-
- Go on.
- Careful!
-
Here he comes!
-
Who did it?
-
Who did it?
-
Who?
-
You, Oscar?
-
Open the curtains.
-
It's ok.
-
Laughing is good.
-
No big deal.
-
I'm just... a bit wet.
-
Let's get to work.
-
Mother of God!
-
I've had enough of these pranks!
-
Who's the idiot?
-
What should I be wary of now?
-
The textbook.
-
What about it?
-
Between the pages.
-
Nothing!
-
Mrs. Gommette?
-
Another naughty child?
-
I'll punish him.
-
It's you.
-
Send him to his room to rest.
-
Good idea.
-
What's wrong?
-
Aren't my jokes funny?
-
Very funny.
-
That's why we don't punish you.
-
But you don't laugh either.
-
How do you feel?
-
Wake up!
-
Wake up!
-
Your parents are here.
-
Impossible, it's Friday.
They only come Sundays.
-
There's a red jeep.
-
Come see.
-
See?
-
That's them.
-
What's my reward?
-
Popcorn, we can't feed you.
You're here to lose weight.
-
I'm so hungry
I ate my suppositories.
-
Mom, Dad!
-
Where are they going?
-
Careful, dammit!
-
Sorry, I didn't see you.
-
Idiot! You wrecked my bag.
-
I didn't see you.
-
Even in this ridiculous suit?
-
I'm pretty visible, for chrissakes!
-
- Dirty mouth.
- Some kid!
-
He knocks me down and insults me.
-
Get lost, germ.
-
Before I whack you.
-
Wrong floor.
-
Madam?
-
What?
-
- Why the dirty mouth?
- Professional deformation.
-
What's your profession?
-
Lady wrestler.
-
No way!
-
I'll sock you one to prove it!
-
Don't tempt me,
I've got itchy fists.
-
Can't hold the door?
-
You don't look ill.
-
What pig taught you manners?
-
- Screw you.
- Screw you too, asshole!
-
Prof. Dusseldorf's Ward
-
We've come miles for our son Oscar.
-
We've tried everything.
-
Absolutely everything.
-
I'm sure you have, Doctor.
-
We had high hopes
for this new treatment, but alas...
-
You must keep trying.
-
We've been trying for months,
with no improvement.
-
Isn't there another treatment?
Anything?
-
Not yet.
-
My baby!
-
Does he know?
-
That you're here? No.
-
No, that the transplant didn't take.
-
No.
-
No, and we'll never tell him.
-
Really?
-
Do you feel strong enough
to see him?
-
No.
-
Not now, not today.
-
Me neither.
-
Not now.
-
I must insist. Your son needs...
-
Please.
-
Not now.
-
Oscar?
-
Oscar?
-
No, not now.
-
No, not now.
-
No.
-
Me neither.
-
No, not now!
-
No, not now!
-
What were you doing
in this ward?
-
Did you see anything?
-
Talk to us, Oscar.
We're your friends.
-
What's on your mind?
-
What do you feel?
-
Who will you talk to?
-
I want the Pink Lady.
-
The Pink Lady?
-
I want the Pink Lady.
-
The lady wrestler.
-
Doctor, I think I know.
-
A woman came this morning
selling pizza.
-
She was dressed in pink.
-
Do you have her number?
-
Pinky Pizzas,
a big slice of love!
-
Have you seen my magic wands?
-
I keep losing things.
-
- Lily, we're waiting.
- Coming, Mrs. Gimenez!
-
See her gorgeous daughter?
-
And her cousin.
-
Nice gowns, huh?
-
I'll be a princess someday.
-
Isn't she cute?
-
What are you?
-
A princess, like you.
-
I'm Cinderella, scrubbing away,
before Prince Charming.
-
Golden Fairy Studios, hello.
-
Here she is.
-
For you, my girl.
-
Yes, Mrs. Gimenez?
-
Don't touch.
-
Yes?
-
What?
-
This way.
-
I hate hospitals,
they freak me out.
-
I only came in the hopes
you'd reconsider my pizzas.
-
Of course, we'll discuss it.
-
Professor, your patient is here.
-
In a minute.
-
That dragon lady
I spoke to earlier...
-
She didn't even listen,
she threw me out.
-
What I wanted to say
about my pizza is...
-
See the child first,
then we'll talk pizza.
-
The child? What child?
-
I don't remember any kid.
-
What's he got?
-
- Cancer.
- Shit.
-
A serious case.
We can't do anything.
-
Here we are.
-
I'll leave you with him.
-
Go on in.
-
He's waiting for you.
-
I came to sell pizza.
-
If you want me
to consider your pizzas,
-
at least talk to him.
-
Oscar,
-
is this the lady you meant?
-
Go on.
-
I'll leave you to it.
-
Professor, they're waiting.
-
- What've you been up to?
- Hanging out in a broom closet.
-
Was it fun?
-
Why don't they open from the inside?
