1. WlNNER, SPEClAL JURY PRlZECopy !req
2. AND lTALlAN CRlTlCS' PRlZECopy !req
3. AT THE VENlCE FlLM FESTlVALCopy !req
4. DEDlCATED TO B MOVlESCopy !req
5. MY LlFE TO LlVE
A FlLM IN TWELVE TABLEAUXCopy !req
6. "Lend yourself to others,
but give yourself to yourself."
- MontaigneCopy !req
7. A CAFÉ - NANA WANTS TO GlVE UP -
PlNBALL MACHlNECopy !req
8. Do you really like the guy?Copy !req
9. I don't know.Copy !req
10. I wonder
what I was even thinking.Copy !req
11. Does he have more money
than me?Copy !req
12. What do you care?Copy !req
13. Something bothering you?Copy !req
14. No, I just wanted to deliver
that line a specific way.Copy !req
15. I didn't know
the best way to say it.Copy !req
16. Or I did know,
but I don't anymore.Copy !req
17. Just when I should know, too.
Doesn't that ever happen to you?Copy !req
18. Don't you ever talk
about anything but yourself?Copy !req
19. You're horrible.Copy !req
20. I'm not horrible, Nana.
I'm sad.Copy !req
21. I'm not sad, Paul.
I'm horrible.Copy !req
22. Don't talk nonsense.
This isn't a stage.Copy !req
23. You never do as I ask, but you
always want me to do what you want.Copy !req
24. Anyway, I'm fed up.
I want to die.Copy !req
25. - Is that so?
- Yes, that's so.Copy !req
26. More nonsense.Copy !req
27. It's exhausting loving you.
I always have to beg.Copy !req
28. I exist too.Copy !req
29. You say I'm cruel,
but you're the cruel one.Copy !req
30. Why do you say that? It isn't true.
You mean Sunday evening?Copy !req
31. You know very well when.Copy !req
32. I begged you
to introduce me to that man.Copy !req
33. You did it on purpose.Copy !req
34. Yes, I did.Copy !req
35. You're pathetic.Copy !req
36. if we started over,
I'd just cheat on you again.Copy !req
37. Don't say that.Copy !req
38. It's true.Copy !req
39. I thought it was important
we should meet, but I don't anymore.Copy !req
40. We might have
got together again.Copy !req
41. But the more we talk,
the less the words mean.Copy !req
42. Anyway, if I make it on the stage,
it won't be thanks to you.Copy !req
43. Acting isn't everything.Copy !req
44. Not you too!
Why do you say that?Copy !req
45. if it's what I want,
why should you mind?Copy !req
46. I might be discovered
someday.Copy !req
47. Yes, you mustn't give up.Copy !req
48. I haven't given up music.Copy !req
49. Not like your English lessons.
You were never really interested.Copy !req
50. I'm not giving up.Copy !req
51. In fact, that guy's going
to take pictures of me.Copy !req
52. Maybe I'll get into the movies.Copy !req
53. That'll be the day.Copy !req
54. You're horrible, Paul.Copy !req
55. You really are.
It's always the same.Copy !req
56. You say you love me,
but you don't consider me special.Copy !req
57. I hardly love you anymore,
but I still consider you special.Copy !req
58. Why do you say things like that?
I think we're all the same.Copy !req
59. You don't approve of me
looking for work?Copy !req
60. It suits you even less
than all the rest.Copy !req
61. Anyway, you're leaving me
because I'm poor.Copy !req
62. When all's said and done, maybe.Copy !req
63. Have you got the pictures
you mentioned on the phone?Copy !req
64. I forgot them. They'll be ready
at the end of the week.Copy !req
65. Is he all right?
Is he eating well?Copy !req
66. He had an earache,
but the doctor said it was nothing.Copy !req
67. What's your job at Pathé-Marconi?Copy !req
68. I sell records.Copy !req
69. Can you lend me 2,000 francs?Copy !req
70. Out of the question.Copy !req
71. Your parents
must be glad I'm gone.Copy !req
72. No, they liked you.Copy !req
73. I'll bet.Copy !req
74. What's that look for?Copy !req
75. Nothing.Copy !req
76. Let's not start quarreling again.Copy !req
77. How about a game?Copy !req
78. Sure.Copy !req
79. Got a coin?
I only have one.Copy !req
80. Yes, I do.Copy !req
81. You go first.Copy !req
82. I'm suddenly thinking of those essays
my dad's students write.Copy !req
83. What about them?Copy !req
84. He read us some great ones
last night over dinner.Copy !req
85. They're just kids. They had
to describe their favorite animals.Copy !req
86. One little girl of eight
chose a bird.Copy !req
87. How did it go?Copy !req
88. "A bird is an animal
with an inside and an outside.Copy !req
89. Take away the outside
and the inside is left.Copy !req
90. Take away the inside
and you see its soul."Copy !req
91. THE RECORD SHOP - 2,000 FRANCS -
LlVES HER LlFECopy !req
92. No, we're out of that, sir.Copy !req
93. What about Judy Garland?Copy !req
94. We don't have her either.Copy !req
95. Do you have a guitar recording
by Roméo -Copy !req
96. What's his name?
Rafael Romero.Copy !req
97. I'll ask.Copy !req
98. Rafael Romero on guitar.Copy !req
99. In the bins in back.Copy !req
100. ls Rita still sick?Copy !req
101. Yes. I think she'll be back
Thursday.Copy !req
102. What a drag.
She owes me 2,000 francs.Copy !req
103. - Can you lend me 2,000?
