"Why?" " Come on." "Give me your hand." "Versailles" ""Unemployment is over." "We have work for you."" "Mum, look !" "Mum !" "Where is Vuzey ?" "Vuzey ?" "I don't know." "Did you mean Vuvre ?" "Enzo, your shoelaces !" "I'm sorry, there are no vacancies today." "What about tomorrow ?" "Come back tomorrow and see." "Mademoiselle ?" "Mademoiselle !" "Would you like to drink something hot ?" "Would you like a duvet ?" "Have you eaten today ?" "Hi." "Would you like a hot drink ?" "We'll find you a bed for tonight." "Is your child ok ?" "Yes, he is ok." "Breathe deeply." "Very deeply." "Has this child been registered ?" "So you've got the family record book in your city hall ?" "Where is it now ?" " I don't know." "They must have taken it." "Who has taken it ?" "I don't know." "I forgot." "Someone." "I'm tired." " You'll be able to rest here." "It's your questions that make me tired." " I know." "Listen Nina, nobody is going to take your child." "Enzo will sleep with you tonight in Versailles." "I will not go to Versailles." "We'll take to Versaille right now." "There are solutions." "There are refuges." "Refuges ?" "Come on, I've been on waiting lists for years." "Nina, the first thing to do is to fill in forms." "And I need your help for that." "What for ?" "To go where ?" "A refuge ?" "What kind of refuge ?" "Nina, have we ever met before ?" "Talked or work together ?" "You're not the first one I see." " All right." "A last question and I'll stop bothering you." "Can you spell your name ?" "Vuzay." "With a 'y'." "It's going to be fine." " Yeah, sure it'll be fine..." "For who ?" "You or me ?" "You must really be brainless." "Stop the damn car !" " Calm down, please." " Let me get out !" "Stephen, stop the car !" " Open the door !" "Sir, you should stay with us." " You're pissing me off !" "Sir !" "Shit !" "You'll come to me later in order to register." "It's right down the hall, ok ?" "Pierrot has always his head in the clouds." "But Pierrot goes back down to Earth." ""I fell from the moon." "I crossed the universe without a rocket the sky without a plane," "and the globe without a car. "" "Then Pierrot falls out of bed and calls, "Mummy !" "Mummy !"." "And his mother comes to get him and holds him into her arms." "And his mother : 'Did you dream ?" "'" "'Oh, tell me, Pierrot'." "That's the end of the story." "Little Pierrot had dreamt." "Now it's time to sleep." "I'll see you in the morning." " Mummy." " Do you want my hand ?" "Mummy !" " Yes ?" "Who is Vuzay ?" "It's no one." "I said that so that you can stay with me." "You are not going to work tonight ?" "No." "Go to sleep now." "I'm hungry." " Me too." "We'll find something." "The nearest train station ?" "It depends on where you want to go." " Paris." "Follow the path along the plane trees." "You should be there within five minutes." "Enzo, wait for me !" "Enzo !" "Enzo !" "Look at this, mummy !" " Come here to me." " Where are you going ?" "Have this, little man." "We're going to the train station." "That's the wrong way." "Where is it then ?" "Somewhere behind me." "Over there." "Sit down." "Why do you want to go there ?" "Do you believe you'll get a train ?" "There aren't any." "Did you visit the castle ?" "Did you like it ?" "Did you see the King's bed ?" " Do you know who stays with him ?" "The first valet." "He sleeps at the end of his bed." "In a little camp bed." "The first man to wake up in the castle." "It's the valet." "Before everybody." "But he doesn't touch the King." "Nobody touches the King." "So the first valet, he comes near the King's bed, doesn't touch where he sleeps and whispers : 'Sir, sir, it's time'." "Put your bag down." "It's been five days since I spoke to somebody." "Then, I'll take you where you want." "Did you also have to suffer their plans ?" "Their 'contracts for the future' ?" "'You must pull yourself together, wake up early." "We'll find you a job." "You don't have any qualifications ?" "No problem.'" "'We'll find you a course'." "'But first of all, you must do a preliminary training'." "'Of course, you'll have to do a small refresher course." "You can't do it ?" "'" "'No problem !" "We've prepared something nice for you'." "'In order to get you ready." "It's just a little treatment." "Come on, there's no time to waste.'" "'We have to do everything in six months !" "Let's get into it !" "'" "'Forward, march !" "'" "So, since you're forced, you move your ass." "You stand up." "And you see two millions of unemployed people." "Two millions." "That's not enough for them." "They still