"Stop." "I can't let you in." "Isabelle!" "That hurts!" "Listen to me." "I said, don't come here." "If I stay home, I'll kill Catherine!" "Nice excuse." "What she did to me's OK?" "Let's each handle our own problems." "Don't touch anything!" "Doesn't she deserve an accident?" "She's your sister, not mine." "Rémi..." "Open the floodgates!" "Flood everything, she'll drown!" " You're sick!" "It'd be an accident!" "Accidents happen." "You're never coming back." "Let go of me." "Let go!" "Hello, Rémi." "I'm taking you home." "How's your family doing?" "ORPHAN MUSES" "You're her slave just 'cause she screwed you." "Thanks." "I can't do this often." "She's 25, after all." "With an 1 1-year-old mind." "I have no choice." "She's a pain..." "Always the same story..." "Move it, Isabelle!" "What's her problem?" "Crazy bitch." " Isabelle..." " Coming!" "Same thing every time." "Even if we're up at 6:00." "Move it, you're late!" "Same story every day for 20 years." "If she rose at 4:30, she'd be late" " I'm driving." "You failed your test 7 times." "You'll freeze all day again." " April, dress warm" " May, stay in." "Be wise June to August and warm in winter." "Your students must sneer." "If Mom could hear you!" "She hears me, don't you worry." "She hears me!" "Fasten your seat belt." "You gotta stop making me wait." "It's the same thing every day!" "Even if I say get up early, you sleep in..." "Tonight, you'll help with the statue." "Am I your slave?" "I got stuff to do." "The town's doing something nice for once." "You'll participate." "Would you stop already?" "Crappy sandwiches and then mass indigestion" "It won't change a thing." "Don't test my patience." "You're not staying home alone." "If I go out, you call the cops." "You know Rémi's not the guy for you." "A woman can't" "So now I'm a woman." "That's a switch from under-developed." "He's using you." "It must be a while since you got laid." "Don't talk to me like that." "Who're you seeing now?" "Oh yes, Dr Lemieux." "You're getting classy, doing all the pros in town." "The Tanguay sisters:" "a retard and a slut." "What's your problem?" "You're usually so nice and refined!" "So innocent, so backward." "I'm gonna say this just once..." "Forget it." "I'm not helping you." "You wanna drive?" "Here." "I still ain't going." "Fine, but you're helping out." "Your seat belt!" "Give it some gas!" "Enough marginalism." "What?" "Marginalism." "Fringe." "Outside the group." "Flashers." "I'm Committee President." "I don't want finger-pointing." "Stop bugging me!" "Look forward!" "After all I've done for you, it's the least you owe me." "Ingrate." "I know what "ingrate" means." "Go for it." "It's just a truck." "Would you watch it?" "Stop here!" "You lied to me." "The whole time!" "Stop!" "Now!" "What're you doing?" "Luke?" "Is that you?" " Yeah." " It's Isabelle." "I'm busy." "I'll call tomorrow." " Wait!" " What is it?" "You gotta come here." "I don't want to go, and I can't." "You got that?" "Who is it?" "This is different." "Catherine's dead." "We had a car accident." "She died." "There was a truck on the road..." "Near the sawmill." "Her funeral's tomorrow." "Will you come?" " You're all right?" " Yeah, not a scratch." "I'll be there tomorrow afternoon." " You're sure you're OK?" " Yeah." " I just want you to get here." " I'm coming." "A taxi at 3815 Ontario, please." "Apartment 3." "Thanks." "Hello?" "I wanna call the North Pole." "Or thereabouts." "Some military camp." "It's called Alert." "The number is... one- five-five-five, three-two-nine, four-two-one-seven." "I'll wait." "I'm here!" "Hi!" " Busy, dear?" " Yeah." "What?" " Wait." "You speak English?" " I gotta help, too?" " Gotta talk to Lt. Tanguay." " New boyfriend?" "Mind your business." "Won't talk to you." "You're too mean." "He's coming." "That's Catherine Tanguay's?" "What're you doing here?" "What am I doing here?" "Well...calm down." "Gotta see Isabelle." "Wait!" " Something wrong?" " Don't mother me!" "It bugs me." "After so long, let's not fight." "It's what we do." "Ask me how I am." "An accident?" "Isabelle almost hit a truck." "If I hadn't swerved, we'd be dead." "So she's dangerous now." "In her way." "Is he better?" "Yes, Luke's fine now." "Yeah." "They