best friend, I'm allowed, okay?" "And a babe like you still a virgin at 17, is a tragedy!" "I'm not a fuddy-duddy." "I have nothing against young people." "But teaching them about " life" in a private school - there are limits, Mother." "Miss Gagné is one of our most devoted teachers." "Perhaps Anne-Lise exaggerated a tad?" "It wasn't so long ago." "Not even 20 years." "It's from the Refus global." ""The reign of terror in all its forms was ended."" "Here, Miss BaiIIargeon, you read it." "Read it as you understand it." ""... fear of ourselves," ""of our brothers," ""of poverty," ""fear of the established order," ""of the mockery ofjustice, fear of new relationships..."" ""... fear of anything that could inspire in us a transforming love," ""blue fear - red fear - white fear:" ""each one another link in the chain that binds us." ""Make way for magic!" ""Make way for objective enigmas!" ""Make way for love!" "Make way for basics!"" "I spoke to Anne-Lise's mother." "I'm not sure it will be enough." "I'm tired, isabelle." "No, fed up!" "Of?" "Of prejudices." "Of how slowly attitudes change." "Of... of... of..." ""Agnes, shut up!"" "I'm tired of that, too." "Of shutting up." "My, are we in the midst of an existential crisis?" "A doozie!" "tell me about your handsome Marc instead." "He's working at the French embassy, in montreal." "We found an apartment." "Oh, you'lI be " shacking up" !" "My child, enjoy, the world is your oyster." "I think I'lI accept Mr. AushwaId's Cousumain offer." "Yeah." "I called michel." "And?" "He refused to speak to me." "It's all slipping away from me." "I've lost the thread." "It's okay." "I've got you." "No, not really, anymore." "Tired?" " You're pale." " No, overexposed." "Come." "You're very handsome, Jorge Mendoza." "You're a good kisser, too." "But this won't go any further." "It doesn't have to be forever." "For me, yes." "I'm going home." "She has a fever." "We can't seem to stabilize her." "Is it a relapse?" "No, but her immune system is severely compromised." "She has meningitis." "She musn't give up." " Can we see her?" " No more than two at a time." "And... give her love." "Because it's up to her." "Thank you, Nurse." "You're her lover?" "She has no lover." "Yes, she does." "His name is Jean." "But I don't know whether he actually exists..." "No, go ahead." "It's a little weird." "apparently he's a blind musician." "And she lost track of him." "It might be all in her head." "Your sister's a little out there sometimes." "well, she's got nothing on me." "If he's out there, I'lI find him." "Fuck!" "Know what?" "You're in deep shit, pal." "So you're gonna spill your guts." "I'lI talk about the dynamite you stole from your father four years ago." "Or your father sold you, whatever the case." "Know what?" "We're not picky about perps." "Anyone will do." "I want to speak to a lawyer." "That's your right." "But in exchange..." "I'lI speak to your father's boss." "I'lI indict him and your father will lose his job." "Which is it?" "Don't give in to death, Monique." "It can't hold a candle to you." "You've changed." "I see you, you know." "Every day." "Sometimes... you walk alongside me on the street." "You're not an angel." "You're a woman." "AII the men are jealous." "AII the women... invisible." "Don't die." "please." "Don't die." "At the moment of death, when your life flashes before your eyes, all the faces come back to you." "Jean's was still missing." "I lacked courage then." "The truth..." "The truth is sometimes hidden between the lines." "And in gazes, too." "Because the eyes never lie." "Never." "little CIaudio." "And Pierre." "No." "The other way around." "Looking for someone?" "You always carry your characters' pictures with you?" "I'm afraid they'lI get away from me." "You know full well they're not characters." "We like you so much, we're keeping you two more days." "You're not funny." "Two days, no more." "You are old enough to decide what's best for you." "You're hiding something." "I'm old enough to see that, too." "You're the most beautiful girl ever, but your system is worn down." "Disease and treatments have damaged your liver." "Your heart, too." "You're not invincible." "How many years do I have left?" "I'lI never bother you with that again." "We don't know." "Nobody knows for sure." "Fifteen, twenty..." "We really don't know." "I swear." "But whatever your plans... don't them put off." "children?" "It would take a miracle." "You really aren't funny." "Seeing Jean again." "Not waiting for him anymore." "I have his name." "His address." "And all the time I have left to give him." ""montreal, your 18th summer." ""Dear heart," ""if you're reading this, you're still alive." ""That's all that matters." ""If you're reading this, you're looking for me, too." ""And I Iove you for being so stubborn." ""But forgive me." ""Lay your hand on your heart." ""That is where I now reside." ""Don't look for me elsewhere." ""Forget me." ""But don't forget to live." "absolutely." "Jean."" "Thérèse sent you a package." "I Ieft it with security." "well, that's where it'lI stay." "I want nothing more from her." "She's a fucking bitch." "Hey, listen, you little shit." "If you can't understand she had no choice but to give you up to the cops to protect the higher-ups in the gang, you're a prize idiot." "plus, you simpleton, to go and sign a confession..." "You just had to deny the charges." "They had nothing on you." " Go to hell." "Me?" "No problem." "Vent all you want." "But stay away from Thérèse." "Understand?" "!" "Or I'lI blow your head off!" "You screwed her once." "well, never again." "She's mine." "I'lI never let anyone hurt her." "Even if she deserves it." "That's why she needs me." "Know what?" "Thérèse doesn't love you." "You're nothing but a fuck-up." "Not as much as her." "And you're out, man." "For a Iong time." "She's says she loves you, won't