"In memory of Benito Trogi..." "So, using the questionnaire I've presented, a student provides us with the information needed for an analysis that will, firstly, allow us to orient him toward areas of interest best suited to him." "I wasn't there the day the government decided to introduce career guidance in high school." "I was watching TV or sleeping, but the idea eventually showed up at my school." "I can't remember exactly, but the message was:" "For the good of Quebec;" "when we reached senior year, we had to choose what we'd do in life." "So when he enters senior year, he can make his move, building on knowledge he's acquired in previous years, to discover what he wants to do in life." "There's something wrong with this picture." "Pardon me?" "17 is way too young to choose your life's career." "On the contrary, as I said..." "Hold on, let him talk." "Why do you say it's too young?" "Take me, for example." "I owe the Columbia Club $40." "You know the Club?" "1O cassettes for a penny'?" " But it's a scam." " Yeah." "Last time I had the $40 to pay 'em, there was a Rush concert So..." "You must have an artistic bent if you chose the concert So you..." "No, not even." "I went out partying." "It was Boivin's birthday." "I blew the $40 at the Kamikaze." "OK, a kamikaze..." "But maybe you don't represent the majority." "Maybe you're still lacking in maturity." "It's not that." "Take my girlfriend, Marie-Josée." "She's definitely pan of your majority." "Straight A's, home by 12, super boring!" "Last year of high school, her big worry wasn't what she'd do in life, it was choosing her goddamn prom dress." "Her prom dress?" "Her goddamn prom dress!" "I did the ministry's test, gave it my best." "They said I should go into..." "Human resources?" "Covers a wide area." "It could be counselor, teacher, recreation technician." "Ricardo?" "Come here." "What are you doing?" "It's wrong, human resources isn't me." "I want to go into business." "You can't change your answers." "If it's that important, I can't take the first thing that comes up." "A businessman?" "Know what's the most important trait for business?" " Math, and I'm great at math." " Wrong." "It takes discipline." "Yeah, I know." "Seems to me discipline's not your forte." "I'm disciplined." "Don't go by what you see in school." "I was disciplined." "The problem is, in 1987 I had other priorities." "I) lose my virginity." "I was 17 and the only guy in my gang who hadn't done it." "I want us to take our time." "You have to be home by midnight." "2) reach 18 ASAP." "We'd kept trying to crack Dagoberfs downtown." "Nothing doing." "3) a car." "Getting around by bike may be healthy, but it sure doesn't impress the babes." "4) a lock in the bedroom door, please!" "Again?" "Leave your pecker alone and come eat!" "5) my pals." "We were the least flashy gang in North America, but didn't know it." "I!" "was the golden age when attitude, not your job, defined you." "Caron, 17." "Job: grass-mowing rep" "Style: straight Assets: 1982 Dodge Omni" "Bank balance: $103 -$20 he owes his brother" "Boivin, 17 Ass?" "landscaper, Morafdo Nursery" "Style:" "Preppy meets jock Assets: hockey gear" "No bank account, bankrolled by his dad" "DaNaire, 17 Job:" "Always the lousiest" "Style:" "Sears-Walmart." "Assets:" "Tapes by Bryan Adams and Rush" "$407 in the bank, or so he claims" "Trogi, put back the damn club." "We're closed!" "Going out with us tonight?" "No, we have a test tomorrow!" "Come on, Dallaire!" " You don't care?" " Relax, you're not gonna fail." "I need a good GPA." "I'm not doing Social Sciences like you." "Social Sciences with a math minor!" "And do what after?" "Without us, you'd never go out." "You need a girlfriend." "We're doing this for you!" "When did you ever pick up a girl in a bar?" "Never." "Not once." " I don't have the cash." " Change jobs." " How much do you make?" " $6 a day." "A big $30 a week!" "Look who's here!" "Alright." "I go in first." "Then Caron." " Trogi and Dall, you go in later." " Why'?" "It's less obvious, two at a time." " You always get carded." " Dall, Christ..." " What'?" " Do you want to get in?" "Who put you in charge?" "We'll go together." "It won't work." "I'll get Caron in." "You look older than Trogi, so you'll get him in." " You don't look older." " Quit it!" "It's true." "Just look at yourself." "I get in lots of bars alone." " Like where?" " Lots of places." " Which places?" " Vendredi 13." "Everybody gets in." "We were with you." " I'm bailing." "We have an exam." " DalLfuck." "Don't wuss out." "You're coming." " My dad doesn't pay my way." " Trogi, talk to him." "Caron, dmon." "I'm not going." "Screw you." " C'mon, Dall..." " No." "Dall!" "Jesus Christ, come on!" "Fuck his so-called technique." "There's no sure way." "It's dumb luck." "Everybody had their method to get past the doorman." "I walked quickly, eyes down, like I was thinking of anything but how old I was." "Hold on a sec." "I never overdid it, so it wouldn't be..." "Real busy tonight, huh?" ""Like DaHaire, who just didn't get it." " Quiet night?" " A little, but it's still early." "Yeah, right." "Last week it was crazy." " Right, Trogi?" " Yeah." "But it's Thursday, people work tomorrow." "Punch in at 9, y'know." "Lemme see your ID." "I wasn't there when they decided you had to be 18 to enter bars, bu!" "that idea was pretty dumb too." " We gotta do something." " You again?" "So happens we're considering what you said last time." "We're thinking that if we push back the prom a few weeks, we'll eliminate the prom dress problem." "No, it's not about that." "Can you explain the difference between being 17 or 18?" " Theoretically, 12 months, but..." " No!" "We gotta decide our future at 17, but can't go into bars till we're 