"A nasty business." "I got mixed up in a crime." "Awful, ain't it?" "He's dead." "That all it does to ya?" "Doesn't it bother ya?" "Me neither." "Summer is over." "Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23, 2003, temperatures will drop slightly..." "Michel..." "Not in bed yet?" "Not bad." "No." "In Valenciennes." "I just got in." "Yeah, it went well." "And you?" "So they begin in November?" "Doesn't leave us much time for the floor tiles." "We'll see when I get home." "Take care." "Sleep well." "Love you too." "WHEN THE SEA RISES" "Is it a hotel?" "An apartment block?" "No, a cultural center." "Isn't it behind Bertrand's?" "Oh yeah, that might be it." "The town hall is easy to get to." "It's easy to get to..." "You take a left..." "The other way." "Too complicated..." "You turn around." "Take the first right." "Isn't it one-way?" "Thanks." "I'll find it." "Love." "Love." "I'll just recap:" "The house is dark." "I bring up the side lights." "Then the front lights..." "After "love, love, love"...blackout." "You choose a victim who comes on stage." "Got any money?" " Not even in your jacket?" " Sure, in my jacket." " No cash here?" " Not here." "But in my jacket, I do." "Muscles but not a cent." "You're in luck, chicken." "Ya got one advantage in life, and a big one:" "the fact that I love ya." "I'll work things out but it's the first and last time." "Ya got that?" "Come here." "Had a breakdown?" "It was running fine this morning and then, nothing." " Want me to take a look?" " Could you?" "It's brand new." "Even with the contact it doesn't work." "If the battery connection isn't tight, it won't run." "Got a wrench?" "No, I don't." "I can get it running now but you have to take it into a garage." "Otherwise, it'll screw up again." "Give it a try." "Try it." "Great!" "Thanks." "Look, I'd really like to thank you..." "No, no money." "Not for something so small." "Or a ticket to a play?" "A play?" "I'm doing a show." "I have invitations." "Is that you?" "Yeah, it's me." "Irene Delcourt." "Is it possible for me to bring a friend?" " Here." " Thanks." "Thank YOU." "See you tonight or some other time." "Thanks again." ""Young widow," ""45," ""pleasant appearance," ""enjoying nature," ""sports and do-it-yourself home improvement, seeks companion."" "Look, I'm gonna pick him myself." "This way there won't be a rush." "That one there." "That's the one I love." "I love ya." "Ya love me?" "He loves me." "We love each other." "That's love." "Chicken..." "I can't wait any more, ya know." "He excites my wrath." "Come into my arms." "I'll go and get him." "Buck up!" "We're with you." "Chicken and me." "2003." "Bethune." "The start of a great romance." "That was something!" "I never expected to end up on-stage tonight." "But it was funny." "The last time I went was..." "Something by Molière." "Really dumb." "I was bored shitless." "With guys in tights." "Yeah, in tights." "I was bored shitless." "But tonight was funny." "Real swell." "Here's a little souvenir, if you want." "One for you, one for me." "Take your pick." "You don't look like such a smart ass there!" "I'd like to see you..." "if you were in my shoes." "I'd never do it." "I'll take this one." "Can I ask you something?" "You do it for a living or for the hell of it?" "It's my profession." "You make a living clowning?" "Sure." "That's incredible." "A drink, chicken?" ""Chicken..." I'll never live that down." "1, 2, 3..." "Sorry, but we're closing." "We can go to the Sports Café." " You game?" " Dunno." "What time is it?" "Five after ten." "Okay." "Hey, Roland..." "Three beers and a glass of red." "Do I smell?" "Done for!" "Fire!" "Fall out!" "Albert Bigarré has been flyfishing for 25 years now." "Twice Belgian champion, he made the national team 10 times." "Alain Colombelle is a math teacher." "He got into fishing when he was a kid." "At the last World Flyfishing Championship, he came in sixth." "Atmosphere, atmosphere." "He cried steady tears, at regular intervals." "Tears and tears and tears." "A river of tears." "But I don't know how to swim." "But it was him." "You hesitate in love." "Don't hesitate." "Christian is the dead man." "Christian and me even had a two-day romance." "Poetic." " Hooked, are we?" " You bet." "It's 18 euros?" "Hurry." "It's starting." "I have fun." "I always have a joke ready." "Something up my sleeve." "I joke around with my customers." "I'm always joking around." "Actually, I'm a real joker." "But not the customers..." "When they get a load of this..." "But where can I go?" ""Where is the sun for me?"" "Two empty seats..." "Up front?" "In the middle?" "I'm not a kid anymore." "Quiet!" "We can't hear!" "I'm shriveling up little by little." "A big shrivel-upper." "I told you to get lost, so beat it!" "Step outside!" "Get lost!" "I told you, it wasn't me." "It gets ya dreaming." "What are you doing in here?" "Haven't