say it can strike any time." "Listen..." "You better leave." "Avoid trouble." " He's just visiting." " I love trouble." "We remember, Luke, don't worry." "Come on." " I gotta find Isabelle." " Later." "We gotta talk." "See you, Mr. Legault!" "Come and I'll lend you the Buick." "Coming!" "Cab-driving now?" "Still bugging your students?" " You have to go." " Why?" "Afraid I'll kill Mrs. Tessier?" "Don't mention that." "Forget it." "A misdemeanour's not bad." "Even the judge said you weren't yourself." "It's been 3 years." "It's over." "If it's money, I'll help." "You can still afford me?" "You have no business being here." "Isabelle called you to come, eh?" "She had nothing to do with it." "Sure she did." "She's trying to drive me crazy." "It's working." "Welcome to St Ludger de Milot," "Lovely hamlet..." "the end of the dead end." "Right." "I'll have to go apologize to Mr. Legault for you." "Go ahead." "Apologize for being my sister." "Here's $1,000 - all I have." "I'll send 1,000 more in a month." "Take it." "Leave." "Forget Isabelle." "The rest in a month." "You can trust me." "Thanks." "We're taking a free cab ride?" "I was scared you wouldn't come." "You told me a big, fat lie." "I saw Catherine." "Are you mad?" "Why am I here?" "Come." "Come on!" "What's this?" "Mom's suitcase." "Catherine said she burned it." "Look." "All her clothes." "Spanish dresses, scarves..." "Your book, Luke." "I made you come to finish it." "I can't, Isabelle." "Look what happened before." "I'm not a writer." "Not true!" "You're good at writing!" "Just read the 1st page!" "I'm going home." "No, wait!" "Just the first page." "Cor-res-pondence from a queen of Spain ...to" " Her beloved son." "The letters in this book betray my mother's silence." "I was called to write them." "Her life was my inspiration." "I manipulated her memory and fate, transformed her, idolized her." "You must finish it." "Tell her real story and you'll be able to." "Just write the truth." "You can't understand." " I'm too stupid?" " Don't say that." "Your grand love letters to me are make-believe?" "You're just wasting paper." "Luke loves you..." "strong as the Peribonca dam!" "Let go!" "I'm not a kid." "Fine." "You can't leave yet." "Look." "It's Dad." "Catherine made a statue." "For the party." "It's not funny." "What party?" "20th anniversary of the fire..." "They're commemorating him as a hero." "And Mom?" "No mention of her." "I'll never trust you again." "Calm down." "Have a seat." "I made a paella." "And sangría!" "That's paella?" "I'll get heartburn." "You got a heart?" "That's new." "I know you summoned him." "If it's money, forget it." "You and your damn money." "You can stay 'til morning." "Gimme my check." "I decided to stay and celebrate with you." " I'll remind 'em what happened." " Maybe finish his book!" " Eh, Luke?" " Yes!" "No, not again..." "It caused your breakdown!" "Mom's story's unimportant now." "I should forget the pigs who dragged her through the mud?" "When Mom died, they turned the page." "Do the same!" "Forget it." "Forget?" "I don't want to." "I got some shit to disturb." "Remind 'em of their part in our family saga." "Don't any other stories inspire you?" "Don't feel like rewriting "Maria Chapdelaine"!" " Lower your voice!" " You and your pat statements!" "Wasn't sending Mrs. Tessier to hospital enough?" "What more do you want?" "It's not their fault you can't write, damn it!" "You wanna kill her too?" "Shall we get beer?" "Hello, 10-4!" "Ten-four!" "Ambulance to Catherine Tanguay's to calm her nerves!" "Repeat!" "Calling Dr Lemieux: fool around with her to calm her down!" "Hold this." "January 20, 1975." "Dear Son:" "Two men have appeared on this timeless ocean." "I recognize my husband, my duty... and the other, unknown... and mysterious." "Resting his gaze upon me, the stranger says," "Buenas tardes, señorita." "Had he spoken of love, I'd have been just as confused." "I lowered my eyes." "Federico Rosa lived with us while they built the Peribonka dam." "Let's go!" "Hold tight." "Come on, tell me." "Why'd crazy Luke Tanguay enter poor Mrs. Tessier's post office?" "Why'd he beat her senseless and crippled?" "What's up your sleeve?" "Her twin sons say they'll rip your head off!" "She