"Brothers, lest you be deprived of the test of the spirit that I undergo for you... because in them your glory." "And therefore I kneel." "It's time, Mother." " What, already?" " Yes." "06." "79." "48." "56." "80." "It works!" "What did I say?" "It's not like that modern stuff, that won't last two days." "Well, Mother, what can you hear?" "It's saying something..." "Well?" "We're waiting." "There..." ""The subscriber is temporarily unavailable, they're away... your message will go to voicemail."" "They said he was away." "They said he was out of town!" "I told you, work!" "No, I do not believe that, and here's the proof!" "Come on, Mother, say it!" "Don't just stand there!" "Speak!" "And say what?" "Say: "Goodbye, Dad."" "Farewell, my Camille." "Say, we're all here, all the cafes, and that Flea's got drunk again." "I'm not drunk!" "Drunk, drunk." "The latest news, my Camille..." "Flea's come, and he's drunk again." " I am not drunk!" " Not drunk!" "When he's in the money, he runs off to "The Curve"... and then, when broke, drinks with us!" "Don't poke your nose into our "Step"." "Stay in "The Curve"!" "I'm not drunk." "And I've never set foot in "The Curve"." "Are you OK, Father?" "You don't want us to call Camille?" "Do you want to say anything?" "No." "OK, we'll get on with the burial, but people are waiting." "You know, after the accident I'm not used to this 'phone." "I hope all is well with you." "And you're happy there." "Well, that's all." "Goodbye." "When you've finished speaking, press the button I showed you." " The small one?" " This." " This?" " Not that!" "The one at the top!" " I can't get this." " I'll have another look." "Sorry." "May I?" "Brothers, to not rob you of your... tests of the presence of mind that I undergo for you... because in them your glory." "The bodies of the rich are tied to the stake!" "You see, I still eat peanuts and olives." "It's in vain that driving schools try to teach us to not drive drunk." "Enough!" "I'm fed up!" "Do not say that about my father." "Hey, Flea." "Come on, kids, eat." "That's right, don't hurt my mother." "Mother doesn't deserve it." "Oh, I ploughed, ploughed, ploughed." "How many children I brought up here!" "Poor, abandoned." "You should have seen them... like mangy puppies!" "Here, I am tired." "Oh, how tired." "Plus the responsibility of a cafe." "And before that, the school canteen." "And if not for the accident, she wouldn't have quit the school canteen!" "But that idiot new mayor!" "You should've seen what was given to kids for lunch... a piece of rubber under turpentine!" "They called that meat!" " Where's the 'phone number for Camille?" " Under the scotch tape." "Oh, yes, under the tape." "Clever idea." "There are no fools here!" "Come on, Alf, your glass." " And this someone?" " Flea." "Flea?" "And where is he?" "Do not bother my mother!" "I won't bother Madame Blanche." "I just wanted to tell her..." " What?" " A secret." "There are no secrets, no!" "Say something if you think it." "Anyone with mischief on his mind can go across to "The Curve"!" "I must tell Madame Blanche this secret." "Mother, did you hear that?" "Flea has a secret!" " And I like Flea." " And I like Madame Blanche, that's it!" "Flea likes Mother!" "Yes, I can hear, I'm not deaf." "There are only honest people here!" "No thiefs!" "Flea's treating us to champagne!" "Thank you, Flea!" "Champagne, all on Flea!" " The best!" " And it's busy." " And it's busy." " Never mind." "So, someone call Camille." "Something is wrong." "There are no trucks." " No trucks?" " No trucks." " Not a single truck." " Not one." "Not one truck." "You're doing the shopping for dad?" "Can you help?" "Thank you, my Flea." "If not for you, I would have to bend over." "Thank you." "Next one, my Flea!" "You can eat here." "It's not a gift, it's wages." " Yes." " Yes, who?" "Yes, Madame Blanche." " It's good?" " Yes." " And tasty as well, say." " Yes, Madame Blanche." "Tasty." " How old are you?" " Six." " Six what?" " Six years." "Six years and already so tired you cannot even finish the sentence." "And what happened to your father?" "He chained his leg to a tree, because he no longer drinks." "And when he wanted to drink, he chained his leg... and I was forced to learn some lessons." "Learning lessons - this is important!" "Just tell your father to get free and pay my debt." "Here's that lot!" "Can you stop endlessly yelling like that, it's really not good!" "You see: they're off to the cemetery!" "They've just got up; no shame!" "It is a quarter to one!" "You know, Mother!" "We could have buried five Camilles by now!" "I don't like it when you say that." "No, I don't like it." "No, you see?" "And Irene's too lazy to move!" "Not much conscience!" "A funeral as well!" "Shame!" " They also have a cafe." " You think that's a cafe?" "But they do nothing?" "Yes, she serves drinks and charms them!" "But, with no life for four hours, it's a grave, not a cafe!" "Come on!" "Call my father!" " This is more... what?" "Where?" " Say Lucie and Marion are coming!" "Don't talk to them, don't look at them!" "Who hasn't been late!" "What's more, say Irene stayed home!" "Say she died!" "What