"GRAND SONS" "Is someone coming?" "Why did you set a third place?" "I set a third place because I wanted to." "It's a thought for the person who isn't with us." "She's near us and..." "She'll be with us in spirit." "Don't you like it?" "No, I don't!" "Then that's your right." "Remove the setting." "You have weird ideas." "It's done sometimes, we set a place for someone who's gone." "It could have been for grandpa or..." "Does it often just pop off?" "Of course, if you remove the thingy." "To your health..." "I hope it's as good as ever." "And to success in your work..." "For me?" "It's a token for your mother, I put it by her place." "But you don't seem to like it, so put it aside." " These things are done!" " No, they're not!" "At home in Provence, it's done." "Fine." "I'm glad we're having winkles!" "And you?" "What about me?" "Have you finished criticizing me?" "But you're a pain!" "Please, not today." "Why didn't you ask Ben to come?" "I'd have liked that." "Who, Ben?" "He's not here, he's on holiday." "Unfortunately he won't be back until you're gone." "But never mind, you'll see him another time." "We'll tell him to come next time you're in Paris." "He's a lovely kid." "I really like him." "Is there anything else but winkles?" "There are more if you want." "No, this is great." "I love them." "Only... it's a bit too much." "I found you a beautiful cake." "I hope you'll like it." "I'll be impressed if we make it that far." "I'll be impressed if we make it that far!" "Yes, leave some room for the cake." "Buy a hearing aid, it's driving me nuts." "I know I should." "I will..." "But everyone's on vacation and since I want a good one..." "I want to hear without it bothering me." "I'll get to it." "Why are you the one here with me?" "Why is it you here with me?" "Today?" "I think I deserve that much, don't I?" "One day you told me there were two women in your life who'd always taken care of you." "Well, I'm the second." "I'm not complaining." "I was happy to have you, and I'm happy to help you out" "when you need anything." "That's all." "Aren't you happy to see your grandma when you come to Paris?" "And to have somewhere you can invite your friends?" "You like that, don't you?" "I'd rather my mom was here!" "I know." "But we lost her two years ago." "What can we do?" "What do you mean we lost her?" "I lost her!" "You lost her." "But I miss her too, don't think I don't!" "Stop laying claim to stuff!" "I'm not, I just know I miss her." "We spent very nice times together." "We talked..." "She was very bright..." "Stop saying you were friends!" "You couldn't stand each other!" " That's your point of view..." " That's right!" "Your mother just had one problem." "It was normal for her to feel a bit resentful that her son had such affection for his grandma and was nice to his grandma." "It's normal, all mothers are like that." "What do you know?" "They want their child for themselves, and they don't want to share." "It's you who doesn't want to share!" "You didn't ask anyone, you just took me!" "Let's stop this conversation." "I can see we're not on the same wavelength." " I'm sorry." " Of course!" "And mom would have been pleased." "What did you say?" "I think we'd better stop here, we'll skip the cake." "This meal is going badly, so there's no point." "Had I known, I wouldn't have done it." "No, it's great." "It's wonderful." "It would have pleased her." "Sure, she did it several times." "She participated." "We were with her." "Now that can't happen anymore." "Maybe I should have left first, given my age, and she should have stayed." "But what can we do?" "#Happy birthday Guillaume..." "There, give me a kiss." " That was beautiful." " Wasn't it?" "It burns your fingers!" "See your little ringlet?" "It's funny!" "See your little ringlet?" " Don't cut it, it's so cute!" " Why not?" "It's so cute..." "I have the same on the other side." "I've never seen anything like it." "Then I guess I'm unique." "Don't cut it!" "It would be such a shame." "There, I'm ready to hit the town." "Don't cut it." "Is that good?" "We've cut enough off, right?" "Yeah." "Next time I'll go to the barber, it'll be faster!" "It's good now, it's cute." "Want some mustard?" "A tiny bit, not much." "You said chicken and cheese, but what kind of cheese?" "Whatever, I don't care." " Want some butter?" " Absolutely not!" "Don't say absolutely not, it's yes or no!" "I'd understand better." ""Absolutely not" isn't in my vocabulary." "I didn't know about this, it's great!" "Don't bend