stop bawling." "That's only because you're unattainable." "She only loves those she can't have." "Someday... she'lI cry for me." "Whoa!" "Something smells good!" "Here, this is for you." "If you Iike mosquitos," "I need an assistant photographer for tourism photos." "A week of camping." "It's stupid, but profitable." "No, it's too dangerous." "Tiny mosquitos." "No, that I'lI hurt you." "You'lI want" "I only know how to woo women in Spanish." "You're not Spanish, so there's no danger." "Not until my brother's trial is over." "It's really heavy." "I have to be there." "That's okay." "Is this how it's going to be every time michel or anyone in your family gets into trouble?" "!" "There are limits to always bailing them out!" "I have my limits, too." "michel needs me." "His trial's in three days and his Iawyer" " He'lI always need you!" " You don't know that!" " That's twice this week!" " So?" "!" "Come on!" "He's not your son." "No, he's my brother." "He always will be." "We'lI lock horns, even fight, but he'lI always be my brother." "Now I'm going to montreal." "Your family will never replace the children we can't have." "My family or michel isn't the problem." "That is." "What?" "What are you talking about?" "Your sorrow that we're childless." "That's what's changing you." "Fine, then." "Go find solace in montreal." "In marriage, one can plan for the better, but never the worse." "But I'lI always be there for the worse." "montreal, Courthouse, June 1966" "The Crown's final offer is six years." "With no possibility of parole for 30 months." "Six years?" "That's crazy." "michel offered no defence, Dad." "Not a word." "The judge isn't on his side." "If he turns down this deal, it might only be worse." "What about michel?" "He's stunned." "But he agrees." "well, it's his life to do with as he sees fit." "However much it hurts us." "So how's the farm going?" "Manon must want to kill me." "actually, you don't have to come every week." "I wish I couId tell you not to come anymore." "Fuck, six years." "It seems like forever." "Not six years - 30 months." "And you can count on me." "I won't make it, Pierre." "I'lI snap first." "I'lI turn into an animal." "I won't do it, dammit!" "I won't do it!" "I'm not a dog!" "Shut up and listen, okay?" "Now, every time you're about to lose it - every time, you hear?" " you'lI do..." "Focus!" "Think of IsabeIIe." "Who has never been, nor will ever be, ashamed of you." "Think of Monique and how she's fighting." "Think of Mom, of Dad." " Fuck!" "I'm not asking you to love him!" "But think about how he'lI do anything for his children." "The next minute won't seem as bad." "I swear." "Now go, I'm beat." "Hey, nitwit!" "Fuck you." "I'lI think of you first." "What are you doing here?" "I'lI adopt your brother michel." "Thank you." "But we'lI make love every night in case it works someday." "Okay, then." " Is that such a hardship?" "'Course not." " You'd tell me..." " What?" " If I didn't turn you on anymore." " Come on!" "I'm going on a diet." " Come on." " Yes." "How..." "What's the Spanish term for " make love to me" ?" "It's a dismissal, Agnes." "You know that as well as I." " Not really." "The school board isn't renewing your contract for the moment." "It may only be for a year." "Mrs. Giroux swore she'd get me." "Her husband is a generous donor to the school." "I don't carry any weight." "That sounds about right." "I'm sorry." "No, outraged!" "He's a... well... a childhood friend." " A friend?" " Yes, a friend." "That's all." "You're blushing." "obviously" " I'm lying." "Enough." "I'lI say no more." "He's a reporter at the CBC," "looking for a fully bilingual assistant." "I mentioned you." "He's expecting your call." "Me, too." "Thank you." "I'lI only say this once." "I'lI never speak of it again." "If I find Jean someday" "Okay, okay." "We'lI see." "But... you know he's not the man for you." "I didn't choose him." "I did choose you, though." "You'lI teach me Spanish." "But you know, it will take a Iong, long time." "You're going to love Spanish." "We spawned a new style of music." "We opened borders and stopped wars." "We conquered space." "We even broke taboos." "Then, one day, we all turned 20." "It wasn't all flower power." "She's in the tub!" "Damn, you're discoIouring!" "It's seaweed, you nitwit." "It's for Jorge." "It's an aphrodisiac." "apparently it drives them wild!" "This war will unfortunately be forgotten." "Much like its thousands of victims, mostly women and children, condemned to famine and homelessness." "In short, here in Biafra, to death." "This is IsabeIIe Gagné" "The French version's fine, too, isabelle." "Okay, I'lI send you the rest ASAP through the belgian office." "What's that sound?" "AII hell is still breaking loose here." "You have no idea, do you?" "Famine here is..." "hello?" " You're breaking up." " What?" "We're losing you." "Listen, we want you to come back." "What?" " Come back." "To montreal." " I'm going back to Mon" "I cracked up when I got to Paris." "I changed my ticket... checked into the hotel and..." "I drank." "I danced for nights on end." "I slept with a bunch of guys." "A different one every night." "Just to prove to myself that... men were capable of more than folly and death." "Perhaps just because I needed human contact." "It wasn't love... but survival." "If you can't understand that, or... you're just looking to save me because you think I'm foundering... then go." "In my soul and in my mind" "There used to be living" "A little king" "ruling over his own kingdom" "O'er all my subjects Both exalted and abject" "Then a wind of iniquity came blowing" "And killed the king dead" "Under my roof..." "C'mere, so I can smother you!" "Okay, easy now!" " What's the matter?" " It's been four years since I've held a beautiful woman." " Twit." "That beautiful woman is my wife." "Hey, lay off." "That's my wife." "Stop