nonsense you talk today." "Do you think she's looking at you?" "No, you see!" "Well, the hussy!" "It's ringing..." "Hello, Camille, it's me again." "They're coming now, that lot from "The Curve"...." "Do not speak - rest there in the sky." "You deserve it." " She's gone crazy again." " Shit!" "I told you that - the telephone?" "You want to say something to Father, call him yourself!" "Crazy." "Why such talk?" "You're jealous!" "Me - jealous!" "You're dreaming!" "Yes, jealous." "See - she's on edge." "Doesn't like to hear the truth." "How he's fried her, her Camille!" " Smoking again?" " No!" "It's just my nerves!" "Remember, you cannot buy health." "Yet, as long as there's health, we smoke!" "No problem, we'll see these broads don't rest." "Where's he off to now?" " OK, Mr. Flea?" " I'm quite sad." "Well, of course, as is everyone." "What to do." "That's life." "Those who remain, continue." "Continue... no matter what, Mr. Flea." "Yes." "Do not say "yes" if you disagree." " Yes." " Exactly." "Tell Madame Delhomme I need to know about the festival." "We organise it together, or separately... with help from the town hall." " Yes, yes, I will, Madame Chevrier." " That's it, OK." "We have not seen you in "The Curve" for a long time." "Mum, what are you..." " It's OK." " Are you OK, Madame Chevrier?" "Are you a strongman, Mr. Flea?" "Come to us, when you can, because we need some wood." "That's Madame Blanche ringing Camille." "I'm sorry?" "They put his 'phone there to call the cafe." " Excuse me?" " a 'phone number to call." "Shame!" "A shame!" "Nightmare!" "Shame!" "You have the number, Mr. Flea?" " I'd have to ask." " Ask." "And in the afternoon you can come for an aperitif." "You have always been our father!" "Our dad!" "Like a puppy." "For them - like a dog." "A dog like you." "Tomorrow, it's meat soup." "And everyone eating is a bone brain!" "Why are you suddenly so silent?" "Where's Alf?" "In the toilet?" "Why is the key here?" "Take the key, give it to Alf." "I don't want him to piss in the yard!" "If you want to pee in the yard opposite, in "The Curve"!" "Mum!" "What're you looking at?" "Here you turn away for one moment - everyone, empty glasses!" "Oh Lord, I have not given birth to a daughter, but a truck." "Where's Flea?" " What did you say?" " I said Flea!" "Flea - my child." "It does not matter that he's not my own son." "But once he was gone, and we do not know where." " Oh, no!" " When he gets drunk, he goes for people." "If he comes to the door and if you let him, he comes in, sets down on a chair and sits." "He could sleep in a box in the kitchen." "One of the ducks can go, there, you go!" "No-one will go anywhere!" "Jose does not allow himself to love, it's trouble." "When you're told that you're loved, do not turn away." "Say "thank you"." "That's how I was brought up, and I'm not complaining!" "True, guys?" "Straighten!" "Just 23 and an early slouch." "The vertebrae are like dumplings." "Where is your x-ray of the spine?" "Will you show Jose?" "Let's see what a real backbone's like!" "The mother's vertebrae - the millstone!" "Is that true?" "It's true, true." "But the knees take me nowhere." "Nonsense!" "They're excellent knees." "You just do little walking." "In China, old people are forced to work up until 150 years!" "And you're here in clover, and all of you are working!" "Come on, get up, set the table." " Today they buried my Camille." " This work is not a hindrance." "True?" "Come on, do it!" "We'll dine on a festive tablecloth with the best dishes and beautiful glasses." "Open the good wine." "And I expect your Camille probably already submits to aperitif angels... with their big white wings, so clean." "They don't open them very often and fly." "Well-known layabouts." "What's wrong?" "Note Mother's mind even though it's where Alzheimer's rests!" "And Marguerite Duras had Alzheimer's, but she could find a bottle of wine." "But this morning I could not find a shoe." "How many times: you're not crazy, and shoes!" "We blame ourselves, not things." "And I tell you, idiots among shoes are no less than among men!" "Strike!" "Strike!" "The TV says trucks are blocking the road!" " What's the matter?" " Well, everything - a real mess!" "When people are treated like dirt, it breaks through somewhere." "Who will pay for everything?" "Us, again!" " Truckers strike." " Strike?" "Trucks still blocking." "They know their job." "Imagine, my Camille: only just buried, and it's like a revolution." "I think it's them!" "We're here!" "Hop out." "Well, my little Julien, here's your new home." "Come on, Julien?" "Let's go, kid?" " Took a long time getting here!" " I thought I wouldn't make it." "Everywhere's blocked with trucks!" "I had to swear and curse, I would not have missed this... bastards." "Well, let's go?" " What'll you havel?" " I would like a cherry liqueur." "Snacking in a roadside diner - I have to drink." "Don't eat in places where there's only poison." "It's like the last time, a mix-up." " Did you eat on the road?" " I had to!" "With all the chaos!" "The police directed us to the national highway." "Truckers went there especially." " There's national anger." " And