down, I'll do it." "Where did you get it from?" "Conforama?" "Good." "It wasn't too expensive?" "I've had enough!" "You'll miss your train if you keep that up." "Yeah, I'd better go!" "Shit, I wanted to put that in my suitcase!" "What?" "That bag doesn't need to be there." "I know, but there's not enough space." "Yes, there is." "Give me a kiss." "Have a good trip." "What's wrong, forgot your keys?" "Take care." "Take care!" "Bye." "Be careful with that, it's not very solid." "Thanks for telling me now!" "But you've taken all the others!" "If you brought them back sometimes..." "#Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard the TGV #to Bordeaux St. Jean." "#This train will stop at Poitiers and Angoulême." "Guillaume has a personality all his own." "There are things he refuses to see anymore." "From the moment you left it was over, nothing existed anymore." "That's his way of thinking, so we have to respect it." "For myself, it didn't bother me to do what I did." "I did it to help him out, and for myself too." "It allowed me to hold the memories right to the end." "Like I did for grandpa." "There you go, Michelle." "We've had a good talk today." "Sometimes when I'm out on my balcony I want to talk to you." "I feel like you can hear me and that you answer." "I hope it works as well as the old one." "You shouldn't have any problems." "There are two things you should know." "The temperature control is right here, so you can adjust it..." "Should it always be turned right up?" "It depends." "When you're hot, set it in the middle." "When you're cold, push it all the way to the right." " Here you have the pressure." " The water pressure." "That can be adjusted too?" " Yes, but it's best to leave it..." " On maximum?" "No, in the middle." "I've put it here because it's not very hot yet, so that should be fine." "Hello, Ben." "How are you?" "Hello." "Give me a kiss." "How are you?" "I'm double-parked, so I'll go." "I'll pick him up this evening." "Will you be good?" "Bye." "You do this..." "Like that, you see?" "Then you fill each mold with some batter." "Try not to spill any on the sides." "Take your spoon..." "And go like that." "I want to do it on my own." "Don't get it on the sides." "When you've put enough in, go like that on the edge of the pan." "And now we'll put them in the oven." "Be careful, watch your hands." "Put it in the oven but don't get too close." "There." "Put it on the rack..." "Now we'll let them cook." "So they're turned to ashes." "And we gather those ashes in something called an urn." "So she's there on the balcony, in a little suitcase." "First a cardboard box, and then a suitcase." "We can take it by the handle and carry her with us." "She wanted her ashes scattered in Scotland, but it's a long way to Scotland." "Guillaume hasn't had time." "But we think about her every day." "We say hello to her when we go onto the balcony." "She's dead for real?" "She's there for real?" "She's there for real." "It was very painful for us all, especially Guillaume because he loved his mom very much." "But Guillaume is happy that his mother's here, close to us." "This is the kitchen." "It's not a huge amount of work, but there are the windows to do and the tiles... some washing-up." "I like my appliances to be really spotless, like everybody does." "There are some problems with the plumbing." "Well, it's either the plumbing or the boiler that's just been installed." "The plumber says it works fine, but I think I'll call him back." "Because after a moment the water is either boiling or ice-cold." "It can't go on like that." "This used to be my husband's bedroom." "But I redid it, the paint and everything." "The carpet's new." "He fixed it up how he liked it with all his posters." "So it became Guillaume's bedroom." "We put in his furniture... his little piano so he could sing..." "This is my little room." "This is where I keep all my heavy coats and jackets." "It's a bit of a mess, because there's stuff I use for cooking, for making crepes." "And here I have all my winter coats, my fur coat, a leather jacket..." "They're heavy and they take up a lot of space." "What do you do... for work right now?" "I'm a history student." "You're French, you have your identity papers?" "My grandson comes to stay every couple of weeks and of course he leaves a bit of a mess." "At my age, I no longer have the strength to do all the housework." "What kind of hours are you looking for?" "That depends what you think you need." "Two hours three