should've butt out." "Cat-called Mother for sleeping with a Spaniard and paid for it." "It took time but, Christ, she paid." " 'Cause of your book, eh?" " What?" "Catherine says writing Mom's story made you crazy." "She'd say anything." "Smokes are free in the psych ward?" "Yeah." "But you gotta steal 'em." "Again!" "It's beautiful!" "Crazy bastards." "Dad, you said tomorrow!" "You said it'd be tomorrow!" "Come on!" "Watch this!" "Take that, Claveau!" "You got him!" "Over there." "I said, calm down!" "Everyone sit down!" "Get the door." "Everyone sit down now!" "I said, sit down!" "Is this how you thank your parents?" "You know this show's important to them." "The 1st one to act up in rehearsal deals with me." "Stand up." "We'll do the 2nd song." "Françoise?" "With gestures." "One, two, three." "Our village so small," "In the forest so vast..." "Is covered in ashes and shaken by cries." "At the bottom of my heart..." "Police!" "Carry on, I'll be back." "We'll be ready." "You knew Luke's back?" "There's a problem?" "He lit the fireworks last night." "But we watched them together from the porch!" "Don't take me for a fool." "If I see him there tonight, I swear his ears'll ring for days." "This is no time for a scene." "He won't come." "This is it, Catherine." "The last time." "Thanks, Richard." "We shall never forget" "One of them disappeared." "The flames held him" "In a secret hiding place..." "Bravo." "Beautiful." "Practice the gestures." "Especially Julian." "Juice and cookies in the kitchen." "Sophie, you'll sing the 2nd and 3rd verses solo." " I can't." " Sure!" "You have the best voice." "Go join the others." " You'll be on your own tonight." " Come on." " Don't desert me." " Listen." "Luke's back." "He's very sick." "I have to." "What do I do?" "Make them rehearse." "I'll find people to decorate." "You can do it!" "Welcome, visitors!" "St Ludger de Milot is pleased to welcome you!" "Together, we'll celebrate our town's victory over the great forest fire of 1979." "Unfortunately, tonight's fireworks are cancelled due to technical difficulty." "Repeat." "Fireworks are cancelled." "Mr. Savard..." "Ah, the lovely Martine!" "Lt Tanguay." "As you wish." "Drive me home?" "Sure." "Wake up..." "Come on." "Wake up." "Stop!" "Yesterday was fun, eh?" "Lots of fun." "What's "eccentric"?" " You woke me for that?" " "Knowing what words mean puts you closer to the truth."" " My head." "You told me that." "Please, I'm not in the mood." "This morning, Catherine said I called you to be eccentric." ""Eccentric" means out of the ordinary." "Different." "Ec- cen" "tric." "Something... different." "My word book." "For words I don't know." "Wanna take a look?" "Still writing phonetically?" ""Eccentric" has 2 "c"s not "x" or "ks"" "and it ends with "c" not "k"." "Deliverance, taking groceries to homes." "Lionel Frazer says it when I go to the store:" "Want 'deliverance'?" "Grocery "delivery", not "deliverance"." "You think I'm a retard, too." "Don't be mad." "You're right." ""Deliverance" is a word too." "It means... getting someone out of a place or situation that's unpleasant." "Let's both go to Montreal Monday." "Gimme your book." "I'll finish correcting it." "You'll take me Monday?" "Your book." "If Monday's on." "Monday's in 2 days." "Lots can happen by then." "You only care about making them sweat, not about me." " No deliverance for me." " Don't." "Take me with you?" "Just one week." "I'm going there tonight." "I'll crash their little party." "You'll take me to Montreal?" "Don't move!" "We'll surprise Martine." " Martine?" " Stay here." "Mom's song." "Too bad we meet at sad times." "Stop." "Catherine doesn't like you hugging me too long." "She says it isn't normal." " Taxi driver hadn't heard." " Mr. Savard?" "That's unexpected." " How'd he die?" " Dr Lemieux doesn't know." "He's Catherine's new boyfriend." "But how?" "Illness, accident?" "Suicide?" "Catherine won't tolerate such words at home." "Why'd Lemieux handle it?" "It happened here?" "He was here?" "Yeah." "Where's Catherine?" "In town." "Arranging the funeral." "I'm tired." "I left the base yesterday and had a 10-hour flight:" "Alert, Frobisher Bay, Trenton," "Montreal, Bagotville." "No sleep." "Know what time it is