-
Because the brooms and mops
would escape.
-
What's your name?
-
Oscar. And yours?
-
Rose.
-
Stupid, huh?
Everyone calls me Rosy.
-
I prefer Rose.
-
Do you really wrestle?
-
Would I lie to you?
-
I'd have loved to be a fighter.
-
What do I look like?
-
A Martian, why?
-
I'm not green.
-
Martians aren't all green.
-
You know one?
-
Yeah.
-
A lady wrestler.
-
Crystal from Mars.
-
All fat and muscle,
bald as an egg.
-
She wore a green leotard and mask
to look like a Martian.
-
She was white like us underneath.
-
120 kilos of lies and rage.
One tough broad.
-
Did you beat her?
-
Always. By a knockout.
-
The last time,
they couldn't even bring her around.
-
Nobody laughs anymore.
-
They're afraid of me.
-
Why is that?
-
Maybe because
I'm not a good patient.
-
The kind who makes them happy.
-
Gives them faith in medicine.
-
Yet I never complain when it hurts.
-
But you should!
-
I complain all the time,
regardless.
-
You gotta squeal like a skunk,
let it all out,
-
or you'll get cancer.
-
Too late.
-
Why won't they tell me I'm dying?
-
Why should they,
-
if you already know?
-
Will you visit me?
-
- No parents?
- I hate them. Cowards.
-
They ran off
when Dr. Dusseldorf told them.
-
They think I'm a coward, too.
I never want to see them again.
-
Will you visit me?
-
Please?
And tell me about your fights?
-
Will you? Will you come?
-
Please say yes.
-
No!
-
I'm not hanging out
with a dying kid.
-
I have no desire!
-
Nobody does, Madam.
-
But it's a fact.
He's here, he's sick,
-
he's going to die.
-
God knows why he wants you,
he'll talk to no one else.
-
I don't know this kid.
-
I'm no bleeding heart charity type.
-
I've got enough problems of my own.
-
Hospitals smell bad.
Illness frightens me.
-
Just saying cancer,
I'm afraid I'll catch it!
-
I'm here to push my pizzas.
-
Nothing more.
A girl's gotta make a living!
-
You're right.
-
You have to live,
-
and Oscar has to die.
-
Maybe we can strike a deal.
-
Here's what I propose.
-
Deliver us your pizzas everyday,
-
then spend a little time with him.
-
That's not fair.
-
Not fair of me to suggest it,
or not fair of you to refuse?
-
You don't look well, sweetie.
-
That's worries, too many worries.
-
Can I sleep over tonight?
-
You know
that's what I want, princess.
-
Why can't we live together?
-
I want to make it on my own.
-
I didn't get divorced
to become dependent on another man.
-
I'll stay with my mother
until I get on my feet.
-
What the hell is this?
-
An old wrestling trophy.
-
- Impressed?
- Very.
-
One day I'd like to add you
to the shelf.
-
Yeah?
-
My most beautiful victory.
-
Don't even think about it.
-
What's this?
-
A gift from a kid
who thought I was a star.
-
He was paralyzed
from the waist down,
-
but good with his hands.
-
Poor kid.
-
I wonder if he's still alive.
-
I'll hit the shower.
-
Thank you.
-
I didn't really have a choice.
-
Next week you'll be treating me
for depression!
-
Give me that, now!
-
Go to your room.
-
- I won!
- What?
-
Chocolate, from Popcorn!
He said you wouldn't come.
-
Who's Popcorn?
-
His name is Yves
but we call him Popcorn.
-
It suits him.
-
Come see.
-
98 kilos.
A meter tall and a meter wide.
-
Give it back!
-
He only fits
into American polo shirts.
-
The stripes look seasick.
-
I brought you this.
-
Cool, a ring!
-
What was your wrestling name?
-
The Riviera Strangler.
-
That was when I was most famous.
-
When I was young I was skinny.
Too skinny, like you.
-
Back then,
I was the Devilish Dragonfly.
-
And your opponents?
-
Look.
-
Ladies and gentlemen!
-
Give it up for a ferocious warrior
-
who cannot be tamed!
-
The Riviera Strangler!
-
The Riviera Strangler
-
will take on the invincible,
-
unbeatable,
-
Diabolica Lightbreast!
-
Diabolica Lightbreast
-
was a Dutchwoman
with bombshells for breasts.
-
- You don't wrestle anymore?
- No.
-
I'm too old.
-
You're past it?
-
Will you visit me a lot?
-
Prof. Dusseldorf
said I can come everyday.
-
- Just for me?
- Yes.
-
- For how long?
- Twelve days.
-
Twelve days?
-
Is it that bad?
-
It's December 20th?
-
Unbelievable!
-
What?
-
Where I come from, Oscar,
-
legend has it you can use
the last 12 days of the year
-
to predict
the following year's weather.
-
You observe the weather.
Each day represents a month.
-
Get it?
-
For example,
-
today, the 20th,
represents January.