I'm not so easy to anger." "And what's your name?" "Do you like bananas?" "Never eat indiscriminately!" "Food is much more than food - it's love." "In a roadside diner they serve love... like two slaps in the face and a kick in the ass!" " Careful on the way back." " The way back is always fine... especially once you've visited." "And little Jose?" "Yeah, working, drinking, eating, shouting, racing, things are going smoothly..." "I bought new shoes." "I suspect we'll soon see the bride being led." " You're saying that everything's on track?" " Well, of course." "OK." " OK." " Yes, Yes." "Well, I must go." "Yes, as always." "Exactly." "Well, all, I have left." " She's gone." " Yes, yes, what to do?" "Everyone, I have!" "And she's gone!" "Well, here." " Cute kid." " The cutest!" "Well, look - a room for mother." "Mother is Blanche." "This is my bedroom." "I'm Louise." "But here is your room." "And you - our little Bubble." "Come on, Julien, go in." "Come." "See - your room." "Your room, your pajamas, your teddy bear... your slippers." "We bought them from a rogue on the market." "The prices are the same as in the shops." "Can you believe it!" "In the market, it should be cheaper." "There's no roof, is there?" "Let's go, let's get in the bath." "Do you not want to talk, little Julien?" "Lift your arms." "That's it." "What soap shall we have?" "Let's go with banana, since you love bananas." "You know, newborns are blue with no feathers." "Then something grows." "I just saw a pigeon walking in dog poop." "Oh, those pigeons!" "How stupid." "Oh, I'll be a dove, so I would not have gone on the poop." "Oh, no, I - if I'm a dove" " I would go to the bakery, to peck at the crumbs." "What wrong am I doing?" "Some crumbs from a white loaf." "Do you know Mickey Mouse?" "He's a mouse, yet he doesn't eat cheese, but hamburgers with ketchup." "Yes, the mouse that's not afraid of getting fat." "Don't you like mice, little Julien?" "Then I'll come over, because the cat - the big slacker." "You know what Albert has been up to all day?" "To think that I feed him at noon!" "And yet!" "He's not a cat, but a husband." "That's why all the men who are waiting for dinner in front of the TV, I call Albert." "Because I have and do not have a husband." "All gone!" "That's the best way!" "And I do not need one." "I'm fine as I am!" "Do you want me to draw the curtains?" "Do you want me to open the window?" "You want to see the fountain?" "Ah, no luck." "There's fog today." "But tomorrow it will be clear." "And the day after, and the day after... we'll see the bell tower." "And the tree!" "In which pigeons make their nests." "You know, yesterday there was a real meteor shower." "Dozens of stars - beautiful." "They flew across the sky and into gardens." "It was funny - all passing into flowerbeds." "Shall we leave your lights on or not?" "I'll leave the door open, and the hallway light on, right?" "Do you want to stay?" "What do you want, kid?" "Won't you say?" "Then you know what?" "I'll sit in the hallway, so that you can see me." "So if you want me, I'm close by - call on me." "OK?" "You see" " I'm here." "So strange - a kid on the day when they buried Camille." "By chance." " He's little Camille." " No!" "He's Julien." "Well, good night." "Until tomorrow." "Sleep, Bubble." "Sleep tight." " Hello." " Hello." " It's the new owner!" " Hey, boss." " When did he get here?" " Last night, today's the first day." "And the owner?" "Moving up the ladder quickly." "This is Mr. Antoine!" "When he gets drunk, he runs to buy a dress for..." "Madame Antoine, to avoid a beating." " It's not true." "Do not listen." " His name is Julien." "Hi, Julien." "Well, Bubble." "Come on out." "Sunday is special." "We'll go buy cakes." "Do you like cakes?" "Come on." "And there's the butcher, healthy as an ox." " How long is it for?" " We'll see how it goes." "That's how my mum got run down." "Didn't look and - bang!" "The truck was right there." "Lucky to have survived." "Today, there are no trucks, but there usually are." "Well, let's go." "Don't get too attached to him." " Really?" "Why?" " Because then he'll leave." "We'll not think about that." "No luck us for us today - the bells do not ring." "Mass - all through Sunday." "But at 12 there's the fire siren." "Our ears ring, but we're used to it." "It's aperitif hour!" "What is it?" "Come on, come on." "Blow." "With your nose." "That's it." "Well, at least you're not deaf." "Come on." "Now you'll see Flea." "He's is nice, but a klutz." "Watch him." "And Jose - the little terror." "He'll teach you how to weld pipes." "He fixes toilets." "All of them - my mother's children." "Yes, me too, like you, Bubble." "Now you are our child - my mother and me." "Flea and Jose - your older brothers." "And your brothers are all here." "Big!" "Little!" "Black!" "Blue!" "Green!" "But the most beautiful" " Julien!" "My little Bubble." "You know, mother Louise has a cafe." "So she loves little bubbles." "Well, let's go." "Look." "Off to the cemetery." "They will show my Camille to Julien." " Off to the cemetery." " And you have to repeat it." "This is mother ringing Camille." "And, up!" "We put a 'phone