18." "It's way easier to choose a drink than a career." "What are you gonna do later?" "I'm going to bed." "No, later in life." "You don't sweat school, Boivin." "I'll play in the NHL." " And if that doesn't come through?" " It will." "If Boivin plays in the NHL, I'll marry him." "Whafll you do, Trogi?" "Idunno." "It wasn't exactly true, that I didn't know." "In fact I had a project, a great idea." "A sure thing." "But I kept it secret." "Maybe start by banging Marie." "Seriously, Trogi, what's taking so long?" "Keep out of it, Boivin." " Is she a virgin or not?" " Not again." "Dall, calm down." "We have your damn test." "Seriously, we have it." " What do you mean?" " We have it!" "I mow grass where the exams are printed." "I found a bunch in the trash." " No joke?" " No joke." " You're serious?" " Christ, I told you." "I'll have it plus all the answers tomorrow." "Couldn't you tell me before?" "C,' men!" " Sit down." " Eat this and shut up." "Seriously, Trogi." "Bailing a girl's easy." "You go to her room, put on a slow dance, and you score." "Something like..." "Tonight love fills your gaze" "But will it vanish with the morning's rays?" "Tonight your voice rings with love's thrill" "But tomorrow will you remember me still?" "Goddammit!" " What'?" " I'm trying to sleep!" " Did you get a job?" " Gimme a break!" "I need a hand." " I'm sleeping!" " Come on!" "Jesus Christ!" " What is it?" " I'm making wine." "If you don't get a job this week, you'll work at the restaurant." "Don't worry." "I'll get one, you'll see." "Oh yeah?" "What?" " You'll see." " See what?" "You're not even looking." " All you do is have fun." " Dad, please." "Restaurants don't interest me." "Restaurants don't interest you?" "A restaurant's not good enough for you?" " No, I didn't say..." " Stan as busboy." "Learn the ropes." "Then become a waiter." "It's..." "Gimme a break." "I don't want to be a waiter all my life." "Not all your life." "I'm so not interested, so butt out." " I don't need you." " What interests you?" "Sweeping up golf balls?" " Of course not!" " What then?" " I have a project." " What project?" " You'll see." " What project?" " What project?" " Drop it." "Shit!" "Nadia!" "C'mon, get up!" " What's the project?" " Something I thought of." "I just need $5,000." "$5,000'?" " $5,000." " I wasn't counting on you." "I asked the bank." "You applied for a loan?" " What's your idea?" " You'll see." "Tell us what it is!" "What's your idea?" "Tell us, we're not going to steal it." "How long you gonna pound those scallops?" "Nadia!" "Get up!" "I want to open a discotheque." "A discotheque?" "Not a real one." "For kids 14-18." "No alcohol." "A disco for teens, you know." " For teens." " No alcohol, bravo." "How will you make any money?" "With a cover charge. $5 a person." "There's one in Montreal, always full." "That's a great idea." "Think the bank'll go along?" " Why not?" " He doesn't even have a job!" "I'll have a job as owner, duh!" "He's such a joker." " That's not how it works." " Don't discourage him." "Let him try, you never know." "Nadia, shit!" "Will you get up?" " Nadia!" " Leave me alone, OK?" " Open the door!" " I said:" "Go away!" "And I said:" "Open up now!" "I've had it with her." "3 weeks she's been in her room." " What's wrong?" " Her beanpole Patrick!" "With his dumb look and hair in his eyes." " You don't know him!" " You're right!" "He never talks, doesn't know how." "Ask him something and he just goes, Uhhh..." " Shut up!" " Watch your tongue, young lady!" " Leave her alone." " Now he's on her side." "Eat, diets put you in a bad mood." "I'm a barmaid." "No one tips a fat ass." "If your disco doesn't work out, you'll find a job." "You won't spend the summer in your room like her." "Benito, fuck, stop it!" "Christ, I love you, Caron!" " Where are the answers?" " Here you go." "Here." " We owe you, Caron." " Let's not all get 100." " Boivin, make some mistakes." " Screw you." "I found 'em, so I do best." "I'm gonna put in two mistakes, max." "Trogi's an ace in math." "You can't beat him." " He's no betleﬂn me." " Caron?" "Boivin, you can't score higher than us." " It's suspicious if you pass!" " What's your average, Trogi?" " Caron!" " Yeah, what?" "What is it?" "Did you read the top page?" "No,why?" ""Test, Mathematics 531, 1986."" " 198..." " It's last year's test, you jerk." "I don't remember my mark, but it wasn't that bad." "Anyway, I didn't really care." "It was the last day of school." "I knew I'd miss that school and the stunts we pulled." "I looked a!" "the other kids." "What would they do in life?" "No idea." "Bu!" "to be completely honest, the thing I'd miss most about school was" "Sara Delorme's but!" "in her Jordaches." "Sara Delorme... a real home." "She dated college guys, guys who did more than french." "I dunno why, but sometimes it seemed she sorta liked me." "On June 22, 1987, a!" "exactly 11:37 a.m.," "I officially finished high school." "A new era dawned for our gang." "Who'd do what in life?" "I'd prove to Dad that restaurants weren't for me." "I could aim higher, I had vision." "I wasn't destined to be ordinary." "You have to believe in your dreams and..." "Goddammit!" "How do you knot a tie again?" "Trogi, 17." "Job: young entrepreneur" "Style: young professional Assets unknown (he lost his bankbook)" "A disco for kids, huh?" "Yes, aged 14 to 18." "There's one in Montreal." "A mega hit." "I wrote that." "On the phone I asked for a market study, not... not this." "Fine, but typed would've been better." "My secretary was sick." "If you tell me what a market study is, I'll write one." "I just need $5,000 to pay the first months' rent, then I'll manage." "The study's not the problem." "Thing is, to get a loan, you need a job, collateral." "You