- You crazy? I'm broke.Copy !req
104. Why? Anything wrong?
- No, nothing.Copy !req
105. Here it is.Copy !req
106. I'll take this too.Copy !req
107. This way, sir.Copy !req
108. That looks great.Copy !req
109. The story's stupid,
but it's very well written.Copy !req
110. "He gazed at the turquoise,
star-laden skyCopy !req
111. and then turned to me.Copy !req
112. 'You live your life intensely,
so logically -'Copy !req
113. I interrupted him.Copy !req
114. 'You attach
too much importance to logic.'Copy !req
115. For a few seconds I was filled
with a bitter sense of triumph.Copy !req
116. No more broken heart,
no more struggle to live again.Copy !req
117. No probing questions to face
while masking one's defeat.Copy !req
118. Yes, a truly elegant way
of breaking this deadlock."Copy !req
119. THE CONClERGE - PAUL -Copy !req
120. THE PASSlON OF JOAN OF ARC -
A JOURNALlSTCopy !req
121. Please give me my key.Copy !req
122. All right, then.Copy !req
123. Arthur! Get her!Copy !req
124. Come on, give me the key.Copy !req
125. Here, honey.Copy !req
126. Hi.Copy !req
127. Where are you headed?Copy !req
128. Want to see the pictures?Copy !req
129. He doesn't look like me at all.
He looks more like you.Copy !req
130. Come have dinner?Copy !req
131. - Where are you going?
- Boulevard Saint-Michel.Copy !req
132. - Come have dinner.
- I'm not hungry.Copy !req
133. I want to see a movie.
Bye.Copy !req
134. We have come
to prepare you for death!Copy !req
135. Now... already?Copy !req
136. How am I to die?Copy !req
137. At the stake!Copy !req
138. How can you still believe
you were sent by God?Copy !req
139. God knows our path, but we understand it
only at the end of the road!Copy !req
140. Yes, I am his child!Copy !req
141. And the great victory?Copy !req
142. It will be my martyrdom!Copy !req
143. And your deliverance?Copy !req
144. Death!Copy !req
145. Death.Copy !req
146. I said good-bye already.Copy !req
147. I paid for your movie ticket.Copy !req
148. Too bad.Copy !req
149. Evening. How are you?Copy !req
150. Evening. How are things?Copy !req
151. - Didn't we have a date tonight?
- Yes.Copy !req
152. I wondered if you were coming.
- Why? Am I late?Copy !req
153. Just a bit.
But that's not why I wondered.Copy !req
154. I'm usually very punctual.Copy !req
155. 1 1 :00 p.m. Is very late.Copy !req
156. I thought you'd forgotten too.Copy !req
157. What will you have?Copy !req
158. - Any rolls left?
