"Quick!" "A car... there's blood." "Again!" "This is getting to be routine." "My God, I knew it." " Matthieu, stay here!" " Come on Bobby, let's go!" "On that Saturday, thousands of miles from Earth an astronaut was doing a routine check outside a space station." "It was a particularly lovely day on our planet..." "The man suddenly felt sad." "He'd give anything to see a cow grazing." "At that moment" "Jean Chardonnet and his family were at the beach." "Look over here, Ines..." "Over here baby... come on." "Come here, come see daddy." "What's that ring?" "You don't like it?" "What is it, a cockroach?" "Don't you see its antennas?" "It's a maybug." "Oh yeah..." "Jean designed it for my birthday." "Hey Jean!" "Do your giraffes look like ostriches?" "Stop that." "Forgenerations, the hard-working Chardonnet family have devoted themselves to industrial design... and the idea of this mayfly ring is anecdotal to Jean Chardonnet's life, as is his role in this story." "But who's to say what is and isn't important." "If this ring had been a cricket or a scarab... it wouldn't have changed Claire and Martin's destiny." "This bullet saw the light of day on May 15, 1995 at 10:30 am in a factory in Normandy, a few minutes before Claire arrived." "Tintin has a nightmare that he's a bottle of burgundy and Captain Haddock is about to corkscrew his head." "I want to know what Tintin says in his dream," ""have mercy" or "save me"?" ""Help"." "Exactly." "In "Red Sea Sharks"," "Tintin and Captain Haddock leave the marquis' yacht and board a cargo ship." " Excuse me, sir." " Yes?" "Claire Leblanc, the TV person is here." "Show her in." "You want the name of the cargo ship or the yacht?" "I want to know the first thing Allan says when he goes into their cabin." ""So, you old drunk," ""already making a spectacle of yourself!"" "Come in." "Sit down." "Claire?" "Of course I remember her." "She was... how can I put it..." "elusive, in herown world..." "Very fragile, and so shy..." "I couldn't understand how she could do this job." "It's still a mystery to me." "When the boss asked me to do a report on the ammunition factory, the timing was bad for me." "Personal reasons kept me in Paris." "Claire kindly offered to go in my place." "When she got back, I knew something had happened." "But trying to get anything out of her..." "It's terrible to think of it." "Don't forget to mention it's a family business." "Alright." "Can I ask you a question?" "Why are ammunition factory owners considered unfriendly bastards?" "I never said you look like an unfriendly bastard." "I know, I look like a friendly bastard." "No, you look like a munitions manufacturer who doesn't want to look like one." "Does that make me a nice guy?" "Maybe..." "Would you mind?" "My name's Michel." "That Saturday?" "Are you trying to spoil my day?" "I was at the beach filming my daughter when the body fell." "What else do you want me to say?" "What had to happen, happened." "I remember Claire asking if I knew how many bullets were manufactured in a day." "I couldn't answer her." "My mind went totally blank." "And then..." "I don't know..." "I wanted to do something special for her... take a risk for her, maybe..." "I offered her a bullet... and told her to keep it as a souvenir." "It was absurd, totally against the rules." "She took the bullet..." "She blushed..." "And then, suddenly I felt... strangely moved." "Here it is, Mr Brejoux." "It's all yours now." "It's like buying shoes... if you want good ones, you pay the price." "A little Mercedes carwas Martin's favorite toy at the orphanage." "He was adopted too young to remember it." "It wasn't by chance that the same day, a few months before the tragedy," "I met Claire forthe first time." "You see that bailiff over there?" "As long as the show's on, they can't evict us." "They're going to wreck this place, why are you holding out?" "Are we wrong to hold out?" "Ladies and gentlemen, please exit, the show's over!" "Get out, bailiff!" "Go for it, Marie Therese!" "He's blushing!" "He's blushing!" "Meet the theater's PR woman." "Her job sure demands lots of skills." "Isn't it the same for journalists?" "For now I'm happy just to ask questions." "Take it off, bailiff!" "How long do you think you can hold out?" "For the moment we're holding out." "On that Saturday?" "Hang on... wasn't that the day of the soccer final?" "Yeah, that's it." "I was at my nephew's communion in Alsace." "Shit it was bad!" "500 miles in the rain then my brother-in-law says the TV's busted." "Then he wants to listen to the match on the radio." "The guy's thick." "Then my sister yells I shoulda stayed home to watch TV." "Shit." "That did it." "I grabbed my stuff," "I was out of there. 