you made enough trouble?" "It wasn't my fault." "I don't want to hear it." "Let me dress." "What happened now?" "You bleeding?" "No, I'm okay." "It's not that serious." "But they slashed my tire." "Can you give me a lift home?" "I can't leave you here." "Get in." "It's not locked." "Turn here." "Put out the cigarette, please?" " You okay?" " Sure." "Turn here." "Straight ahead?" "You'll see a pizzeria." "That's where you turn." "The cigarette's not out." "There is it..." "Paris!" "Thanks." "To get back, I go that way?" "Along the side road?" "No, that's one-way." "You have to..." "Got a minute?" "I'll draw you a map." "Okay." "Hold on." "Come in." "Come on." "This where you live?" "No, it's temporary." "I gotta find an apartment or something." "Want something to drink?" "A beer or coffee?" "I wouldn't mind a coffee." "What's all this?" "Carnival giants." "That one's Marianne." "St. Nicholas, the one who puts presents in your stockings." ""O come, St. Nicholas, come..."" "Don't know it?" "I carry them." "I'm a giant carrier." "The big one over there..." "That's mine." "Totor." "It's still bleeding." "Let me see." "Got any iodine?" "It's pretty deep." "You must've fallen on a stone." "A chicken who carries giants." "Aren't they heavy?" "No." "In fact, they are." "But there are several of us carrying it." "And I'm used to doing it." "I've been working with giants since I was 9." "My foster parents worked for the "Giants Association."" " That hurt?" " No, it's okay." "Thanks." "Another cup of coffee?" "I'd better go." "I'm tired." " I'll draw that map?" " Sure." "I take this road or the highway?" "Hold on." "The road goes around the chapel here..." "It's complicated." "The best thing is if you sleep here." "It's already late." "I'm going back to the hotel." "Anyway, you only have one bed." "I camp out in St. Nicholas's den." "Up already?" "I slept well." "You always sleep well with St. Nicholas." "You have pleasant dreams." "Want something to eat?" "What am I saying..." "I don't have much here." "There's nothing here." "Just biscuits." "Can you drop me off at the market?" "I don't feel like it." "Hello, boss." "Know the time?" "I don't hire tourists." "Go home." "It's not my fault." "I had a guest." ""Not my fault." It's never your fault." "At 5 A.M. I can load by myself." "You fool around, but I work in the morning." "Look at the jerk!" "He stole your leeks!" "Don't you care?" "You lost your job." "I always get by." "Want me to be your chicken tonight?" "I change chickens every night." "That what you're like?" "Always changing chickens?" " I wasn't a good chicken?" " Sure you were." "Just like in a silent movie." " Can I wash my hands?" " In the kitchen." "There's a box with black soap in it." "It gets the grease out." "Find what you're looking for?" "You like lobsters?" "Yeah, I really like lobsters." "I'm going." "Where?" "To work." "At the theater?" "I'll come along." "My moped can wait." "I'd rather go with you." "Michel?" "I can't talk right now." "There's something funny happening." "There are lots of chickens blocking the road." "I'll call you back later." "Take care." "Chicken and me." "2003." "Bethune." "Simon, it's Mom." "How are you?" "Aren't you overdoing it?" "You like spaghetti." "Sure, put him on." "Lots of..." "Everything okay?" "Ask for a sample and the color range." "I'd prefer soft tones, something in the blue grays." "We'll see on Sunday." "Tomorrow night I play Grande Synthe and I come home Sunday morning." "Take care." "Just a few words." "It's a bit of a challenge for a woman to make people laugh." "No, it's more like... finding something off-beat." "It's a way of saying things." "It has nothing to do with being a woman or a man." "Speaking of men, you really let 'em have it." "You have to ask them." "The Bethune audience..." "any special impressions?" "Just great." "Really warm." "You know the region?" "Did you see any of it?" "The region is real lovely." "The people are friendly." "Thanks." "That should do it." "Get what you need?" "More than enough, thanks." "Your Polaroid." "The photos of your chicken." "Take a look." "For your travel expenses." "Your fees." "Want to count it?" "No need to." "A gift:" "The scene of your crimes." "Can I have one?" "A poster for the chicken?" "Sure." "You play where tomorrow?" "The Coast Palace, in Grande Synthe." "Excuse me." "Coming!" "So..." "You leaving?" "Yep." "Take you home in my carriage?" "Straight ahead." "So long." "Still stained with the blood of the crime." "Dessert?" "I'm torn between a sugar waffle and a romance." "Take the waffle!" "A sugar waffle." "Lots of sugar?" "A sugar waffle, too." "Lots of sugar, too?" "That all you've got?" "We're renovating our dressing rooms." "We put you in a classroom." "Is that a problem?" "I won't beat around the bush." "Hands up, everybody!" "You too, sweetheart." "First one who farts, gets