- Sorry, no.Copy !req
159. A coffee, then.Copy !req
160. Was that a friend outside?Copy !req
161. No, it was my brother.Copy !req
162. You have lots
of brothers and sisters?Copy !req
163. Five brothers and three sisters.Copy !req
164. Surprised? It's true.Copy !req
165. What's new since Wednesday?Copy !req
166. Nothing much.Copy !req
167. Is that red car outside yours?Copy !req
168. What is it? A Jaguar?Copy !req
169. No, an Alfa Romeo.
Are you interested in cars?Copy !req
170. No, I don't know
a thing about them.Copy !req
171. When shall we take
those pictures?Copy !req
172. You tell me.
I already told you I'm ready.Copy !req
173. But I'm only free on Sundays.Copy !req
174. I'm off to London on Sunday.Copy !req
175. Well then, I don't know.Copy !req
176. How about now?
Are you tired?Copy !req
177. if I say no,
you won't think I'm awful?Copy !req
178. Not at all.Copy !req
179. Do you really think
I could get into films?Copy !req
180. I think so.Copy !req
181. Look, I brought you
a composite sheet.Copy !req
182. I'd like to do
something like that.Copy !req
183. What's this for?Copy !req
184. You send it out
to people in films,Copy !req
185. and a few days later
maybe they call you.Copy !req
186. I'm a bit shy
about undressing.Copy !req
187. Just a little.
What can it hurt?Copy !req
188. Could you lend me 2,000 francs?Copy !req
189. I would, but I haven't got it.Copy !req
190. I'm tired.Copy !req
191. What about my pictures?Copy !req
192. You'll come with me then?Copy !req
193. THE POLlCE -
NANA lS QUESTlONEDCopy !req
194. Nana Klein-what?Copy !req
195. K-L-E-l-N...Copy !req
196. F-R-A-N-K-E-N...Copy !req
197. H-E-l-M.Copy !req
198. Born April 15th, 1940,
at Flexburg, Moselle.Copy !req
199. No fixed address.
Is that right?Copy !req
200. Yes.Copy !req
201. All right. What happened?Copy !req
202. Well, I was walking
down the street,Copy !req
203. and I saw a woman
buying a magazine.Copy !req
204. Then... she took some money
out of her bag.Copy !req
205. She didn't notice
she'd dropped 1,000 francs.Copy !req
206. So then... I pretended
to buy a magazine too,Copy !req
207. and I put my foot
on her 1,000 francs.Copy !req
208. She left and -Copy !req
209. And she realized it?Copy !req
210. She walked back toward me...Copy !req
211. and stared into my eyes
for a long time.Copy !req
212. So I gave her back her money.Copy !req
213. Then why did she bring charges?Copy !req
214. I don't know.
I think it was very mean of her.Copy !req
215. Don't you have anyone
you can stay with in Paris?Copy !req
216. Friends, sometimes.Copy !req
217. Boys?Copy !req
218. Sometimes.Copy !req
219. Why not ask
for an advance at work?Copy !req
220. I already have, too many times.Copy !req
221. What are you going to do?Copy !req
222. I don't know.Copy !req
223. l...Copy !req
224. l... is someone else.Copy !req
225. THE FlRST MAN - THE ROOMCopy !req
226. How about it?Copy !req
227. Is this the place?Copy !req
228. You've been here before?Copy !req
229. Yes, it is.Copy !req
230. Anyone there?Copy !req
231. You want Room 27 or 28?Copy !req
232. Room 27.Copy !req
233. - Do you smoke?
- No, thanks.Copy !req
234. There's never an ashtray.Copy !req
235. Here's one.Copy !req
236. How much do you want?Copy !req
237. I don't know.
It's up to you.Copy !req
238. I don't know.Copy !req
239. Four thousand francs?Copy !req
240. You owe me 1,000.Copy !req
241. I have no change.Copy !req
242. Keep it.
It doesn't matter.Copy !req
243. It's true.
I'm not just trying to get more.Copy !req
244. But you have
to take everything off.Copy !req
245. Why not on the mouth?Copy !req
246. MEETlNG YVETTE -Copy !req
247. Yvette! How are you?Copy !req
248. Is that you? You cut your hair!
- A long time ago.Copy !req
249. - How are you?
- And you?Copy !req
250. - Oh, I'm getting by.
- Me too.Copy !req
251. Good for you.Copy !req
252. - Why?
- I thought that -Copy !req
253. What are you doing here?Copy !req
254. I'm thirsty.
Shall we get a drink?Copy !req
255. I'd love to.Copy !req
256. How's Raymond?Copy !req
257. Oh, I'll tell you all about it.Copy !req
258. What happened?Copy !req
259. Life is cruel.Copy !req
260. I'd like to get away,
escape to the tropics.Copy !req
261. - Escape is a pipe dream.
- Why?Copy !req
262. It just is.Copy !req
263. This is it.Copy !req
264. Shall we sit over there?Copy !req
265. I'll be back in a minute.Copy !req
266. So tell me.Copy !req
267. One evening, Raymond...Copy !req
268. came home
with train tickets to Brest.Copy !req
269. He said he had a job,
so we took the kids and movedCopy !req
270. and went to live
in a hotel by the harbor.Copy !req
271. He'd disappear
for the entire day.Copy !req
272. He was "working."Copy !req
273. I'd take the children out,
buy them ice cream.Copy !req
274. I was worried,Copy !req
275. because I couldn't figure out
how he earned his money.Copy !req
276. One evening,
after three weeks of that,Copy !req
277. he just never came back.Copy !req
278. I had to manage on my own...Copy !req
279. with the children that
my mother-in-law wouldn't look afterCopy !req
280. because she didn't like me.Copy !req
281. I gradually became a prostitute.
It was the easiest way.Copy !req
282. Then, two years later,
I went to the movies one night...Copy !req
283. and saw him acting
in an American movie.Copy !req
284. And things are fine now?Copy !req
285. Everything's fine.Copy !req
286. What would you like?Copy !req
287. - White wine.