with him, so he wouldn't be alone." "You know, Camille - my dad, husband of grandmother Blanche." "If you like, your grandfather." "Do not be afraid, Bubble." "It's a bird." "Birds are not dangerous." "What?" "You fart on Camille, now?" "Come on, let's tell Mother." "Well, let's go." "He farted on Camille!" "They're back." " He farted on the grave of Camille!" " We're so blessed." "Here, meet..." "Say "hello"." "Hello." " Jose!" "Did you say anything?" " Hi." " His name is Julien." " Hi, Julien." "Come, sit down at the table with a newspaper." " Me?" " No!" "Jose!" "No!" "A table in the sun!" " No!" "You read it!" " Me?" "No, the pope!" "Remember how Flea read you the newspaper?" " Now it's your turn." " I'll bring the beer." " And me?" " Go to the little one's table." "So..." "Where am I?" "And where is he?" "Where is he?" "Where am I?" "But I've played this game with a nanny." "To take advantage of their tactics, I will look at both." "You don't go away, parasite!" "I cannot hear anything, but I can smell." "Have a good Sunday, Julien." "I cannot hear anything, but I can smell." "Slowly retreat." "I cannot hear anything, but I can smell." "Slowly retreat." "I should leave." "Where is the door?" "Must be to the right." "I was given it to read." "Are you tired?" "Yeah, OK, I'll go back to the bar." "Must be right." "Tuk!" "Do not go away, parasite." "I cannot hear anything, but I can smell." "Slowly retreat." "I should leave." "Where is the door?" "What's going on?" "What is this circus?" "Don't worry, Mum." "Just layabouts blocking the way to annoy us!" "Really?" "Usually layabouts make no noise." "Frozen, kid?" "See the beautiful trucks." "It's nothing." "They're just honking." "Hey, guys!" "Block off here!" "And here's something - they didn't waste any time." "I knew it." "So." " What are they doing?" " They turned their heads this way." " And now?" "What?" " Talking." "That's good; it's necessary to talk to the guys, eh, Julien?" "Look at Irene's Cafe; it's also lit." " I knew it!" "Lit where?" " Behind the counter." " And now?" "What?" " Nothing." "Looking at Irene's." "Now?" "What?" "Speak!" "What are they doing?" " Something's funny; they're laughing." " Good." "If guys are laughing, then they're happy." "That's the main thing in life - happiness." " That's right, Bubble?" " And now "The Curve" sign's lit up." "I knew it." "These women will drive us to the grave!" "And so?" " Now what?" " Clapping." "Of course." "So much of our world can be seen from the moon." "Cute kid." "A face like Camille." "Move those!" "We want to work!" " We also want to, so we're on strike." " Striking to improve working conditions." "Who is it?" "Local lumberjacks - they want to work and truckers have blocked the road." "Can you imagine?" "It's like this throughout France." "It said so on TV." "Do you want to fight, to go to war?" "They're all across our land!" "Cecile!" "Don't hide!" "I saw you!" "I'm not hiding, Madame Louise." "I'm looking at a truck." "How can you come to the people and do that!" "In a small village!" "Can't you see!" "If you're itching to do this, then block the roads of the rich!" "It's Chopin." "Yes, yes, it's Chopin!" "They are not fools!" "And so - the roads, they're for all, especially those who live along them... but don't go through them." "And, honestly, we're not getting into bed with this!" "And there's plenty cheese." "Mother!" "Stop that music, and close your shutters!" " This is to get rid of them." " Liar!" "The drivers won't be dispersed by Chopin!" "Put a sweater on!" "What's with this dress?" "It's an everyday dress." "Let us pass!" "We want to work!" "Don't be stupid, Flea." "Leave it!" "You are fools!" "Why did you throw that apple at Mother?" "Itching to throw your apples." "Terrorists!" "It would be better if they were tomatoes - they taste good!" "We're honest people." "Even those health inspector crooks couldn't find a cockroach!" " Isn't that right, Mother?" " It's true." "Once they even had a bite to eat here." " We also want to work!" " He's just a child!" "Come back soon, my Camille, they'll kill each other." "Close your mouth, or you'll swallow the church." "You can sleep on, Camille." "They are dancing." "Hitting each other, and now bosom buddies." "That's them - your working class, and all their barricades." "Say something!" "Don't be silent!" "Well, this lacquer's crap." "Yes, I know what you think!" "What is it, because they are right in front of me!" "You always blame me!" "New customers aren't setting our doorway on fire." "I only said that they are assholes for hitting those who want to work!" "That's all." "And the rest!" "Shame!" "Alf, and Jose - all sitting out there!" "They have the right." "Something happens in the village just once in a lifetime." "Just look at the people." "They'll return." "They always come back." " The little one!" " And the kid, don't worry." "No, no!" "He cannot be alone!" "Otherwise he will never talk!" "These guys will return." "Even my Camille always returned." "But she was beautiful" " Lucie." "Could dance." "Smart, too." "Could speak different languages." "And the cafe flourished." "Cute clown." "What's his