"I'm calling about the ad for the film..." "For almost 50 years, I've been a big fan of michel Louvain." "I Iove michel Louvain, always have, always will." "He was at the St-Georges inn with the Thetford Mines band..." "hello, I'm a Louvain fan." "I took ballroom tango lessons." "LADIES IN BLUE" "I even kept my blue outfit, blue shoes, blue tights." "I'd be really interested." "I've listened avidly since he began." "The Lady in blue is my favourite song because I have blue eyes..." "I'm 73, and have long been an admirer, due to my sister-in-Iaw, who just adored him." "I would love to." "michel Louvain is my idol." " hello, sir..." " In St-Casimir-de-Portneuf in 1958..." "I might like, perhaps, to become..." "a lady in blue." "Many thanks, Mr Demers, and au revoir..." "Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for coming and good night!" "Because of a glance..." "We're now inseparable" "I am in love..." "Oh, my beautiful stranger" "So alluring and so charming" "You made me fall in love" "Oh, lady in blue" "Thank you, people of JoIy and elsewhere!" "michel Louvain, ladies and gentlemen." " It's my birthday today!" " Happy birthday!" "michel, we need you!" " Everyone loves this man." " Oh, yeah." "He's to die for." "Stay the way you are!" "You'd think we were 16!" "We'd take our panties off, but you'd find us too old now." "He's laughing..." "Thank you, ma'am." "Thanks forwaiting." " I brought only these ones." " The record's inside?" "Sure." "We're serious listeners!" "Long, happy life." "You're tired..." "I'm ÉveIyne." "Remember the Laurier mail, 3rd floor?" "My husband was a mailman." "We always went to see you." "Oh, good lord michel." "Can I get a picture with you now?" "Wait in line with everyone else!" "well, aren't you a sturdy guy." " You are..." " GisèIe Lawrence." "I was your accompanist in St-Georges-de-Beauce 43 years ago." " I played the organ." " No way..." "I had only an organ and a drummer, remember?" "Add 40 years and 40 pounds, and you wouldn't recognize me..." "I congratulate you on your lovely career." "You're handsome." "people are rarely photogenic at this age." "I show only pictures of me in my twenties." "I never display current ones." "I want my old showbiz photos on my funeral cards." " Come on!" "She says only Mr Louvain can be photographed..." "You're the only one your age who's photogenic." "You're handsome!" " There's no age for pictures!" " There's no one to take this." "Ask that gentleman." " Hey, that was fast." " It's fine." "You're fast." "I'm from Thetford." " There you go." " I admire you." "Abig day, then waiting for us..." "That's a 50-year Iove affair with the public." "Great show." "Thanks for posing." "Are we done?" "Anyone else?" " I'm tired." " You must be!" " Is that it?" " There's one left..." "Let me get one with you." "congratulations on your singing." "I'II be sorry when you retire." "You're patient!" "Thank you, everyone." "Here's your beer." "Last one." "I'm tired." "You must be fond of something in life, but not just anything." "Mr Louvain had a nice career." "I decided his would be mine too." "I kept following his career." "This is the first photo he sent to members of his fan club." "Yes, this one's worse forwear..." "It's old." "I paid 15¢ for this one in 1960." "I was 10." "This is a collage I made for michel the first time he came for dinner." "I clipped his baby face." "I had it copied repeatedly." "This is him." "His mother." "Here, he's wearing his dad's wedding ring." "I asked if he'd show his hand so I couId see his father's ring." "He said, by all means." "This was his mother's funeral." "That was a hard time." "I kept it, but never showed him, even when he came over." "I clipped him because he was handsome, and because he was weII-dressed." "Everything was coordinated:" "white pants, blue jacket, irreproachable coiffure." "He was always impeccable." "That was my starting point." "His singing didn't appeal to me at first." "What an extraordinary story" "A quarter-century of bliss" "And if I couId do it over again" "I'd gladly would, mark you this" "Since my début on the stage" "I've put your lovely names into rhyme" "Now let's join hands and sing" "Together 'til the end of time" "Twenty-five years of love..." "Shared by you and me" "Twenty-five unforgettable years" "Etched into our memory" "Since the very first day," "We've shared the same bond" "Twenty-five years of love" "And still going strong!" "I can't talk about my youth." "I spent it in a convent." "I stopped attending the convent at 12 and started working at 14." "So, whenever I meet someone talking about their youth..." "Woops, there goes Margot, off to the washroom or something." "I have nothing to add to that subject." "But I got lots to say in old age." "I've seen it all." "I'd Iike to go back to being... 