- Rosé.Copy !req
288. Still, it doesn't sound
like much fun.Copy !req
289. No, it's depressing,
but it's not my fault.Copy !req
290. I think we're always responsible
for our actions. We're free.Copy !req
291. I raise my hand -
I'm responsible.Copy !req
292. I turn my head to the right -
I'm responsible.Copy !req
293. I'm unhappy -
I'm responsible.Copy !req
294. I smoke a cigarette -
I'm responsible.Copy !req
295. I shut my eyes -
I'm responsible.Copy !req
296. I forget that I'm responsible,
but I am.Copy !req
297. I told you
escape is a pipe dream.Copy !req
298. After all,
everything is beautiful.Copy !req
299. You only have to take an interest
in things, see their beauty.Copy !req
300. It's true.Copy !req
301. After all,
things are just what they are.Copy !req
302. A face is a face.Copy !req
303. Plates are plates.Copy !req
304. Men are men.Copy !req
305. And life... is life.Copy !req
306. The guy I said hello to by the door
wants to meet you.Copy !req
307. Would you mind?Copy !req
308. Not at all.Copy !req
309. My girl's not the kind
to be seenCopy !req
310. In a chic magazineCopy !req
311. That's plain to seeCopy !req
312. No starlet's
sunglasses or gownsCopy !req
313. She works across townCopy !req
314. In a factoryCopy !req
315. Some plain furnished rooms
are our homeCopy !req
316. We live there aloneCopy !req
317. She and lCopy !req
318. A warehouse
and rooftops belowCopy !req
319. From our little windowCopy !req
320. Meet the eyeCopy !req
321. Vacations we spend
close at handCopy !req
322. The Riviera's too grandCopy !req
323. For our payCopy !req
324. Loved ones are distant and fewCopy !req
325. I've a godmother whoCopy !req
326. Lives far awayCopy !req
327. But my girl, though just 25Copy !req
328. ls the sweetest that I'veCopy !req
329. Ever seenCopy !req
330. No saint in any church
you could findCopy !req
331. ls as sweet or as kindCopy !req
332. At least to meCopy !req
333. When the town dozes off
in the blazeCopy !req
334. Of the sun's summer raysCopy !req
335. Burning brightCopy !req
336. With my baby girl
wrapped in my armsCopy !req
337. I drink in her charmsCopy !req
338. And hold her tightCopy !req
339. We whisper our thoughts, she and lCopy !req
340. As light fades from the skyCopy !req
341. Up aboveCopy !req
342. In the secrecy of our four wallsCopy !req
343. As night slowly fallsCopy !req
344. We make loveCopy !req
345. Is she a lady or a tramp?Copy !req
346. lnsult her. If she's a tramp,
she'll get angry.Copy !req
347. if she smiles, she's a lady.Copy !req
348. Raoul.Copy !req
349. A hot toddy.Copy !req
350. We'll find out.Copy !req
351. You're a friend of Yvette's?Copy !req
352. That's right.Copy !req
353. I know you very well.Copy !req
354. - You're lying.