500 miles in the rain, holy shit, awful." "I never did see the match." "Are you really an orphan?" "It's possible that I am one, but it's possible that I'm not..." "What do you mean?" "I've got amnesia." "At least... partially." "Yeah, right." "More like a storyteller." "You were saying?" "I don't remember." "You see... it's contagious." "Amnesia!" "Back then, Arnaud wanted to write, but he needed a story, a face..." "Eventually Claire's face became his heroine's." "Arnaud mixed reality with fiction." "He played her brother and she played his sister." "Then destiny played its part..." "Claire and I loved to wander the streets of Paris." "She was light and mysterious, carefree... and fragile..." "I didn't know to what extent her brother's loss haunted her." "No one could ever fill the void." "No sign of Claire." "We went ourseparate ways." "I can't even write anymore." "And if that wasn't enough, he just lost his new job." "For an hour, I've been trying to get him to come to the seaside." "This revolver is a Smith  Wesson 357 Magnum, 4 inch barrel, six shooter." "You can wear it in your holster, or in a shoulder strap like this, or hidden inside." "Never point your gun at anyone." "When you aim, steady yourself with your hand, like this, keeping your legs in a stable position." "Any news about Martin?" "Still in detention." "One of my employees." "He ran a man over with his car." "Did he kill him?" "Yes." "Instantly..." "What a waste." "This armored bullet is coated with copper and filled with lead." "The gun is always charged while facing the target." "Would you like to try?" "Thanks." "Watch out, don't touch the trigger." "There, that's good." "Now you aim..." "Don't touch anything, just wait." "Go ahead." "Very good." "I'll take it." "It's the sound of the gunpowder, I mean the smell." "It was good, look!" "Ten days since Sandrine left." "Still no news from Claire." "I feel lost, dazed... incapable of making any decisions." "Sandrine will have to decide when I leave..." "Hurry up, sir." "The train's leaving." "Who could imagine that by getting on that train my destiny would be tied forever to Claire and Martin's." "Anyway, I'm sticking to my story." "It was red." "The first car was blue, the other one was red." "What first car?" "The first time, Marcellin!" "How do you know it was red?" "You told me." "Why would I say it was red if it was blue?" "Poor Marcellin, you're losing your mind." "That's a good one." "You remember the color of a car you never saw and I'm crazy." "You were in the house with Roussette." "Wrong, I was out walking Roussette." "Right, my beauty?" "You even thought the poor boy's name was Bechou." "Why, wasn't that his name?" "Not Be..." "Bre - chou." "Can you repeat that?" "Brejoux..." "Martin Brejoux." "B, R," "E..." "G or J?" "J with an "X" at the end." "J..." "O..." "U..." "X!" "February 23, 1912." "Mr. Anatole Eugene Brejoux, found guilty of raping and strangling a girl in the house where he worked as a chauffeur, is condemned to death." "Martin believed that he was predestined to repeat his family history." "Incapable of escaping his past, he lived in anguish." "It's because of that woman and her scythe." "I didn't mean to kill him." "I don't understand..." "You didn't see him?" "He jumped in front of the car?" "I don't know." "When I saw him it was too late." "Is my license suspended?" "I can't say." "It's up to the judge to decide." "The girl in the mirror is Henriette Cadet before she met Leon Brejoux." "They moved to Veulettes after herthird miscarriage." "Soon after, they adopted a three yearold boy..." "Martin." "Bye-bye Ben Hur." "Regards to your husband, Mrs Maurel." "Martin, my child yourfatherand I have something to tell you." "We're not your real parents." "We adopted you when you were little." "But we love you as if you were ourown, maybe even more." "You see, it's not complicated." "We never could tell him." "The time was never right." "We kept putting it off, then it was too late." "This isn't a toy." "That lady has a gun!" "Don't talk nonsense." "But I really saw it!" "Enough, I'm not buying you one of those things." "It's not a thing, it's an airgun." "Alright, fine." "I still say she has a gun." "Sure, and I'm the Pope." " But I saw it." " Cut