15 or 16, with the experience I have now." "On my word, people would kneel before me." "Goodness gracious." "But no regrets." "I might've turned out bad, orflighty, or something." "I'd rather not." "I Iike my Iife like this." "I don't envy anyone." "I'm glad for every occasion." "That's it." "Why ever did you break my heart when all I wanted for you was happiness?" "You broke it, yes." "Why, my darling?" "My precious honour, almost my whole life, broken" "And now, you refuse my caresses" "You've put a hex on the best times of my youth" "Now I curse the kiss that made me succumb" "My only recourse - to cry!" "Was tenderness always important to you?" "It was foreign to me." "I encountered it listening to girI-taIk at the factories." "At home, Mama never mentioned sex." "Never ever." "When I got married, we went to the woods." "I rented a shack in the woods at Lac ConneIIy." "By Wednesday, I was totally fed up." "I said, "I'm getting a cab." "I've had it." "I'm cold." "I'm leaving."" "That night, I get home:" ""Why are you here?"" ""It was a drag!" "I'd had enough." "What's with that?"" " It was news to me." " That was your honeymoon?" "Imagine." "Nice start for an ignorant girl, eh?" "It was too fast." "Excuse me, what are you doing?" "It makes you..." "No one explained anything to you." "You went on your honeymoon" "I was a virgin." "I get it now." "I consider myself lucky to have a husband who accepted this, and facilitated it when I got married." "If he'd said," ""No Louvain in the house."" "I would've found it hard, but I still would've worked on it." "We've been married 36 years, but I don't know if I'd be... with my husband still, or alone." "What if you had to choose between michel Louvain and your husband?" "I'II be honest." "If it had caused a conflict and he'd banned michel " ""Take up painting or something, but get this Louvain memorabilia out of here" " "I would've presented a choice:" ""Do you love me enough for me to pursue my girlish passion?" "If not, Iet's separate now."" "What does this photo evoke for you?" "That's my first grandson." "He was 2 months old." "We were so glad... when michel held him." "I wished I were a baby too, but that can't be." "Now we have 2 more, another grandson and a granddaughter." "But the first is the luckiest, and the happiest." "He often visits and says, "Grandma, that's uncle michel."" ""Yes." "When Grandma dies, you'II get this photograph."" "There are no words to describe how happy we were that day." "He didn't just hold him." "He played with him, fussed over him." "It was a joyous occasion having michel visit." "That's why I had it framed." "It's very precious." "Other people may have things that are more precious, but to us, this is a treasure." "Have you had those photos over your bed for a while?" "Yes." "It wasn't in this frame before." "I changed my frame about 8 years ago." "I told my husband I was hanging both." ""michel on one side, you on the other."" "He's like family." "Some might find this peculiar." "But with my husband, it's the same." "We both loved him." "It's pretty simple." "You got married recently?" "It'II be 2 years in May." "What does your husband think of his careerist wife?" " He won't see much of you," " He supports me." "At home in the evening," "I practise about 2 hours while he makes supper." " I practise." " Not a bad idea." ""I rehearse, you make the grub."" "As long as I'm happy" "Have you thought about what career you'd Iike?" "I'd really like to get... totally into it." "I don't like dabbling around." "If I undertake something, I can make it." "would motherhood stop you?" "I'd continue because I'm with a good father." "She'II be singing "Les Mots d'urgence"." "Let's give a warm welcome to Lauraine Campeau!" "michel's been important to me since I was a kid." "I grew up with him." "When I was 8 or 9, tops, we waited outside for michel after the show." "We walked a bit." "From the restaurant to a bar, he held my hand." "Just walking, with him holding my hand, was like..." "He went into the restaurant to meet friends." "That was it." ""To a pretty girl I Iike." "Yourfriend, michel Louvain"" "My heart