it." "And if ya get it, ya bleed." "That's how it is." "Don't wanna listen, then you're dead." "Tough luck." "This is a holdup." "Your shoes." "Throw me your shoes." "Come on!" "Sit down, chicken." "Let's have 'em!" "More!" "I won't leave before I have a pile of shoes this high." "Let's have some collective hysteria!" "How about it there in the first row?" "Who's this one belong to?" "It's mine." "It's yours?" "This is my car." "This thing's huge." "I can't stick Totor in a suitcase like that." "My whole act fits inside here." "I need an entire truck for mine." " See you tomorrow?" " Maybe." "You coming tomorrow?" "You'll recognize me." "I'm under Totor's skirts." "It ain't hard." "Maybe." "See you tomorrow." "Michel..." "It's me." "I just finished..." "Fine." "Look, I won't be home tomorrow." "I'm feeling a bit tired." "And I have to be back here Monday morning to perform in a retirement home." "So if I have to drive home and then come back..." "In Bailleul in a retirement home." "But I told you." "I don't know." "I thought I told you." "At a retirement home in the afternoon and at night at the Comedy Festival." "Okay, you're right." "And you..." "They won't start the renovations before November." "Give Simon my love." "Take care." "Nice of you to come see us." "This time we do the clowning." "What do you think of Totor?" "Having a good time?" "Watch the stool!" "I'm outta here." "See you tomorrow." "What'll you have?" "A glass of wine?" "Red wine?" "A glass of red." "A glass of red and a beer." "Bordeaux, Côte du Rhône, Beaujolais?" "Red wine." "Thanks." "For the road." "We had good weather this year." "I'll never forget 2002." "We had heavy rains." "It came down like eggs." "Did it come down!" "But it was good for business." "You've got little horns here." "Not a drop of Jupiler left." "You look beautiful like that." "The weather's better this year." "It's nice, isn't it?" "I want to drive you in my van." "Your keys." "I want to drive you in my van." "Is that all right?" "I have my car." "We'll go get your car tomorrow." "You mixed up in a crime today?" "A nasty business." "I got mixed up in a crime." "Awful, ain't it?" "He's dead." "That all it does to ya?" "It does something to me." "Doesn't it bother you?" " Not all that much." " That's life." "Me neither." "Awful, ain't it?" "Michel?" "No, you're not disturbing me." "I just finished." "Tonight at the Comedy Festival in Armentières." "Yesterday I saw a procession of giants." "It was nice." "And you?" "It's hard to choose tiles from here." "I like hexagonal tiles or square tiles." "I don't know." "We'll see." "I have to go." "I'll call you later." "Planning work on the house?" "Floor tiles." "You need to do that... to plan." "Now what was the topic of the last essay?" "We never read essay topics." "Then we're surprised." "The topic of the last essay..." "Jesus!" "Do that one again." ""And there they go, go, go, the little marionettes."" "And me, quiet as a bird..." "I'll walk in the shadow of your footsteps... without ever looking back." "And the breath of our love will disperse any clouds that have the gall to get near." "The crowd can howl..." "And the willows can weep..." "And the earth can turn..." "But I won't give a hoot in hell." "We'll set out for other heights, the enchanted heights of love." "Nicole, mind if I get familiar?" "I do." "We only just met." "But I'll get familiar anyway." "How do you make "tatin" tart in the north... north of France." "I imagine you start by rolling out a pie crust." "You might." "You put one or two layers..." "Put two, Nicole." "Two layers." "I like it thick." "I like thickness." "Slices of apple." "Put the tart in the oven..." "The tart... in the oven." "And then..." "And then..."tata!"" "Tata?" "Tatin!" "You put the tart in the oven, and then "tata!" Then you eat it." "I'll walk up with the chair." " What floor?" " Seventh?" "Race you." "I put the chair over here?" "It's a bit messy." "Lots of flowers." "I was thinking about that joke." "The "tatin" tart." "You put it in the oven and then..."tata."" "In a forest of flowers." "That would be nice." "Turn out the light?" "What time will you be checking out?" "You in a hurry?" "We'll keep the room a little longer." "Thanks." "What can we offer you?" "We have our special." "As entrée, we have eggs mimosa." "For the main course:" "our traditional Potchevlech or scallops Normandy." "It's a specialty served with a side dish of fries, hand-cut, home-made fries." "It all sounds good." "Potchevlech?" "Scallops Normandy?" "Two scallops." "Life's nice with you." "I like it." "I like your look." "All of that." "Chicken and me. 2003." "Armentières." "The start of a great romance." "And that's what matters." "The start of great romances." "Who cares about the end!" "Right, chicken?" "Don't you have anything else?" "It's all I have." "Don't like it?" "I do, I