see?" "Sure." "But if you give me the loan," "I'll have a job." "I'll be the owner." "That's not how it works, unfortunately." "You have $9 in your account." "Isn't there $11?" "Not after the service charges." "Your credit file isn't great either." "What credit file?" "Yours." "You've owed $48.63 to a company called Columbia House for two years." " Ring a bell?" " Sure." "1 O cassettes for a cent, but it's a scam." "If you don't mail the form each month, they send a tape and you have to pay." "They sent me Kylie Minogue's The Locomotion." "Kylie Minogue's not my thing." "It's risk-free." "That age group has nowhere to go." "I know, I'm one of them." "I'm offering the only place in town where they can go and not be carded." "I rent a place, a mobile disco, a few lights, and charge a $5 cover." "200 people, two nights a week, that's $2,000 a weekend, $8,000 a month." "I've already found the spot." "You're a bit naive, kid." "What you need at this stage are guarantees, like...?" "A...?" "Like a job." "How old are you, kid?" "17, almost 18." "Look, I..." "No, I should've asked." "That settles things." "You have to be 18 to get a loan." "I'm fed up." "It seems you can't..." "Hold on." "If it's about the legal age for bars, we're close to a deal." "A kind of compromise." "Young people aged 16 to 18 could get in, accompanied by an adult or with..." "A note from their parents..." "No, that's not why I'm here today." "You say 17's not too young to know what I want to do in life." "Now that I know, turns out I gotta be 18 to do it." "Impossible." "The minimum age for working is 16." "There's an act of Parliament, section one zero..." " It's 100-something." " Right." "Tell the bank guy that, 'cause he says" "I have to have a job to get a job, so..." "Isn't his tie a bit short?" " Who's Patrick?" " Go away." "Who is he?" "Go away!" "Do you love me?" "Yes." "Say it." "Course I love you." "Ricardo?" "Shit!" "It doesn't matter." " Ricardo?" " What'?" " Is Marie there?" " Why'?" "What are you two doing?" " What are you doing?" " What are you doing?" "We're making out." "Wanna join us?" "I told you to leave your door open." "I'm talking to you." "Ask Nadia to open her door instead." " I better go." " No, wait." " Stop." " She won't come in." "Anyway, there's nothing to see." "I'm joking." "What?" "My parents are going away tomorrow." "I'll be home alone." "I want us to do it." " What'?" " Do you mean it?" "Yeah." "I want my first time to be with a guy I love." "I do love you." " Who loves me as much as I love him." " Of course I do." "Stop making fun." "What?" "Do you love me like I love you?" "Yes." " Say it." " I love you just as much." "No joke." " Say it better." " Cut it out." "Do you love me more than anyone you've loved?" "Yes." " Really?" " Yes, really." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "I'm hQPPY" " See you tomorrow." " See you." "Maybe it was 'cause I knew I was finally gonna make love, or 'cause I'd just spent half an hour necking... but!" "needed relief, and fast." "I dunno if you guys remember what it's like getting a hard-on in Levis, but I always felt like I'd wind up in hospital with a fractured penis." "But with my door that didn't lock, I could never spank it in peace." "It's busy." "Dad!" "Stop it!" "Mom, I'm sleeping!" "Really?" "What a surprise!" "The vacuum and the scallops..." "Don't you ever stop?" "Jeez!" " Did you find a job?" " No, not since yesterday!" "After 5 years of high school, can't I relax a week or two'?" "You've relaxed for five years!" "I spoke to Luigi." "He'll hire you as a parking valet." "Yeah, a valet." " Thank your dad instead of moaning." " A valet?" "Buy black slacks." "You start tonight." "Not tonight!" "I can't tonight!" " Stop bugging me." " I can't drive manual!" " Come outside." " Dad!" "C'mon, outside, you whiner!" "Dai!" "Move it!" "Well'?" " What is that?" " Your car." "You're not serious?" "A manual." "You can practice and be ready for tonight." "Dai." " What'?" " It's mine?" " Yes, get in." " Isn't it a Leda?" "Yes, but it's the same body as the Fiat 131." "I got it for $200." "Get in." "Smile, porco die!" " You wanted a car, here." " Right, thanks." "Come on, we'll take a spin." "The door." "You have to get in here." "Any 17-year-old would be thrilled if his dad bought him a car, bu!" "put yourself in my shoes." "Of all the cars on plane!" "Earth, the Lada was by far the lowest of the low." "Everyone knew that, even the Russians!" " There's no radio?" " Do you want a radio or a car?" "Dai!" "Starts well." "Look, Dad." "I can't work tonight." " Don't start that again." " Any other night..." " They're expecting you!" " I have really important plans." " What'?" " It's important." " What'?" " It's embarrassing." "OK, what's this all about?" "I'm going to Marie's house tonight." "So?" "We're going to..." "It's the first time I'll sleep over." "I didn't know you..." "It's your first time?" "C'mon, is it your first time?" "Tell me." " Yes." " Nice!" " Do you love her?" " Yeah." " Yes or no?" " Yes, I love her." " And she loves you?" " For sure." "She says it all the time." "So it's serious?" " Yeah." " Now I understand." "Perfect." "If you're in love, it can wait." "Tonight, you work." "What?" "You don't understand." "It's serious." "No, you don't understand." "What did the bank guy say?" "For your disco, you need a loan." "So you need a job." "Your job starts at 6 p.m. tonight." "That's serious." "You don't know her, it's..." "You'll screw another night." "Period." "Stan her up, we're going home." "Ricardo!" "Telephone!" " Yes?" " Hi, it's me." "Hey there!" "I'm so nervous, wouldn't sleep." "What's wrong?" "I kept listening to With or Without You." "I started thinking that one day we'll break up and..." "So?" "Do