was pounding." "I was young, but it was pounding... in my chest." "I couldn't believe it." "He's beside me." "I'm touching him." "He's holding my hand." "Your hands are small at that age." "He had a man's hands." "I'II never forget it." "When I was 20, I used to wonder... why couples separate after 30 years of marriage." "I couldn't conceive of people separating after putting so much effort into building a relationship." "When I tumed 40, many things happened." "You get stirred up inside." "You see life differently." "The answer occurred to me quite recently." "You have children, you focus on them, you forget yourself." "When the children leave, either you lead parallel lives, or you get closer." "If your relationship is stable, you're back where you were before the kids." "If there's nothing there, it breaks up." "But you still have lovely moments, evenings togetherwith friends, etc." "These intimate evenings keep us together." "Benoit is super nice." "I won't find another man like him who'd accept all my feelings and foibles for michel Louvain." "I'm not sure many men would be so understanding." "He knows it goes back to my childhood." "There's our prince, eh?" "The dream man." "Can't get enough of this." "So good..." "To me, jealousy..." "AjeaIous man lacks seIf-confidence." "If you lose a wife, there are 10 more waiting to make you happy, so no problem there." "You gotta have seIf-confidence." "As far as michel goes..." "I knew him when he started out." "Buenas Noches Mi Amor." "That was his first big hit." "I worked Saturdays delivering milk." "After 12 hours on the road, I'd sit down to Louvain at night." "So I got used to his songs." "michel's songs are... romantic love songs." "Who hasn't dreamed of romance?" "Life isn't easy for anyone." "But when you have a little music to spice it up a bit, it makes life more agreeable, more pleasant." "As far as michel Louvain goes," "I'd love to croon to my wife like he does, but I have no voice." "So I woo her through him." "I Ieft my first husband." "He was a big drinker." "A bricklayer..." "Instead of coming home afterwork, he went to the tavern and drank, sometimes 'til 10:00 p.m., Iying on the tables." "They closed at 11:00..." " "Mme Fournier?" - "OK, I'II come and get him!"" "I'd wake Francine up." ""Not again!"" ""Yeah, we gotta go get him."" "One Sunday morning, I ask Francine..." ""Are you staying with Dad or coming with me?" "I'm leaving."" " "But what about Dad?" - "Fine." "Good-bye."" "I Ieft." "She was 11." "My sister and brother-in-Iaw took her in." "I rented a little flat." "She wouldn't go with you?" "She never forgave me for leaving herfather." "He had a girlfriend, sure, but I wasn't allowed to do anything." " Do you everfeeI like calling her?" " Not any more." "Not since my mother died." "She lived with me for 13 years." "My daughter called weekly, asking for "Mme Robert"." "I'd just pass the phone." "It's far, eh?" "She's a doll for looking after me." "She's priceless." "A great help." "We like each other." "I Iike everyone." "To me, people who are polite, kind and considerate, I Iike them all." "I neverforget them." "They're etched in my heart." "Sometimes I sing at night, because I Iike to." "What do you sing, "Un jour à Ia fois"?" "Anything and everything." "I know many songs." "My favourite is "Un amour comme Ie nôtre"." "You must know that one." "A love like ours... is without peer" "Not like others' love" "Ours is a cut above" "intuitively, you know... what I want to say" "And where I'm concerned, you know all my desires" "Why ask of others such marvellous romance?" "A love like ours" "will ever be unique" "That song is my dream, if I may say so." "I've always kept up with the nicest songs like that." "Now I'm getting older and I still know it by heart." " I'm glad." " We need songs, eh?" "And dreams." "Yes." "I Iove life." "Laurette is my pride and joy." "I Iove her, she takes care of me." "If she weren't there, I might not be this well." "Eh, Laurette?" "It helps." "She's laughing." "It helps." "That's what we always say." "It helps." "Here's Mama's apron." "Look." "KIeenex." "I can't touch it." "It's useless." "I don't know why I keep it." "I don't know why." "I put my closet over there." "I go get something, and think it's time I threw it out." "I grab it and it kind of grabs me back." "There it stays." "Nounou got these forAudrey when she turned one." "He said, keep them forever." "I put it with the apron." " Do you think of your