there?" "Can't even tell time here." "I'll take a bath." "Martine..." "Did you love Luke?" "I know you admired him." "I found him a bit strange." "Don't spit on him before he's cold." "Loving one's brother isn't obligatory." "I'm too naive to understand." "I never found him essential to my life." "What's "essential"?" "Something important, necessary." "Wait." "So... how's the war going?" "Fine, thanks." "Kill anyone?" "There's no war there." "Es- sen" "tial." "My word book." "I dunno enough." "Soldiers are sent to wars." "Alert's a strategic base." "What's "strategic"?" "I can't explain every word." "You could try." "Haven't seen you in 4 years." "I don't feel like being here." " It's macabre." " Door open..." "Catherine, pay the heat!" "Nice surprise." "Came to celebrate?" "Cynical now?" "What'd I say?" "His death means nothing." "Who's dead?" "Came to cry by my grave?" "You summoned me as a joke!" " What's going on?" " She announced Luke's funeral." "I missed you." "Sure." "Felt guilty on the plane..." ""Guilty" with a "u"?" "Buy a damn dictionary!" "Swore I'd never come back." "Catherine says I misbehave." "Not glad to see me alive?" "I replayed our whole life on the plane." "Closed the coffin, hit "eject", felt great." "No one says such nice nonsense as Martine." "In case Catherine hasn't taught you," "I will." "There's other ways to tell a sister you miss her." "Come here." " Ask Martine to forgive you!" " Why?" "Ingrate!" "Ingrate!" "You used up Mom's dead body!" "There's nothing left for the worms." "Just enough to rise from the dead and clean up here." "The door!" "Poor thing." "Bitch about her or spank her." "I do it 'cause I love her." "You handle it well." "Open up now!" "Answer it..." "Answer!" "Know what you're doing?" "The one for the gates!" "Where is it?" "Stop now and open the door!" "I'm gonna flush 'em all!" "I'm sick of putting up with it!" "Isabelle, you can't open them." "It's very simple." "Try as you might, you'll never find them." "Stop it, and open up!" "Answer me!" "I'll kill her." "She's so different lately." "Did you see?" "I slap her when I'm at my wit's end." "Stop." "What we told her was fine." "She was only 5 and we were kids." "She was so pitiful in her room." "In the dark." "She kept asking," "When's Mom coming?" "She's been in Spain too long."" "Then, the letter:" "Dear children, I'm leaving forever." "I've gone to find Federico." "Don't follow." "Don't try to find me." "Some day, you'll understand."" "Adios." "Fine sight we are." "We only soften up with that damn story." "How's the North Pole?" "Great." "Did you finish... your book?" " It's coming along." "What?" "Sorry, I... keep seeing you in your coffin." "Rémi..." "Strange, they all look fine." "We have to tell her." "I imagined her no longer a pitiful child." "No longer the village idiot." "Pictured her with a guy." "As though a man were Woman's only solution." "A lesbian would say that." " You should've told her." " Better for her she not know." "Eh, Catherine?" "You could keep playing mother." " Vomit rags in the kitchen." " Right." "Here, let me." "Must you confess to a 25-year-old who acts 11 ... that her mother's alive." "She just abandoned us." "Shit, no way!" "At least I came for a reason." "I'll gladly tell her." "What's she doing with him again?" "What's it to you?" "Wait." "Don't mention me." " I forgive you." " I'm not sorry." "Tough news:" "dead and gone, yet alive." "Martine, you told me in my room Mom died in Spain." "All of you with your pious faces." "A woman called a week ago." "She asked after us." "I said Catherine's a teacher dating a doctor." "Martine's an army captain." "Luke's writing a book." "And I'm just the stupid gatekeeper at the sawmill." " Mom called?" " I realized I'm nothing:" "'cause I never imagined talking to her some day." " Is she fabricating?" " No, I'd know it." "How do you react, talking to your dead mother on the phone?" " I knew it'd end this way." " She was disappointed in me!" "Disappointed!" "I had nothing to say for myself!" "I wasn't mature." "She said "emancipated"!" "Catherine said "emancipated" is "mature"." "She asked me to gather you here." "She arrives tomorrow." "Tomorrow?" "She comes tomorrow?" "Tomorrow?" "What?" "I