do." "A lot." " What's it called?" " "La Traviata."" "I know this area." "I lived here seven years." "It's like home." "We can visit my folks." "It's not far." "If he'd told me you were coming I'd have prepared something." "Wipe your feet." "I just dusted up." "Hello, Pop." "This is my wife." "My father." "Is she French?" "She's an artist." "Please sit down, please." "You see, he's happy to see you." "We haven't heard from you in months." "We started wondering what was going on?" "What's new, my boy?" "Things are okay." "I'll go make a pot of coffee." "Turn the TV down." "Still have that market job?" "I'm working in the theater." "I'm an actor now." "Really?" "That's news." "Does it pay well?" "Just what we need." "She's not getting better with age." "I still have some galettes." "I totally forgot." "I made them for Jeanine's little girl, for her first communion." "Veronique?" "But they never came for them." "So we'll eat them ourselves." "When he came to us..." "How old were you, Dries?" "Nine and a half?" "I made a whole box of galettes." "Honest to God, a box this big." "He ate it all the first day." "True or not?" "The galettes I've made!" "He didn't always deserve them." "He misbehaved a lot." "They caught the killer." "They wanted me to be a choirboy." "That's a relief." "Why'd you introduce me as your wife?" "I'm not your wife." "They're not my folks either." "It's already autumn." "Short but muscular." "Christian was taller but a lot less muscular." "But you're a tough guy." "With a sailor's mug." "Christian is the dead man." "Awful, ain't it?" "When the holiday's over, we'll throw the tree out." "We'll keep the balls for next year." "So what do we do?" "Can we drive here?" "No." "It's strictly off-limits." "It's Bluebeard's kingdom." "Guard, lower the drawbridge!" ""Make me dream," ""my prince of straw." ""Make me dream," ""my handsome knight." ""I am a fairy" ""who is faded and weary." ""Make me dream, my handsome knight."" "Midnight." "I have to go." "My coach becomes a pumpkin." "You have to stay." " I'm going." " Stay." "I lost my shoe." "I hope I'm not waking you." "Your papers, please." "Please come with me." "Looking for this?" "Vehicle:" "Peugeot." "Belgian registration." "CNN747." "That yours?" "It's mine." "May I ask what said vehicle was doing on the grounds of the Cofina refinery, where it is strictly forbidden to drive?" "We found in said vehicle an important amount of 20 euro notes, as well as blood-stained clothing." "Those are clothes I use in the show I'm touring with here." "I have the contracts." ""A Nasty Business."" ""Sex and Crime."" "Dries..." "I'm ending it." "This is no good." "What's no good?" "I'm acting silly." "Doing stupid things." "Stop!" "Stop the car!" "You mean me?" "A stupid thing?" "Acting silly?" "You mean me?" "That's not what I said." "Yes, you did." "That's just what you said." "Just a second ago!" "You had your fun and you're going home." "I got the message." "You use me and throw me away." "Like a used tissue." "You use me and throw me away." "Get lost!" "Get lost, I said!" "C'mon, bull!" "The chicken's head must fall." "When the holiday's over, you throw the tree out... and keep the balls for next year." "Michel..." "It's me." "No, I didn't have it on." "I didn't feel like it." "I'll explain later." "Sure, I'm fine." "We'll talk when I get back." "I'm coming home." "Chicken and me." "2003." "Lens." "The start of a great romance." "Kiss!" "You're in luck, chicken." "Ya got one advantage in life, and a big one:" "the fact that I love you." "So I'll work things out." "But this is the first and last time." "Have you read Bergson?" "Henri Bergson." "The one who wrote "Laughter."" "He says somewhere that laughter is proper among men." "Anyway, tragedy, comedy, laughter, tears..." "All that tends to overlap." "Appetizers." "Like traffic circles." "They must come from Chez Paul." "A very good Lille caterer." "Know it?" "I recognize them by the color and the taste." "They're really good." "Irene!" "I'm so happy!" "I'm so happy to see you." "Hold on." "I'm coming out." "I'm so happy." "See it?" "What do you think?" "See the lamp?" "It's searching." "Yann read something in the papers about you playing in Lille." "It was in the "Northern Clarion."" "I said, Hey, Irene's in Lille." "So we came to say hi!" "See the chicken?" "What do you think of it?" "It's nice." "And otherwise... everything okay?" "Did you get your floor tiles?" "What color?" "Green and blue." "Just like your eyes." "It'll look nice." "Real nice." "You don't wear braids anymore?" "Now where were we?" "Oh yes, laughter and tears." "That's done." "Oh, yes, the audience." "Very warm." "Tell me, Irene Delcourt." "Your "chicken," the one you take from the audience..." "He must have had it rough." "I don't know." "You'll have to ask him." "Subtitles:" "Lenny Borger" "Subtitling Titra Film Paris"