mother often?" "Yes." "She was authoritarian, possessive - hugely so." "She lived here 13 years." "I worked." "At 4:30 p.m. - she knew when I finished - she'd go into my drawers and take a bra, panties, pantyhose, pants, and put them here:" ""I ran a bath for you." "Your clothes for tomorrow are ready."" "Intransigent." "You wore what she laid out." "Yes, Mama." " until she died?" " I couldn't say no." "CouIdn't." "Yes, my dear?" "I can't lean over." "Come here." "Not on bended knee, just within your reach." "I have a little song with three phrases." "You want to sing?" "She says no, but yes." " The pianist..." " What about him?" "Do you know that song...?" "Forget it, I don't need you." "I'II sing it alone." " What is it?" " Let me sing it." "Listen to this, folks!" "Come here." "May I take your hand?" "Oh, my God." "Let him keep singing" "Let him keep dancing" "Our dear michel," "We'II love you forever!" "Thank you!" "Thanks, Margot." "How did a girl your age, in the modern era, get interested in this old "crooner" style?" " Was it your mother?" " Yes, she loved it." "Two reasons." "I did my B.A. in literature in montreal, and was in a pop-cuIture research group." "Through this, I realized all the pop culture we read and listened to at home could be a fascinating subject." "Then I realized I couId do work on this, but what?" "I thought about my milieu, and my mother, who listened to Louvain concerts and records, even watched him on teIethons because she liked it." "How do you define a crooner in life or in music?" "Crooners are guys who sing exclusively to women." "No man ever bought a crooner record except as a gift for his wife, aunt, girlfriend." " Who's the top Québec crooner?" " michel Louvain, by virtue of his longevity." "He started in 1957." "He still makes the cover of popular magazines." "We still see him." "Who else lasted as long?" "I Iove you Iike crazy!" "You are my Iife!" "They're wild!" "I'm all yours." "The hysteria surrounding Louvain arose from women breaking social convention, yelling, causing outbursts, pissing their pants, swooning in public." "Not the ideal, reserved woman." "These were scenes of"hysteria"." "They broke out, and suddenly there was this female sexual energy that was brazen, extroverted, rebellious, and unabashed." "And now, a psychiatrist's view of the behaviour of girls swept up in the Louvain phenomenon." "This is Dr Denis Lazure of Ste-Justine hospital." "At this age, through all kinds of external manifestations, girls try to develop a style, a genre, a personality, and the singer becomes a rallying point, as it were, in the sense that a group forms around him" "and assimilates the singer's mannerisms and at the same time, this group... fosters the expression of feelings and emotions" "that wouldn't occur on an individual basis." "adolescence wouldn't normally allow such excessive expressions of feelings and emotions that are sometimes in the realm of sensuality, and at other times remain... at a more platonic level." "I thank God for my health." "I'm in pretty good shape for 7 4." "Nothing wrong but my wrinkly face." "Guess there's always something." "I asked my doctor how I got so wrinkly." "He said, "Remember when you were fat?" "You lost weight too fast." "You weren't careful." "applying creams would've helped." "Too late now." Fudge, I'II stay like this." "I had no excuses." "I was ashamed." "Embarrassed." "Now I say, if people don't like it, look away." "That's it." "I carry on regardless." "But sometimes, when I go someplace special and see beautiful people all made up, I think, damn them..." "I envy them their beauty." "Oh well." "HéIène, I'm in my convertible" "Look, HéIène, I just got my car out of storage..." "When we get to the house, I'II call you." "The Porn flakes are OK?" "I got them." "I'II call you anyway." "talk to you soon." "I can't sing that low." "That was his best take." "full of feeling." "That's great, just great." "Lots of feeling!" " I gave it a Iot." " I know!" "It's great." "Listen to your masterpiece." "Sit here." " The ending was good too." " The second time I really got it." "I'd love to sing with them tonight in concert." "Unannounced." "I come out after their "Lady in blue" intro..." " Where are you playing?" "At the Corona." "You must never lament" "A lost love" "For tomorrow may bring you" "A hope that is yet unseen" " What's yourfavourite song?" " "Why ever did you break my heart?"" "No one broke your heart." "You're a happy