it out." " But dad..." " I said stop!" "That Saturday?" "It's not easy to forget!" "Every time I go to the beach now," "I feel kind of apprehensive." "Sorry, but... each time I think about it my blood runs cold." "Claire!" "You have a visitor." "Martin!" "Claire, why don't you say hello to your mother?" "My little girl, my sweetheart..." "Claire imagined this scene over and overwith different variations" "At five she entered an orphanage, and was separated from her brother." "Claire's father died tragically, and her mother was incapable of raising two children alone." "Poor woman." "So Claire came to us." "Claire was a beautiful child, studious, and very gifted." "Sometimes she had a strange look, the kind you often see with abandoned children." "Poor little thing." "One morning, your man goes to work as usual," "then someone comes to tell you that he's not coming back because he got hit by a truck." "I went and lay down on my bed, and I stayed there, sick with grief." "When they came to take my kids," "I was relieved, to be honest." "Then time went by..." "I wanted to take them back." "So many times..." "If only I'd known..." "Excuse me." "Sorry." " Are you OK?" " Yes I'm fine." "You could have asked me before you took the car." "It was my idea to go for a ride." "But I would've preferred to go with you." "Don't give me that look." "Sit down." "I'm not planning on staying." "So how's it going, Martin?" "So... the wife's driving your Mercedes now you've lost your license?" "With those sleek lines you should keep her in the garage." "You're sticking me with the bill." "When Martin was little, he must've been traumatized by his real parents." "The mind is a bizarre thing." "They say the human brain is more developed than a computer." "For a kid, emotions and stuff like that pile up." "Like a computer virus, and kind of alternates your mind." "I'm pretty sure..." "that's what happened to Martin, he inherited a kind of... virus when he was born." "Why are you smiling?" "I forbid you to be happy." "What's he got that I haven't got?" "You're going to be sorry." "Stop worrying, it wasn't your fault!" "The guy could've been hit by anybody." "Yes, but it happened to me." "Remember Mimi's cousin Nadine... the psychologist." "You could see her about your problem." "What problem?" "I don't know... to talk." "About what?" " You know..." " No, I don't." "Stop..." "I'm fine." "I wouldn't know what to say." "Don't get angry, sweetheart." "Are you angry?" "I'm not going if I have nothing to say." "Fine, don't go!" "I'm fed up with this." "You think I'm not fed up?" "It's a language..." "A sign language." "When I was little, my friend Lily and I invented it." "This means "I love you"." "And this means "look"." "This means "tonight we sneak out"." "Everyone loved her." "She was so..." "So what?" "So..." "I never saw her again." "One day she was adopted by a family and left." "You know I don't want to adopt a child." "It's too risky." "Too risky?" "Remember the bullet you gave me?" "The bullet?" "I'd like to make a pendant out of it." "What an idea." "You think it's risky?" "Riskier than adopting a child?" "I vaguely remember a woman..." "Wasn't she a brunette?" "It was a Friday and I was alone in the store." "She wanted to make a pendant out of a bullet." "The ideas people get!" "Why not earrings out of grenades while I'm at it?" "To each their own, I guess." " Are you home, treasure?" " Yes." "Champagne!" "Surprise." "Happy anniversary!" "You shouldn't have, dear." "What anniversary is this?" "We were joined in wedded bliss three years ago today." "Three years already!" "That means Ben Hur is two." "Open it." "It's so pretty." "How sweet of you, darling." "I'm so touched." "I'll put it on for you." "It's time for "Question for a Champion"." "Yves, our leader needs five victories to win." "Tonight's jackpot is $25,000!" "Brigitte," "Frederic, and Nelly are ourchallengers tonight on "Question fora Champion"!" " Is it working?" " The screen's all blurry." "What's he doing up there?" "And to think we've got a son-in-law in the TV business who wants to give us a 30% discount on the latest model." "But that old fool won't hear of it." "Isn't it beyond reason?" "Now... is that better?" "No, it's worse!" "Put in a satellite dish." "At least we'd see something." "A satellite dish?" "Lt'll just attract lightning." "Never!" "He'll drive me crazy!" "Marcellin, that's good." "It works." "Come down, the roast is getting cold." "I did take