have time to piss us off." "The wounds that I've suffered from, will disappear." "I'll wipe the bitter tears." "I will be big and rough like a warrior." "And when they'll ask for my name, I'll say : 'Damien'." " Have you never worked ?" "No, never." "A year in prison, a year on the dole." "But it's all over now." " You're right." "You don't have too much temptation in here" " I've lost interest anyway." "What does interest you ?" "Odours." "His name is Enzo." " Why are you telling me this ?" " Just to talk." " But why this ?" " All right, forget it." "I don't care what his name is." "Did I ask you?" "You're the only one asking questions ?" " Answer me." "Did I ask you ?" "You're making me tired." "How do you do ?" "You eat oak nuts all year long ?" "In the winter, you pick up some firewood ?" "What about you ?" "Me ?" "How long are you going to live like this ?" "Your child is going to grow up." "He'll have to go to school." "Did you think about it ?" "You could get some help." "There are loads of organizations." "I know one in Versailles." "Do you have documents." "Are your papers in order ?" "Why aren't you getting any help ?" "Even a girl like you deserves it." " No." "I'm too young." " Really ?" "How old are you ?" "23." "You have to be 25 to get welfare supplement." "But I don't want it anyway." "I don't like to be bought." "You're stupid." "You know nothing." "Did you read anything about law ?" "No, you didn't." "Article 'L', 262, part 1 :" "'Every people living in France and raising one or several children has the right to welfare supplement.'" "Come on, you can laugh." "This child has only you." "What happens if you get into trouble ?" "They will take him and he'll be placed him in a adoptive home." "If you needed some company, you should have got yourself a dog." "Who are you to talk to me like this ?" "With your cheap morals." "Guys like you that wake from their frenzy when they are 30 and complain because they've achieved nothing." "I fuck guys like you." "Wait a minute." "Are you talking about morals ?" "I piss in your face !" "What's this morals ?" "Take a look at your life." "What's your life ?" "It's everything you see." "And everything you can't see." " Shut the fuck up !" "You still believe in it, don't you ?" "Come back, it's dangerous over there." "'The caress and the grapeshot," "And that wound that tears us appart...'" "What are you doing ?" " I'm kissing you" "You shouldn't." " Can I touch your morals ?" "There isn't your name here." "Damn it !" "Shit !" "What's your name, Enzo ?" "Enzo." "What's your full name ?" "Enzo." "What's your mother's name ?" "Nina." "Where were you yesterday ?" "Try to remember, you were looking for the train station." "We ate some chicken." "And before that ?" "Do you know the factory where your mother works ?" "Which factory is it ?" "Does it have a name ?" "What kind of factory is it ?" " I don't know." "Don't lie !" "She said that she often takes you to this factory." "Your mother isn't from Versailles." "I've never seen her." "Where is she from ?" " Come with me." "How long have you been in Grenoble ?" " I don't know." "I was always at the '400 covers'." "Do you know it ?" " No, I don't." "The squat is nice." "But I didn't like Grenoble." "Its climate." " And your family couldn't help you ?" "It's rather... that they didn't want to see me." "My mother's always told me that I was worth nothing." "And that I never satisfied her." "I'm a piece of shit according to my dad's saying." "That's the truth." "Even police officers who would pick me up said that I was a piece of shit." "A sub-shit." " We're not going to start believing cops, are we ?" "In Paris," "I did everything." "I worked in restaurants and bars." "When I've had enough of being touched, I started to work as a cleaning woman." "At night." "And today, it's Vuzey." "I want to work with you." "When I read the article, I said to myself :" "'this is for me'." "I have to go there." "I know I can be patient." "But I'm dreaming..." " Nina, you'll have to start from scratch." "Starting with training." "But you won't be alone, Nina." "Jose ?" "It's Erchel." "Listen, I'm sending you somebody..." "No, it's different." "At five o'clock ?" "Today is it ok ?" " Yes." " OK." "It's not too far." "It's in town." "Do you want to think about it ?" " No." " Are you sure ?" "Nina, the most difficult now will be to accept to feel better." "It will take months." "Maybe years." "It takes time, a lot of time." " I'm giving you all I have." "You'll give this to the driver." "He'll look