woman." "Very happy." "We've been married 54 years." "We dated for 3 years, and I wouldn't trade my husband for the world." ""Why ever did you break my heart?" I think if that ever happened to me, how hurt I would be." "I'd surely die." "I couId never live without my husband." "I ask the Lord just one thing in my Iife: to die first." "I couldn't stand it." "I don't know what I'd do without him." "So, that song..." "I Iike the tune a Iot." "The words are nice, but I also like the tune a Iot." "So I was separated from my first husband," "living in a studio apartment." "I thought, Jeez Louise, I may as well stay at work." "Sometimes I worked 'til 11:00, cab home, back at 6:00 a.m." "One night - I used to smoke back then " "I go see MrAndré across the street." "His bar's still open." "I ask for cigarettes and a Coke." " "Wait your turn!" - "Yes, sir."" "I was raised at the convent:" "yes sir, yes ma'am, thank you." "After a good 20 minutes, I wondered if he'd forgotten me." " "What did you order?" - "A pack of smokes and a Coke."" ""Fine." "What are you doing tonight?"" ""Pardon me?" I was all..." "I didn't know what to say!" "Yes?" "No?" "I reached out and kissed him!" "I don't know what came over me!" "I get goose bumps just talking about it." "I take the smokes and go." "AII my girlfriends found out." "Sometimes when the barwas empty, he'd sit in a booth." "So, the girls said, "Margot!" "Come see MrAndré in the booth."" "That's how it started." "34 years." "34 beautiful years together." "Oh, Lord, there you are." "How old are you?" "Oh, Iet's see..." "Eighty." "I'm 96." " july 1 is my birthday." " You're lucky, you're with a kid." "Right?" " Yes, I'm younger." "You?" "You know what you're saying?" "You're young, old, young, old." "I'm in advanced youth." "He makes me laugh." "He's funny." "You have to be, because sometimes it's gloomy here." "Nervous?" "It's not Iike my first time..." "You know him already?" "Yes." "You might say that." "I'm lucky, almost blessed." " Every show, he's so nice." " Look up." "Artists like Mr Louvain are rare." " Which number paint are you using?" " Brat." "My husband's terrible." " He's always like that." " Look up." " He's not jealous of..." " Not at all." "When Mr Louvain arrives, I want hysteria and elation." "Everyone stand up." "Don't leave your seat, don't jump on him." "You may get up and yell for effect." "You'II be glad to see him." "Let's rehearse it." "After the break," "I'II signal to you." "If I do this, it means yell." "Let's practise." "After the break!" "The one and only michel Louvain, everyone!" "You came!" "With your daughter!" "Denise Lapierre is with us." "It seems you have a favourite gift." " Denise has brought you some." " It's bad for my figure!" "I know what she's bringing." "Hi, Denise." "She spoils me with sweets." "Good Lord, it weighs a ton!" " There's maple sugar and..." " This time, that's all I made." "I made something else..." " She made a ton!" " They ate some." "I put your programs on DVD." " First cassettes, now DVD's!" " Videos are getting scarce now." "You must keep them." "I'm giving them to you... because is it's your dream." "You liked De bonne humeur" " Can I see?" "It's heavy." "The box is full." "Thank you so much!" "This time, I did it on the computer." "They know it all!" "I'm so glad to be near you." "I have goose bumps on my arms and back." "As long as you're with me, I'II go on living." "Good Lord." " holy smokes." " I'm lucky to have a guy like you." "She's getting us all worked up." "Thank you." " I still live at the same place." " I know." " FuII-time." "Drop by if you want." " Bye, girls." "Take a DVD and check the cover." "You don't have to watch them all." "I took out "Sissi's waltz"." " That episode was..." "You liked it." ""Rose-CoIoured ball" - everything!" "The highlights." "See you soon, michel." "Santa's coming." "gentleman in blue." " Go ahead." " beautiful blue flowers." "We got there early, at 3:45." "We were waiting around so we went to the cafeteria." "There, I met michel's fans, all nicely turned out." "Very nice." "Some from New Brunswick, Lac St-Jean..." "Some from around MontréaI." "I was the only one from Québec City." "We talked about everything." "They teased me... about the present I gave michel for his 50th anniversary." "After the show, michel signed autographs, as usual." "Everyone got a chance." "He overlooked no one." "Everyone wanted pictures, of course." "Then, we gave him his Christmas presents." "Yes, we