نخستین 200 خط.
Outta the way!
Here they come.
Philippe, 100 euros says I can lose them.
- Philippe. - You're on.
Here we go.
You're in shape. God!
Shit!
Fuck!
So you lost them?
Get out! Hands on the hood!
- Get out! - Two hundred says I get an escort.
You'll lose again.
- Two hundred, an escort! - You're on.
Let's see your hands!
Your goddamn hands!
Let me explain.
Shut your mouth and put your hands on the hood!
Hold on.
- Let go! - I said get out!
He can't get out!
He can't even open the door!
- What? - Look at the sticker!
There's a wheelchair in the trunk!
Go and check!
Take a look.
Let go of me.
Yeah.
Well?
What is this?
You think I drive that fast for the hell of it?
We're heading for the hospital.
He's having a fit, OK.
It's an emergency!
He can't move! I'm his caregiver.
We have a problem.
Look.
What do we do?
Know what? Think it over. Take your time.
Then call his kid and say you killed her dad!
In five minutes, he'll be a goner,
dead as a dodo.
So take your time.
Go on, think it over! While he croaks.
OK, get going.
- Where are you heading? - The ER.
We'll escort you, it's safer.
We're escorting them. Let's go!
It's OK, they're splitting.
This is really gross, Philippe.
Freaks me out. How do you produce this stuff?
Maybe you should take that driving test now.
Yes, but for now, "We'll escort you, it's safer."
An escort at 200 euros.
I never wager such large sums.
This calls for a change of mood.
"We'll escort you, it's safer."
Come on, I helped you out.
Philippe, the escort.
The escort, it's safer.
We'll escort you, it's safer!
Here he comes.
They're bringing a stretcher. You'll be OK?
- Yes, fine. - Good luck.
Goodbye.
What do we do now?
You let me handle it now.
Any references?
Yes, I have a DAHC,
a Diploma in Advanced Home Care.
I backed it up with training at the Bayer Institute in 2001.
I studied social work at school,
then did a course in social and family economics.
Actually, the thing is...
I've done more studying than working.
What is your key motivation?
Money.
The man.
I'm totally into that.
That's nice.
Helping others, I think.
Is that OK? Did I get it right?
The neighborhood.
I like crippled people,
since I was little.
Working to make the handicapped independent,
on a social level.
Sport too. You need to move.
To fit in with life.
These people can't do a thing.
I had my first professional experience...
That was Mrs. Dupont-Moretti...
A very old lady...
...really very old...
...whom I cared for until the end.
There were fun times in the geriatric unit
at Halloween and so on.
I'm also an expert with bureaucracy.
Housing grants, for instance.
I don't know. Maybe...
...you get one?
Check, Magalie, but somehow I doubt it.
- Yvan Laprade? - Yes.
Enough.
- I'm Laprade. - I'm sick of waiting.
Hello.
I need a signature.
Have a seat.
Any references?
- I have plenty. - All right.
We're listening.
Kool and the Gang, Earth, Wind & Fire.
Good references?
I don't know them. Sit down.
You know nothing about music.
I'm no ignoramus when it comes to music
even if I don't know Cruel...
- Kool and the Gang. - And you?
Do you know Chopin, Schubert or Berlioz?
Do I know Berlioz?
I bet you don't!
I'm a specialist.
Oh yeah?
Who do you know there?
Which building?
What do you mean?
Before becoming a housing project,
Berlioz was a 19th century composer, writer and critic.
Bullshit. I know who Berlioz is. Humor's like music for you.
You suck at both.
You need a signature?
Yeah, to say I applied for the job...
...but that despite my obvious qualities...
Just put the usual spiel about not being interested.
I need three refusals to get the benefit.
I see, your benefit.
Any other motivations?
Yes, plenty.
One right here.
Very motivating in fact.
OK, I'm having a blast, but what do we do?
Sign or not?
I can't sign right now.
- Why not? - Why not?
That's a bummer.
I'm already late handing it in.
That's a bummer as you say.
- Can't Ms. Motivation sign for you? - Magalie isn't authorized.
Too bad, she could have added her cell number.
Pick it up tomorrow at nine.
I'd hate to deprive you of your benefit.
I won't see you out.
No, don't get up.
I mean, stay seated.
I'll come back tomorrow.
Mina, is she here?
No, she'll be back late.
No!
Turn the tap off or I don't have any water!
Turn the tap off!
Get out of here!
I'm taking a shower!
- Leave me be! - Out!
Get them out.
Go on.
Bintou, I'm serious!
Mina!
Get them out!
Get out with your big belly.
Let go!
Get out!
Out, you lot!
Get it?
- Hey, Bintou. - Let go!
Bintou, what the hell?
Sit down, you!
- Where were you? - At school.
Where are you going?
Horse-riding.
Wise guy.
Here, it's for you.
Where were you?
On vacation.
People talk around here.
You think I'm a dumb bitch?
Six months without seeing you.
Not one phone call. Nothing!
And now you turn up with a Kinder egg?
You think your scams will pay for the rent,
for food?
You think this is a hotel?
Look at me when I talk to you!
Idiot!
There's no talking to you!
Want to talk?
I'm listening.
I'm listening.
You know, Dries,
I've done a lot of praying for you.
But, God forgive me,
I have other children.
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