it!" "You'lI hurt him!" "Cut it out." " Say uncle." " Go to hell!" "Say uncle." "uncle." "It's good to see you." " You, too." "Sorry." "really." "Let's go home." "Like a wolf born again like that" "For the second time Back as a cat" "I feel like a river..." "What does the company expect?" "That I get down on my knees and say thank-you?" "They're offering me a job as assistant, dammit." "They don't need a dynamiter anymore, Bob." "You know damn well that's not the point, Damien." "The big unions are abandoning us." "The government and companies are buying peace." "It's reverse patronage." "You've had your share, buddy." "Times were different." "You can only bring a guy so low." "I'm not gonna take it anymore." "They haven't heard the Iast of me." "Think it over carefully." "This is Quebec." "You don't mess with unions here." "See ya." "Wow, the place has changed." "Yeah." "We even bought the Morins' farm." "Oh, yeah?" "We had no choice." "Increasing quotas obliged us to." "And we wanted to choose our neighbour." "What are you doing with the old Morin shack?" ""old" is relative." "It's an antique." "They're in high demand, very popular." "What's going on here?" "feel like fixing up a house?" "The thing is, it's yours, michel." "welcome back!" " You're crazy!" "This is Jeanne." "She works here." "Hey there, michel." " Hey." " Don't you recognize me?" "We were in Grade 6 together." " Jeanne ThibeauIt?" " Yes." "That was another life." "I only know one." "Okay, then." "Come on." "The co-op received the bearing and pump shaft." "I'lI go pick them up." "The bearing and the shaft..." "Yeah..." "Sometimes in life, you're sure you've thought of everything, but you've forgotten a small detail." "I don't get it." "We're having a " berbecue" Sunday in michel's honour." " A barbecue, Manon, barbecue." " Yeah, that." "Did I invite you?" "I wanted to invite you, because..." "I wanted to invite the kids..." "Cousumain, another road to success" "We managed to stitch a single shoulder seam, here, covered with an insulation strip." "It seals the needle holes and makes it completely waterproof." "excellent." "It's expensive, but high-end." "I think these two models would be perfect for Harry's of London." "So then, you must present them." "My place is here at the studio, not over there." "I disagree." "You are Cousumain." "I never would have managed this project as you did." "It's time you reaped some of the benefits." "And London is one of them." "Excuse me." "Think about it." "What on earth...?" "What?" "What's with the typing?" "Who are you writing to, for godssake?" "What do you think I'm doing?" "honestly." "I don't know, Robert." "You do remember I lost my job?" "How could I not?" "It's aII-consuming." "What's that supposed to mean?" "It's just not worth making yourself miserable over." "Nothing I do is worthwhile." "That's not what I said!" " Right." "It's just a worthless dynamiterjob." "Forget it, Bob." "Let 'em screw you and be grateful." "Anyway... your wife makes twice your salary." "Why bust your ass to save yourjob?" " That's enough!" "No, not "that's enough," but " Iie down."" "Like a dog." "Don't I Iook like a dog?" "Shut up, get an occasional pat on the head and wag your tail." "I give up." "Then shut up." "What?" "I'm not asking you." "There's no such thing as a quiet revolution." "Just people moving forward... or back." "It depends." "Thanks." "Am I disturbing you?" "Yes, very much." "But it's always a pleasure." "please, sit down." "No, that's okay." "Neither of us has time to lose." "I think we share a mutual attraction." "Above all, it's time to face reality." "Yes, I..." "I think so, too." "I'lI go with you to London to see exactly what's between us." "But no promises." "It's simply... to see." "It's something I need to do." "That's all." "It's me." "I know you're there." "I can feel it." "I know you resent me." "That you hate me." "Knowing that has been my prison for four years." "Not hearing your voice." "I need you, michel." "I wrote you countless times." "Forgive me, my love." "Say something." "I beg you." "I need you so." "Where are you?" "A book a destiny" "acknowledge the presbytery" "Awash in aromas and the beaver" "Of he who resided in a cardboard cutout" "This is sure to be a Great Night of Poetry." "The peddlers of buggering federalism" "The vile stew of bribery" "Trudeau and his CBC-zure Iackeys" "To all these assholes" "We say Go fuck yourselves" "Goddamn sons-of-bitches" "Fucking bastards" "Burn in hell" "Now I am in the opulent city" "The great St. Catherine Street rocks" "Throughout 1001 neon nights so pretty" "I lie trapped in the brainbox" "Made prosaic in my language and loyalty" "Thrown off centre coincidentally" "So then Gaston Miron said, "Recite poetry."" "I have a hard-enough time with my songs..." "The big hand nailing us to the ground" "shall one day decay" "Its joints shall shatter like crystal" "Its nails fall" "The big hand shall decay..." "And we shall rise up and go elsewhere" "We were walking down the street" "She was not an angel" "No she was... a woman." "AII the men were jealous AII the women... invisible" "I saw only her" "Everywhere Everywhere" "My light" "For her" "Vanished" "Hey, what kind of game are you playing?" "Why didn't you tell me you could see?" "Sighted tuners don't work." "Why did you lie?" "You don't trifle with such things!" "You don't trifle with a 17-year-oId when you're 10 years her senior." "I had to maintain... some distance, Monique." "Distance, understand?" "Who are you to decide for me?" "What were you afraid of?" " I'm married, with children." " Shut up." "You asked me to live, to stay alive, because you loved me." "I also asked you to forget me." " Why?" " Because I knew I couldn't !" "You know what?" "I'm not the little kid - you are." "Because you don't have the courage to follow your heart." "Who are you?" "Leave