-
Right? So...
-
It'll be fine and dry
this coming January.
-
Tomorrow we'll see for February.
-
Day after tomorrow, March...
-
through to New Year's Eve
for December of next year.
-
Does it work?
-
It's a legend.
-
The Legend
of the 12 Divinatory Days.
-
From today on,
-
you'll live each day
-
like it counts for 10 years.
-
- 10 years?
- Yes.
-
One day... 10 years.
-
Another day...
-
10 years.
-
So in 12 days,
-
I'll be 120?
-
Yes. Amazing, huh?
-
What a life!
-
- I was born this morning?
- Yes.
-
It's pretty fuzzy.
-
Being born always is.
-
Today I reached the age of reason.
-
But what I learned wasn't good.
-
You got it:
Learning can be sad.
-
- Leaving already?
- Yes.
-
I'll be back tomorrow
for your teen years.
-
I can't wait.
-
No Ma'am,
I only make children's gowns.
-
For young princesses,
not old ones.
-
Definitely not for Queen Mothers.
-
Try my new product.
-
Strange idea, your pizza thing.
-
Thanks for the support.
-
I support you.
-
Delicious.
-
But where do you get such ideas?
Pizza is so...
-
greasy and stinky.
-
I'm broke and cooking is all I know.
-
That'll be Mrs. Gimenez
for her magic wands again.
-
Where'd I put the darn things?
-
Golden Fairy Studios.
-
Yes, here she is.
-
The hospital.
-
For me?
-
Yes? Prof. Dusseldorf?
Did the pizza make someone sick?
-
Don't worry,
it's nothing like that.
-
I was wondering
if Oscar spoke to you.
-
Of course he did.
-
He won't speak to us.
-
We don't know if he's hungry,
thirsty or in pain.
-
It's getting hard to care for him.
-
Do you think
you could get him to talk?
-
Me?
-
By the way,
-
I wanted to tell you
my pizza was delicious.
-
See you tomorrow.
-
- What's up?
- Business is picking up.
-
I told you your father's truck
would bring luck!
-
Cut the crap, Mom!
-
Dad died 5 years ago.
His truck never brought anyone luck.
-
How can you be so foolish?
-
Five and a half years.
-
What?
-
Five and a half years.
He died exactly 1,998 days ago.
-
I thought you sucked at math.
-
I do.
-
I suck at mourning, too.
-
Back again today?
-
Just passing by,
thought I'd check in.
-
I'm bored.
-
Hi, Oscar.
-
Hi, Brigitte.
-
Want a kiss?
-
No.
-
Want a kiss, Ma'am?
-
Thanks, another time.
-
That means no.
-
Retarded kids are affectionate.
-
So...
-
You're bored?
-
- What if you wrote?
- To whom?
-
I hate my parents.
-
My friends are all here.
-
How about me?
-
No, you'd stop coming.
-
How about God?
-
Oh no, not you!
-
Not me what?
-
I didn't think you lied.
Why God?
-
My parents tried Santa Claus.
-
You can't fool me twice!
-
Oscar,
-
God and Santa Claus
are totally different.
-
Not true. It's the same hogwash.
-
Do you think I...
-
a former wrestler,
160 for 165,
-
with 43 knockouts,
-
believe in Santa Claus?
-
No. I don't.
-
But I do believe in God.
-
You hear me?
-
Loud and clear.
-
Stationery.
-
What do I put?
-
Tell him your thoughts.
-
Your innermost thoughts,
the ones that weigh heavy,
-
hold you back,
prevent new ideas.
-
You gotta let
those stinky old thoughts out.
-
OK.
-
You can ask God one thing per day.
Only one!
-
Your God is a loser.
The genie gave Aladdin 3 wishes.
-
A wish per day
beats 3 in a lifetime.
-
I guess.
-
Can I ask for anything?
Toys, candy...
-
- A car?
- No, Oscar.
-
God's not Santa.
You can only ask for spiritual things.
-
Such as?
-
Courage, patience, clarification.
-
OK, I get it.
-
Or favours for other people.
-
A wish per day? No way.
I'm keeping them all.
-
Good idea. I'll be back in an hour.
-
Excuse me, Madam.
Where's the hospital?
-
I don't know.
-
I'm not a tourist office.
-
Dear God...
-
Finished?
-
Yeah.
-
What's God's address?
-
Watch out the window and you'll see.
-
Dear God,
-
My name is Oscar. I'm 10.
-
This is my first letter to You.
-
I didn't have time before
because of school.
-
You can visit me if You want.
I'd like that.
-
I'm open from 6 am to 9 pm.
-
I sleep the rest of the time.
-
If You find me sleeping,
wake me up.
-
I'd hate to miss You by a hair.
-
My hat's off to you, Madam.
-
By the way,
I make a delicious lemon pie.
-
Meaning?
-
You know what I mean.
-
They cost 10 euros and feed 8.
-
How many would you like?
-
Hello.
