"This is how it all began" "Jérôme, get a hair-cut for God's sake." "Okay, Mum, if I must submit and conform." "I'll introduce myself." "I'm Jérôme, a student in philosophy." "I've attained a certain balance in my life throughsomesoundprecepts thatleadto abroadeningofthemind." "Philosophy may seem unrealistic to some butI fellthatitaloneteachesyouthe rightway to live correctly." "I have a girlfriend, Claire." "We share a lot" "And so I have a full and happy life devoid of the rowdy excess typical of those generally termed the "young"" "who follow the regressive codes of the social norm." "Or so I used to think..." "Let's start at the beginning." "Morning!" "Just a second" "How can I help?" "It's my hair..." "I need to get it cut." "Long, isn't it?" "Let's get it washed." " Not too hot for you?" " No, it's fine!" "Brice, you see to him!" "Brice..." "Hi!" "I'm Brice." "What d'you want done?" "Jérôme..." "I dunno." "Whatever you think." "Good, the simple type." "So what do you do?" "I'm doing a thesis." "In philosophy." "That's brilliant." "I was good at school." "I love TV debates." "People don't think enough now, they're so prejudiced." "I see that here, whith the customers we get" "I know what I'll do!" "Like it?" "It's quite a change..." "Great!" "20 euros, whith our card." "What was happening to me?" "What was happening to me?" ""The Criticism of Judgement" again." "Beauty must be distinguished from the pleasant" "The pleasant is that which pleases your interests." "In the case of beauty, satisfaction ignores my expectations" "He asserts himself anyway It asserts itself..." "I consider that this satisfaction... and plenitude, in their true meaning, should be shared by all" "How does Kant experience it?" "Is it physical?" "How does Kant experience it?" " Are you okay?" " Of course!" "It's a passing emotive state, a reaction caused by stress I mustn't let it get to me" "there must be a cure!" "There must be a cure?" "A cure?" "Such as herbal tea or aspirin?" "Aspirin?" "There's no cure when you're in love." " When you're what?" " Try two aspirins." "But us?" "Claire, I mean..." "A hairdresser" "I'm reassured." "I felt as sexy as Descartes, given your reactions." "Don't say that." "I love you" "Claire..." "Claire..." "Brice..." "Brice..." "I had to face it." "I was in love." "Since wisdom lies in turmoil," "I decided to accept my fate." "Come and eat!" "Dad, Mum, Charlotte, Kevin..." "I have some news." "I'm in love with a hairdresser." "Mum, the lasagne!" "Well, with a boy who's a hairdresser" "Don't make such a song and dance?" "Do what you like." "We don't want to influence your life" "We want you to be happy" "Mum, the lasagne!" "Françoise, the lasagne..." "The lasagne!" "My family let me down once again" "The problem was, how could I see Brice again?" "How do you talk to a hairdresser?" "None of my books could tell me that." "How come Kant or Socrates who should've know, had no theory aboout it?" "I had to go back to the salon." "In the case..." "My thesis was stalled." "You're getting to like us!" "Back here for me?" "My hair seems to be growing fast." "Who usually does you?" "I'll do you." "A good customer like you..." "Not too hot, dearie?" "The girls must love you, handsome." "Stop it..." "Don't move!" " It stings!" " What a baby!" "Short, we said?" "This is a sacrifice." "Brice, I'm doing it for you!" "Each lock of hair pushes back... our next meeting." "My despair, clump by clump." "I enjoy life." "I love to go out." "Exactly." "Wallow in wine, poetry and virtue." "Wallow in them, as Baudelaire said." "So Brice was one of those Epicureans who go to clubs." "I had to reconsider things." "Daydreaming, are we?" "I'd run out of ways to see Brice" "I'd run out of energy too." "Just like my family" "I'm so happy for you." " When do we meet him?" " Mum!" "Sorry, I'll let you live your life." "Help me..." "For old times' sake?" "Claire, I'm sorry!" " How about flowers?" " I'd feel too ridiculous." "He's a hairdresser." "Put yourself on his level." "Talk about the weather, interior decoration..." "You're doing a Ph.D." "and you can't manage that?" "Either you contemplate ideas forever or face facts and talk to him directly and phenomenoligically." " you think so?" " Yes." "So I talked to him." "We're too complex." "But I understand you." "I have someone too." " Someone?" " How?" "Someone special, who doesn't know." "You can't contemplate ideas forever." "Face things directly, phenomenologically." "Jérôme, you speak so well!" "We just met but I feel so close to you." "Come and see her whith me." "She's so pretty..." "She works at the supermarket." "You can help me." "You know the right words." "I can't go alone." "Can you do that for me?" "Will you?" "Thanks so much." "I gave him a hand." "Now, we're friends." "That's something." "I feel lost now." "Totally lost." "I'm taking care of Mum." "She's depresssed." " Tody's her aqua-gym class" "I don't know why she made me come." "I can do my thesis..." "We finish at 4, right?" "This is my son, Jérôme." "He's doing a Ph.D." "See you at 4, then." "I was going to go home..." "No, come and pick me up, dear!" "Of course, at 4." "Good, we'll talk then." "See you later." "Or I forget my thesis." "For good." "I can try practical philosophy or participative sociology, the psychology of exchange." "I think I have my work cut out."