- I saw you three months ago.Copy !req
355. You're lying.Copy !req
356. A guy was showing you pictures
on Boulevard Saint-Germain.Copy !req
357. That's true.Copy !req
358. Then why did you deny it?
You say any old nonsense.Copy !req
359. You're pathetic.Copy !req
360. Why do you look at me like that?Copy !req
361. You look stupid,
and your hair looks awful.Copy !req
362. Wait here.
I need to talk to you.Copy !req
363. You okay?Copy !req
364. My eyes!Copy !req
365. THE LETTER - RAOUL AGAlN -Copy !req
366. Dear Madame, a friend who worked
for you gave me your address.Copy !req
367. I would like to come
and work for you.Copy !req
368. I am 22 years old.Copy !req
369. I think I am pretty.Copy !req
370. My height is...Copy !req
371. 5'6".Copy !req
372. I have short hair...Copy !req
373. but it grows very quickly.Copy !req
374. Enclosed is a picture and...Copy !req
375. Oh, it's you.Copy !req
376. The classic letter.Copy !req
377. Yes, it's me.Copy !req
378. How did you know I was here?Copy !req
379. I followed you.Copy !req
380. I was in my car,
and I saw you come in here.Copy !req
381. You've got some nerve.Copy !req
382. No, you're very beautiful.Copy !req
383. You really skipped out quickly
the other day.Copy !req
384. When?Copy !req
385. When that crook was shot
outside the café.Copy !req
386. You just vanished.Copy !req
387. I don't think they were crooks.
It was some political stuff.Copy !req
388. Really? I didn't know.Copy !req
389. In any case,
I didn't mean you aren't brave.Copy !req
390. I was just making conversation.Copy !req
391. What do you think of me?Copy !req
392. Me?Copy !req
393. Yes, you.Copy !req
394. I think there's
a lot of goodness inside you.Copy !req
395. What? A lot of what?Copy !req
396. There's a lot of goodness
in your eyes.Copy !req
397. Really?
I didn't understand.Copy !req
398. Anyway,
that's an odd thing to say.Copy !req
399. Why?Copy !req
400. I wasn't expecting a Catholic response.
What I meant was:Copy !req
401. Do you place me
in a special category of women?Copy !req
402. You like being special?Copy !req
403. Why?Copy !req
404. No reason.Copy !req
405. For me, there are
three types of girls:Copy !req
406. those with one expression,
those with two, and those with three.Copy !req
407. Did Yvette give you this address?Copy !req
408. Are you really serious about it?Copy !req
409. Why?Copy !req
410. I'd like to earn more money.Copy !req
411. I can help you earn
even more here in Paris.Copy !req
412. Really? Fine with me.Copy !req
413. Why not try to get into movies?
You're a pretty girl.Copy !req
414. I did try.Copy !req
415. Two years ago,
I wanted to make it on the stage.Copy !req
416. I was in Pacifico
at the Châtelet.Copy !req
417. And I was in a film once
with Eddie Constantine.Copy !req
418. I'm telling you my life story.
How awful.Copy !req
419. No, it's not. I'm a friend.Copy !req
420. Give me a smile.Copy !req
421. No, I don't feel like it.Copy !req
422. Shall I come with you?Copy !req
423. When do I start?Copy !req
424. "When the city lights go on, the
streetwalkers' desperate rounds begin."Copy !req
425. SlNKS -Copy !req
426. What exactly do I do?Copy !req
427. The prostitute earns all she can
by trading on her charmsCopy !req
428. to build up a good clientele and
establish the best working conditions.Copy !req
429. Does she have
to be beautiful?Copy !req
430. No, although beauty is an important
factor in a prostitute's career.Copy !req
431. It establishes her place in the hierarchy
and attracts the attention of the pimp,Copy !req
432. since her physical allure can be
a source of great profit.Copy !req
433. Does she have
to register somewhere?Copy !req
434. Before the law
of April 13th, 1946,Copy !req
435. prostitutes were subject to medical
and police surveillance.Copy !req
436. Under the new law,
only medical surveillanceCopy !req
437. is now required.Copy !req
438. The 1946 law and Decree 2253
of November 5th, 1947,Copy !req
439. established the National Sanitary
Register for all womenCopy !req
440. shown by conclusive evidenceCopy !req
441. to be engaged in prostitution.Copy !req
442. But what do I do?Copy !req
443. Regardless of the neighborhood,
the procedure is the same.Copy !req
444. By her dress,
attitude, and makeup,Copy !req
445. the prostitute indicates
her trade.Copy !req
446. Sometimes,
in defiance of the law,Copy !req
447. she gestures to the client
or propositions him outright.Copy !req
448. What do I charge?Copy !req
449. It can vary greatly,Copy !req
450. from 300 to 15,000 francsCopy !req
451. for an encounter lasting
from a few minutes to an hourCopy !req
452. called a "trick."Copy !req
453. An "overnight" ranges
from 5,000 to 50,000 francs.Copy !req
454. Can I go anywhere I like?Copy !req
455. Controls have been attempted.
In Paris, for instanceCopy !req
456. a police regulation
of August 25th, 1958,Copy !req
457. forbids loitering
with intent to solicitCopy !req
458. during certain hours
in the Bois de BoulogneCopy !req
459. and around the Champs-Elysées.Copy !req
460. Do I keep a percentage?Copy !req
461. A daily "quota"
is agreed upon in advance.Copy !req
462. Around the Champs-Elysées
and the Madeleine,Copy !req
463. it's 20,000
to 30,000 francs a day,Copy !req
464. paid at the end of the week.Copy !req
465. Do I have my own room?Copy !req
466. Usually only the towels are changed
between tricks, not the sheets.Copy !req
467. Some hotels provide no blankets,
only a bottom sheet.Copy !req
468. What about the police?Copy !req
469. They conduct raids
and interrogations.Copy !req
470. Any woman in violation
of regulationsCopy !req
471. can be detained in a clinic
as long as necessaryCopy !req
472. for extensive testing.Copy !req
473. Can I have a drink
in a café?Copy !req
474. A prostitute who drinks heavily
earns very little.Copy !req
475. She's undesirable
because she creates a scene.Copy !req
476. What if I get pregnant?Copy !req
477. One might think a prostitute
would seek an abortion at any cost.Copy !req
478. That's not the case.Copy !req
479. They do try to avoid pregnancy,
by chemical means or any other.Copy !req
480. But once pregnancy is confirmed,
abortions are rare.Copy !req
481. Must I accept anyone?Copy !req
482. The prostitute must always be
at the client's disposal.Copy !req
483. She must accept anyone
who pays.Copy !req
484. That man...Copy !req
485. that man...Copy !req
486. Are there clients every day?Copy !req
487. Lower-grade prostitutesCopy !req
488. average
five to eight clients a day,Copy !req
489. earning 4,000 to 8,000 a day.Copy !req
490. However, some manage
exceptional turnover.Copy !req
491. Sixty clients is not unheard of
on Saturdays or holidays.Copy !req
492. A YOUNG MAN - LUlGl - NANA
WONDERS WHETHER SHE'S HAPPYCopy !req
493. Do I get days off?Copy !req
494. Usually after the medical check.Copy !req
495. Her man usually takes her out,Copy !req
496. often to see her child
in the country.Copy !req
497. Afterwards, they go out
to a restaurant or a movie.Copy !req
498. - Is Luigi here?
- Upstairs.Copy !req
499. I'll be five minutes.Copy !req
500. The movie already started anyway.Copy !req
501. A white wine.Copy !req
502. Got any Gauloises?Copy !req
503. - You have cigarettes?