you love me?" "Of course." "Say it." "Hold you yesterday." " Say m" " Christ, Sis, hang up!" "ls I!" "so hard to say to a girl?" "What's her problem?" "Nothing." "Look, Marie, about tonight..." "I know, wait." " What?" " It's..." "I don't know if we should..." "What do you mean?" "Maybe we should wait a bit." "Why?" "I don't want to do it if we're gonna break up in a month." "But Marie, Hold you last time..." "You're the first girl I love like this." "I asked you to say it." "If I didn't love you, would I invite you to my prom?" "Marie?" "Alright, I want us to do it." "I want us to do it tonight." "When will you be over?" "That's just it." "It's not that I don't want to..." "Really not, but..." "My Dad found me a job." "I start tonight." "I don't like it either." "But they're on my back and I have no choice." "But tonight..." "I'm sorry, but what can I do'?" "You told me to take the restaurant job." "I bought condoms, so you know." "It was so awkward!" "Keep 'em." "It's OK, we'll screw another night." ""Screw?" Screw you!" "What?" " Don't you speak Italian?" " No." " What do you mean, no?" " I don't." "Unbelievable!" "Come with me." "Your dad told you why you're here?" "Yeah, for the parking valet." "No, you're here 'cause the last guy fucked up." "A Gilles Villeneuve." "Hit a horse and carriage." "Ran over the horse." "A real mess." "Seriously?" "If you're smart, you can make tons of tips, without juggling plates like everybody else." "Outside there, you're our image, the first person people see." "Try to look smart, OK?" "Don't smoke, don't sit down, and don't pick your nose!" " Complicated?" " No." "Gimme that." "Don't you know how to do a tie?" "I'll show you, imbecile!" "Trogi: 17 Job:" "Parking valet" "Style:" "On standby Assets:" "Leda" "The hardest part about being a valet wasn't the driving," "I!" "was the waiting." "Chris!" "that job was boring." "It was 9:10 and I'd only parked 3 cars." "I had time to think about things." "Like my loafers." "Who thought of adding those little tassels?" "Oh no, not them." "Hey, handsome, cool threads!" "You look like a waiter from Normandiws!" "Beat it, OK?" " When do you finish?" " I dunno, I'll come meet you." "Scram!" "Evening, Sir." "Here you are." "Fuckin' A!" " I wanna ride in this car!" " No way, Caron, get out!" " You can't be in here." " I'm not leaving." "Trogi, step on it, man." " What can go wrong?" " If my boss sees this, I'm in shit." "Then let's cruise." "C' man, "cox N.!" "I'm working, dammit." "So quit fooling around and park." " Faster, dude." " Caron, put on the music." " I wanna drive." " Are you crazy?" " Put on the music." " Wait a sec." " What's that?" " I dunno, it's not my car." "C'mon, crank the sound." "Fuck it, they were right." "If you have the chance to drive wheels like that, gotta grab it." "Nothing beats driving a car you could never afford." "Price: $67,000.00" "We were so amped, we thought it'd be brilliant to park outside Dagoberfs so the doorman could see us, ah' of us, in our trimmer." "He'd have to let us in 'cause we were rich and important." "In the end we didn't have time." "Our party got, like, crashed." "Fuck." "Weight: moo kg" "The worst part of it was, I was supposed to have sex, not an accident." "I needed to come up with a story for Luigi." "Nothing doing, so I decided to tell someone else." "Dad, can you help me?" "What are you doing here?" "Go outside." "I know, but I had an accident." " What'?" " I banged up a car." " What do you mean?" " I banged up a car, shit." " No." " Yes." " No." " Yes!" " Which car?" " A customer's." "You've been here two hours!" " Which customer?" " The guy over there." " That guy?" " Yes." " Mr. Pomerleau?" " Yes." " He has a BMW." " Yes, I know." "Dio cane!" "Luigi will kill you." " I can't help you." " Why not?" " What can I do?" " I dunno, you're my dad." "Yeah, and you're an idiot." "I wasn't supposed to be here tonight." "Dammit!" "What do I do?" " Tell Stephane." " Stephane?" "The manager." "Sorry, do you have a second?" "OK, but make it quick, I'm busy." "Well, you see," "I was parking a customer's car and I scratched it a bit." " Scratched it?" " Just a little, underneath." " You had an accident?" " Yes." " No?" " Yes." "Jesus Christ!" "Luigi won't be happy." "The last guy got fired." " He killed a horse." " I know." " Whose car?" " The man sitting over there." "Over where?" " Where?" "Mr. Pomerleau?" " Yeah." " Not Mr. Pomerleau, there?" " Yes." "Holy shit." " His Dimmer?" " I think so." " You think or you know?" " Yeah, no, it's a bimmer." "Shit, this is bad." "That's a BMW imported from Germany." "I think all BMWs come from Germany." "I'm not getting involved." "Go see Luigi." "Luigi!" "Over there." "Go tell him." " Luigi'?" " Go on." "Fuck." "Sorry, Luigi." "Can I speak to you?" "Why aren't you outside?" "I really have to see you, it's important." "Yeah, you see..." "I was parking a customer's car and..." "I sorta scratched the underside." " What the fuck happened?" " It's not so bad." "It's just underneath." "I was parking the car and I scratched it underneath a bit." "Yes." " Is it noticeable?" " Well..." " Well, yes or no?" " No, because it's underneath." "It's just that... the car won't start" "You jackass." "Who's the client?" "The man over there." " Mr. Pomerleau?" " I think so." " You think so?" " Yeah, no, it's him." " Fuck, not his Dimmer'?" " Yeah." "Santa Madonna!" "His fucking bimmer." "His bimmer." "But I think, maybe it's not his only car, y'know?" " He imported it from Germany." " They're all German." "Don't act smart." "It's not the time." "What do I do?" "What do you do?" "Know what?" "You tell him." " What, me?" " What, you?" "Want me to take the heat for you?" "You wrecked his BMW, not me." "The city's already