me alone, please." "Leave me alone." "Dammit, is this a vacation, or a business trip?" "Who are you lying to?" "!" " No one!" "Oh, I don't know..." "Where are you going?" "!" " To IsabeIIe's !" " Wait!" "Wait." "I said, wait!" "Don't leave me!" "Don't leave me." "call AushwaId back." "tell him you've changed your mind, you're not going." "tell him... tell him I exist!" "I beg you." "You need never beg me." "Understand?" "Never!" "Nor do I." "Now let me go." "What are you waiting for here?" "Huh?" "Major things are brewing, michel." "It's going to be big." "I can't get mixed up in that." "I don't want to, either." "I know." "I'm not asking you to." "I wanted to see you before..." "You can't stay." "It's too risky." "You have a lover?" "I don't know." "You?" "I..." "Iove you." "Goddamn you!" "I've been expecting you." "I just wanted to apologize for yesterday." "It's my fault." "please, come closer." "Come." "Do you remember...?" "will you remember" "The date I had to break" "Never never... never you will come" " No." "Never never you'lI never know" "Whether it was a game" "Or if..." "I Ioved you" "Did you know he wasn't blind?" "Cross your heart?" "If so, you would have told me?" "Not right away." "Later, yes." "But not right away." "You think he was right to hide that from me?" "That he had a wife and children?" "It's not for me to judge." "Yet your religion is nothing if notjudgmentaI." "You're hurting, aren't you, sweetheart?" "I was such a damn fool." "Why didn't he tell me?" "Why didn't he tell me about it?" "It's okay, I would've laughed." "He had no right to keep that from me." "Maybe... he thought you'd forget him." "No, Mom." "He didn't ." "He loves me." "I'm not blind." "He feels as strongly as I do." "But he was afraid." "And the eyes never lie." "What if you're wrong?" "What if Jorge is Mr. Right?" "He's the man of my Iife, but not the love of my Iife." "He's always known that." "I've always been upfront with him." "You're thinking of Dad." "You know, we were very much in love." "Very." "You can't use the past tense." "Love doesn't die." "Even when we want it to." "First, Jimi Hendrix," "last September 18th, and today, the one-and-onIy Janis joplin." "In local news, tonight the Expos welcome..." "It's going to be big, michel." "Fucking big." "Janis is dead, Thérèse." "Of heartbreak, I'm sure." "You're so beautiful." "It's not Thérèse, michel." "Huh?" "It's Manon." "Manon is very worried." "Are you okay?" "Leave him to me." "You Gagnés, when you faII in love, you sure faII hard." "incredible, getting so messed up." "He'lI get over it." "He better, the little scamp." "He's starting to confuse dreams with reality." "It troubles me." "Huh?" "Nothing." "I know what I mean." "... as for the fate of the British Trade Commissioner," "James Richard Cross, who was abducted this morning by four armed individuaIs" "Hey, the news." "The QLF just abducted a bloke." "finally some action." "closer to home, too." "Jorge called." "He's in New York for three more weeks." "And I need him." " You need Jean." "I need to forget him." "That's not how it works, sweetie." "I know." "CIaude-Jean de Virieux summarizes the day's events." "The abduction occurred this morning at 8:25 a.m." "Mr. Cross was at home..." "follow me." "You'lI be a lifesaver." "We have another report on the Cross kidnapping." "You'lI read this live." "You look tired." "Thanks." "Makeup covers everything." "Don't worry." " Sure you're okay?" " Yeah..." "I sense sarcasm." "Not at all." "I'm just gIum." "Have dinner with me?" "Your wife wouldn't approve." "Fuck!" "Sure smells like sour grapes around here?" "What are you doing here, dammit?" "!" "Some branches need cutting." "Someone's got to do it." " I told you I'd take care of it." " Yes." "But you never did." "What's your problem?" "You know what happened, dammit!" "Yes, your girlfriend died." "So now what?" " Fuck off." " Besides telling me off." "It's an honest question, michel." "Manon and I are worried sick." "We won't watch you bury yourself too!" "We love you - but alive and kicking." "clear?" "I'lI take care of it." "alone?" "No, with Thérèse, you dolt." "You know nothing about orchards." "I'lI ask Jeanne for help." "Manon might object." "No need to lay it on so thick." "Come have breakfast." "Eating before drinking might be a nice change." "Come on." "Fear." "Face your fear." "Fear is the enemy." "It, too, must be embraced." "Her name is HéIène." "They are married, have two healthy children, a life, a piano, four cats and many friends." "She sings, he writes music." "They're made for each other." "Why does life always seem to favour others?" "Enjoy it." "London is wonderful." "Yes, right." "Quit worrying." "Just enjoy it." "There'lI be plenty of time for questions later." "Just enjoy!" "I'm not going to London to enjoy anything!" "No, you're going to London... to find out what's right for you." "If you were a man, you wouldn't think twice." "well, I'd be wrong." "Attitudes may change and you may reinvent the world..." "You have the time, you don't have children." "You won't turn men into women and vice versa." "That's the Iast thing we need." "Actions have consequences." "exactly, you're weighing the consequences." "They're not mutually exclusive." "But I'm afraid." "Fear doesn't have a chance against you." "You'lI wipe the floor with it." "I'm in love, Dad." "Not with Jorge." "Another man." "A married man." "Thanks for not saying anything." "I appreciate it." "I want to see him again." "But I don't know how he'lI react." "Everyone must decide for themselves." "Too bad, but how others react is out of your hands." "I might break up a marriage." "You're not married, he is." "Others are never responsible for a couple's breakup." "If the guy can't make up his mind, just cut and run, sweetheart." "See, that's the purpose of your mother's trip." "It's been really tough