- Yes. What kind?Copy !req
504. I was just wondering.Copy !req
505. - Got any cigarettes?
- They've got some downstairs.Copy !req
506. - How are you?
- So-so.Copy !req
507. What's wrong with her?Copy !req
508. We were supposed
to see a movie.Copy !req
509. I'll cheer you up.Copy !req
510. I'll do the kid
blowing up a balloon.Copy !req
511. He's got a balloon,
and he blows it up.Copy !req
512. You ought to be my man.Copy !req
513. Happy now?
Will you let us talk?Copy !req
514. HAPPlNESS lS NO FUNCopy !req
515. Did you see lnspector Fleytoux?
He bought a BMW.Copy !req
516. They could have provided chairs.Copy !req
517. It's always like that.Copy !req
518. How much?Copy !req
519. 3,000.
5,000 if I undress.Copy !req
520. Can't you give me one more?
- I have to keep some.Copy !req
521. - One of these, then?
- It's all I've got.Copy !req
522. A little one.
It would be so nice.Copy !req
523. You come here often?Copy !req
524. But I've seen you before,
haven't l?Copy !req
525. Maybe.Copy !req
526. What's your name?Copy !req
527. Dimitri.Copy !req
528. Nice name.Copy !req
529. Yes, I'm fond of it.Copy !req
530. What line of work are you in?Copy !req
531. I shoot pictures for ads.Copy !req
532. You mean like in the movies?Copy !req
533. No, still pictures.Copy !req
534. I was in a movie with
Eddie Constantine two months ago.Copy !req
535. No Pity.
Did you see it?Copy !req
536. You don't say much.
Are you the romantic type?Copy !req
537. if you give me more,
you can stay.Copy !req
538. That's what you want?Copy !req
539. I'll go see.Copy !req
540. Never mind.Copy !req
541. - Are you leaving?
- Yes.Copy !req
542. - Can you spare five minutes?
- Ask Monique. She's in 41.Copy !req
543. - What's up?
- Nothing.Copy !req
544. The elevators never work.Copy !req
545. See you Tuesday
at the Olympia.Copy !req
546. - What are you doing?
- Going downstairs.Copy !req
547. - Can you spare a moment?
- How much?Copy !req
548. I don't know.
We can discuss it.Copy !req
549. All right.Copy !req
550. Room 45.Copy !req
551. Work it out with her.Copy !req
552. - All right?
- Yes.Copy !req
553. - What's your name?
- Elizabeth. Like the Queen of England.Copy !req
554. Shall I strip too?Copy !req
555. Actually, don't bother.Copy !req
556. So you don't need me anymore?Copy !req
557. I don't know.Copy !req
558. Like that.Copy !req
559. NANA, THE UNWlTTlNG PHlLOSOPHERCopy !req
560. Do you mind me looking?Copy !req
561. You look bored.Copy !req
562. Not at all.Copy !req
563. - What are you doing?
- Reading.Copy !req
564. Will you buy me a drink?Copy !req
565. if you like.Copy !req
566. Do you come here often?Copy !req
567. Occasionally.
Today I just happened by.Copy !req
568. Why are you reading?Copy !req
569. It's my job.Copy !req
570. It's funny.Copy !req
571. Suddenly I don't know what to say.Copy !req
572. It happens to me a lot.Copy !req
573. I know what I want to say.Copy !req
574. I think first about whether
they're the right words.Copy !req
575. But when the moment comes
to speak, I can't say it.Copy !req
576. Yes, of course.Copy !req
577. Have you read
The Three Musketeers?Copy !req
578. No, but I saw the movie. Why?Copy !req
579. Because in it, Porthos -Copy !req
580. Actually, this is from
Twenty Years Later.Copy !req
581. Porthos is tall, strong,
and a little dense.Copy !req
582. He's never had a thought in his life.Copy !req
583. He has to place a bomb
in a cellar to blow it up.Copy !req
584. He does it.Copy !req
585. He places the bomb, lights the fuse,
and starts to run away.Copy !req
586. But just then he begins to think.Copy !req
587. About what?Copy !req
588. How it's possible to put
one foot in front of the other.Copy !req
589. I'm sure that's happened to you.Copy !req
590. So he stops running.
He can't move forward.Copy !req
591. The bomb explodes,
and the cellar caves in around him.Copy !req
592. He holds it up
with his strong shoulders.Copy !req
593. But after a day or two,
he's crushed to death.Copy !req
594. So the first time he thought,
it killed him.Copy !req
595. Why do you tell me
things like that?Copy !req
596. No reason. Just to talk.Copy !req
597. Why must one always talk?Copy !req
598. I think one should often
just keep quiet, live in silence.Copy !req
599. The more one talks,
the less the words mean.Copy !req
600. Perhaps,
but can one do that?Copy !req
601. I don't know.Copy !req
602. It's always struck me,
the fact we can't live without speaking.Copy !req
603. But it would be nice.Copy !req
604. Yes, it would be nice, wouldn't it?Copy !req
605. Sort of like we loved
one another more.Copy !req
606. But it's impossible.
No one's been able to.Copy !req
607. But why?Copy !req
608. Words should express
just what one wants to say.Copy !req
609. Do they betray us?Copy !req
610. Yes, but we betray them too.Copy !req
611. One should be able
to express oneself.Copy !req
612. We manage
to write things quite well.Copy !req
613. It's extraordinary
that someone like PlatoCopy !req
614. can still be understood.