-
Be right there.
I'm playing chess with Einstein.
-
Hi, Einstein.
-
I'll let you finish.
-
What are you reading?
-
The medical dictionary.
-
My favourite book.
-
You're joking.
-
No. I'm learning all the diseases
I might get later.
-
Help!
-
I lost.
-
His real name is Thomas.
-
We don't call him Einstein
because he's smarter.
-
It's because his head is so huge.
-
It's filled with water.
-
That's too bad.
-
If it were his brain,
he'd go far, Einstein.
-
Look.
-
Sing with your heart
-
Dance with your heart
-
Who do you like here?
-
Einstein, Popcorn,
-
Bacon.
-
- Bacon?
- A burn victim.
-
Any girls?
-
Can't hear you. Any girls?
-
- No.
- I don't believe you.
-
Peggy Blue.
-
Where is she?
-
She's like a fairy,
resting in a hospital.
-
What's wrong with her?
-
Blue disease.
-
Her blood doesn't flow
to her lungs correctly.
-
She's waiting for an operation
to make her pink.
-
What a shame.
-
I agree.
-
She's pretty in blue.
-
Have you told her?
-
What?
-
Have you seen my noggin?
-
She'd have to like aliens.
-
And I doubt she does.
-
I think you're handsome.
-
I don't want
to rely only on my looks.
-
What do you feel for her?
-
- I want to protect her from ghosts.
- Are there ghosts here?
-
Come here!
-
Every night the ghosts wake us up,
we don't know why.
-
I want to keep the ghosts
away from Peggy.
-
Go tell her that.
-
How old are you?
-
What time is it?
-
- Noon! So you're 15.
- Already?
-
Yes. Time to face your feelings.
-
Go on.
-
Move it.
-
Go on.
-
You can do it.
-
Hi Peggy.
-
It's Oscar.
-
I want to protect you
from the ghosts.
-
Scram, runt.
Peggy's off limits.
-
- How so?
- I got here first.
-
We're friends, right Peggy?
-
You can have China Girl.
-
Or fight me if you prefer.
-
Loser!
-
What's your name?
-
Sandrine.
-
That's not Chinese.
Why do they call you China Girl?
-
Is the treatment working?
-
The doctors are pleased with me.
-
You can kiss me.
-
Why?
Isn't the chewing gum enough?
-
Too chicken, runt?
-
To kiss you? Are you kidding?
-
I'm 15.
-
I've kissed
a whole slew of girls.
-
Barrels of 'em.
-
You're 15?
-
I've always wanted to kiss
a 15-year-old.
-
China Girl's got Oscar!
-
My chewing gum!
Give it back!
-
Give it back.
-
Give me that.
-
Hello, Oscar.
-
Who's your friend?
-
She's not my friend!
-
Oscar!
-
Did you come this week?
-
No. Why do you say that?
-
A friend saw your car
in the parking lot.
-
There are a lot of cars like ours.
-
Cars are interchangeable.
-
Unlike parents.
-
Unfortunately.
-
I brought you a present.
-
Better than the last one, I hope.
-
It's not my fault
the manual was in Japanese.
-
The time before,
we wasted the day with the rules.
-
Well, I'm no good at kids' games.
-
You're good at ruining afternoons.
-
So you can listen to music.
-
I put The Nutcrackeron it.
Remember?
-
We saw the ballet together.
-
Listening now?
-
Yes.
-
Right now?
While we're still here?
-
Do you mind?
-
Do you have something to tell me?
-
No.
-
Do what you like, Oscar.
-
Very nice.
-
Now I'm tired.
I'm sleepy.
-
OK.
-
So?
-
We'll be going.
-
Yes.
-
Let's go.
-
I love you, my little Oscar.
-
I love you.
-
You're hurting me.
-
Sorry.
-
I love you so much.
-
I love you so much.
-
I'm sleepy.
-
His letter tells us he knows
how serious his condition is.
-
He's angry at your silence.
-
You should try to discuss
the subject with him.
-
No.
-
Talk to my son about his death?
-
I know you didn't bring a child
into this world
-
to discuss his death
with him, but...
-
Doctor, what exactly
does he say about us?
-
Nothing in particular,
nothing important.
-
"My parents are two whackos,
-
"two total idiots
-
"with no conversation
since I've been sick.
-
"I don't want to see them now.
I'd rather remember the time
-
when they could say I love you
without sorrow."
-
Little tyke.
-
So, how was your day?
-
Zero.
-
With my parents, zero.
With Peggy, zero.
-
She's with Popcorn.
-
- She told you?
- No, he did.
-
He's bluffing.
-
- No.
- Sure he is!
-
Popcorn wants to intimidate you
with his size.
-
I was a mouse in the ring,
-
but I beat wrestlers
who were whales or hippos.
-
Take Plum Pudding, for example.
-
My Irish rival...
-
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
-
the colossal, inescapable
-
Plum Pudding!