gave him his gifts." "He was happy." "It was a nice show." "As far as his fans go, they're there out of love." "He was very happy." "His eyes were sparkling." "And I'II tell you..." " He's very emotional." " He didn't have tons of gifts." " He said he lived like us..." "The evening I gave him his Christmas present, he said..." "I know him." "I gave him permission to unwrap it before Christmas if he wanted." ""Santa lets everyone..." "He gives special permission, even to you."" "You shouldn't have." " I'II rip it." " Go ahead." "It's Poire william!" " With the thing that goes on top." " A liqueur!" "And the glass that goes with it." "people will be jealous!" "My choreographer referred me." "He makes shoes for dancers..." "and nice dress shoes." "But I Iike readymades when it comes to dress shoes." "Don't forget buttons..." "on all the pants." "Very nice." "Let's see the effect with the white jacket." " Do they feel tight?" " No, they're falling down..." " I'II have suspenders." " They're tight enough." "Let's see the whole effect." "Looks good." "Don't forget my arm gestures." " I'm making it spacious" " Under here?" "No pockets." "They won't stand out like that" "But after pressing, they show." "This'II look great under lights." "These sleeves are long." " Two buttons?" "Yes." "A bit higher than usual." " It feels a bit too tight." "I dance in this." "I wave my arms." "It'II be fine." " I still want it to have shape." " Yes, but I have love handles." " We'II give you a nice waist." " What about my handles?" " It's too tight, I'm uncomfortable." " OK." "Try the other one." "This has a lustre to it." "It'II look good on stage." "I just love this." "It's magnifique." "If we could just see a bit of this." "How far down does the jacket go?" "If the knot goes here, we should get a glimpse..." "How many buttons will the vest have, five?" "Damnation." "How much time..." "could we do something in the back?" " It has to be fast, 35 seconds." " It will be." "But when the audience is raucous and you're not coming out..." " You panic backstage." " Just breathe deeper." "OK, Iet's try it." "Very nice, I Iike it, as always." "well, I'm awestruck." "What are you thinking about?" "well, I know one thing..." "Oh, michael..." "He won't be able to resist this." "We've got him." "But the best is yet to come." "I'm sure this time will be better." "You know you're the only woman" "I got news for you, kid." "Barbara, you forgot." "I can't have kids." "But I thought" "He's a millionaire Don Juan." " Screw off." " Barbara, this is quite a surprise." "No remorse." "You've always been there for your daughter." "Sometimes I wonder where I'd be without her." "These shots look the same." "I put michel in with my grandson." "I once told michel," "I have adorable grandkids, children, a husband I adore, but I'd rather die before him." "Isn't that crazy?" "If I ever come down with anything, I asked AIain... to call michel and tell him." "I don't want him to come over, in case it upsets him too much, but I'd Iike him to know." "In case I have hours to live, but no more." "On top of that..." "let me tell you, ourfuneraI arrangements are done." "You may not be aware they sell coffins with drawers." "You're in there with a drawer." "I'm bringing photos of my kids, grandkids, husband, and Mr Louvain." " In the coffin?" " Yes, a photo in an envelope." "That's my final wish." "I don't want open-casket." "But there'II be a place just for him." "Thank you for this warm welcome!" "I Iove you!" "God, that was long." "Crazy." "I got carried away." "Two hours!" "Autograph time." "A little perfume for the ladies, to cover the sweat." "glasses..." "Go over there, we'II ask her to take our picture." " No, dear!" " Oh, come on, ask her." "Get closer." "Take off your glasses too!" " I wouldn't have dared." " Come on." "You're more handsome by yourself." " I'm not jealous." " Seems not." "I just wanted to see your suit." "You're so well dressed!" "I can't believe it." "congratulations." "We don't see such well dressed people any more." " How are you?" " Fine." "yourself?" " Mr elegant." "hello, Denise." " How are you?" "This cheek only." "There's a zit on the other." "I got it yesterday." "Anticipation for the upcoming 50th anniversary is rising." "How was Russia?" " I haven't seen you since then?" " No." "We met, but after the summer" "I went on an amazing trip." "only we froze like rats." "We went in late May." "It was unseasonaI." "But it's the baltic