People really do understand him.Copy !req
615. Yet he wrote in Greek
2,500 years ago.Copy !req
616. No one really knows
the language, not exactly.Copy !req
617. Yet something gets through, so we
should be able to express ourselves.Copy !req
618. And we have to.Copy !req
619. Why do we have to?
To understand each other?Copy !req
620. We must think,Copy !req
621. and for thought we need words.Copy !req
622. There's no other way to think.Copy !req
623. To communicate, one must speak.
That's our life.Copy !req
624. Yes, but at the same time,
it's very hard.Copy !req
625. Whereas I think
life should be easy.Copy !req
626. Your tale about the Three Musketeers
may be a very nice story,Copy !req
627. but it's terrible.Copy !req
628. Yes, but it's a pointer.Copy !req
629. I believeCopy !req
630. one learns to speak well only when
one has renounced life for a while.Copy !req
631. That's the price.
- So to speak is fatal?Copy !req
632. Speaking is almost
a resurrection in relation to life.Copy !req
633. Speaking is a different life
from when one does not speak.Copy !req
634. So to live speaking,Copy !req
635. one must pass through
the death of life without speaking.Copy !req
636. I don't know if I'm being clear...Copy !req
637. but there's a kind of ascetic rule
that stops one from speaking wellCopy !req
638. until one sees life with detachment.Copy !req
639. But one can't live everyday life
with... I don't know -Copy !req
640. Detachment?Copy !req
641. We go back and forth. That's why
we pass from silence to words.Copy !req
642. We swing between the two,
because it's the movement of life.Copy !req
643. From everyday life
one rises to a life -Copy !req
644. Let's call it superior - why not?
It's the thinking life.Copy !req
645. But the thinking life presupposes
that one has killed offCopy !req
646. a life that's too mundane,
too rudimentary.Copy !req
647. Then thinking and speaking
are the same thing?Copy !req
648. I believe so.Copy !req
649. It's in Plato, you know.
It's an old idea.Copy !req
650. I don't think
one can distinguish a thoughtCopy !req
651. from the words that express it.Copy !req
652. A moment of thought can only
be grasped through words.Copy !req
653. So to speak is to risk lying?Copy !req
654. Lies too are part of our quest.Copy !req
655. There's little difference
between an error and a lie.Copy !req
656. I don't mean ordinary lies,
like promising,Copy !req
657. "I'll be here tomorrow at 5:00,"