don't know!" "I can't say" "I'll call you back." "Right." "Thanks." "Mrs. Talbot." "About Luke's funeral." "Tables and chairs in a circle." "That's the right hand." "Other side." " Sound system's not working." " It worked yesterday!" "These?" "On the side." "Inflate the balloons, hang the garlands." "Your wife brought sandwiches?" "Must have." "I think it was the black-out." "They told you Catherine's not reliable." "She had to go." "Her brother's sick." " Is the wiring wrong?" " He's back?" "No, I didn't say that, Sylvain..." " I said..." " Sure, he is." "Saw him yesterday." "You said it." "Bet she's still dead in your book." "Like in your lie." "She's alive, and comes to see us." " That inspires you." " Yeah." "Read me some?" "Then I'll leave you alone." "May 3, 1979." "Dear son, Spring is back." "Federico's been part of the family for over 3 months." "Isabelle plays with him." "Catherine flirts with him." "Martine runs away." "And you... ask embarrassing questions..."" "Why can't I go fishing with you and Federico?"" "Mom, why can't I come in bed with you?"" "Why's Dad sleeping in the living room?"" "I don't get it." " Why didn't you tell me?" " I was too mad." "It's different between us." "Why not take me to Montreal?" "You know, you're lucky." "Lucky we lied to you." "You didn't wait for her." "Didn't wonder where she was." "You weren't abandoned!" "And you're the only abandoned one on earth." "It's not a contest!" "There's no trophy for pity." "I never win anything." "What did you want?" "To be normal like Catherine?" "I tell you, Mom doesn't like normal people." "She never wanted us to be like others." "That's not what she said." "What'd she say?" "For my birthday, make him go." "I want him gone." "Hey, psycho!" "Come for a ride." "Stay out of it!" " We came for him." " Get back in your truck." "She'll shoot!" "Let her!" "We're going!" "We'll avenge our mother!" "Next time, you handle it." "She's great!" "For Luke!" "Florist sent them here." "This's from the librarian." "From the social club." "I put one in your room." "Where're the others?" "Luke's writing." "Martine went for a walk." "She says she has jet-lag." "They must be considering what to say to Mom." "Give me one." "At work, they only smoke Export A." "I like menthol." "Thought about what to say?" "I didn't have the guts to go back for the show." "Went to play Doctor?" "Yeah." " Needed consoling." " Consoling?" "Forget that." "It's all the same." "She'll realize I'm just an idiot." "Don't say that, sweetie." "Want a beer?" "Two niceties in one sentence!" "Something's up." "I'm going to say this once." "Right." "A pronouncement." "I want to say, I love you." "A gift!" "A dictionary!" "With common and proper nouns." "So many words!" "Where do I start?" ""Reconciliation"." "Start with that word." "You're too obvious." "I love you." "You had years for that." "You sent the cops after me 2 days ago." "Rémi Bouliane's a father, married to my best friend." "You know it's wrong." "Father or not, I had lots of fun with him." "Where's Dr Lemieux sending you?" "He breached confidence!" "You know Mom's coming tomorrow." "She must miss us." "I didn't believe you went in the fire 'cause of her." "Or that you were the scorched body they found." "I thought you were hiding, and some day you'd come for me." "I waited a long time, Pa." "And finally, she shows up." "Tomorrow, if anyone's nice to her, I'll get the 22 out." "This time, I'll shoot." "You came for her?" "Can't I work?" "Don't take her from me." "I paid you to keep away from her." "Tomorrow, settle things with Mom and get out." "And don't go into town tonight." "I won't have them deriding us." "Put the suitcase down." "I said, put it down." "Don't ever throw it out." "They find the uniform attractive?" "I'm not a model, I'm a soldier." "Must scare the enemy." "You sleep with women..." "Yeah." "One in particular." "I just got it on with a guy." "Guess you must like it just as much with her." "Hope so." "I like talking about sex." "That's grown-up talk, eh?" "Depends on the grown-up." "You never can with Catherine." "I'd talk about it for hours." "A change from our old stories." "I can make a scene too..." "I'll show him..." "This car's not leaving." "No