name?" "Bozo?" "Yeah, no, I know, don't tell me." "A clown, oh, who walks on his hands!" "So?" "I'm guessing, Julien?" "This clown, with socks on their hands!" "What would you say if I made pancakes?" "And waffles!" "Well, Bubble?" "Pancakes, and on top - a ton of jam!" "OK, enough shouingt!" "Our heads are spinning!" "Shut up!" "No!" "Even better" " I know - let's bake cakes!" "I know a recipe." "It's simple - cake's best." "Nothing too adventurous" " Shut up, I say!" " There's nothing else going on!" "Closed!" " What?" " Closed!" "That's because they have gone." "Everyone." "No one stayed, not even Flea." "Here, closed immediately." " Mum, we will die." " Then we'll be in peace!" " I am silent." " That's best." " OK." " That's it." "You won't paint his nose red?" "He is so sad, your clown, little Julien." "See, clowns can be yellow, blue, red." "That's a clown." "So why so sad?" "Do you want some milk, Bubble?" " You want me back behind the counter?" " Exactly!" "That's it!" "Camille..." "She said Camille in her sleep..." "could just call him." " I'm sorry, Madame Louise, I'm late." " Shut up!" "Don't you see she's asleep?" "No more to say." "Everything's over." "Quiet." "Now I pour for the dead and wait for retirement, sitting, staring at the wall." " Where's your nose ring?" " It fell in the potato peelings." " Just don't tell me off." " Am I like that?" "Over there, they've asked me to help, as they suddenly have a lot of customers." "Which they did not expect." " I'm having no luck today." " So can I go?" " Can I?" " Of course you can." "On one condition: every hour you report on what's happening." "You promise?" " Yes, Madame Louise." " Every hour!" "Hello." " This is Madame Antoine." " Hello." "OK." " Came to see the trucks." " OK." " Impressive." "They're what kind of trucks?" " Trucks." " You have a new little one?" " Yes." "He is little." "Obedient." " How long for?" " What do you want?" " Me, beer." " And?" "Cherry liqueur." "No, port." "Yes, there is nothing more boring than being at home when the TV's broken." "So, where do you go?" "If it was over the road, I would understand!" "Yes, it's lke in the almshouse, where we put your mother." " Well, still..." " No, really!" "It's true!" " They're doing a casserole?" " No, just sandwiches with a burnt smell." "I knew it!" "So, the driver..." "Well?" "What are they saying?" "The driver with long hair - he is not a Frenchman, he is Spanish." "He once stopped vehicles at the border, and the trucker in the yellow raincoat... took him with him, and he stayed with him." "Now, he's with the kitten." " How do you know about the Spaniard?" " He said." " You know Spanish?" " No, he was talking with Madame Chevrier." "Oh, now you're talking!" "Very nice." "Not that it's better to be silent." " They want to have a family." " Really?" " And more money." " That's good." "And what about the others?" " Nothing." " Nothing?" "Nothing." " Irene - nothing?" " She's listening." "Listening!" "That's just crazy!" "She won't keep her customers long if she's... so lazy!" "What about Marion?" " She's playing cards and smoking." " With them?" " With a driver from Amsterdam." " Clever girl." "Any more?" "And Madame Chevrier's reading them poetry." " Really?" " She reads out loud, but nobody listens." "I knew it!" "Any more?" "And some of them are carrying sand - to construct a hospital in Turkey." "OK, good." "They talked about a river that every year overflows its banks... but as the water subsides, thousands of fishes appear lke snow on the bank!" "And doesn't it stink?" " They didn't say." " And Irene didn't ask?" "What else do you know?" "Any more?" "Flea told how his father died of a heart attack, tied to a tree... because he quit drinking." "You won't go there any more!" "A prince replied: "The years in prison have not tamed my anger."" "Years in prison have not tamed my anger." "I'm a bubbling volcano of hatred, and my lava engulfs you... and your kingdom!" "I - a volcano of hatred... and my lava swallows, swallows you and your cafe!" " Kingdom, sorry..." " Kingdom, rather than a cafe." "Yes, I know!" "I can read!" "And you, if you are unhappy, you and the prince can go to drink over there... with his rubber sword and tight-fitting pants!" "See how you will get on there!" " Yes, my love." " Mama?" "!" "Where are those beautiful white stockings that I wore to the wedding?" "Camille, don't hang up." "And the leopard-print jacket?" "Where will this storm take us?" "Over there!" "I know what you'll say..." "that this is too much." "I say - nothing is too much when it's needed to save the cafe!" " My daughter has gone crazy." " Today I slept well, and without dreams." "So, rest." "They chatted till three in the morning." "What are you drinking, just milk?" "I'll make a sandwich?" "With a thick slice of ham!" "You'lll see!" "With the best ham!" "Done in blood!" "Doctors recommend it!" "And maybe put on a fancy dress with large red flowers?" "I came up with this!" "We'll get a plastic tree with artificial snow and baubles... and put it on the bar!" "No one can resist that!" "A Christmas tree with garlands!" "They'll flock to drink champagne and eat