times a week?" "Does that suit you?" "Can I offer you a drink?" "No, that's kind but..." "Not even a glass of water?" "No, I'm fine." "I'm in a bit of a hurry." " A fruit juice?" " Nothing." " Nothing?" "You're leaving?" " Yes." " Then I'll see you on Monday." " It's a deal." "Enjoy the rest of your day." "Very happy to have met you." "I hope we'll get along just fine." "I'm sure we will." "My dear daughter in law," "I'm very upset about the dream I've just had." "As usual you were saying some very cruel things to me." "That I'm guilty of this and that... while you're the one who abandoned your son, you even said so again tonight." "I don't understand." "What would you call it?" "Did you abandon him, yes or no?" "For me, you abandoned him." "When you leave a two-year-old child and take off like you did," "I think abandoned is the only word that fits." "My son came over with Guillaume in his arms, and said: "Mom, you have to take care of him now."" "What could I do?" "I did what I had to, I took him in." "I couldn't do anything else." "But even in my dreams, you keep on insulting me and I can't accept it." "But what can I do about my dreams?" "And you're not here to explain yourself." "When she died she asked to be ignited." "To get inflamed..." "And then they gathered her ashes, they shut her in a kind of pot which closes and they put her in a suitcase." "Are you kidding me?" "They put her on the balcony..." "Why on the balcony?" "I don't know." "To take her out sometimes..." "Why are you telling me this?" "She also asked to go... to be blown out over Scotland." "Here you are." "How are you?" " Fine and you?" " I forgot my keys." "Have a good trip?" "Not too hot?" "It was like usual." " Can I have melon for lunch?" " What?" "A melon." "Sure, I'll put it in the freezer." "It will chill fast." "It doesn't matter, I'll eat it how it is." "You don't want ice?" " See what I bought yesterday?" " What?" "You do this..." "You break it and you get ice balls?" "You buy anything and everything!" "I thought that if at night you're too hot, you can wrap it in a towel and it would be..." "Don't break the sink." "You can't break a sink with plastic!" "It's stupid!" "It makes a block of ice, not balls." "You must have used too much water." "It doesn't work at all." " That guy..." " What's he called?" "I don't know, the guy who's supposed to clean." " His name's Maxime." " I don't care..." "You heard me say his name, right?" "I hired him to do the windows and things." "I can't be climbing ladders." "If I fall, I risk internal bleeding so I can't do it." "But you can't afford it!" "I don't have much money, but I have to do it." "That's all." "We do what we can in life." "Who is he?" "He's a nice boy who's at university and he needs a bit of money to live on and pay his rent." "How old is he?" "I don't know, he must be 23 or 24." "I don't get it." "You trust anyone who comes along..." "He's not anyone!" "I know him from the neighborhood." "But old people..." "He lived in the neighborhood so I already knew him." " It's insane." " No, it's not!" "Insane!" "I know what I'm doing." "I still have all my mind, thank God." "Yeah, right!" "Despite my age, I still have..." "You don't see things." "You see nothing coming!" "I'm totally blind." "You're pushing it." "He won't come when I'm here?" "He might." "He's not going to eat you!" "You can't have just anyone around when I'm here!" "You have ideas like no one else!" "You know that already, I'm an eccentric." "You've always known that, right?" "You call me every day and talk about nothing." " I can't say everything!" " I come back and you tell me this..." "I go out in the day." "I go to the market, I visit people," "I entertain myself." "I can't tell you every detail of my life." "You'd be bored, for a start." "Why do you lock the door during the day?" " I never lock the door." " It's locked!" "I forgot the keys in the door, that's all." "Here's Serge!" " How are you?" " Fine, and you?" "Fine." "Give me a kiss." "Long time no see." "What have you been up to?" "Working hard." "How's your blood pressure?" "It's fine, it's almost back down to normal." "They put me on something called Lercan." "Not bad." "I've been taking it for a few months, it seems to be working." "If it weren't for my back pain..." " Where does it hurt?" " I've this little hump." "It bothers me." "You're a doctor, it hurts right here..." " Here?" " Yes, right there." "I had an X-ray, my spinal column is a bit curved." " That's old age." " It's old