on my back 'cause of the horse." "Go on." "Hello, Mr. Pomerleau." "I'm Ricardo, the parking valet." "Yeah?" "Well, a few minutes ago, when I was parking your car..." "My Dimmer?" "Yes, your... your bimmerfrom Germany." " They all come from Germany." " That's what I said." "Anyway, I son of scraped it a little." "It's really not much." "Nothing serious." "Even though the car's fine, I mentioned it to Luigi..." "That Luigi..." "He said the restaurant will look after it." "He'll drop it off himself tonight after your meal." "Well, it's no big deal, kid." "These things happen." "Yeah." "Enjoy your evening, Mr. Pomerleau." "Again, I'm sorry." "That's fine, kid." "As I left, I realized the deep shit I was in, even more than before, going in." "So I did what any teen does who's in trouble." "I went to bed, figuring it would all work out overnight." "I sometimes did that, even if I had a feeling that..." " Yeah, hello?" " Ricardo, please?" " Speaking." " You goddamn fuck-up..." "OK, Luigi." "Stop screaming." "I'm on my way." "Fuck." "Shit!" "So?" "Tell me, how was your first night?" "It was alright." "Make much in tips?" "No, not that much." "How much?" "Thirty bucks." "Thirty bucks?" "Not bad!" "Put it in the bank." "Don't blow it all partying." "You'll need that money to open your disco." "How much can you make a week?" "Huh, Ricardo, how much?" " Nothing." " Don't always be so negative." "He worked 2 hours and got fired." " He did not." " He did too." " Did not." " Did too." "What?" " Two hours!" " Shut up, fatso!" "What happened?" "Benito, what happened?" "I can talk to Luigi, if you wise up." " You're not gonna sit on your ass." " I told you!" " I want to open a teen disco!" " Not again!" "Even with the money, you don't know the first thing." "I know lots, OK?" "Going to discos doesn't mean you can run one." "Who're you to talk to me like that?" "You never opened or ran anything." "You never had a project." "All you can do is criticize!" "You think you know everything." "You play accordion in a restaurant." "Some success!" "I don't want a restaurant job." "Fucking immigrant job, you can shove it!" "Do your thing and forget about me." "I'll manage fine on my own." "I don't need you." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "What are you going to do, find another job?" "That's..." "Saturday my parents are going away." "We could take up where we left off." "I don't know if I can." "Why not?" "I have to think about it." "Still'?" "You're so funny." "The other day you couldn't wait, now you're unsure..." "I want to be alone tonight." "Why, what's wrong?" " Marie, what is it?" " Stop." "Don't listen to U2 if it upsets you!" "Sis, do you have the Nutella?" "Sis, I'm talking to you." "I won't tell you what she wrote." "It's none of your business." "But I realized I hardly knew my sister." "For a 14-year-old, she was seriously heartbroken." "What are you doing?" "Looking for the Nutella." "Yeah." "Don't ever talk to your father like you did this morning." "He started it." "He always does." "Last year he said my window-washing idea would fail." " It did." " It might nofve if he'd helped me." "But you keep saying you don't need him." "I know, but it's always the same." "'Cause of you, the poor guy thinks he can get into wine, make money." "So what if he's no businessman?" "He's still your dad." "You really hurt him." "I chucked the Nutella." "It's fattening, I don't want it here." "Tell me, how was Sonia before you did it?" "What was she like before the first time?" " A virgin, why'?" " No, youjerk." "I mean..." "Did she think about it long?" "We don't decide when it'll happen, they do." "Trogi, you go with Dall, then me with Caron." "Your technique's crap." "Tonight we use mine." "So now you have a technique, do you?" "You'll see." "19 seconds later" "Awesome technique!" "So what if you're from Chicoutimi?" "He's not!" "But he has the accent." "Maybe we should find another place." "One where we can actually get in sometimes." " Shoulda seen your face, Trogi." " How'd you have looked?" "Seriously, a BMW, the repairs musfve cost a lot." "Cost my job." "Come work at the range." "An hour a day." "You wouldn't have time to get fired." "Forget it." "I'm not drinking that, no way." " What's your dad put in it?" " No idea." "I wouldn't drink it, but since it's free..." "Pay attention now, this is important." "While discussing Vino Benito, I leaned against the car." "Y'know, just some car parked there." "I started to play with the door handle." "You see?" "Nothing special, just jiggling it." " Except..." " What are you doing?" "I just pulled on the handle and it opened." "Check this." "If, unlike me, you throw out all the electronics stores' flyers, lemme tell you, Blaupunkt made the best car radios back then." "Digital, Auto-reverse, 18 presets, $499.99" "I don't know what came over me, maybe it was the auto-reverse, but anyway..." "I went from being a good guy to being not so good..." "I don't know how you become a thief, but me, it happened by accident." "If the door had been locked, end of story." "Bu!" "I!" "was open." "You all owe me money, so the radio's mine." " Whafll you do with it?" " Sell it." " To who?" " My brother." "Trogi'll say he stole it." "Me?" "Why not Dallaire?" "I never stole anything in my life." "We'll say some guy sold it to us." "Well, you see..." "I already told my brother you stole it." "Goddammit, Boivin!" "Trogi, you're the Italian, not us." "I don't even speak it." "My dad's Italian." "So logically, you're Italian." "I didn't mind they thought Italians were more crooked than Quebecers." "What bothered me was I thought so too." "Now, if Italians are labeled gangsters, it's not strictly by chance." "I thought of the films I'd seen." "Like