-
Despite technical difficulties,
-
I've just been informed
-
that Plum Pudding
is about to descend on our ring!
-
She was so fat
she could barely move.
-
She was one big, fat bluff.
-
No need to fight.
-
What'd you do?
-
For starters,
I set her head spinning.
-
To throw her off balance.
-
At the last minute,
-
I delivered the death blow.
-
Wrestling teaches us about life.
-
It sure does.
-
You've got small bones,
not much meat.
-
But seduction
is a matter of the heart.
-
And you've got plenty of heart.
-
Go tell Peggy how you feel.
-
I'm tired.
-
Tired?
What age are you now? 18?
-
18-year-olds
-
don't get tired.
-
Peggy, listen to this music.
-
It's so pretty,
it reminds me of you.
-
It's beautiful.
-
Peggy Blue, I don't want you
to have the operation.
-
Stay as you are,
you're pretty in blue.
-
What?
-
You're pretty in blue.
-
I want you
to protect me from the ghosts.
-
You can count on me.
-
Kiss me.
-
You don't chew gum, do you?
-
Dear God,
-
The teen years sure are hard.
-
Puberty is tough.
-
Once is enough.
-
Life's better at 20.
-
My wish for today is,
I want Peggy and I to be married.
-
Rose says marriage
is a material wish,
-
but see what You can do.
I'd appreciate it.
-
Ever told anyone you loved them?
-
Look at you, a strapping lad
with huge hands and feet,
-
wanting to hear sweet nothings.
-
Why shouldn't I?
-
I hate anything to do with love,
kindness and feelings.
-
It makes me puke.
-
Why?
-
If you say or show too much,
-
it's fake.
-
Sounds like bad memories.
-
Rose!
-
Don't play shrink with me!
Sex is all I want from you.
-
Oh yeah?
It bothers you if I love you?
-
That's right!
-
Peggy!
-
The ghosts!
-
It's Bacon.
I was afraid it was you.
-
And I was afraid it was you.
-
Would you sleep with me?
-
OK.
-
Shall we dance?
-
I'd love to.
-
You little devils!
-
How dare you?
You have no right!
-
Who was on guard last night?
-
Claudine, she's gone.
-
Get her back here immediately!
-
This just won't do!
-
Kissing is harmless.
-
Kissing spreads germs.
-
- Give the diabetics their shots.
- Right away, Mrs. Gommette.
-
He doesn't deserve it, but...
-
Go see the unhappy creature.
-
Thanks.
-
She called me unhappy,
but I'm happy.
-
I'm sure you are.
-
So it's serious with Peggy?
-
Big time.
We got married last night.
-
- Married?
- Yeah.
-
Who do you take me for?
-
We did everything men and women do
when they're married.
-
Oh really?
-
It was amazing.
-
All the stuff
I used to think was gross,
-
kissing, caressing...
I really enjoyed it.
-
Funny how we change, huh?
-
I'm delighted for you.
And it's normal.
-
You're over 20 now,
gotta try new experiences.
-
One thing we didn't do.
-
Kiss with our tongues.
-
Why not?
-
Peggy was afraid to have a baby.
-
I see.
-
What do you think?
-
- She's right.
- Really?
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You can have kids
by kissing on the mouth?
-
I'll have one with China Girl!
-
No, I was just joking.
-
The Nutcracker!
-
Yeah. It's our music,
Peggy and me.
-
Funny.
-
I had a friend called Nutcracker.
-
A real champion!
-
She wanted to be a ballerina,
but never could.
-
The guys wouldn't dance with her.
-
- Really?
- You bet.
-
Muscles of steel,
especially her thighs.
-
She clung to the nostalgia
of the tutu.
-
Even in the ring,
-
she thought she was in a ballet,
-
and her opponents
were sabotaging her steps.
-
Anyone who stood in her way
-
was quickly ejected...
-
so she could get on
with her choreography.
-
She was quite a wrestler.
-
But she didn't realize it.
-
In her mind,
-
she was a prima ballerina.
-
I'm sorry.
-
I've been sleepy lately.
-
Craving sleep.
-
That's only normal.
-
Young adults party hard,
then have to sleep it off.
-
Get some rest.
-
Dear God,
-
Please make Peggy Blue's operation
go smoothly.
-
Or if that's a material wish,
-
then help Peggy react positively
whatever the result.
-
I'm counting on You.
-
How do you feel?
-
Fine.
-
Good.
-
What's happening?
-
They're taking Peggy into surgery.
-
It's hard being 30.
-
It's the age of worries
-
and responsibilities.
-
How dare your God allow this?
-
Such sickness?
-
Unless he's mean. Or incompetent.
-
Oscar, sickness is like death.
-
A fact of life, not a punishment.
-
- You're not sick.
- How do you know?
-
You think everything's rosy
for Rose?
-
I've never been sick
and I won't die?
-
What can I do for you?
-
Want me to adopt you?
-
Adopt me?