way." "Gimme your car keys." " Over my dead body." " The nicest one!" " The keys!" " Never." " What'll you tell Mom tomorrow?" " Help me!" "I'm not a bouncer." "Keys!" "Stop him!" "Let him go!" " What'll you say?" " They'll kill you." "What'll you say to her tomorrow?" "Go ahead." "Go get killed." " Answer me!" " Go!" "We already got flowers for you." "What're you gonna say?" "Enough idiotic questions!" " Look at me." "I didn't mean it." " You said it!" "You said what everyone thinks:" ""idiot"." "If you love me, look at me." "I'm sorry." "You hear me?" "Forgive me?" "What'll you say to Mom?" "I'll give her my book." "Really?" "It's finished?" "Yeah." "Read some to us?" " I gotta go out first." " No!" "We'd really like you to read us some here at home." "Eh, Martine?" "Does it exist?" "It's hot air." " Your book's hot air." " Yeah?" "Don't move." "Thanks, sweetie." "Why?" "He's staying." "I didn't get called "idiot" for your sake." "Luke's book, Mom's return." "Not a wasted trip after all." "A long time ago, tragedy struck." "Since then, the trees have grown tall, but children of the time, now old, still remember the fire's wrath." "This tiny village within the great forest..." "You must hear its amazing story." " Anyone for popcorn?" " Yes!" " Hold the butter." " Forget her!" "Don't burn it!" "Got any beer?" " Cold or warm?" " Warm." "Cold." "Finished the histrionics?" "It's not a slide show." "It's my guts." "Sorry." "What he said is beautiful." "Go for it, Luke." "Correspondence from a Spanish Queen to Her Beloved Son"." "Go on." "Just one chapter." "May 26, 1979." "Dear son," "Last week, we went to the community hall opening." "I remember!" "The town had a celebration." "They want me to play a piano piece." "What to wear..." "A dress Federico gave you." "The red one, with black lace." "She had no decency." "Father won't be there." "He's been gone for days fighting the fire." " No decency." " Nothing can spoil my joy." "Not the ash raining down, nor the smell enveloping us." "Federico walked me to the piano." "She said, into the mike," "Buenas tardes amigos." "Her mind was already in Spain." "I looked at Federico as though for the 1st time." "He started humming in support." "A light-headed moment, and I began to play." "Then they beat Federico." "When they got him down," "2 men got him almost instantly." "Minutes later, there were 10." "Some were throwing stuff at Mom." "Glasses, ashtrays, candles." "Anything they could find." "Then Dad got there." "You must leave!" "The fire's nearing!" "The wind has turned!" "No, we're staying!" "We'll defend our town together!" "The hall emptied instantly." "Real panic." "Father moved into the hall, proud as a toreador before Federico, bleeding on the dance floor." "What did Dad do?" "Nothing." "The room fell silent." "Gone forever." "Died in the fire." "They called it suicide." "She better not repent tomorrow." ""Repent"?" "Someone who comes crawling, and begging forgiveness." "Without the apotheosis of pardon." ""Apotheosis" - the cherry on the sundae." "Don't touch." "What's the rest?" "Her departure, her life in Spain." "When I found her 5 years ago she was as I remembered." "Who?" "You found her in Spain?" "Is that fact or fiction?" " Fiction." "I found them easily in Barcelona." "He was riding on his estate." " Enough!" "That's ridiculous." " A huge estate." "Mom was queen of a grand estate." "Federico told me she played organ at the Sagrada Familia church." "She'll be here tomorrow, so no use hiding this." "I returned to Barcelona." "Near the church, I heard the organ." "Dear Cathy, please send your father's death certificate." "It was magnificent." "I need it to re-marry..." "I hadn't heard her in 15 years." "Hello, Cathy." "Here's $200... for clothes for the coming winter..." "Check the return address." "I walked down the empty aisle and saw her in the choir loft." "102 St Mark, Limoilou, QC." "She never went to Spain." "Made that up to throw us off." "Why didn't you tell us?" "I was trying to shelter you." "She's in Quebec." "I can finally relax." "Part of my brain... had turned into an atlas searching for an address." "Pack your bag." " Let's go." " I still have money." "Leave her." "We have, and look what you've