on me, but..." "I admire her for living life to the fullest." "I don't expect " Super May."" "I Iove her unconditionally, for who she is." "I Iove herjust the way she is." "Whether near or from far." "I feel so naive." "It's true." "You're no babe in the woods." "You're just not always wiser than your years, sweetheart." "Huh?" "I'm really rusty!" "I don't know if I can do it." "It's like riding a bicycle or making love!" "It all comes back!" " We never did it on a bike!" " Sure!" "Last night." "I was straddling your bar." "Bad girl!" "Somebody strap her down!" "You'lI tell Mom!" "The kidnapping of Mr. Laporte occurred just 30 minutes after Minister of Justice Jerome Choquette refused to submit to the demands of the Quebec Liberation Front, which demanded the release of 20 so-caIIed political prisoners and their safe passage to Cuba or AIgeria." "You've got good old Harry eating out of your hand." "You could sell him anything." "No, he's much wiIier than you think." "I know." "AII the more to your credit." "I had a wonderful evening." "AII four of us did." "Four?" "Your husband was at your side all evening." "It's true." "You said you were coming to London to see." "Mission accomplished, I'd say." "I'm sorry." "Yet you are separated?" "But there must be a mourning period." "Mourning what?" "The way we were, which is no more." "Your husband is a very lucky man, May." "I'm a very lucky woman." "well, on that note, I forsake you." "Good night and good luck..." "Mrs. Gagné." "Good night, Mr. AushwaId." "Have you seen the news?" "tell michel to lay low." "Above all, to stay put." "It's heavy." "hold him down if you have to." "War measures!" "Come on." "They've lost their minds." "The suspension of the bill of Rights." "well, hell  to be brought quickly to bear on all those persons advocating or practising violence as a means of achieving political ends." "If a democratic society is to continue to exist, it must be able to root out the cancer of an armed, revolutionary movement that is bent on destroying the very basis of our freedom." "In the montreal area, a massive Iate-night sweep was conducted." "police and armed forces then conducted searches and made arrests throughout the city and the suburbs." "It's gotten completely out of hand." "We must get your brother released - quick!" "We've tried everything." "It's chaos." "The world's gone mad." "I'm not sure there's a cure." "What's happening..." "It's a complete step backward for society." "That, my little firebrand, is for history to decide." "And your father?" "He hit the roof when he heard about michel's arrest." "And get this - he even tried to visit him in jail." "See?" "It's not a complete step backward." "Monique?" "She's having another kind of breakdown." "This time, too, I'm afraid people might get hurt." "It's me." "Just give me two minutes." "Just two minutes, then I'lI go." "Ours is a short story, anyway." "I made choices." "I accept the consequences." "Condemn them if you will, but" "No, I just don't understand." "Look..." "I'm not a little girl anymore." "Thinking of your wife?" "Yes." "Me, too." "I won't share you." "That requires time I don't have, my love." "I know." "We'lI meet back here." "In a week." "If you come, it's forever." "If not, it's forever, too." "But I warn you:" "I hate stories that end "Once upon a single time."" "That was the morning Jean first came to believe that October and life could be reconciled." "And that nothing... would ever be the same again." "Not him, nor this blind love, nor this nation." "Why did you hide this from me?" "really!" "Hide what?" "My son isn't involved!" "loyalty demanded it." " loyalty?" " Yes!" "absolutely!" "I couId have been a target." "What?" "!" "I'm not claiming your son would go that far, but the people he associates with, yes!" "Such groups are just a step away from Nazism and the extermination of Jews!" " hold on!" "That's going way too far!" " It's not what I meant to say!" "But you're the one who can't see." "You have no right to condemn my son out of hand!" "Fascists are fascists." "Yacob, you're confusing everything." "loyalty, bigotry, my son, the QLF" " No!" "I don't think so." "And all things considered" " Okay." "I understand." "ugly, huh?" "That's the new University of Quebec." "And 65 students per class, all of whom are insatiable and rude." "Thanks for the tour, but I'm done with teaching." "Wait, wait." "Look." "UQÀM isn't even a year old." "It's a bunch of clerics and tiresome feminists." "It's a mess, it ain't worth shit yet." "But it has two things going for it." "One, it's trying to be democratic;" "two, to be connected to reality." "So we need hotheads like you who do more than spout dreary theory." "I won't quit my job at Radio-Canada." "I should hope not!" "Do both!" "Why would I do that?" "Try it for one term - you'lI have not one, but 65 good reasons." "Despite being near-aduIts, they're still our children." "Look, I'lI buy you a smoked meat at select and you agree." "The pay's terrible, too." "sold." "My mother has never let life get the better of her." "It would be disrespectful." " Can I help you?" " You work here?" "Yes, I'm the proprietress." "Are you here for the job, or the apartment?" "Both, actually." "Great!" "Any experience?" "Regarding the apartment, no." "It's my first." "But I do have work experience." "actually, it was I who established the studio." "I set it up." "pleased to meet you." "Meredith Rondeau." " delighted." " Amazing." "excellent." " Thank you." "But, uh, I don't think I can pay you what you're worth." "We can always discuss it." "AII night, the St. Hubert Airport was abuzz with activity." "Army helicopters flew in and out nonstop." "hercules transport aircraft were also parked on the tarmac. ..." "I don't understand." "We're not expecting any deliveries." "It must be a mist..." "Oh, my god." "No" " marcel." "Sign