and then not showing up.Copy !req
658. Those are just ploys.Copy !req
659. But a subtle lie
often differs little from an error.Copy !req
660. One's searching for something
and can't find the right word.Copy !req
661. That's why you didn't know
what to say before.Copy !req
662. I think you were afraid
of not finding the right word.Copy !req
663. How can one be sure
of having found the right word?Copy !req
664. One must work at it.
It only comes with effort.Copy !req
665. To say what must be said
in the appropriate way,Copy !req
666. that is, that doesn't hurt,Copy !req
667. that says what must be said,
does what must be done,Copy !req
668. without hurting
or wounding anyone.Copy !req
669. One must try to act in good faith.Copy !req
670. Someone once told me,Copy !req
671. "There's truth in everything,
even in error."Copy !req
672. It's true.Copy !req
673. That's what France didn't see
in the 17th century.Copy !req
674. They thought one could
avoid errors and lies,Copy !req
675. that one could live
directly in the truth.Copy !req
676. I don't think it's possible.Copy !req
677. Hence Kant, Hegel,
German philosophy:Copy !req
678. to bring us back to lifeCopy !req
679. and make us see that we must pass
through error to arrive at truth.Copy !req
680. What do you think about love?Copy !req
681. The body had to come into it,Copy !req
682. and indeed,
Leibniz introduced the contingent.Copy !req
683. Contingent truths
and necessary truths make up life.Copy !req
684. German philosophy
showed us that in life,Copy !req
685. one thinks with the constraints
and errors of life.Copy !req
686. One must manage with that.
It's true.Copy !req
687. Shouldn't love be the only truth?Copy !req
688. But for that,
love would always have to be true.Copy !req
689. Do you know anyone who knows
right off what he loves?Copy !req
690. No. When you're 20,
you don't know.Copy !req
691. All you know are bits and pieces.
You grasp at experience.Copy !req
692. At that age, "l love"
is a mixture of many things.Copy !req
693. To be completely at one
with what you love takes maturity.Copy !req
694. That means searching.Copy !req
695. That's the truth of life.Copy !req
696. That's why love is a solution,Copy !req
697. but on the condition that it be true.Copy !req
698. THE YOUNG MAN AGAlN - THE OVAL
PORTRAlT - RAOUL TRADES NANACopy !req
699. What shall we do today?Copy !req
700. I don't know.Copy !req
701. Shall we go
to the Luxembourg Garden?Copy !req
702. I think it's going to rain.Copy !req
703. "l thus saw in vivid light
a picture all unnoticed before.Copy !req
704. It was the portrait of a young girl
just ripening into womanhood.Copy !req
705. I glanced at the painting hurriedly,
and then closed my eyes.Copy !req
706. It was an impulsive movement
to gain time for thought,Copy !req
707. to make sure that my vision
had not deceived me,Copy !req
708. to calm and subdue my fancy
for a more sober and more certain gaze.Copy !req
709. In a very few moments
I again looked fixedly at the painting.Copy !req
710. The portrait, I have already said,
was that of a young girl.Copy !req
711. It was a mere head and shoulders,Copy !req
712. done in what is technically
termed a vignette manner,Copy !req
713. much in the style
of the favorite heads of Sully.Copy !req
714. The arms, the bosom,
and even the ends of the radiant hairCopy !req
715. melted imperceptibly
into the vague yet deep shadowCopy !req
716. which formed
the background of the whole.Copy !req
717. As a thing of art,
nothing could be more admirableCopy !req
718. than the painting itself.Copy !req
719. But it could have been
neither the execution of the work,Copy !req
720. nor the immortal beauty
of the countenance,Copy !req
721. which had so suddenly
and so vehemently moved me.Copy !req
722. Least of all could it have been that
my fancy, shaken from its half slumber,Copy !req
723. had mistaken the head
for that of a living person.Copy !req
724. At length, satisfied
with the true secret of its effect,Copy !req
725. I fell back within the bed.Copy !req
726. I had found the spell of the pictureCopy !req
727. in an absolute life-likeliness
of expression."Copy !req
728. Is that your book?Copy !req
729. No, I found it here.Copy !req
730. Can I have one?Copy !req
731. It's our story:
a painter portraying his love.Copy !req
732. Shall I go on?Copy !req
733. "And in sooth
some who beheld the portraitCopy !req
734. spoke of its resemblance
in low words as of a mighty marvel,Copy !req
735. and a proof not less
of the power of the painterCopy !req
736. than of his deep love for her
whom he depicted so surpassingly well.Copy !req
737. But at length, as the labor drew
nearer to its conclusion,Copy !req
738. there were admitted none
into the turret.Copy !req
739. For the painter had grown wild
with the ardor of his work,Copy !req
740. and turned his eyes from the canvas
rarely, even to regard his wife.Copy !req
741. And he would not see that the tints
which he spread upon the canvasCopy !req
742. were drawn from the cheeks of her
who sat beside him.Copy !req
743. And when many weeks had passed,
and but little remained to do,Copy !req
744. save one brush upon the mouth
and one tint upon the eye,Copy !req
745. the spirit of the lady again flickered up
as the flame within a lamp.Copy !req
746. And then the brush was given,
and then the tint was placed.Copy !req
747. And, for one moment,
the painter stood entrancedCopy !req
748. before the work he had wrought.Copy !req
749. But in the next, while he yet gazed,Copy !req
750. he grew tremulous and aghast,Copy !req
751. and crying with a loud voice,
"This is indeed Life itself!"Copy !req
752. turned suddenly to regard his beloved:Copy !req
753. She was dead!"Copy !req
754. I'd like to go to the Louvre.Copy !req
755. No, I don't like looking at pictures.Copy !req
756. Why? Art and beauty are life!Copy !req
757. I adore you.Copy !req
758. And I love you.Copy !req
759. Why not come and live with me?Copy !req
760. Yes. I'll tell Raoul it's all over.Copy !req
761. Let me at least put my coat on
or I'll catch cold!Copy !req
762. Stop acting hysterical.Copy !req
763. No, Raoul, not now!Copy !req
764. Stop acting hysterical!Copy !req
765. You know each other?Copy !req
766. What did I do wrong?Copy !req
767. You must take anyone who pays.Copy !req
768. Not anyone.
Sometimes it's degrading.Copy !req
769. See? That's where you're wrong.Copy !req
770. The movies are a drag.
Weekdays we're too busy,Copy !req
771. and on Sundays
there's always a line.Copy !req
772. - Where are you going?
- Taking them back to their car.Copy !req
773. Why did you make me come?Copy !req
774. You're going with them.Copy !req
775. Well, are you going?Copy !req
776. First the girl.Copy !req
777. First the money.Copy !req
778. Get the money.Copy !req
779. There's 100,000 missing.Copy !req
780. Don't move.Copy !req
781. Don't think I won't shoot
just because of the girl.Copy !req
782. No, don't shoot me!Copy !req
783. You shoot.
I forgot to load.Copy !req