age." "Don't remind me, I know it." "It's not serious." "What's that?" "It's animation." "I did it in school." "I'm seeing if I need to change stuff for next week." "Can't you wait a minute for me to finish?" "Come on, don't be a pain!" "Finally!" "I'm not doing anything." "You don't want to?" "So it's up to me..." "You're the one it bothers." "I just want to respect her wishes, that's all." "Since we don't know what comes afterwards," "I think respecting her wishes is the right thing to do if we can do it." "It's possible we can't..." "Who would it help, you?" "You, too." "You, too." "It would give you satisfaction because you'd done something to make her happy." "Make her happy... she's gone!" "You don't know that." " I mean..." " We don't know." "Normally you don't keep urns like that!" "Or you get a beautiful urn and display it on the mantelpiece." "Are you nuts?" "But not on a balcony like that..." "Why not?" "What does it matter?" "Get the door, it's probably Maxime." "Why don't you go?" "Can't you go and let me rest?" "He's here for you, not me!" "Hello, Rêgine." " How are you?" " We're fine." "I'm going to rest a minute." "Say hello properly!" "Oh, yes, a kiss." "How could you forget?" "What's the program?" "There's not much to do, since I worked hard this morning." " You cleaned?" " It was cool so I took advantage of it." "I thought: "Poor Maxime can't work all afternoon in this heat!"" "Come and let me show you." "Why did you call Maxime?" "Because he's used to the house, he works here." "He doesn't shower here!" "He needs to know the hot water temperature." "Why?" "Put the tap here to maximum..." "Did you call me?" "Yes, I was just showing Guillaume." "Put this tap at maximum for hot water and then slide it back towards cold to get the right temperature." "Did you get that?" "It's not difficult." "But you need to do it slowly starting at maximum, on hot." "Understand?" "Are you done?" "There's no need to be grumpy." "Maxime's used to being here, he's very nice, and I'd like you to treat him better." "Don't worry, it's no big deal." "What manners!" "But at that time... maybe she was unlucky or her departure was ill-prepared." "But she suffered a lot, and it was a very sad affair." "I never want to get sick." "Thankfully, when she left she had her son by her side." "And me, too." "We did what we could to make it easier for her." "We didn't always manage, but we did what we thought was our duty." "Your hair is really dry." " I'm finding it hard to manage." " Really?" "I'll take off the headband..." "We can do a bit better." "Like this..." "You comb it on the side." "A little more like this..." "Hello, sweetie." "I'll leave you this." "I'm running late." "Is something wrong?" "I'll tell you later." "Bye, Ben." "Do you want to play in the dining room or with Guillaume?" "What do you feel like?" " It doesn't hurt!" " No, you'll pierce them!" "It doesn't pinch." "See, does that hurt?" "Look at yourself." "Aren't you cute?" "Isn't it funny?" "We'll put one on the other side." "These are pretty." "Look at this one with the rhinestones." "They're pretty, too." "You're ready for a party now, see?" "Aren't you cute?" "I don't think so." "She gave it to me, but she also made it." "You see, my mom was making teddy bears." "She sewed them and then..." "She used one of your T-shirts, your clothes?" "You're amazing!" "No, in fact this was something I wore as a baby." "And she put it on the teddy bear." "She even put a little thing inside." "I called it Huggy." "It's not a great name, but whatever." "Why are you asking me that?" "Because I want to know." "Why..." "I can't tell you why." "How?" "She had cancer." "Breast cancer, like a lot of women get." "And it spread up to her head." " She had to go to the hospital?" " Of course." "Did she go to your home sometimes, too?" "In fact, she lived alone." "That's sad." "Did you visit her sometimes?" "Of course." "Every weekend, and whenever I had time." "So when you didn't have time, you didn't see her." "We didn't see each other much." "But it didn't matter." "When we did it was great." "Do you have photos together?" "Yes, of course." "In the living room there are lots." "I checked it, I don't think there's a problem." "But don't touch anything, it's dangerous." "I haven't touched anything since you last came." "But I noticed the pressure gauge was a bit..." "I didn't touch anything." "Maxime!" "Do you have any pets here?" "Tell the man that the water doesn't stay at the right temperature." "There's a