-
Yeah. I adopted Bernard
when he had the blues.
-
Bernard?
-
My teddy bear.
-
Look at him, poor thing,
he's a wreck.
-
He looks like you.
-
I adopted him when my dumb parents
gave me a new bear.
-
Like I would accept a new bear!
-
They might as well
have replaced me, too.
-
Let me see.
-
We do look alike.
-
I'll give him everything in my will.
-
I can adopt you too,
if it's any comfort.
-
Good idea.
-
It would comfort me.
-
Give me five.
-
You can tell me anything.
-
I'm over 30 with cancer
and a wife in surgery.
-
I know about life.
-
I'm afraid.
-
Afraid for Peggy?
Or for yourself?
-
Just afraid.
-
Afraid?
-
Afraid.
-
Afraid?
-
Shall we go see God?
-
- You know where He lives?
- Of course.
-
I'm not allowed out.
-
If you take me out,
they won't let you come back.
-
I really don't want that.
-
We'll be sneaky.
-
What's that?
-
Props for the kids' party,
to show Mrs. Gommette.
-
Mrs. Gommette?
-
Yeah, she loves a good time.
-
- OK.
- Thanks.
-
Well?
-
She hates it.
-
I could've told you.
-
Shame, I liked the leek.
-
Here?
-
That's Him.
-
Oh no!
-
Yes.
-
No way.
-
Rose, you were a wrestler,
-
a great champion!
-
You can't put your trust in that!
-
Why not?
-
He's as scrawny as I am!
-
Would you prefer a beefcake athlete
in tight underwear?
-
Who do you feel closer to?
-
A God who feels nothing
or a God who suffers?
-
The one who suffers, of course.
-
But if I were God,
I'd avoid suffering.
-
No one can avoid suffering.
-
Not God, not you, not me.
-
Take a closer look.
-
Does he look like he's suffering?
-
You're right.
-
He doesn't seem to be.
-
And yet, he's going to die.
-
There are two kinds of pain.
-
Physical pain and mental pain.
-
When someone drives nails
through your hands and feet,
-
you can't help but feel pain.
-
But the idea of dying
-
doesn't have to cause suffering.
-
It's up to you.
-
He's not afraid to die
and doesn't suffer at the idea.
-
Yeah.
-
But do you know anyone
who's happy to die?
-
My grandmother!
-
She smiled with delight
on her deathbed.
-
Impatient to see what awaited her.
-
People fear death
because they fear the unknown.
-
But that's just it.
-
What is the unknown?
-
Nobody knows.
-
So, Oscar,
-
as you face the unknown,
-
I suggest you banish your fear
-
and have confidence.
-
Like him.
-
What are you doing here with a cake?
-
I just thought...
-
Since it's Christmas soon...
-
it's kind of His birthday, right?
-
Happy birthday...
-
It went well.
-
So...
-
She's still blue.
-
That'll change in a few hours.
-
No.
-
Yes.
-
No.
-
If he says so.
-
Like to meet your parents-in-law?
-
Oscar...
-
Hello.
-
- Hello, Oscar.
- Hello.
-
It's cool.
-
What's cool?
-
Peggy's mom isn't blue
but she's pretty anyway.
-
Come on, let's go.
-
You can be any colour you like,
Peggy.
-
I'll love you the same.
-
Dear God,
-
Today turned out to be a good day.
-
A family day.
-
I adopted Rose,
-
enjoyed my parents-in-law
-
and got my wife back in good health.
-
It's over between us.
-
- Why, Peggy?
- You kissed China Girl.
-
I did not! Who told you?
-
And China Girl, too!
-
She was furious you stole her gum.
-
What? She's the one
who passed it to me when...
-
I swallowed it whole.
-
So you admit it! Out of my sight.
-
So?
-
Peggy's mad about China Girl,
but it was before her.
-
Female jealousy.
-
She can't make me pay for my past
all my life.
-
I'll deliver my pizzas,
be right back.
-
Come to your room.
-
Hi, Oscar.
-
Hi, Brigitte.
-
Want a kiss?
-
Might as well.
-
She kissed him! She kissed him!
-
I'm telling Peggy.
-
- No, no!
- Yes.
-
By the way, I hate you.
-
It's hard being 40, huh?
-
Yeah. I keep screwing up.
-
It's a midlife crisis.
-
Men seduce women
to see if they still can.
-
- So I'm normal?
- Yes.
-
But I'm an asshole too?
-
Yep, totally normal.
-
Now we need to fix it.
-
- We can't.
- Yes we can.
-
- No we can't.
- Yes!
-
- No!
- Yes!
-
They say I chase skirts
but I never leave my room.
-
Remember, there's always a solution.
-
No.
-
Take my fight with Titty Royale.
-
Titty Royale?
-
Titty Royale,
-
a Belgian wrestler.
-
She devoured 3 kilos of raw meat
per day,
-
washed down with beer.
-
Titty Royale's secret weapon
-
was her breath,
-
because of the fermenting
meat and beer.