biscuits!" "They are trying to act cool, but in fact they're all children!" "Isn't that true?" "I know this isn't Christmas, but... in Africa they have 60 degrees the whole year, and they still have Santa... and shop for gifts." "Yes, the kid's useful." "We need to think big." "Here!" "Here, Mum!" "Eat." "And it'll get easier." "It's not a gift, it's a punishment." "I know, Mum!" "We must act!" "You're going over there, my daughter, but why?" "Over the street?" "For whom?" "Well, you have become like Flea:" "running away without thinking?" "What if I die in the meantime?" "Don't be stupid!" "You're in great shape!" "Watch your diet, sandwiches in the morning!" "They stole my Camille, and are now stealing my daughter." " Look, I'm just going!" " Just go!" "I also went there, across the road, to pick up your father." "And got knocked down by a truck." "To me, these trucks are like death returning." "Well, what nonsense!" "To kill you they'd need twenty-two trucks!" "Come on, eat!" "Get your strength up." "So why are they out there in front of us?" "To wake you up!" "And rightly so!" "They've come for someone." "I called Camille, he told me." " You dreamed it." " I myself heard Camille say it." "Mum, Camille died." "No." "Camille's alive, and he's cold." "I know what he told me, I'm not a fool." "He said:" "You are my cracked diamond." "Only he knows that phrase, "my diamond."" "He told me so when he loved me." "Cracked diamond..." "these words are our secret." "OK, eat!" "There, under the ground, Camille still hears..." "And sees us like one who floats under the ice, and we go... but the ice is about to break." "Mum, a hug?" "And how are we so much alike?" "Spit at us, Mum, we do not care." "No, we cannot see that." "And even if we do see it, then we care even less." "I'm not too heavy?" "A little." "Better for you it's just a little?" " I'm hungry." " That's a good sign." "If this is death, it's beautiful." "No, Bubble, don't pee here, but downstairs." "I showed you." "No!" "Don't be frightened." "Grandmother did the same." "We need to do a little work here." "We pee in the toilet... brush our teeth in the bathroom, we eat in the kitchen... go in the backyard to ride a bike... go for mushrooms in the woods, paint clowns red." "And we say thank you, good afternoon, goodbye, I want to drink... my leg hurts, I want to paint, I am satisfied." "Say:" "I love you." "OK, my little frog?" "I love you, love, love, love..." "Well, here, little Julien, come." "Guys, look!" "Look!" "Hello." "Hello, Louise." "What'll you have?" "We have a kid here?" " This is my Julien." " Beautiful name." "What are you drinking?" "Pomegranate juice?" "Orange?" " What will you have?" " White wine." " Dry?" "Sweet?" " Sweet?" "Yes, dry or sweet?" "Wine?" "Yes, yes, I understand." "Just on this side of the bar, I heard it differently." "It's funny - like it's a bit faster." "Um, dry." "And pomegranate juice." " Your baby?" " 2 months." "I didn't know you were married." "In Juvisy." " Married in Juvisy?" " I live in Juvisy." "I came here because of Camille." "Wow..." "They marry in Juvisy?" "Often." "They get married more frequently than here." "Juvisy's a big city- compared to us." "Your treat?" "Dry white." "How long will you stay here with the trucks?" "As long as is takes." "We have nothing to lose." "Exchange glasses?" "I like to touch the traces of female lips." "Enough!" "Yesterday's over!" "What about your mother?" "After that accident, she's very tired." "How your father was loved." "How he makes me laugh!" "Now, if you gave me the number for his coffin, my little Louise." "Yes, of course." "Here we call the dead." "You need to shave." "Thank you for your kindness." "You have cool hands." "By the way!" "Why the visit?" "Yes." "No." "I just came here for my husband!" "What a couple." "Yes, at home every day..." "They are not a couple." "Really?" " Bad luck, kid." " That's not their child." "Really?" "Then whose?" "It's complicated." "Here, everything belongs to everyone." "And you, if you stay, will become ours." "What are you doing, brother?" "Not going to sleep?" "You said I'm your husband." " That's my advice to you." " We'll see." "Do what you want, but I warned you." "I'll do what I want." "It's my house!" "I'm at home!" "My home!" "A bit of tin on his head, and he imagines himself to be God!" "This is our life!" "They said to close up." "They don't have the right!" "This is the private property of Madame Blanche." "And I don't count?" "One as handsome as you." "Where are you off to?" "Yes, where is he off to?" "God knows where!" "Come back!" "Come back!" "I'm sick of all of you!" "All of you!" "Everyone!" "Everyone!" "You'll see:" "I'll do it fast!" "Time!" "And you're done!" "Off to sea, I'll open a sandwich shop!" "A piece of herring and lettuce!" "6 euros!" "And people will say: "Oh, how delicious, you like to feed us well, Louise."" "Oh, thank you" "We starved without you." "I love you, you are our Louise!" "National treasure Louise!" "And you'll wait for me, but no!" "It's too late!" "Louise has vanished!" "And they will cook shrimp salad and mussels - those who swim and sunbathe... and lie under the