problem with the hot water." "It runs really hot, then it goes freezing..." "That's normal, I've changed it." "Now you have to adjust it." "I was really tiny." "I'd just come out." "I had a huge mark on my cheek, like a big spot." "They thought I was a girl!" "Look, I'm all in pink." " Maybe mom wanted a girl." " You're rolled in toilet paper." "The toilet paper mummy!" "They wrapped my mother in toilet paper, too." "I think that's her dress." "Here, this will make you laugh." "This is grandma when I was like that." "Imagine if she picked me up now." "I'd crush her!" "Will you try and talk to him?" "Of course." "But you know Guillaume is a bit odd, too." "He has his own ideas and he sticks to them." "It's not always easy with him." "I think he's just a bit on edge but he'll get over it and so will you." "But you should really see each other more often." "Here we go." "Breathe, don't move your head and try not to think." "Don't look at the machine, don't move your head." "It's still the same, 13.2 over 8.9, that's good." "But your heartbeat's still fast." "And you haven't drunk alcohol..." "I have a small heart." "I have a small heart and a big body, which makes it hard." "Who took my sugar?" "I'll say goodbye." "You're leaving?" "But I made you some breakfast." "I have to go." " You're upset." " I'll call you." "That's not good." "Come and let me take your blood pressure, Serge." "You have to let me, you don't look well." "No, thanks." "I'll call you tonight." "I'll call you later." "You're not nice." "You're upsetting me." "It's not good." " You'll call me tonight?" " Yes." "Promise?" "What happened with Serge to made him run off this morning?" "He wanted to go home." "He can do what he likes." "It's strange, usually he eats breakfast with you." "He had stuff to do." "Are you still getting along?" "No, not really." "Think he'll come back?" "I don't think so." "And I don't really care." "So it's a love affair that's quietly ending?" "Probably, yes." "I'm in the third house." "I'll read your horoscope." "Are you looking for a new job?" "You've just found one." "Alright, good." "Do you have problems with your..." "Do you have problems with your health?" "You think that's funny?" "It's funny because..." "I think you're about to clean behind the little suitcase." "No way I'm touching it!" "I was expecting you to say that, that's why I was laughing." "Leave me out of your affairs!" "Are you sure you don't have a health problem?" "I have no health problems and..." "In fact, I'm going to do the kitchen." "I'll let you finish." "I'm not touching it!" "Fine, I'll do the balcony myself." "I didn't think you were so sensitive." "You found that?" "Look at how cute you were." "Great!" "Hang on, I'll get a chair." "Have you already seen pictures of my mother?" "I've seen a few." "We have to read this." "My mother lived in Germany for... four or five years, maybe six." "I'd visit her there." "She'd write to my grandma and tell her about her life." "Dear Grandma, I'm between two massages..." "She was a massage therapist in Germany." "I'm between two massages and I have a moment to write." "Firstly, thank you so much for your usual kind welcome." "I didn't call you when I got back because my last phone bill stopped me." "After the bus trip back," "I was so tired that I slept all day on Monday." "Now I've started work again at the hotel." "On Wednesday I worked at the French shop." "It's much better paid but I enjoy it less." "Unlike you, sales are not in my nature." "Really?" " What, yes?" " Yes, that's good." "She doesn't listen to a word I say." "The rest of the time I'm glued to my courses." "I already know the names of all the bones by heart." "But I'm still having trouble with the muscles." "That's right, she wanted to massage me once." "Impossible to touch me." "I couldn't let my mother touch me." "She had a massage table, I lay down on it..." "She really insisted, she kept saying I'd love it." "You put your head in a hole like this, lying down." "She started trying to rub oil on my body..." "I just kept laughing, she couldn't touch me." "She was so angry!" "I think she was disappointed." "But it was impossible, I was laughing too much." "Super interesting, right?" "This is cute." " What?" " Read this one." "It's cute." "She wrote this to me?" "Look, this is the castle..." "What castle?" "Cintra, Portugal." "She crossed it out and put Castle of Sleeping Beauty." "My little monkey, my pet, my honey duck and magician king," "I'm sending you tons of big kisses