it or not," "The Godfather isn't about a Vietnamese immigrant." "And you know what?" "I told myself, if!" "needed some cash to open a disco," "I should rely on my innate talents, no!" "the Ste-Fey credit union." "I'd had it, and finally decided," "I was gonna be more Italian than Quebecer." "I'd tried being Quebecer, and it had got me zip." "Trogi: 17 Job:" "Mafioso" "Style:" "Borrowed Assets:" "A Lada and more to come" "What the hell?" "Why're you dressed like that?" "It's your dad's jacket." "He never wears it." "Forget it." "Now that I'd decided to be Italian, nothing could stop me." "In a week we'd lifted a dozen radios." "Before you say I was taking a big risk, calm down." "A criminal record before you're 18 is erased when you hit 18." "That's the law." "I'd asked." "So?" "It's true." "We didn't play games." "We were organized." "We sold them a!" "Dali's range." "At 1/3 the price." "$100 on average." "Do the math." "I!" "was the best summer job ever!" "It worked so we", it got to our heads." "The day I finally got into Dagoberfs," "I was welcomed like royalty, like the Godfather of Ste-Fey." "Sounds dumb, I know, but I'd checked." "And I was the only mafia there." "I have a secret to tell you." "I know you stared at my ass in math class." "(don't remember what I said)" "That's alright." "I liked it." "You're so handsome." "I can't believe you're mine." "OK, Mom, OK." "Benito, come see!" "Marie must be in white too." " I dunno." " You don't know?" "She wouldn't tell me." "A surprise." "What time's she coming?" "Soon." "Her mom's driving her over." "Go get your dad in the garage." "We'll open champagne!" " No, leave him be." " Go on." "Kiss and make up." "You're gorgeous!" "What's up?" "Mom says to come inside for champagne." "Right." "So you're planning to sell wine?" "That's right." " To who?" " Friends." "You're opening a disco without alcohol." "I'm selling alcohol without a disco." "Are you allowed to?" "Mom says it's illegal." "What about you?" "Are all the radios in your trunk legal?" " Did you steal 'em?" " No, no." "It's stolen goods I bought." "I resell them." "To who?" "Friends." "That's what you want to do?" "No, I'm not an idiot." "It's temporary." "Listen up." "You're gonna stop that." "Or it's back to the restaurant." "The kitchen." "You'll wash dishes, like the son of an immigrant." "I won't tell your mother." "But get rid of them, OK?" "Wait." "I didn't choose what I'd do in life." "The accordion was..." "It was an accident." " You know?" " Yeah." " What did you want?" " Doesn't matter." "What matters is you." "What do you want to do in life?" "Here." "A graduation present." "Thanks." " How does this thing work?" " Lemme see." "Nadia, dmon, we'll take a picture!" " I'm in my PJs." " Get dressed." "Hey there." " Ciao, belle!" " Ciao, Mr. Trogi." "She's dressed in white too." "Perfect." "You'll look great together." "It's true, you're beautiful!" "Thanks." "Here." "So, Marie, isn't my son handsome?" "Yeah, sure." "Very, very handsome." "Nadia, I won't tell you again!" "Come out for the picture!" "Marie, your champagne." "Thanks." " Forget it." "Let's take it outside." " No way." "Sorry, she hasn't left her room in days." " Christ!" " Forget it." "Come for the picture!" " Forget it." " Unlock the door now!" " Leave me alone." " Unlock it, lsaid." "" No)'" "It's your brother's graduation!" "I don'!" "care!" "Go away!" "Mom, it's OK." "Nadia Trogi, get out here for the fucking picture!" "I've had it with her." "We know." "You don't give a damn about us." "You don't even want to be with us." "All you want is to blow that asshole Patrick!" " Are you fucking crazy?" " Yeah, right!" "I read it, black on white in your diary!" "You've no right!" "You've no respect for anything." "Think giving head's the way to get a boyfriend?" "Fuck you!" "I loved him, get it?" "I loved him!" " OK, basta!" "You won't earn respect by sucking off just anybody!" "I said basta!" "Why'd you read it anyway?" "You dam care she's me BA queen'?" "Come on, take the picture." "Forget it, I don't feel like it." " I guess we'll be going." " Yeah." "Thanks." "Sorry." "I don't know what got into her." " Her and my sister..." " Forget it." "What's wrong?" "What is it?" " Tell me." " Why'd you choose a white tux?" "There were no more black ones." "Relax." "It's true." " When did you go to rent it?" " Yesterday." "You said you went two weeks ago!" "So what?" "What's the diff?" "The diff is, it looks dumb." "I shopped for six months to find the right dress." "And you, two minutes the day before." "You ruin everything." "Christ, a white tuxedo!" "It cost me 100 bucks." "You're not going to cry over that, are you?" "It's only a suit." "Get over it." "It's not that." "What then?" "The other night, when we were supposed to make love..." " You were working." " Yeah, so what?" "Sonia and I went to Dagoberfs." "You got into Berg's?" "Didn't they card you?" "Sonia went to school in Chicoutimi with the doorman." "OK, so?" "What happened?" "I meta 9U)'" "You meta guy?" "What guy?" "From college." "You don't know him." "A guy from college." "Who is he?" " You don't know him." " Who is he?" "Name's Martin, from Trois-Riviéres." "Hold him I had a boyfriend." "We just talked, I swear." "So why are you crying?" "Answer me." "We kissed." "You didn't french?" "See, Sonia made me drink a bunch of peach schnapps and..." "You hemmed'?" "Well..." "Jesus!" "It was more him that started, not me." "Why'd you do it?" "I was drunk, I dunno." "You just frenched?" " What'?" " Nothing else?" "Well, I mean, I didn't sleep with him." "Tell me everything." "Details." " Did he grope you?" " What'?" "Did he grab your ass?" "Anywhere else?" " Come on!" " Don't gimme any come en's!" "Answer me, Christ!" " We just kissed, I