it out of the oven, didn't I?" "Roussette!" "A woman leaped from a moving car." "The carswerved and rolled a few times." "The passengerwas thrown from the car, landed in a field of cows, and was attacked by a bull." "The poor hitch-hikerwas knocked out and had just enough time to take refuge in a tree." "Some people just can't win." "I guess it wasn't his lucky day." "Yeah, but the woman got what she was asking for." "Was it a suicide?" "You think she was out stretching her legs?" "A migraine drove a guy to jump in the Metro." "And the guy who Brejoux hit, he had a toothache?" "That's different." "There were no skid marks." "You mean he hit him on purpose?" "Maybe he reversed the car and backed over him, while you're at it." "All I can say is, he didn't avoid him." "It wouldn't surprise me." "I always thought he was a bit shady." "That was the first I'd heard of Martin." "I'm not sure why, but..." "I decided then to include him in my book." "How could I have known the story was being written without me." "Who knows if it wasn't already written." "Pierre Grandjean... retired," "dental technician from Pas de Calais." "He's been in treatment on and off for ten years." "It was his fourth suicide attempt this year." "Too bad it happened to you." "It must have been fate." "You were driving too fast." "Your license is suspended for six months." "Sorry." "And your wife... how's she taking all this?" "My wife?" "Really well." "She has total trust in me." "Trust is important in a relationship." "Especially at times like this." "It's the foundation." "Cathy and I are very close." "And you, are you married?" "For three years." "Agathe, that's her name..." "And like an agate, she's a precious stone, pure and transparent, that I contemplate each day with wonder." "You're a poet." "That's Ben Hur." "They're inseparable." "She's pretty." "And a good cook too!" "That's me, bowling with Bob." "Hey, that's the boss' wife!" "You didn't waste any time." "Michel, what a stud!" "I guess some've got it, and some don't." "Right Martin?" "Are you nuts!" "That Saturday I was with Michel." "He had "girl" problems and I was consoling him." "Not that he wasn't happy to see me." "That Saturday?" "What's it to you anyway?" "I can see why you'd want to make a pendant out of a bullet." "Why not, if it has sentimental value?" "This mayfly for example, was designed by Jean." "I know it doesn't really look like one." "Yes... it does." "Why did I mention that pendant?" "Now Franck is furious." "Why am I here?" "I've got nothing to say to them." "I don't even want to know them." "I don't need anyone." "Why am I like this?" "I want to be a little girl again." "Look at me Franck." "Smile at me..." "Franck, if you don't smile at me in five seconds," "I'll stab myself with this fork." "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." "A little more fish?" "Claire's wedding didn't fit my image of her." "It took a while before I saw her again." "I was afraid the magic would be gone." "I don't know..." "I just made the decision..." "Once the theatre closed, I was out on the street." "No money, no job, no man, nothing." "So I said, why not striptease?" "I'm not ashamed of my body." "Sometimes it's tough..." "but when it's in your blood, and the pay's good." "So, getting back to that journalist, Claire." "Of course I've heard, it's been on the news enough." "She was a pretty girl." "A bit spaced-out, but Arnaud liked her." "Arnaud was the director of the theatre." "Sandrine got me a job as a waiter in the barwhere she sang." "The last thing I expected that day was to get news about Claire." "I'll have a whiskey." "A Martini." "Too bad it's damaged." "I wanted to tease Brejoux a bit, not too bad but..." "The jerk grabbed it and tore it." "He kneed you good." "He didn't hurt me." " He was on the ground." " Stop it!" "Tell the truth." "Shut up!" "You want a microphone!" "You're lucky he didn't press charges." "What were you trying to prove..." "Your virility?" "What does that mean?" "It means there's a better way of proving your virility." "Why are you so hard?" "I want you to grow up a bit." "When are you going to start acting like a man, Martin?" "I never ask for anything." "Get off my back!" "Get off my fucking back!" "God damn it!" "Stop it!" "Stop looking at me like that." "You're scaring me!" "Stop!" "Let me go!" "I never want to see you again." "Never." "Come on baby, it's bedtime." "I can't spend my life giving you hugs." "Good night darling." "Supreme