and I'll come to get you soon." "If daddy's been good and you haven't turned him into a gorilla, a toad, a slug or other charming beastie, kiss him for me." "Otherwise keep your distance, since he might bite, drool or sting depending on the chosen animal." "Big kiss for grandma and grandpa." "More kisses, Michelle." "What, can't you hear me?" "We can't catch half your words." "Who cares?" "I'm not reading it to you." "You've seen them." "This one's nice, too." "With mom, it was like... whatever crossed my mind," "I had to pick up the phone." "And even if she didn't listen..." "Sometimes I don't listen." "People talk to me and I..." "Know what I mean?" "My mother was the same." "I'd say stuff and she wouldn't listen." "It was like... on the phone." "She'd say: "That's nice, dear."" "But I'd tell her everything." "My sex life, whatever." "Lucky you." "It's true." "So just imagine when that's taken away!" "Hello..." "I'm here because your apartment's being apprehended." "And if I've understood, I've apprehended!" "Don't touch it!" "I've had it curled." "It cost a lot and the taxpayer's footing the bill." "Don't be stupid!" "You don't realize your luck." "Sure, I do." "The way you talk to her, you don't deserve her." "I don't have that luck." "You don't know anything about our relationship!" " I see you together." " You don't see anything." " Why do you talk to her like that?" " She doesn't mind!" " She does." " No she doesn't." "She hangs on your every word, like you were some kind of saint." " And you treat her like a dog." " Stay out of it!" " You're a spoilt brat." " There you go." "At least you have a family." "It would take me two seconds to describe mine." "Hello, I'm born..." "Goodbye, I'm gone." "They don't even give me time to tell them I want to break their necks." "What are you doing?" "I'm cooling off." "It's dangerous to let your head get hot." "Yeah, it could be serious!" "It's bad when it gets too hot." "That's nice on my neck!" "Put it back in the fridge." "So if tonight's hot..." "It's a summer hot water bottle." "You should put it on your head, too." "Yeah, right!" "Your mom gave me this." "What was she thinking?" "Red Riding Hood's grandma." "Shit, Grandma!" "Your shower pisses me off!" "It's cold!" "You're just not using it properly." "I took one earlier and it was fine." "Let the water run!" " What's up?" " I'm naked!" "So what?" "This thing sucks!" "It's impossible to have a normal shower!" "You just don't do it right." "It's not about doing it right." "I can't shower!" "I can't return to Angoulême to shower!" "We'll call the plumber." "Want me to take a look?" "Just lower it a bit." "There, it's fine." "It's perfect." " In two minutes I'll get burnt." " Then hurry up!" "That's exactly it!" "You have to shower in a hurry!" "Don't wait for it to get cold." "The principle of a shower isn't to hurry before it gets boiling hot!" "Shit!" "It's too hot!" "We'll get the glasses from the other room." "How do you like your steak?" "Rare or well done?" "Medium." "It's just like you to say that!" "Rare or well done?" "It has to be medium." "In between." "Guillaume likes his rare." "Put the steaks on, Guillaume." "Bring a butter knife and start cooking the steaks." "Great!" "It's great." "Especially since Maxime hasn't eaten in a week!" "You're right, it's good with butter." "It's tough." "Don't eat it all, leave a piece and I'll take it back." "I did that once, you know." "The butcher gave me such a sales pitch about how tender the meat was that I said, don't worry, if it's not I'll bring it back." "I'm not having any because meat's bad for your blood pressure." "Meat's bad for your blood pressure?" "That's salt, not meat." "Salt and meat both." "You shouldn't eat too much." "Just once or twice a week." "Is your blood pressure high?" "It's too high these days, and the heat doesn't help." "Maybe it's just the heat." "Perhaps." "And I'm losing weight, a kilo every day." "I don't understand." "I'm telling you, it's the end!" " It's the end." " Don't say such things!" "I hope I'll still be here next year." "We'll see." "Of course you'll still be here." "I'm going to Scotland." "You're going to Scotland?" "When?" "Soon." "You're not moving there, are you?" "Are you just going to take your mother's urn?" "Obviously I'm not moving there!" "Maybe I'll go with you." "I'd like to see it." " You're not coming!" " Why not?" "I've never been." " We'll go another time." " But I'd like to..." "This is hardly the occasion!" "It is, I'd like to