swear." " I don't believe you." "How long did you french?" "Idunno." "For how long?" "Just during the slow dances." "How many slow dances?" "At Dags they play sets of 3." "Long enough, Christ!" "Jesus!" "Get out." " What are we doing?" " What do you think?" " I love you!" " Yeah, right." "I swear!" " And the other guy?" " Who'?" "Your college boy, what about him?" "I don't know." "I feel so mixed up." "Shit, this was getting hard to take." "She was starting to really hurt me." "So I decided to hurt her too." "You know what?" "I wanted to have kids with you." "Two, maybe even three." "Get out." " But your prom!" " Get out!" "It won't open." "Christ." "Are you 14 -18?" "Do you like music, dancing, fun?" "Head to Taxi, the new disco for teens in Quebec City!" "Bring your pals." "Door prizes for the first 50 in line." "Opening night is Friday, July 11." "Taxi, the only place for you!" "Fuck!" "I was way too mad to go to the prom." "So I went to hit some balls with Dallaire." "He hadn't gone to the prom either." "But him, it was 'cause he couldn't find a date." "His wine still sucks." " She cheated on you?" " Pretty much." "Why was I telling Dallaire this?" "He'd never had a girlfriend." "Guy was no connoisseur." "Sluts, every last one of them." "She said they only frenched, but..." "I don't believe her." " Me neither." " Thanks." "You just said so." "Yeah, but you don't know her." "No, but I know guys." "Would you have just frenched?" "Me neither." " Besides, Marie's cute." " OK, enough." "I'll dump her." "Who's me guy?" "Nobody we know." "Goes to college." "If you dump her, they won't just french." "College guys don't waste time." "Whose side are you on?" "Yours." "Anyway, he's from Trois-Riviéres." "He doesn't live here." "I was going out of my mind." "It was the longest night of my life." "Whatever she'd done with him, it was too much for me." "Way too much." "I was in pain and needed to stop it." "I couldn't take much more." "What are you doing?" "Scallops!" "I wouldn't want us to run short!" "Bro', telephone!" " Who is it?" " Marie!" " Tell her to go away!" " She's crying!" "Yeah?" "Listen to me please." "What?" "I don'!" "wan!" "us to break up, OK?" "I know you're mad." "I understand, but give me a chance, please." "It's you I love." "I know now." "Ricardo?" " Do you love me?" " No, it's over." "That's just not possible." "I wanted to have your children too." "At 8:25, I made a man of myself and dumped Marie-Josée." "I!" "was a simple question of pride." "There was no other way." "Fuck off, shit." "I hadn't been single half an hour when" "I realized I'd made a huge mistake." "Christ..." "I had no pride." "I loved her." "There was another way." " Take revenge?" " Yup." " It won't work." "Call her." " Notjust yet." "You love her." " I have to get revenge." " Revenge?" "She's gorgeous." "She won't wait." "Plus, that guy must be after her." "You'll call her." "You want me to call her?" "Tell her I'm a wreck," "I need time, it'll work out." "You call her." "We're not 12." "If I talk to her, we'll make up." " That's good." " Not so fast." " Why'?" " So I can get revenge!" "Gimme a break, revenge." "With who'?" "Sara Delorme." "Everyone's had Ms. STD." "Everyone?" "Well you haven't." "Not me." "Guys in general sleep with her." "I need a girl who's easy." "So I tell Marie Sara's giving you an STD?" "Tell her not to see the other guy." "Can't you do that for me?" "T cog"!" " Why the suit?" " He got drafted by Drummondville." "Third round." "What did I tell you?" "The Junior A league!" "Attaboy!" " Bravo, man." " Thanks." "We gotta celebrate." "Whafll we do?" "I can't." "Training camp." "I'm on the ice at 4 a.m. tomorrow." "Christ, you waste no time." "Got no choice." "Take care, Trogi." "Don't get caught!" "Ciao, Dall." "See you, dude." "Let's go, Caron." "See you." "It was fun." "When do we know you made the cut?" "Check the papers!" "The douchebags gonna make the team." "I know." "So what are we gonna do?" "Like, is it over with Marie?" "Yup." "Why'?" "She wasn't really my type." "What?" "No, nothing." "What?" "Well, your girlfriend, is she a virgin?" "Very, very virgin." "Super virgin!" "Yeah." "And..." "And you?" "No, course not." "You neither, you know." "Course..." "Not to brag, but Sara Delorme didn't need much convincing." "I've waited so long for this." "From the way she frenched, I knew I was with a real slut." "Yeah, me too." "What are you doing?" "I'm sorry." "You're in a hurry." "Forgive me." "I'm really sorry." "But the way you were talking..." "I thought that..." "What's wrong?" "Goddammit!" "I have like... this mental block." "That doesn't matter." "Yes, it matters." "I'll never have a boyfriend." "I can't do it." "What's the problem?" "Penises gross me out." "See?" "I shouldn't have told you." "I'm still a virgin." "I understand." "It's not that I'm a tease." "It's just that it..." "Wait." "This wine really tastes weird." "I don't feel so good." "How does this...?" "No, the door won't open from inside." "I'm so sorry!" "What are they up to?" "Fucking Dallaire!" " Ricardo?" " We're leaving." "The door." "Come on!" "Climb out the back." "Out them'?" "I'm really sorry." " Really." "I'm really sorry." " Bye." "I couldn't wait to get my hands on Dallaire." "Some friend!" "I waited for him for like 100 years." "Bu!" "he didn't show." "So I decided I'd confront Marie directly." "Fuck, not this too!" "You've been here an hour." "Can I ask why?" "Why'?" "Well..." "I dunno." "I didn't do anything wrong." "What were you doing?" "Well..." "Thinking about stuff." "You were thinking?" "Yeah." "Your papers, please." "Here you are." " Get out, please." " Why'?" " Get out." " No, that..." "Just a minute." "That's broken." "The other SHE'S bust too." "It won't