here, we'lI have it upstairs in a jiff!" " Uh, yes..." " You all right?" " This is just so unexpected." " It's a gift?" "The best ever." "If you only knew." "Had we known, we would've wrapped it." " It's only good for two years." " What?" "Pardon?" "Your Mr. Gagné paid for return delivery, but only for two years." "Robert Gagné, you little devil!" "You okay?" "I'm just scared." "Of...?" "myself." "No, I know Monique." "She goes to ridiculous extremes, but she's IeveI-headed." "You're such a nut sometimes." "If I keep taking care of you, I will be for good." "He'lI get there at the Iast minute, but tonight." "You know artists - always late." "Do I ever." "Hi." "They released me." "I don't know why." "They said nothing." "I had no money, no jacket, nothing." "Am I disturbing you?" "He's not coming." "Come on now." "Ever!" "will you remember" "The date I had to break" "will you return on a spring night..." "Are you okay?" "I found you on the floor." "You were out a Iong time." "You're Monique's daughter." "And Jorge's ." "Of course." "She's dead?" "I never really knew her." "I miss her." "I don't know why." "When fate comes knocking, it's often because something needs rebuilding." "We'lI rebuild, michel." "We won't be pushed around!" "No way!" "They planted the dynamite to frame you!" "Look, Pierre, I'm done, okay?" "I've had it." "With the world, politics..." "I just want to be left alone." "To hell with the rest." "bullshit." "That's not you." "You've never bowed down before." "I'm not on my knees, I'm prostrate." "It's different." "And you know what?" "I just want to make money." " Make money?" " Yeah." "Money." "Just for the fun of buying them all off." "Of shutting them up." " Buy who off?" " Those in power." "Those doing and authorizing this." "Not everyone's for sale." "Those who aren't aren't interested in power." "I'lI prove you wrong." "I'm interested in politics." "Yeah... well, come see me." "I'lI be happy to make you a deal." "michel should go back to montreal, if it's so much better." "He's no Superman." "Fine, what happened to Thérèse was hard." "Mind you, friends like these we could do without." "Fine, it was traumatic, but we were all there for him." "well, say something, Jeanne." "I Iove michel." "really." "Forget everything I said about michel, okay?" "A mother's heart can be foolish." " You said it." "Go after him, before he gets into more shit." "Now?" "Like this?" "He's in no position to be difficult!" "Sorry." "No, you're right." ""Dear, dear Jorge." ""My Spaniard." ""I'm writing to you from St. Anne." ""I'm learning that though it's hard to win one's freedom," ""accepting that of others is even harder." ""please accept mine." ""I'm leaving." "I will travel across the Americas." ""And perhaps understand what drove me to this doomed love for Jean."" "I Iove you." " Me, too, my angel." "Once I have travelled around the world" "Once I have walked over each and every rock" "Once I have seen the neon lights of 1,000 towns" "Once my restless spirit is soothed" "I'II come back to you my love" "Once I have consigned the universe to memory" "Once I know the end of the story" "Once my eyes have been flooded with light" "Once I have exhausted my need for flight" "I'II come back to you my love" "Come on, sweetie, we're going to be quite a hit!" "What's this?" "hello there!" "Come here, handsome." "I'm miguel's father." " Come on now, claudio." " Who am I?" "Straight from colombia, just for you!" "My Spaniard!" "I'm so glad you're here." " We wouldn't have missed it." "What a beautiful son you have." "It could've been ours!" "Yes, she's right here." "Just a second." "Gorgeous!" "It's your sister." "Momo, don't be mad." "I'm going to be late, but for very good reason." "Bourassa was waiting for your art opening to launch the elections." "well, it's done." "I'm going on the air, then I'm on my way." "You and your two jobs." "I don't have a boyfriend, I have to compensate." "Get here soon." "There's beautiful people." "Sixty-four students?" "We agreed on 40 max." "That's what happens when you're a star reporter." "Fuck off." "Cut it down to 45 max - only because I'm in a good mood." "Fine, but you handle the tantrums and death threats." "S'cuse me." "He drops by, quietly lays his document on the pile, then disappears, hoping you will say " I do."" "excellent student." "Suck-up, is more like it." "Good-Iooking guy." "I don't sleep with students." "Anyway, I hate freaks." "So get in line like everyone else." "So beautiful, so bright, yet so alone!" "Your radicalism will be your undoing." "Your irreverence will be your undoing." "You should try it sometime." "It would help us understand you better." "You're getting on my nerves!" "Look." "It's your business." "It's your baby." "You're in charge." "You're the boss." "Good, huh?" "Ever heard a dope-fiend say otherwise?" "You're a cold fish." "I didn't know you made miracles." "Yes, you did." "always." "If ever you want a child... just say the word." "Don't say that." " Just say the word." " Stop." " Miss Barton." " Stop." "I'm not an old maid." " No, you're magnificent." " Magnificent?" "You said it." "I did, anyway." "Thank you." "It's our Monique!" "Why is she covering her beautiful eyes?" "Good question." "Not leaving already?" "No, I just got here." " well, I can't stay long." "I'm working at michel's tomorrow." " Is michel here?" " Not yet." " You know full well he won't come." "You took the wrong coat this morning." "We'd agreed you'd stopped doing coke." "I won't watch you slowly seIf-destruct." "I don't know about you, but I have a choice." "I'm sure they're still sleeping together." "Not in a million years." "You don't know them." "You're just blind to them." "We think our parents have no sex life after 50." "Parents screw like rabbits." "They're separated." "There's nothing more rousing." "Everybody knows that." "They