after you." "Is this what you want ?" "There you go." "Goodbye." "No, keep it." "Go to bed." "She'll come back." "Don't worry." "Damien ?" " What ?" "Go to sleep." " Give me your hand !" "Go to sleep, I said !" "Who are you ?" "Where is Damien ?" " What are you doing here ?" "Did you wash your hands ?" " What do you need ?" "Mustard." "Pork without mustard can be a bit dry." "It's nice to have kid." "I didn't know you had one." " Neither did I." "Did you see the policemen ?" "They began to say that we should pay a rent if we used over 20m2." "So I ran and told him to calm down." "Fortunately, he listened to me." "He'd have killed one of them." "I ran and screamed to keep him quiet." "Fortunately, he listened to me." "They don't bother me." "Even the cops are afraid of me." " Are you helping me ?" " Tony is waiting for me." " Use your fork." "What were you doing, Joe ?" "Why haven't we seen you ?" "I went to Brittany." " What did you go there for ?" " I tried to find a job but it didn't work out." " Work ?" "I don't want it even in dreams." " Did you come back today ?" " Yeah." " You escape from the big house ?" "When I got out of it, I remember." "I had the impression that the sky was too big." "I couldn't recognize anything." "I didn't even know where I was." "I recognize nothing." "Shops had grown like mushrooms." "What can you do..." "What's the 'big house' ?" "It's jail." "Jail is when you do things that you shouldn't." "That's what it is." "It's not forbidden to do them." "It's forbidden to get caught." "What can I say ?" "That's life." "We've done silly things." "We paid the price." "And we'll keep them." "And we're proud of them." "Nobody will change us." "That's life, man." "When you have to settle accounts, you just do it." "That's justice." "You have to do it yourself." "No one can reproach it to you." "The only person that will reproach it to you is justice." "That's why I went to the big house." "We'll do everything we can so that you don't go." "Life is like this." "You're the one who has to change it." "Do not let life change you." "Look at me !" "Think about what is most important to you ?" " Do we have some more wine ?" "But love exists." "Getting punches in the head when you're 10, doesn't help you to express yourself." "Who by ?" "I'd like to know." "I've only known everything but love." "Hunger, thirst, hatred, contempt..." " Is that all ?" "But in tasting hatred, you can taste love." "Well, then I'd like to taste it at least once in my lifetime." " But you taste wine." " That's true." "Wine is loneliness." " Yeah" "Hey, what are you doing here, boy ?" "Get lost !" "I don't like to be watched while I'm having a bath." "Bele, bite his ass !" "Poor Tony !" "Do you want me to rub your back ?" "Stop fooling about, for once that I'm having a bath in peace." "You must be freezing your balls." " Of course, it's room temperature." " You only need a woman." "Yeah, yeah." " Do you know the Navajo's method ?" "No, but you're going to tell me." "Now it's a sauna !" "You're prudish, aren't you ?" " Yes, very." " Come on, Enzo." " Hey, my clothes !" "Come on, leave my clothes here !" "Oh !" "Leave my clothes !" "Come on, clear it." "Come on, keep on." "We did a good job." "Do you want your dessert ?" "You're cheating !" "You're cheating !" "Take your revenge." " Thank God, you're here !" "It's about Tony..." "Tony, we'll keep you in our hearts and minds." "That the earth be lighter to you." "He went south to go to north." "He thought that wheat was high." "He was wrong." "He thought that the sea was the sky." "and that night was the morning." "He was wrong." "That the stars were rose-colored." "And that heat was a snowfall." "He was wrong." "Good night, Tony." "I'm hungry." " Don't get on my nerves." "Hold it straight." "I'm hungry!" " Hold it straight !" "Can't you hear me ?" "It's bleech." "These assholes put bleech into bins so that we can't touch it." " Mummy, it hurts." "Rince your hands." "Trust me, you have to rince them." "Assholes !" "Son of a bitch !" "What does it cost you ?" "How much do you want ?" "Enzo !" "Take the tanks." "Look at me." "Show me your eyes." "Without courage, you are nothing." "She told me nothing." "If I knew something, I'd have told you." "One day, she'll be standing in front of you." "And you'll have a lot to tell her." "Let's eat." "Eat !" "I'm sorry." " You're wonderful." "I'm going to rince you." "Sorry." "Why are you here ?" "Oh yes, your mother." "The she-wolf." "It's her." "I remember." "She saw that I was a nice guy." "Not