pine trees in the sand, miserable fools." "And I don't care!" "Dammit!" "Better cook yourself pancakes, And eat up!" "Excellent idea." "Pancakes?" "No." "Under the pine trees in the sand." "I brought you this." "Thank you." "And this is for your kid." "How cute." "It's said they're sending for army vehicles to deal with your trucks." "Nasty." "It would be better to travel, dig wells in Africa, right?" "I went to Africa, to the south; not fun." "I'm always here, this is where my tribe is." "My mother, my mother." "Blanche." "In fact, my mother, and my child." "What would you like?" "White wine." " What is your name?" " Louise." "And yours?" " Pierre." " Pierre?" "And?" "That's all." "By the way, Pierre [Peter] is from the Bible." "Thanks." " What do you think?" " Eh?" "About... chicken's asses." "You aren't very talkative." "I'm looking at you." "Well, since there's the time..." " You're cute." " I try." "My treat!" "Thanks." "I forgot the washing!" " What a fool I am!" " Can I help?" "I won't refuse." "My Love." "Love, Blue Bird." "Cranes!" "Cranes are flying!" "There!" "There!" "And more - due north!" "We asked nicely - and you went even further." "That's the spirit of contradiction." " And what should we do?" " Drink." " That's your answer?" " Yes, have a drink, have a drink." "Could take him away from you." "Why?" "Do you want to teach yourself?" "Great!" "Let's do it!" "Take him!" "Who'll gather the things?" "Now, instead of honest people, you can care for him!" "Julien!" "Meet your new dad!" "To you!" "They want to rob you of your kid?" "No." "They'll take nothing away." "They won't lay a finger on him." "Blocking roads is illegal." "I do not interfere with traffic." "The motto of the French Revolution, written in the constitution, says..." "Freedom, equality, fraternity." "Okay, son." "Head in his dad's hands." "Bastards!" "Bastards..." " You're back?" " Of course." "Of Course!" "Everybody says that and escapes." "Flea's in a coma." "You have thrown before?" "Me?" "Never." "Never have." "One warning." "Then apply force." "Never." "I'll stay." "One warning." "Then apply force." "It's not the time, Albert!" "Not the time!" "Julien?" "Where are you, Bubble?" "Julien's gone!" "Let..." "Drop it." "Pull back." "When there are perverts everywhere..." "Do not think like that - it's bad luck!" "Child?" "No, my son, I have no children." " Well?" " Nothing." " Julien!" " Looked everywhere." "Even in the bakery." "And there?" "Lake Bourget?" "17 kilometers between him and there." "I doubt that he could." "You have a helicopter..." "The first helicopter is..." "I'll call Camille." "Oh, he's got to know." "Yes, it's Julien." "Julien!" "Julien's found!" "Julien!" "Bubble, you scared us!" "You cannot leave without permission." "You cannot!" "Otherwise, mother Louise will die of grief." "You don't want to upset mother Louise?" "Well, let's go." "Thank you." "We'll be back." "Don't say that." "I'll wait." "The last warning." "Then apply force." "The last warning." "Force it is, then." "Bastards!" "What's that doing here?" "Remove this idiot!" " Don't be stupid!" "Get off!" " Come on!" "Get off!" "They'll kill him..." "Mum!" "Where are you going?" "Are you crazy!" "Mum, come back!" "Yes, they're all crazy!" "Grandma Blanche!" "He's drunk!" "There's a kid!" "We'll sort it!" "Then we'll leave." " How are you, Blanche?" "How?" " It stings." " And my Camille, where is he?" " He's sleeping." " It's because he found Julien." " Yes." "She needs her drops." "I know, drops for pollen!" "Two drops in each eye." "Bastards!" "Killed my baby." "Sweetie, don't go right now." "Otherwise, who will I yell at all day long?" "Who's going to kiss me?" "Don't go!" "The face in the hands." "The face in the palm of your hand..." "Hello." "Hello." "Mum, sit down here." "Madame Chevrier will make room." "Madame Chevrier, next to you is free?" "Yes, it's free." "Sit down, Madame Delhomme." "Sorry." "Well, all here?" "Marion, kid, all here." "Mr. Antoine..." "Madame Antoine in a beautiful dress, here, too." "Irene, Jose, Alf." "Lucie." "And my Bubble." " Let's go!" " Onward." "Go!" "Beep!" "At the auto mechanic!" "See - with the car!" "Cuckoo!" "It's us!" " Do you think he heard us?" " Oh yeah." "Wouldn't be hard." ""Talking with the driver is prohibited"" "Well, you'd have to be deaf for that to work!" "Isn't that right?" "Or am I wrong?" "Hello, Camille?" "We are on the bus, my Camille." "I'll call when we get there." "I love you, Camille." "I cannot help myself." "And now there's a crossroads." "Camping." "Lime Alley's been cut down?" "It's a pity." "Yes, it's true, it is a pity." "Tell me, Madame Delhomme..." " What?" " I..." "You will not give me the number?" " You can?" " Well yes!" "He might even be nice." " Why "even"?" " Just..." " What is that button?" " Switches it on." " Well, yes, of course." "The number?" "Under the tape." "That's handy." "It's ringing!" "Someone's talking!" "Hi, Camille..." "Good afternoon, Mr. Camille." "It's Madame Chevrier." "I wanted to tell you... pleased to inform you what we think of you." "Goodbye." " That was no good!" " No, no, well, he'll understand." "I didn't say that we miss