accompany your mom!" "You accompanied her to the crematorium, give me the freedom to do what I want now!" "I accompanied her for a long time but it's no reason..." "And it's not her you're accompanying, it's her ashes." "The ashes are her." " They're not her!" " Yes, they are." "Anyway, that's how it is." "That's how it is but..." "Had I known, I wouldn't have scattered grandpa's ashes." "I'd have taken them there together." "Grandpa didn't give a shit about Scotland!" "He went to Scotland several times." "If she'd chosen Africa, would you have taken him there too?" "Know what he did in the war?" "I'm going alone, without you." "That's definite." "Then go." "So why have you been bugging me about it?" "Wanting to bring grandpa and everyone too!" " Don't talk to me like that." " I'll do as I want!" "Trying to scare me with your big eyes..." "We spent time together..." "Stop bugging us with this stuff!" " I'll do as I like." " Drop the subject!" "You do as you like and I'll do as I like too!" "He's not here to listen..." "It's fine." "I didn't know him then, so now I'm explaining a bit about how things happened." "Right?" "It's not exceptional, these things are just part of life." "Everybody can say the same thing." "We have to make the best, that's all." "When he doesn't call, I have trouble sleeping." "Sometimes he calls me at midnight or one in the morning." "So I'll try to get some sleep now and maybe he'll call later." "You can do the same in the meantime." "But I won't get up at one to give you the news." "You'll have to wait for morning." "I'll see you then." "I'll go get some sleep." "I lied to you, Ben isn't sick." "His mom doesn't want him to come back." "She thinks it's a nuthouse." "The kid wants to be cremated, that's not normal." "That isn't normal." "He came home talking about an urn." "He wants to burn everyone and die." "Really?" "I like you very much, Rêgine, but this can't go on." "He wants to get a piercing." "I didn't tell him anything unpleasant." "He asked me if I was sad and I said of course." "I can't lie to him." "If you could pour us a drink?" "There are crackers if you like." "No, I'm really not hungry." "To your health." "Cheers..." "What does he say about me?" "He's always said he cares about you." "That you're a nice boy, intelligent..." " Is there someone else?" " No, no one!" "I'm sure of it." "But he's busy with his schoolwork." "He's doing very long hours." "He spends a lot of time in the workshops." "He's got his singing as well..." "He's very busy in Angoulême." "You're sure there's nobody else?" "I'm sure there isn't, for now." "Whether that'll come later, I couldn't tell you." " That's the truth?" " Sorry?" " That's the truth?" " Yes, absolutely." "To the best of my knowledge." "Is that good?" "It's cut right?" "You could have watered it today." "It's all droopy." "Because you haven't watered it." " You didn't tell me to." " I shouldn't have to say these things!" "Plants need water when they wilt like that." "I've been offered a full time job in a design store." "Really?" "So you're leaving me?" "I need money..." "It doesn't bother you to leave me?" "I need to earn more money so I can't stay here..." "And that's not all." "There's also the fact that..." "There's that thing with your grandson and his mother's ashes." "I find it..." "Being around death is..." "The what?" "The ashes." "It's not that..." "It's not that but..." "The ashes bother you?" "Anyway, I have to..." "I'm not holding you back." "It's your decision." "You're angry." "You're angry." "No, I'm not angry." "But I think you could have told me earlier." "I'm not leaving right away, not tomorrow!" "Then when are you leaving?" "I don't know, next week." "We have some time." "You're staying another week, then." "I'll have time to find someone else." "I have all the paperwork." "They faxed me the non-contagious disease certificate." "Everything's ready for your departure, you don't have to worry." "Everything's ready." "Are you happy?" "You avoided all the running around." "Now all you have to do is take your little bag..." " Two, three..." " Still tons to iron!" "Four, five, six..." "Are there other T-shirts in the drawer?" "Are there other T-shirts in the drawer?" "Other T-shirts?" "Yes, what you call undershirts." "These ones are nice." "I need plain ones." "White..." "Then you just throw them away after." " It replaces washing your hands." " Don't pack those!" "Then where should I put them?" " You decide..." " Nowhere!" "It's ridiculous!" "Where