Court," "1912." "According to article 13 of the Penal Code," "Mr. Martin Brejoux, son of Leon and Henriette Brejoux... found guilty of rape, and strangling his wife Cathy, is sentenced to death." "I need to talk to dad." "You haven't had a bite since yesterday." "Eat something for me." "I need to talk to dad." "When is he coming back?" "Saturday, you know that dear." "Tell me what's bothering you." "You can tell your mother." "He couldn't care less." "He never did care either." "Don't say that." "Do you think he likes being on the road?" "Yeah, sure." "Is it Cathy?" "You never should have married that girl." "I knew she'd hurt you." "What does it take for him to notice me?" "That's not fair Martin." "Don't take it out on your father." "Ben Hur's first identity photos!" "Look how handsome he is." "I just found out at the registrars office that the Brejoux aren't Martin's real parents." "He was adopted." "Was he abandoned at birth?" "No, his father, the real one I mean, was hit by a truck." "His mother had a breakdown." "The poor woman!" "My God." "If Ben Hur died, I'd have a breakdown." "It's not really the same thing dear." "Ben Hur is just a dog." "So..." "He's an innocent being with feelings and emotions." "He deserves to be loved." "Of course dear, you're perfectly right." "I'm disappointed in you." "You've reached the Fontana residence." "Please leave a message." "Claire, it's Arnaud." "I really have to see you." "It's very important." "I'll call you back." "You've got a message." "Sorry about the groceries." "I was at the Frigate Club with Sandrine." "I told you about her." "Her voice is sublime." "You should hear her sing." "What are you doing?" "You can see." "I'm picking up spaghetti." "I cut myself." "Claire, it's Arnaud." "I really have to see you." "It's very important." "I'll call you back." "Franck, it's Jean." "My nephew just told me the colorof Seraphin's tie at the antique carfair." "I thought it was blue." "How about you?" "I cut myself." "Can they make that pendant for you?" "I forgot to go to the jewelry store." "I'll go tomorrow after I see the gynecologist." "Don't forget about our lunch, unless you have other plans?" "I'm not sure." "You could take me to the office and keep the car." "If you'd like." "So, did you find out?" "What?" "The color of the tie." "I hesitate between yellow and green." "Life is full of such terrible uncertainties." "That Saturday?" "We were at the shooting range with the boss." "He was in a foul mood." "His wife was supposed to bring his gun." "Needless to say, she kept us waiting." "Oh my God!" "Are you sure?" "If my husband told me, it must be true." "Hit by a truck?" "That's incredible." "Isn't Mr. Brejoux a trucker?" "He's a travelling salesman." "Travelling salesman... trucking..." "same thing, isn't it?" "Not really." "Anyway..." "That explains it all." "Explains what?" "Why he adopted Martin when he was little." "There must be a good reason." "Really... you think so?" "Wait until Cathy finds out..." "Yeah... when Cathy finds out." ""Chapped Lips Seeks ChapStick"" "Have a good evening." "Every night the same story." "Some guy comes in just before closing time." "I swear they do it on purpose." "Who am I in love with?" "My heroine or Claire?" "Hersilence gets to me." "Even if she had good reason to run, I couldn't take being abandoned." "I feel like I'll never know who she really is." " We're going to be late!" " Coming." " Tense?" " You're so abrupt." "Do I look nice?" "Claire, I've got a meeting in fifteen minutes." "You're doing it on purpose." "You're really exasperating." "Are you sure nothing else is exasperating you?" "Mrs. Fontana, come with me please." "Cathy, please don't tell him." "It'll be too much for him." "Stop treating him like a child." "You've hurt him enough." "He needs a wife, not a mother." "Wait a minute Cathy, you're the one who threw him out!" "Tell him to come home anytime." "He's with his father." "I'm not sure when they'll be back." "Yeah, sure." "Shut up, you!" "That Saturday?" "I was on the road." "What did you expect?" "I'm sorry Cathy." "Don't leave me." "I need you." "Listen, we'll start all over again, from scratch." "Can we?" "Tell me you want to." "I beg you." "Tell me you want to." "Is that you, Martin?" "It's me." "Open up." "Go away." "What's wrong, kitten?" "You got me pregnant, you bastard!" "I told you to be careful." "You're not the one to go under the knife!" "Open up." "We can at least talk." "I don't want