him." "I said it..." "I didn't say that we think about him every day." "I said it..." " I didn't say without him things are bad." " And I said it." "Of course!" "Since you said it all!" "Remember the day when his clothes fell into the river, and he returned naked?" "How can such a person be just buried." " It has been a week." " Well, after all..." " Can you?" " Please..." "Camille, it's me again, Lucie." "I'm with Blanche." "We're just remembering when you walked naked through the village." "The shorts that you bought!" " Tell him about the ridiculous shorts!" " Yes, it's true, ridiculous." "But they were on sale!" " His huge feet - at the dance!" " Hold on, Lady!" "Hey, you!" "This isn't a game!" "Talking to the dead Camille is like throwing your money away." "See, Julien?" "Poppies by the roadside." "Like you, my Bubble, delicate and lovely." "You didn't have to come!" "You already want off!" "To where?" "You think, Julien, that there's better than here?" "There's the same, just more." "And everyone will confirm this!" "Already dreaming of leaving me?" "He shows off with his truck, and then escapes." "Going to go away, away." "Madame, in the hospital there's no yelling." "I didn't yell!" "I only said that you shouldn't keep the old people in when the sun's in the yard!" "Put them in the garden, it's not hard!" "Benches in the sun, and the elderly in the dark!" "They should bench you, not the elderly!" "I don't think you are going to teach us our job!" "See the sun - it's not hard!" "If you want, I'll get them myself, it's no bother for me." "I would like that to hang clothes on!" "Oh, the sun, you worthless..." "We don't smoke!" "All you need!" "All!" "All!" "All!" "Poor..." "Fresh air - that's the best medicine." "Bananas - the iron's really good for you!" "On television they spoke about bones." " It hurts?" " No." "Camille, he's OK." "Some bad fractures, but he is OK." "You told him that - he wasn't worried?" " I said." " And you said..." "And I said." "This is Cedric." "Do you know him?" "You've seen him in "The Curve"." "Never in my life have I been in "The Curve"." "It's OK, it's a shock!" "Memory loss." "Although it's for the better." "Yes, Mr. Camille, it's Lucie and Blanche." "Well, don't worry, relax, we both send kisses, and we'll see you soon." "Thank you." "How stupid the nurse is." "It's hard work, you have to understand." "A heavy cross!" "And you can drink?" "Oh, yes, can you drink something?" "No." "Puree, at least that's not too bad." "Soup won't do!" "Hospital soup's criminal!" "Don't eat the soup!" "It'll mess up your system!" "Come on." "Come, Julien!" "My Bubble!" "Here, the whole village is in one room!" "And all the dead in one cemetery the size of a meadow." "Little needs to be done, so we could disappear without a trace." "Madame Auger's son's off to the river." "Hello." "Hello." "Hello." "What, the kid's swallowed his tongue?" "What would you like?" "A snack?" "At the moment there's only cheese." "Savoy Emmental or Reblochon?" "Emmental." "And four orange juices." "With a straw!" "Shhh!" "You'll wake the lady." "And she does not need to sleep." "It's not like she doesn't sleep at night." "I'm tired of how you are to me." "Well, there's always the poorhouse!" " Twins?" " Yes." " Estelle and Cecile." " Twins - great." "I dreamed of having my own twin sister." "Oh no!" "I would have hung from having two such daughters." "Or would have drowned one." "Here." "With a straw for the little beauties, and a decanter." "You are lucky." "It's nice here in the... silence." "Yes, great." "Can't complain." "Estelle!" "Cecile!" "Come on, quickly, here!" "We're calling the cemetery to say hello to Camille." "That's enough, stop!" "Here, drink the juice!" "Here!" "Hurry!" "Here!" "quick!" "They can help me with the peas." "Thank you, sir, but we have to go." "I want to help with the peas!" "At home, she wants to do nothing!" "And then..." "And here's better than at home." "There is no doubt, but it's time." "But we're not complaining." "Today - eggplant caviar!" "If you think..." "What, not even a kiss?" "What is he doing with mother Louise?" "I'll tell Camille." "The 'phone, it's ringing!" "Answer it!" "Camille?" "They said there's 3 minutes left to talk." "We haven't much time, my Camille." "It's time to go help in the kitchen." "Seems it's a case of a wedding!" "Come, and you will help me." "By the way, Julien, did you just say something?" " No." " It seemed..." "Flea, Jose, Estelle, Cecile, help me." "Well, in the kitchen." "Peas." "Julien, peas!" "Well, we're a team." "It's as if it's only just opened!" "It's a work of art!" "Beautiful, and it can be seen from far away." "And most importantly: it can be seen better than "The Curve", yes!" "No, honestly!" "I'm not criticising you... but with the sign for "The Curve", you cut corners." "And then, I have to admit, it's on the conscience." "No, honestly!" "When the trash is over there, I'll immediately admit the beauty's here." "Of course, it's easier to work in a pleasant atmosphere, eh?" "Do I tell a lie?" "For two years I've wanted to update this sign." "I probably overheard Irene." "But I don't mind if I steal ideas."