-
It knocked her opponents out.
-
What'd you do?
-
Changed characters.
-
Ladies and gentlemen,
-
please welcome a newcomer
to the wrestling world!
-
The Carpentras Executioner!
-
I doused myself in lavender.
-
And I used a nose plug.
-
With wrestling,
-
you need brawn in the brain too.
-
Do what I tell you.
-
Come on.
-
I'll never say that corny stuff.
-
Trust me, Oscar.
-
I know what girls are like.
-
Right, you were a girl once.
-
Excuse me, I still am!
-
Get in there
and say what I told you to say.
-
- I'll look silly.
- Get in there!
-
Hi, Peggy.
-
I love you and you alone.
-
I love you and you alone.
-
Me too, Oscar.
-
It worked!
-
Get back in there and kiss her.
-
Kissing is a girl thing.
-
Want Popcorn to do it for you?
-
I'm going.
-
Dear God,
-
Marriage is nice,
-
especially as you reach 50.
-
The crises are behind you.
-
No wish tonight,
I'll give You a break.
-
Take me away.
-
What's wrong?
-
Look at the calendar.
It's Christmas.
-
My parents are coming.
-
It'll be a stupid day.
-
I don't deserve this!
-
What'll Dad give me this time?
A puzzle with 18,000 pieces?
-
A box of instructions?
-
Calm down.
-
I'm serious.
-
Danger lurks.
-
Take me with you.
-
No dice.
-
I have to deliver my pizzas.
-
I'll be back. See you later.
-
- Hurry up!
- My cap!
-
My ring!
-
Quick!
-
It's locked!
-
Move aside, wimp.
-
I grew up in the projects.
-
How cool!
-
My pizzas!
-
Good luck.
-
Bye.
-
Move it, asshole!
-
You're in my way!
-
What the hell are you doing?
-
Buying property?
-
Want my finger
up your other nostril?
-
That idiot's on his phone.
-
You drive too badly to make calls.
-
Yeah?
-
Don't bring anything,
Grandma's on top of it.
-
She likes to go all out
for her guests.
-
Do you bring sun to Tahiti?
-
You don't get it? No surprise.
Just like your dad.
-
You owe me 4,000 euros rent.
-
You could spare her, Mom.
-
She always wins.
-
Only when the money's fake.
-
Did the doorbell ring?
I heard something.
-
Really?
-
I'm not expecting anyone.
-
Maybe it's Dad.
-
I doubt that.
He's so behind in alimony
-
a bailiff will have to bring him.
-
It must be Mrs. Gimenez
for her magic wands.
-
I have no idea where I put them!
-
Stay put, Mom, I'll get it.
-
Poor darling!
-
Feel better?
-
Yeah.
-
Want another hot chocolate?
-
Yeah.
-
With more sugar or less sugar?
-
More.
-
Ever tried hot chocolate
with whipped cream on top?
-
You'll lick your chops.
-
Give me a kiss for the road.
-
Who is he?
-
A little cancer patient
I look after.
-
You?
-
You're scared of diseases!
-
Don't make fun.
-
You, a volunteer?
-
You scoffed when Grandma
cared for the elderly.
-
Called her Lady Bountiful
when she fed the poor.
-
You've always said volunteers
were just show-offs.
-
And now you're one yourself?
-
Can you believe that?
-
It wasn't planned.
-
His name is Oscar.
-
Make fun of me all you like.
-
I'll look after him,
phone the hospital and his parents.
-
I just called.
-
Everyone's worried.
Your parents alerted the police.
-
I'm not surprised.
-
They probably think
I'll love them in handcuffs.
-
Why so angry?
-
They're afraid of me.
-
Afraid to talk to me.
-
It's not you they fear.
-
It's your illness.
-
My illness is part of me.
-
Does that mean
-
they can only love a healthy Oscar?
-
They'll die one day.
-
Alone, because you'll be gone.
-
And full of remorse at never
reconciling with their only child.
-
Their beloved Oscar.
-
Don't say that.
-
It freaks me out.
-
You're a smart boy.
You understand you're dying.
-
But you don't realize
you're not alone.
-
Everyone dies.
-
Your parents will, one day.
-
And so will I.
-
But I'm at the front of the line.
-
That's true.
-
But does that give you every right?
-
Even the right to forget others?
-
Good evening.
-
He's waiting.
-
I'm sorry.
-
I forgot that you guys
-
will die too someday.
-
Here, honey.
-
I'm warning you,
-
no Yule log if you cry!
-
- Oh my God!
- What?
-
I found them!
-
Mephista charges at Joan of Arc!
-
That was my favourite hold.
-
It was kind of my signature.
-
I did it better than her.
-
Amazing.
-
I'd be dead a few times over.
-
The more hits you receive,
the more you can take.
-
Never lose hope.