a thug." "She didn't listen to the judge." "She listened to her fucking instinct." "What could she do ?" "She was alone." "She had gone out of her tribe." "She had lost courage." "She believed in me !" "She left you to to die further." "Poor little man." "Poor little man." "Run." "Run !" "Go get somebody !" "Are you lost, little man ?" "I'm going." "Do you know where ?" "No, I don't." "I wanted to thank you though." "Hold on." " Thank you." "Come on, come with me." "Take this off." "Are you coming ?" "Come on, Enzo." "Stop it." "Is the pizza for you ?" "Could you settle your bill ?" "I've finished my day." "11.50 euros." "I need a bedroom for a week." "To catch my breath." " Keep your breath to go take a crap." "I'm just out from the hospital." "Doctors didn't advise you to get a job ?" "That's why I need my bedroom." " Your bedroom ?" "Yours, mine..." "I don't care, I just need a bed." "We haven't slep all night." "Well, you see the street behind you ?" "Take it and you'll find a hotel." "10 euros for a bed, is it fair ?" "It's not about money and you know that." "You don't get it." "It's not only about me." "Listen to me, Damien." "There are things that I don't want to live again." "Especially now." "So just go away." "I'm glad to see you're still alive." "Who is this child ?" "Is he yours ?" "He is with me." " No, I'm asking if he's yours ?" " He looks like me, doesn't he ?" "I'm OK for a night or two." "No more." "Keep the bag, please." "I'll give you the rest tonight." "Don't fuck with me, Damien !" "You come back, all right ?" "Leave it open for me." "Do you know what my grandma used to say ?" "'I wake and wash myself'." "What a dirty feet." "Is it tickling ?" "Rince you in the bath." "How old are you ?" "Four years old ?" "No, he is older." "Yo you were in Canada too ?" "Was it nice ?" "Did you see bears ?" "Stop it." "Why ?" "I'm being curious." "I like to know who I'm sharing my meal with." "Give him some time." "Time ?" "What for ?" "To chew." "He'll have better digestion." "He's only a child." "So, who doesn't want any dessert ?" "I've got ice cream." "Strawberries..." "Can I give you a kiss ?" "Enzo ?" " What about Damien ?" "He'll be back later." "What time is it ?" "May I ?" " No, thanks." "You must be courageous to stay with him." "I don't think it's courage." "We found each other." "That's all." "He talked to me about you." " Pardons and embraces... we don't like it much in our family." "We are more for hatred." "A strong and persistent French hatred, you see." " No, I don't." "It's like if you were talking to me about somebody else." "You came after." "Would you like to have a drink ?" "I'm listening." "You're working, paying for the bed." "That's very good." "And then ?" "The kid." "Do you think that's how he'll have a normal life ?" "He sleeps well." "Look." "Yeah." "He should go to school." " Register him." "Register him..." "Do you think it's that easy without any paperwork ?" "Do you have the family record book ?" "Not now." "I'm wrecked." "They killed me today, ok ?" "This child has no papers." "Do you know what happens to children like him ?" "They found them a home and a real family." "Any normal guy would already have alerted social services." "Why are you attached to this kid ?" "Do you not think he's already suffered enough ?" "Do you really want him to end up in DDASS ?" "I will never let him down." "Did you hear me ?" "Never." "In this case, go ahead... and recognize him !" "Get out of here !" "What's the problem since he's your son ?" "Is he not ?" "Recognize him, damn it !" "I got some information." "There are only the father or the mother that can start the procedure." "This is not an adoption but a recognition." "Can you imagine me in a City Hall ?" "No, I can't." "I couldn't imagine you coming back here either." "Does he have a mother ?" " Yeah." "Me." "Sir ?" "I'm listening to you." "In 2000, I met a girl in a squat named Patricia." "She was a junkie." "We had a relationship together." "On and off." "I got blood poisoning." "I stopped taking drugs and got into rehab." "I took me six years, but I did it." "I was lucky to get welfare." "It wasn't great but I managed to survice." "Last winter, I met her in a bar." "Patricia, the mother." "She was with a little boy." "It's strange when you're called 'daddy' for the first time." " Does he have a name ?" "Enzo." " Is that all ?" " Yeah." "She went apeshit again." "And she completely disappeared." "At the moment we are living at my father's." "He's sheltering us." "The kid is fine." "I stopped