would've told me." "No way." "They don't want to hear about their sex life on the news." "He was walking by, recognized his future prof." "He picks up a flyer and says hi." "Good evening..." "pascal Réheaut." "I'm the "tomato sandwich."" "The what?" "Ooh, bad timing on my part." "No, it's the shock." "We're a little gone." "Me, too, actually." "I'm already gone." "This is all you?" "I'lI come back." "Promise." " Okay." " What was that all about?" " One my students, with the mental age of a 12-year-oId." "Bitch." "Yeah, huh?" "I'm sure he's gay." "Of course, claudio." "He's handsome, smart and sensitive." "He must be gay." "You know what, girls?" "It's late." "Too late?" "We're old ladies." "I waited for you all night." "I felt your presence." "I felt you looking at the poster and wondering:" ""Why is she covering her eyes?"" "To eclipse you, Jean CaIixa." "So that you disappear." "Or to open them again and finally find you there." "I tried very hard to forget you, Jean." "really." "But I just can't ." "I wait for you, and wait for you still." "I, who am running out of time." "Jorge wants me to have his baby." "I don't believe in miracles." "Except Spanish ones." "Oh, no." "Thanks, guys!" "It was fun!" "I just loved it!" "Not work again?" "A tomato sandwich..." "unbelievable." "Oh, I know why." "Why Monique's eyes are covered." "Love is blind." "I disagree." "It opened my eyes." "I think you're magnificent." "Not always." "But often." "Can I spend the night here?" "You always do, May." "Even when you sleep at home." "Maybe Monique refuses to see the future." "We never know how much time we have." "Do you think I'm old?" "We can discuss the future, then?" "But not tonight, okay?" "Come into my arms." "In exactly 28 days, Monday, November 15," "Quebecers will be going to the polls, although the liberal party has reneged on its promise to reform Quebec's voting system." "Pierre Gagné's brother member of QLF" " He's twisting words a bit..." " What's fact and what's fiction?" "michel did do jail time for stealing dynamite." "But he didn't know it was for the QLF..." "They sow doubt." "It's damn underhanded." "That's BoiIeau's style." "He has the paper in his pocket." "No wonder he's been in power 29 years!" "He calls the shots!" "We can't take this lying down!" "Denis, we don't have time to waste on these kinds of attacks." "Face-to-face, anytime, but not this." "I went into politics to change these very tactics, so forget it." "He'lI eat you alive." "Pierre's right." "It's beneath him." "It's IsabeIIe." "The news must already have reached montreal." "What if people start asking questions?" "We tell the truth." "The truth..." "That's all well and good, but it won't be enough." "I'm well aware of that." "But Pierre is Pierre." "He's straight as an arrow, but admittedly a tad rigid." "So what now?" "I'lI take care of it." "It's got nothing to do with journalism." "I don't think you belong in my class." "I tried being dull, but it wasn't enough, is that it?" "No, I Ioved your style." "Pretty off-the-waII, but... appealing." "ButjournaIism demands a minimum of rigour." "I'm too over-the-top, is that it?" "Yeah, if you Iike." "Anything I can do to change your mind?" "Not really, no." "So it's true what they say about you." "No, worse." "What if I tried a little emotional blackmail?" " Get real!" " The ombudsman, then?" "You are over-the-top." "Good luck, pascal." "Good luck to you, too." "Good." "I was just about to call you." "No need." "I read about this in the paper this morning." "appalling." "frankly, Binette went way too far." "The editorialist." "Come off it, Mr. BoiIeau." "Binette is a puppy." "Raise your voice, and he pisses himself." "Now that's just mean." "I can always send the paper a letter of protest." "No, the damage is done." "In an election, the more you defend yourself, the guiltier you look." "But two can play this game." "And we'lI play hardball." "Are you threatening me?" "Here, this is yours." "The mailman must've made a mistake." "Sorry, I inadvertently opened it." "My wife's investments are her affair!" "Of course, you're the only man in her life." "Don't start any rumours, now." " That's blackmail!" "illegal!" "Fair is fair." "My regards to the missus." "With everything she's put into tax havens," "I'd better be nice to her, huh?" "Bye now." "Taking our memories down from the wall does not make it fall." ""There is no need to say the words they know in their hearts." ""This encounter is no coincidence." ""It is no less than fate." "The end."" "You left out the ending." "It's not important." "To you, perhaps, but not to me." "Why did you stop there?" " There's nothing more to tell." " That's not true." " She forgot me - period!" "She couldn't have." "Then I forgot her." "That's life." "Or whatever." "Just another clichéd love story." " Not to me!" "It's my Iife, my history!" "What is it you want?" "I want to know the ending." "Where it ends for you and begins for me." "Before it's too late." "Here." "If you're not afraid of the truth." "I Iove you." "will you love me until tomorrow?" "You're spending the night?" "And your wife?" "It's over." "HéIène is in Europe until December." "When she returns, I'm moving out." "Does she know?" "Was it awful?" "For her, but not for you." "That's harsh." "I can understand, even though..." "What?" "I know she can steal you back." "It's over between us." "really." "You know what's really true?" "I'm famished." "A complaint to the ombudsman is no laughing matter!" "I warned you." "As a joke!" "You like screwing with people!" "Okay, joke's over." "I'lI withdraw my complaint." "I just thought..." "What?" "folly would be less daunting to you than ennui." "And given the choice between the triteness of caviar... and the pleasure of a tomato sandwich, together in a big, unmade bed, you'd much prefer the sandwich." "Seems I picked the wrong