to talk." "Maybe there's another solution." "What solution?" "You want to get married?" "Don't be ridiculous." "I can't help it, I love you." "I can't help it either." " Please Cathy." " You're annoying me." "Go away!" "Do you know the "Jungle Beast"?" "No." "It's the story of a boy who's convinced a glorious destiny awaits him." "He grows up believing this, but shares it with no one, except a young girl he meets one day." "He likes her a lot, but can't allow himself to love or get attached to her because of the great destiny that awaits him." "The girl understands." "She accepts that he'll never be available, and decides to wait with him." "The years go by..." "Then she gets sick and dies." "So he continues waiting alone." "Each year he puts flowers on her grave." "One day he sees a man kneeling on the next tomb." "The man looks so grief-stricken, he can't help but stare at him." "He looks at his friend's name carved on the tombstone, and suddenly... he understands." "It was her he was waiting for?" "Yes." "And the jungle beast gets him?" "And the jungle beast gets him." "Your dinner's ready, dear." "I made mashed potatoes and sausage." "Martin, are you sleeping?" "Listen dear, you can't sit in the dark fretting." "Are you trying to scare me?" "It's not my fault if she doesn't want you." "God knows I asked her to talk to you." "But she doesn't want to." "I'm here for you." "It breaks my heart to see you like this." "Let me in, your food's getting cold." "This can't go on." "Abortion?" "Ever heard of that?" "I was at the hospital that Saturday." "You want details?" "I'll have a whiskey." "Another one please." "Aren't you finished yet?" "You've had all morning." "You want to eat up there?" "Coming." "He makes me crazy!" "What's this guy doing now?" "Officer Maurel speaking." "Where's that?" "In the middle of the road?" "So?" "What's the problem?" "No one ran over him?" "Pardon?" "It's not against the law, sir." "Listen, I know my job." "You don't expect us to come out for a simple coincidence." "Don't push it." "My colleagues are out and I'm very busy at the moment." "Good bye, sir." "Shit!" "That Saturday?" "Let's see..." "Like every Saturday, I rented videos... even X-rated ones." "Not everyone can afford a whore." "Let's call a spade a spade!" "Claire Fontana?" "She was a regular patient of mine." "She'd been trying to have a baby." "When I told her she was pregnant, her joy touched me." "Ironic, since I had an abortion just after." "Isn't life funny?" "On one hand we give, with the other we take." "Your husband is still in a meeting." "Could you please tell him to call Claire on the portable phone?" "It's Arnaud." "Can we have lunch?" "I've something important to tell you." "Yes, but I'm waiting for a call so can you ring me back?" "Look, I'm leaving for Paris tomorrow." "Meet me at the Cliff Cafe forcoffee... please." "Yes..." "Um..." "I don't know, I'm having lunch with my husband." "Maybe another time." "I'll be waiting." "All day if I have to." "Franck?" "Your husband is sorry, he's detained at lunch." "Can you pass by the firing range, he left his gun in the car." "Alright." "I'll do that, I'll drop it off." "Excuse me, can you tell him..." "No, don't tell him anything." "I felt my whole life depended on that rendez-vous." "She absolutely had to come." "It's chilly." "Think it'll rain?" "No." "The clouds are gone and the sky's blue." "Matthieu, look at the nice car." "Oh, yes." "I'm going to run over and see the car." "Sir..." "What are you doing here?" "Did I hurt you?" "You can't stay here." "Can I drop you off somewhere?" "Are you sure you're alright?" "You're sure?" "Get in." "Stop!" "What are you doing?" "This isn't a toy." "What's it doing in there?" "It's my husband's." "That lady has a gun." "Careful, it's dangerous." "Let me have it." "Don't worry, I changed my mind." "Feel better?" "You scared me." "Look at the clown!" "Can you see the clown?" "How about a swim?" "Are you crazy?" "It's 55." "You want pneumonia?" "In Finland they swim in 40 water." "Yes, and some people fling themselves under trains." "Ice-cold water firms the flesh, in case you're interested." "Thanks a lot." "Come give mommy a kiss, sweetie." "Come on..." "you want to give mom a kiss?" " A doggy." " A doggy?" "There are no doggies up there, just stars." "Ines..." "look at daddy." "Go see daddy." "Are you crazy?" "Ben Hur." "He's crazy." "Lousy cops..." "Never there when you need them, then they can't take criticism." "You