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Extrait de "La Discrète" de Christian Vincent - Fabrice Luchini

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    [Typewriter noise]
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    I'm not sure where
    Jankélévitch writes that
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    man is basically
    a visual being,
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    but women have
    known that forever,
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    even the least pretty.
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    [Typewriter clacks.]
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    Especially the plainer women,
    because they know
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    if they want love,
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    they have to work
    harder for it.
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    Might be unfair,
    but that's how it is.
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    Oh shit!
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    [Bottle opens]
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    [Sighs]
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    [Bottle closes]
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    [Thud]
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    [Typewriter noise]
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    You don't wait until it dries?
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    No.
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    [Typewriter clacks]
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    It's funny.
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    When I see a friend
    with an ugly girl,
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    I always think:
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    "Doesn't he know there are
    special girls out there,
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    and his is not so great?"
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    Right after that, I think:
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    "Maybe he is the clever one,
    smarter than I am.
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    He loves her for who she is,
    and because she's kind to him."
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    But, I never quite convince myself.
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    [Typewriter clacks]
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    I think a lot of men
    prefer a lesser challenge,
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    [Typewriter clacks]
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    and to stick with what they have.
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    Don't you think so, Catherine?
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    Please. I'm trying to work.
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    Oh. Excuse me.
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    Wait!
    I have a story for you.
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    [Typewriter clacks]
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    In fifth grade,
    I was in boarding school.
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    [Typewriter clacks]
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    There was this guy, an intern.
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    Big, Germanic guy.
    Fascinated me.
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    He was 12 or 13,
    named Fletcher.
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    This guy barely spoke.
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    Never more than a
    few syllables.
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    [Typewriter clacks]
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    I thought,
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    "this guy is far more
    mature than we are,
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    and a lot classier, too."
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    I really admired him.
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    I noticed the priests
    didn't like him very much,
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    and I wondered why.
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    He was just a boy,
    but very, very serious.
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    He took Communion daily,
    like an obsession.
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    Then one day,
    we found out that
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    this boy would never
    be in college with us.
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    Yes.
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    You see, Catherine,
    it was because of
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    his strange demeanor,
    his vacant stare,
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    his aloof nature --
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    things we thought
    made him cool.
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    But, he was backwards.
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    He was crazy.
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    It was a little like meeting
    a guy who likes blood sausage.
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    I began by envying
    his detachment as a type of grace.
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    Then I thought --
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    But --
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    Listen, I'd like to finish.
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    I touched a nerve!
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    No, it isn't that.
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    The way you stare at me
    is distracting.
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    Fine!
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    In that case, I'll stay behind you.
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    No. Don't lurk behind me.
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    No, but --
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    Now you can't see me.
Title:
Extrait de "La Discrète" de Christian Vincent - Fabrice Luchini
Description:
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Video Language:
French
Team:
Film & TV
Duration:
02:22

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