done!" " Mind your own business!" " Tomorrow," "I won't be criticized for how I raised her." "I gave all I could, she can't deny it." "I'm taking her." "She won't wait around for you to have a kid." " Go pack." " You're trying to piss me off." "You don't love her!" "You never loved anyone but your mother." "Why's she coming back?" "Why be such a masochist?" "Don't bother looking it up." "He's the ultimate masochist." "It's over." "Your heroine-queen:" "finished." "You'll have nothing to say, or to write." "Luke, let's leave." "You said we would!" "Why not?" "I'd be stuck with a retard!" "Know the worst word you can say?" "I yell it at you!" " Get Mr. Savard's number." " Do it yourself." "He'll be at the party." " They'll kill him." " All this talk, and on an empty stomach." "Anything sweet to eat?" "Well, if he dies, that's why I came." "Death's better than resurrection in the logbook." "Damn screwed-up family." "She works at a shopping mall." "Left Mozart for Muzak." "Would you have come if you knew?" "My life's elsewhere." "Never wondered about her?" "I went to Spain too." "Thought I felt her nearby." "Silly." "I felt her presence." "Afraid to see her?" "Martine chased Federico away." "She told me Mom was dead." "She should've seen this mess." "Think I'm heartless?" "I stopped questioning why I'm a soldier, a lesbian, and happy." "Must we have kids?" "You're asking me?" "Can you have and love a child all your life?" "Do we repeat what's done to us?" "Turn it on them or on those who hurt us?" "Not on them." "Not them." "Off to bed." "I feel love for you." "I know that word." "It usually just means "I want something."" "Not me." "I don't want anything from you." "Back off, everyone!" "Give him some space." "Look." "Calm down!" "One move, and you won't look like your twin." "See my fingers?" " I'm here." " Okay," "Nothing broken." "Take him to the clinic." "Party's over, folks!" "Nothing to see." "Go on!" "We're all set for Mom's return." "The stems are short on funeral flowers." "I'll go pick more." "There's enough." "Let's not congratulate her." "Right." "Don't overdo it." "Nice, eh?" " They better be on time." " Don't worry." "Out all night and didn't call." " Stop worrying!" " I'm nervous." "I cried twice this morning." "Mom always spoke well, eh?" "Like in books." "Books were her only friends." "She probably met Federico in a book before he got here." "You seem less mad at her." "I still don't get why she's coming." "I must speak properly." "As well as she does." "Speak as you want." "As well as her." "Wait." "Let me help." "Finally got beat up." "Don't just stand there." "Spanish Queen got whipped." "Shut up." "Shut up." "You'll rip your stitches." "Good to see you in pants." "Nice little boy for us." "Up yammering all night?" "Sit down." "Sorry for last night." "What's that?" "I apologize for what I..." "what I said." "What?" "You talk like a retard." "Who else's expecting their mom?" "Mr. Savard's cab." "He's coming here." "You see her?" "I don't." "Hello, children." "Hello, Martine." "Hello, Luke." "Hello, Cathy." "I've looked forward to this for weeks." "The house hasn't changed much." "You preserved it painstakingly." "What's this, Isabelle?" "What about Isabelle?" "She's not here?" "In some distant country?" "Her work kept her away?" "How is she?" "What became of her?" "Thanks for everything you did for her." "Go to hell." "So Mom's not coming." "I'm here, my Luke, right here." "The phone call?" "Ah, the call..." "Maybe it was Isabelle's turn to lie." "I'd like to stay and chat but I've a plane to catch." "Just tell us why?" "Two months ago, a man told me everyone knew Mom wasn't dead." "She just abandoned us." "That man was my Truth." "Now I carry Truth's child." "You're pregnant." "Yes, I am." "Two months." "You'll get rid of it?" "My child's a muse." "It inspired me to do this." "I'd rather take it out on you, not my muse." "Not my baby." "You can't have it." "I'll take you to Montreal." "Coming, Mr. Savard!" " Don't do this to me." " I'll have 12 kids." "Just to show you it's nice." "Twelve who'll leave." "The beautiful thing about family is leaving it behind." "Adaptation:" "Alberto/Fleming Anrá Médiatextes, Montréal" "Subtitles:" "CNST, Montréal"