Sea, in the north." "It was chilly." " It was fun." " We wish you good travels." "The bouquet..." " It fell." " It's broken." "It's gone." "It was shot anyway." "I have to replace it." " It was nice." " Great, eh?" "Where are you next week?" "I'm singing under the big top in Ste-MadeIeine, in that country Western event..." "My story is a familiar one" "AII lovers know it by heart" "Naive or profound, it's the only song in the world that never ends" "How do you feel about this intro?" "You need to walk in." "It might be the first number." "Will you come in with this song?" "No, I pictured the mike on a stand, with me in darkness." "The three parties must work together on the decisions that Canada must... make... about this budget..." "I got every colour!" "Here." "Let's see." "Very nice!" "Come here!" "It's my pleasure." " Make sure you wear it!" " You're a darling." "You won't get the flu." "You're very welcome!" "Good." "Don't lose them!" "How about a nice red one to go with your hair." "I'd rather have navy blue." " The navy ones are gone." " I have pale blue, and black." " The nice blue ones are gone." " Gimme a red one." "Hang on a second." " How about this one?" " I got one!" "Oh, good!" "You got it!" " Here, sir." " Perfect." " Handsome as a heart-throb." " You're kind as an angel!" "Good Lord, a smooch." " Thanks, sir." " I'II say a prayerfor you." " You're very kind!" " You deserve it." "Thank you!" " I thank you" " Want a red one?" "Not this one?" " OK, fine." " This one?" "A black one?" " Thanks, madam." "Asmooch." " Oh, yes, thanks!" " Thank you." "This is the inside." "Put it on properly, OK?" "When the guys come for a coat, they take scarves, gloves, mitts." "Some were asking if I made slippers." "I said no..." "Do you keep these?" "Keep them." "They're good chords." "I use them for sewing." "They're good chords." "well, thanks a Iot!" "My good deed for the day." "Some day, we will be old For our children, one of us..." "will also pose the same problem" "When we are old" "We need... our children to conclude the journey" "Nice, eh?" "I wanna Ieam this song because let's say I stop work, say I retire," "I'II go to those residences... where the elderly have no visitors." "I'II Ieam this song to sing to them." "I will." "I wanna learn it." " That's a nice song." " Forwhen you stop working?" "When I'm on my pension." "Now I'm working." "No time." " When will you retire?" " Dunno." "When I have to." "He doesn't need me up there." "I sew for a living." "If I stop, I go up above." "No work there, they're all nude." "No clothes in heaven." ""No need for you." "Stay below."" "I stay below, and work." "That's my Iife." "I Iike it." "Ten minutes, michel." "Ten?" " I thought we had five." " That's the musicians." "They go on five minutes early to tune up." "You have ten." "Eight, actually." "I gotta pee, damn it." "Is the boss happy?" "I'II tell you after the first song." "The first song sets the tone." "I'm always afraid it won't come out." "You've belted it out for 50 years." " Think he'II call us on stage?" " Pass the lipstick." "Not that one." "neutral." "It doesn't show after you kiss him." "It doesn't stain his collar." "I am in love... with michel Louvain." "I've always loved michel Louvain." "Who's the beautiful stranger?" "The lady in blue, alone at her table" "Seeing her drives me crazy" "Oh how I wish she'd look my way" "I've never seen such a charming woman so lonely" "If I went up to talk to her, Maybe she could love me..." "Five minutes, michel." "Hi, michael!" "I've gone for nights and days without sleep" "To make it here" "I've sweItered in the rain and frozen in the sun" "Just to make it here" "I've spoken to fear and silenced silence itself," "Put a good face on the hours and sold my Sundays" "To get this far" "To get here" "I cried so many times, I've no more tears to shed" "To get here" "I fell a hundred times without ever surrendering" "To get here" "I trod upon my Iife more than my fair share," "declared "It's over," with almost all my loves" "To get to this place" "To get here..." "To get here," "I doubted everything - myself, my God and you" "I Ieft far behind me all my childhood dreams" "Now, my heart... is almost in a state of crisis" "To get here, I truly do believe, if I had a rendez-vous with you that, without a hint of regret," "I'd do it all again" "Just to make it here!" "to my mother" "Adaptation:" "kathleen FIeming Anrà Médiatextes, MontréaI" "SubtitIing:" "CNST, montreal"