will you wash your hands?" "Are you kidding?" "I don't need to wash my hands!" "If you touch an urn you should wash your hands after." "That's ridiculous!" "Not at all." "It's passed through a few hands already..." "Now she's in a cardboard box with a plastic bag around it, and another bag to carry it in." "So if the paper bag tears, you can always use the plastic bag to carry her." "I'll slip them inside the cardboard box." "That's his mom." "She looks like him, same eyes." "Not exactly, but pretty close." "Her eyes were slightly green, and so are his." "Her face looks tired, the poor thing." "She'd already been ill for a long time." "It's like she's looking at us." "Here he sings another song." "Don't tell him I've seen this." " He'd never speak to me again." " Did you know him in 1997?" " Yes?" " No." "His mother made that vest by hand." "For three months of singing he's good." "Only three months?" "Three months of lessons." "He had a good teacher." "What I love most is the vest knitted by his mother, the shirt buttoned up to the neck, the ponytail..." "He's very moving." "He's touching." "He looks so serious." "He looks good." "It's not over." "The glasses were all marked." "Why did you take them back to the kitchen?" "What?" "Now we're back where we started." "What's wrong?" "I have these clothes pegs... and I put a different colored one on each glass." " What for?" " So everyone knows their glass." "What's the point?" "That way you don't take someone else's glass." "Alright, bye." "Your clothes pegs..." "The clothes pegs mark your glass." "Who's coming over today?" "No one's coming!" "There's always someone dropping by." "Friends of Guillaume, or neighbors." "They drop by to say hello." "I give them a drink, everyone's drink is marked, that way we don't have to keep washing them." "But no one's come by, Rêgine." "There's no point in it." "Yes, there is." "That way we don't wash the glasses several times." "Usually when we finish a drink we put the glass in the dishwasher." "I don't have fifty glasses to put in the dishwasher." "This way you keep the same glass." "Understand?" "I understand fine." "Was the weather nice?" "Yes, it was." "At first it rained, but then it was gorgeous." "How are you?" "Great." "We've been having beautiful weather." "It's been about 18 or 20°C during the day with sunshine and blue skies." "It's wonderful." "How's your voice?" "Loud?" "Low?" "Why, do I have a frog in my throat?" "No, it's to see if I hear you well, not so well, loud..." " I don't understand." " You don't?" "I got a little hearing aid." "Well done!" "Can you hear me the same now?" "Put it back in." "I hear you a bit less well now." "But I hear you, I can understand you." "I hear you fine." "Put it back in." "It's really up-to-date!" "It's better than grandpa's!" "It's better but I'm scared of losing it." "You put it on the edge of the ear." "The old ones you wore deep inside." "But apparently between the inside and outside of the ear there's a little bone which doesn't transmit sound as well as it used to." "Are you happy, at least?" "Are you happy to go out?" "Yes, I'm always happy." "To go out, to stay home, to have fun and keep busy." "I'm always happy." "Look on your right." " The Eiffel Tower." " It's the moment." "It's beautiful!" "It only lasts ten minutes." "I'm not sure, every time I'm out at night it's lit." "Maybe around the holidays they leave it on longer." "I'm happy to be here with you." "Me, too." "It's the first time we've taken a Ferris wheel together." "Because when you were little, you wouldn't go on Ferris wheels." "Or maybe once with your auntie." "You can say hi to mom from up here." "Perhaps." "I'm sure you're right." "Hello, Michelle!" "Or rather, good night." "You came up here with her once." "Didn't you come up here with her?" "I miss mom." "You miss her... that's hardly new." "Stop that." "You'll make me cry too, stop it." "Stop it, you'll get me started too." "That'll do you good." "Come on, stop." "You know that's just how things are." "We suffer so much and it doesn't do any good." "There's nothing we can do about it." "Another time around?" "It'll dry me off." "Your training course has allowed us a little outing." " What is it?" " Nothing." "Tension release." "See, they switch off the Eiffel Tower." "It doesn't last all night." "It's beautiful." "I want to stay like this." "Look at the Louvre." "You can see it well, even at night." "That's the end." "Subtitles by Esther Russell" "Processed by L.V.T." " Paris"