-
The King of the Moon
-
Loves all children
-
On his feather bed
-
He awaits you
-
When you close your eyes
-
He'll gently take you in his arms
-
And silently carry you
-
To the Land of Dreams
-
Dear God,
-
My wish is for my parents
to always be like tonight.
-
And me, too.
-
It was a great Christmas.
-
Especially
Mephista versus Joan of Arc.
-
Sorry about Mass.
I nodded off.
-
- We're going home, Mom.
- OK.
-
Goodnight.
-
Goodbye.
-
Mom,
-
I'm so proud of you.
-
Don't express your feelings
or she'll slap you.
-
Really.
I always thought you were
-
so hard.
-
Appearances are deceiving.
In all ways.
-
See what's in store for us, Sis?
-
Sentimentality will get us one day.
-
You asked for that,
I don't regret it!
-
I feel better.
-
I love you, you know.
-
I know.
-
Dear God,
-
I'm over 60 now,
-
and I'm paying
for last night's excesses.
-
I don't feel so hot.
-
But it was nice to come home
to the hospital.
-
When you're old,
-
you don't like to travel.
-
That'll help.
-
Everyone's sick here,
even Dr. Dusseldorf,
-
from all the chocolate
and foie gras
-
the parents
gave the healthcare staff.
-
As you get older,
you need your sense of taste.
-
You need to refine it.
-
How's my little gourmet?
-
Any idiot can enjoy life
at 10 or 20.
-
But when you're my age
and can no longer move,
-
you need to use your intelligence.
-
I tried to explain it to my parents.
-
I'm not sure I convinced them.
-
It's up to you now.
I'm tuckered out.
-
Bye for now.
-
Love, Oscar.
-
Well?
-
Reminds me of the good old days.
-
How old are you now?
-
Seventy.
-
Let's use my gift!
-
The plant that lives in one day!
-
What's that?
-
A Saharan plant
that lives its life in a day.
-
It's skinny.
-
Yeah, it's no baobab.
-
But it bravely
lives its plant life,
-
full speed ahead.
-
There we are.
-
And now this one...
-
will have a chance to bloom.
-
Brilliant.
-
I want to see Oscar.
-
I want to see Oscar.
-
We can't disturb him.
-
I want to see Oscar.
-
Later.
-
I'm not stupid.
I want to see him now.
-
Let's go home, dear.
-
Stupid fools.
That's no way to behave.
-
It's horrible getting old.
-
Want to write?
-
No.
-
God...
-
I've stopped loving Him.
-
Here are the others.
-
It's not cooked through.
-
Darn! I was too rushed.
-
- I won't charge you.
- It's OK.
-
Popcorn!
-
You look...
-
happy?
-
I am.
-
He came.
-
Who?
-
Read this.
-
Dear God,
-
When I woke up,
I saw You were here.
-
Everyone was snoozing,
but You were busy making the dawn.
-
That's when I understood
the difference between You and us.
-
You never get tired.
-
You're always at work.
-
Creating day. Creating night.
-
Creating spring. Creating winter.
-
Then You told me Your secret.
-
To see each day
as if for the first time.
-
"I was amazed.
-
"You led me by the hand
into the heart of the mystery,
-
"so I could contemplate it.
-
Thank you."
-
PS: My wish
-
is for You to show my parents
the first time thing.
-
They need it.
-
I think Rose already knows it.
-
Peggy could use it too,
if You have time.
-
Today, you're 100.
-
That's a lot.
-
"Alice began to feel drowsy..."
-
"Once upon a time,
25 tin soldiers..."
-
"Imagine, long ago,
elephants had no trunks..."
-
"In a faraway sea,
the water is blue as petals..."
-
"Please be kind.
-
"Don't leave me so sad.
Write as soon as he returns."
-
Bye, champ.
-
Goodnight, dear.
-
You're all exhausted.
-
Go get some coffee.
-
Go on.
-
We'll stay with him.
-
Go ahead.
-
No!
-
He's gone.
-
While we were gone?
-
Actually,
-
he was the one
-
watching over you.
-
Golden Fairy Studios.
-
Three princess gowns?
-
Of course.
-
Something magical?
-
Of course.
-
Get the door!
-
By adopting you,
Oscar made you his heir.
-
It's my first funeral.
-
Until today, I've avoided them.
-
You don't feel guilty, do you?
-
That's absurd.
-
Guilty of what?
-
You did everything you could.
-
Guilty of being helpless.
-
Don't be so hard on yourself!
-
You're not God the Father.
-
You're just a repairman.
A human being, nothing more.
-
Go easy, Prof. Dusseldorf.
-
Don't put so much pressure
on yourself.
-
You won't last long
in this profession.
-
You're fading fast as it is.
-
Thank you.
-
I loved your pizzas.
-
Coming?
-
Dear God,
-
Thanks for bringing Oscar
into my life.
-
He filled me with enough love
to last the rest of my days.
-
On his night table,
-
I found a card he wrote,
-
meant for You, I think.
-
Only God can wake me up.