open, so..." "Were you drinking?" "Open your trunk please." "My heart was pounding like crazy." "I couldn't open the trunk." "I wasn't afraid of prison, but my mother..." "So I took a chance." "You never know." "Yes, I was drinking." "I know." "We'll settle that later." "Now open your trunk." "But I admitted drinking." "Quite a lot, too." "Move it." "I did the math." "You'll be in awe." "Maybe cops weren't allowed to search my car if!" "wasn't there and without my keys." "And the Ste-Fey cops must've had better things to do than chase someone like me." "I knew I'd be caught." "I don't know why, but!" "kept running until I hit the Falardeaus' pool." "That night, at 4:08 a.m., after three weeks of activity, the Ste-Fey mafia officially closed shop." "And I became Quebecer again." "So that's you, Ricardo Troggy?" "Trogi." "Anyway, the goddamn thief we've been looking for." "Know what all these forms are?" "Reports that were filed about stolen car radios." "Just this summer." "You don't seem too concerned." "You must have a nice, fat bank account." "I know it was you who stole 'em." "With the dozen we found in your car, it'll be hard to deny." "If you play along, we'll forget the wine." "And you can go home." "I gotta say, we called your place." "Your mom can't wait to see you." "So, are these all you?" "Think it over." "'Cause you'll do community work while your pals take it easy." "No, the radios in my trunk, I stole them by myself." "I know that." "Did you steal these ones too?" "No." "Take me for a fool?" "There's another guy who steals radios here." "You know him?" "No, but I know who he is." "Who?" "Dallaire." "I knew there'd be shit to pay at home, but!" "didn't care." "I had a score to settle with Dallaire." "You sit down." "Sit down, I said." "Yell all you want." "I have to make a phone call first." "You can kill me after." "Hello?" " It's me." " Know what time it is?" " What did you do last night?" " I saw Marie." "What did you do with her?" "You told me to go see her." "What time is it?" "I said call her, not see her!" "Don't be jealous." "It was her idea." " Get in here." " Did you talk about me?" "I'm talking to you!" "I asked about the other guy." "And?" "She started crying." " Shit." " I think she loves you, but she..." "Hang up now!" "Give me two fucking minutes!" " What's going on?" " Forget it." "What did you say?" " What do you mean?" " I dunno, did you tell her she'd be way happier with me?" " Yeah, but it wasn't easy." " Why not?" "Hold you to do it yourself." "Did you put the make on her?" " No, you dick." " You spent the evening with her." "Couldn't you tell her I'm Mr. Right?" "Don't blame me." "She went on about the other guy." "Honestly, he's no loser." "He's in science, going into medicine." "You steal car radios and bum around." " Are you hot on him too?" " And he looks like Bono." "He looks like Bonn?" "We saw you." "Were you with Sara Delorme?" "Shit, did she see me?" "Hold you, she's diseased." " Whafd Marie say?" " She cried." "Shit." "She cries a lot." "I think she's unhappy." " What'd she say?" " She went to meet the other guy." " Meet him?" " Yeah." "Meet him where?" "In Trois-Riviéres." "You idiot!" "And you let her go?" " No, I said..." " When'd she leave?" "The police want to see you." "What's going on?" "Shit!" "Is your important call over?" "Sit down!" "No, Mom, I can't!" "From now on, no more going out!" "And coming home at 4 a.m. No more messing up!" "You'll get up during the day, like normal people." "Understand?" "Gimme your keys." "No more car." "It's at Dallaire's." "It stalled." "Dad, I need your car." " Please!" " That's a good one!" "It's staying here and so are you!" "I have to find Marie in Trois-Riviéres." "Forget Marie!" "I didn't raise a thief!" "You won't humiliate me again!" "You'll work in the restaurant where your dad can keep an eye on you." "Dad, please?" "You'll work like everybody else." "Honest labor." "They got you with wine, too?" "Stealing's not enough." "You're a drunk now, too." "It wasn't your wine, I hope?" "Come on." "It was." "A graduation present." "Jesus fucking Christ!" "We'll settle this now!" "Look, genius no. 2, the wine business is over." "Face it, you're no good at it either." " Your wine stinks!" " Stinks?" "Understand?" "Your cases of wine, they're gone!" "I won't have 'em here!" "Enough of your bullshit, both of you!" " I didn't steal!" " Selling it is illegal!" "Just like stealing radios." "See what happened to him?" "Next week they'll come for you." "Enough's enough!" "Marie called last night." "If I were you, I'd go get her." "Where you going?" "I'm going to make love." "So..." "No one believes me when I say I pedaled 136 km to meet the woman of my dreams." "And I!" "was worth I!" "'cause... even if, when we finally made love, there weren't any fireworks, we went out together for three years." "I wish I could say, after that summer," "I got my shit together and became a man and crap like that, but it took longer." "AN I can say is, I was right that at 17 you're too young to choose a career." "A!" "college for an elective, the Italian class was full, so I took cinema instead." "Y'know, just for fun." "Caron, 43." "Job:" "Real estate agent" "Style: safe Assets:" "House, pool, 70" TV" "DaNaire, 43." "Job:" "Freelance director" "Style:" "Simon's Assets:" "Car, motorcycle, condo" "Boivin, 43." "Job:" "Ex-NHL player" "Style: still preppy." "Assets:" "BMW, condo, pension fund, the whole kit" "Trogi, 43." "Job: director, scriptwriter" "Style: nostalgic." "Assets: 300 bottles of Vino Benito Trogi 1987" "Do we take these?" " What'?" " This stuff." " What is it?" " I dunno." "Apple juice." " What?" " Apple juice, I dunno." "Screw the applejuice." "Gimme a hand." "Subtitles:" "Robert Gray, Kinograph"