getting welfare and started to work." "Once I'll have enough, I'll try to get us a small flat." "All I want is for Enzo to go to school, have friends and see other things." "I would need a certificate of birth." "The kid has no papers." "How can I register him to a school if he has no papers ?" "Am I not at the right service ?" " Yes, you are." "Are you not going to write this piece of paper ?" "Have some courage, damn it !" "What's the right piece of paper ?" "The yellow one, green one ?" " Give me a minute and I'll find out." "Hold on." "What's the matter ?" "What are you doing here ?" "What's these shoes ?" "It's from Nadine." "Nadine ?" "Go to your bedroom." "What's up ?" "Enzo ?" "What's wrong ?" "What's up ?" " Are we staying here tomorrow ?" "Maybe, I don't know." "When are we leaving ?" "Why do you want to leave ?" "Are you not happy here ?" "The cabin..." "The cabin ?" "You want to go to the cabin ?" "Yes." "Enzo..." "Are you not going to the cabin ?" "Enzo, listen to me." "There'll be no more cabin." "It's no longer possible." "I'm going to explain something to you,Enzo." "You've grown up." "You have to go to school now." "School is good fun." "It's friends." "It's the Republic." "You'll see." "I'm here." "Are you OK ?" "It's a gift from his father." "All right." "Do you want to tell me something ?" "Are you happy to be here ?" "Eat." "Enjoy your meal." "Mister Deplank." "Mister Deplank, before you hear our decision on the matter, I'm going to give you some legal information." "The child receives the name of his father and mother who recognized him first." "The parental authority is then exercised on the child by the mother and father who has voluntarily recognized him." "The law defines the power of parents as a set of rights and responsibilities to the benefit of the child." "Parents are responsible for the health, safety, moral upbringing of the child" "and for an appropriate education to adulthood." "Rights and obligations, mister Deplank." "Do you understand me ?" "You'll get the family record book at the City Hall." "Next case !" "The civil servant's signature is strange." " Three royal kirs !" "We did it." "So be happy." "A birth must be celebrated." "Yes." "I will anyway !" "It's incredible, isn't it ?" "Enzo Deplank, you're sitting on the lap of a really beautiful woman." "A woman like this is a gift from heavens." "My boy..." "You'll always be there." "I've had enough !" "Stop !" "Good afternoon." " Good afternoon." "I want to introduce a new student." "Enzo ?" "Come on." "Everyone's waiting for you." " Are you coming in ?" "I thought you were brave ?" " You had told me..." "Come on, trust me." "Come here to me." " You're not saying hello ?" " Thank you." "It'll be for the little man, some day." "Are you starting early tomorrow ?" " I've finished working on sites." "We are not animals." "Your shoelaces." "Can you sit down with us for a minute ?" "No." "Enzo, she is your mother !" "If it was my mother, she would have called and seen me in person !" "Why did she call you ?" " Because we were here." "Why did she not wait until I arrive ?" "Because she wants you to read this letter before she talks to you." "It's only bullshit." "Enzo, hold on a minute." "It's OK." " No, it's not !" "Do not touch me !" "You have no right over me !" "Listen to me." "It was another story with Damien, but I won't let you fall." "At least he would have had the courage to..." " To what ?" "!" "To leave you alone for seven years without a phone call ?" "Absolutely nothing." "And you call it courage ?" "So now listen to me." "You're going to read this letter." "And when you'll have read every single words, we'll talk about it." "Is it OK ?" "Where is she ?" "We don't know." "She just said that she had to go to work." "No, I can't do this, Enzo." "Read it !" "My child," "Thanks to you I'm still alive." "I'm writing to you tonight to say that I haven't left to lose you" "I left to come back." "You've been here for all this time." "I haven't forgotten the way the wind used to scare you." "You didn't want it to take you away to the sky." "But then the wind took me." "Enzo." "My Enzo, come to me." "All these nights I cried thinking about you, your hands, your eyes." "Come to me because I have no tears left." "I'm ready to hear your questions." "How could I tell you..." "I've finally got my feet on the ground." "Where are you ?" "Are you still my child ?" "Come to me." "Your mother who loves and believes in you." "Nina Aubaldia, 12 Allee Leo Delibe, Bourge." "3rd floor." "Enzo !"