always start tinkering when the food's on." "You're obsessed." "Bug off, Yvonne." "Daddy please." "Matthieu, can you get granny?" "The old gal's dozing." "Leave her." "She's dozing." "There's no fork." "Stop moaning." "Eat the chicken." "It's good, huh?" "Of course it's good." "Why isn't Bobby eating?" "Daddy, come and eat." "He's going to shine the paint off that car." "We're already at the table." "OK, just a second." "Quick, a car... there's blood." "I knew it!" "It's a habit now." "Let's go Bobby." "Matthieu, you stay here!" "That Saturday?" "We were having a family meal like every Saturday." "Dad was in a bad mood as usual." "Bobby was fussing over his car." "The car couldn't be any cleaner." "Suddenly this kid comes running up." "Talk about a story." "Mind you, I didn't see a thing." "I can't stand the sight of blood." "I knew something was going to happen." "We never imagined we'd be on TVthough." "You called the police before the shot?" "Yes, because we heard a screech..." "You know the cops, if no one's hurt..." "And after I called the police." "I'm the one who called the police." "But when they got here it was too late." "No." "You were the one to call forthe othersuicide." "You weren't in the house when I called." "Stop talking nonsense." "You always have to be right." "You're getting it all mixed up." "I always said Brejoux's son was bad." "It happened in exactly the same spot." "A killer always returns to the scene of the crime." "I went to the crime-scene and it wasn't a pretty sight." "The bullet pierced the trachea, and was lodged in the spinal column, causing a lesion in the vertebrae." "The victim probably died instantly." "Who knows the lifespan of a bullet?" "This one lived 149 days." "Its remains will be kept until the case is closed then archived." "Have you got any leads?" "We're still investigating." "It's too early to comment." "For now, a gun was found some distance from the victim, so the theory of suicide seems unlikely." "We're asking anyone... anyone who can give us information, to contact us." "Another escaped lunatic!" "Dad, take me to the police." "Not with your mouth full." "I saw the lady with the gun." "I remember she had a red car." "What's all this?" "Ignore him, he lies like a rug to get attention." "I swear it's true." "I saw her." "Shit!" "Don't you swear at the table." "But, I saw..." "Shut up!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "And shit!" "I'm going to tan his hide!" "Kevin, come back here right now!" " Mr. Fontana." " No comment." "Just a few words." "Leave us alone." "Go away!" "Just a few questions, Mrs. Brejoux." "CLOSED DUE TO DEATH IN FAMILY" "Hello, sir." "Please excuse her." "She's a bit shaken up." "I was on the road when I found out." "I would have been here sooner... but I had a little problem." "My carburetor gave out." "It's the first time with this car." "It's getting on in years." "I should think about buying a new one." "The problem is... it's not worth much now." "Why did you do that?" "Why did you do that?" "Why did you do that?" "Because." "Because why?" "Your reflexes are better than mine." "When it was me driving, I hit the guy." "You know why he's dead and I'm alive?" "No." "I looked in my rear-view mirror." "You didn't." "That's all it took." "Understand?" "Yes." "Where can I drop you off?" "Turn the alarm off to start the car." "Don't worry," "I'm completely harmless." "You smell so nice..." "Please." "But you smell so good." " It reminds me of when I was..." " Please, stop." "Stop!" "Stop!" "There, I stopped." "Don't look at me like that." "It scares me." "Claire?" "We saw each other from time to time back then." "Sometimes she seemed a bit absent." "As if for her, life were elsewhere." "It's strange." "We chase our dreams, and meanwhile, the pages turn on their own." "We would like to turn back to the pages we love, but the page of ourdeath opens before us." "As the sun sets and the rivers run rose, and a wave shimmers overthe wheat fields, the urge to be happy rises to a troubled heart... a counsel to partake of life's joys while we are youthful and the evening new... because we too will move like that wave," "but it goes to the sea, and we to ourgrave..." "On that Saturday, thousands of miles from Earth an astronaut was doing a routine check outside a space station..." "The man suddenly felt sad..." "Yet the Earth looked so beautiful to him..." "Subtitles by Pamela Grant and Eva Woloszczuk" "Processed by Eclair Video" " Paris"