bed." "Sorry." "I do prefer the sandwich!" "Then what's the problem?" "I'm not toasted enough for you?" "Or you'd prefer brown bread and bacon?" "Which is it?" " You're 23." " So?" "I couId be 83 - it wouId just be more complicated." " I'm 35." " Good enough." "It could be just about sex, if you want." "I do!" "You still here?" " There's still a Iot to do." " Are you done?" "We always think so, but you know how it is." " Sorry, I really don't have time..." "Sure you do." "AII the time in the world." "Your wife's still in St. Anne;" "you're going round in circles, completely lost." "I know," "I went through the same thing when your mother left." "Look, I didn't ask you for anything." "I know." "You haven't learned to ask, or take." "AII I taught you was how to blow up mountains." "You've become the image of your father." "A mirror image." "As hard, as uncommunicative." "Everything we both hate." "So... what's the point of moving mountains, starting revolutions, even having children, if that can't change?" "It's too late." "I'm not a kid anymore." " Great." "Neither am I." "So when you're ready..." "I'lI be there." "Not a word!" "No?" "Are you sure?" " What did you do?" " What?" "So they'd drop the piece on michel and the QLF?" "And don't take me for a fool." " I did what had to be done." " What's that mean?" "You'lI see in due course." "Did you call michel?" "I tell you, sometimes..." "I'm indispensable, I know." " I called him." " And?" "He's on his way." "You didn't tell me!" "You have to tell me everything." " I'm not so sure about that!" "Okay, enough." "We'lI argue later." "I have to warn Jeanne." "You wouldn't happen to know... why they dropped the subject?" " No." "No idea." "Sorry, Sam." "I was somewhere else." "We'lI take two." "I know I shouldn't be here." "I flew in from Paris tonight." "I'm leaving, Jean." "With the children." "No joint custody." "I can't do it." "The children stay with me." "I won't share them." "That's my ultimatum." "Take it or leave it." "It's up to you." "You know where to reach me." "My love." "It's my turn to break our date." "You've made your decision." "You're going back to your wife." "I am not, nor will I ever accept being, merely your mistress." "My journals are yours." "Turn them into a song or what you will." "They're about my Iife with you, which is yours to keep." "Leave the key on the table." "But, please, no goodbyes." "I wish you happiness." "But, above all, the courage to fulfill yourself." "With love." "The leaders of the five major parties were among the first to cast their ballots today." "The head of the Parti Québécois, Mr. Réné Lévesque, casting his vote in the Outremont riding." "The truth, or I'm changing doctors." "I've always been upfront with you." "Jeez, this close and serious - it must be bad news." "You're pregnant, sweetheart." "Jorge always says it's hard to tell good news from bad." "It doesn't seem so funny anymore." "Jorge's the father?" "The father is gone." "He doesn't know..." " You want to keep it?" " I don't know." "It's not without risk, Monique." "You know your illness has had serious after-effects." "What would you do?" "I'd tell my favourite doctor to mind his own business." "But to inform me of all the risks, potential complications...." "AII possible outcomes." " Not necessary." "He knows." "In your heart you will find peace" "And nowhere else" "And nowhere else..." "Not if Pierre gets elected, but when." "He'lI be the first, too." "So join us at the arena to celebrate." "We'lI be there regardless." "Jeez!" "Did you turn her into such a pessimist?" "That's not how I raised her." "Just a warning..." "Dad will be there." "Take care, esteemed nitwit." "See you later!" " Good luck!" " Thanks!" "Yeah, good luck." "I'm worried about michel." "He didn't say anything when you mentioned your father." "It's none of our business." "Then why bring it up?" "Why?" "well, uh..." "I just wanted him to know." "You did the right thing." "We'lI prevail with michel yet." "What are you laughing at?" " I'm not laughing." "You're exasperating." "It's not funny." "Now, it must be pointed out that this is the shortest election campaign in Quebec's political history." " It truly is." "Remember that exactly 28 days ago, the Iieutenant-governor..." " Why are you voting in my riding?" "Didn't you change your address?" " Not on the electoral roll." "I wanted to nullify your precious liberal vote!" "It's starting!" "Get dressed!" "We're going to be late!" "... expects the next government of Quebec to be formed by the Parti Québécois, with a majority." "They just announced it." "We have an MP in the family!" ""My darling julie," ""you are now heir to our story." "I have been on the greatest journey" "From my childhood" "To the present day" "Without goodbyes or souvenirs" "Without regrets or any fears" "I have reviewed the years strife" "The 33 years of my Iife" "Of all the leaves that I have booked" "This was the greatest that I took" "Things between us will be explosive?" "We'lI just have to be careful." "Yeah." "I am fish and game" ""To our daughter julie," ""to finish our story." ""My darling julie," ""you are now heir to our story." ""Mine and Monique's ." ""My child," ""my daughter." ""We are not merely love stories." ""We are not merely lakes and rivers," ""quiet revolutions." ""zero deficits or music," ""songs and referendums." ""We are, first and foremost, all our children," ""whether from here or abroad." "We are first and foremost" ""a few clans, communities and nations along a nourishing, endless river."" "I am unemployment and exile" "Everything okay?" "I am October and hope" "I'm not afraid anymore!" "I am a race perhaps to die in a short while" "I am Quebec dead or alive" "I never thought... that I couId be so proud to be a Quebecer!" "I am Quebec dead or alive" "translation and subtitling:" "D. Gauthier, CNST, montreal"