Male Companion (Un monsieur de compagnie)

Antoine, my boy

You had a bad dream?

A nightmare

Nanny, I dreamed I was working

Oh, my poor little one!

Quick, let's go home

You've overdone it enough for today

Dear Nanny,

For 25 years, I have blessed the derailment

that killed my parents

No orphan was happier than me under the supervision of his grandfather

Antoine, never make any effort

Fatigue is the enemy

You need, to succeed everywhere and always,

to never work

It is a mistake

to believe that laziness is a fault

It is, on the contrary, the mother of all virtues

But the Bible says: "You will earn your bread by the sweat of your brow."

But after original sin!

Before, man lived as a shiftless layabout

By the way, all religions have decreed a weekly rest

The faithful are aware that they are offering their laziness to the Lord

Show me

Add a drop of Chartreuse

Friday, we're Arabs

Saturday, we're Jews

Sunday, we're Christians

And the month of Sundays

Checkmate

That's why, I tell you,

don't torment yourself

about what you can eat to live

Look at the birds in the sky

They make no sowing nor reaping

and they don't pile up in attics

because our Father feeds them

Learn that lesson

Being a sparrow

This is an art you inherited at birth

God feeds the sparrows

The society will nourish you

The important is to be re-invited

The secret:

Be a nice guy

Smile with the sensible

Sneer with the cynics

Laugh up with fools

Get indignant with the fiery

Sigh with the gloomy

And with the talkers...

I let them talk

Huh?

You were saying?

The satellite disappears

behind the outer ring - "The outer ring."

Slowly - "Slowly."

Slowly!

Slowly!

But just think, little wretch, miserable worm,

that Flammarion himself

said... Wait...

"We sail in the vastness"

"at a speed a thousand times greater"

"that a fast train's."

"A wonderful sidereal mechanism,"

"the Earth is softer than the gondola"

"abandoned on the mirror of the Venetian lagoon."

"The Earth glides"

"majestically"

"on its ideal orbit."

"All that is divine is effortless."

Aeschylus

Poor Antoine Mirliflore

I looked after the interests of your grandfather

in his lifetime What a charming philosopher,

but so careless!

Do you know that the sale of its properties, those without mortgages,

will barely cover

the inheritance tax?

My dear sir, what else can we ask for?

I admire your composure in the face of such a disaster

Now you own nothing

My poor sir

No parents, no relations

There you are all alone

Let me introduce you to one of my friends

He will help you find a trade, a situation

A situation, me?

Perpetual holiday is over You must work, young man

Work, me?

Dear sir, there is no question of it

But... but...

Good life, gentlemen

Paris,

it's you and me

You need your camp stool? - Yes, no, well...

It's not warm

What you see in there?

The cosmos

Ah?

Get a look in there

I see nothing

We see nothing

No, no, nothing

Pay him

Ice cream, peanuts,

special pictures

David, look at that!

That's good. Look at that

David

Pig!

Talk about a customer

Oh, I don't despair

I started by selling newspapers

Yes, I, Balthazar!

As Henry Ford, but I, I have not forgotten to be stupid

I studied the economic situation

Believe me, the future is the ice cream

All over Paris

In 10 years, everywhere

"Bathazar's Ice Cream."

Why not "Balthazar's Hot Chestnuts"?

So really, we see nothing in your thing?

You see, I have a broad who lives across the street

5, St. Peter's Square - A broad?

Lovely? - Oh my!

Where?

2nd window on the left, around the corner

Charming - She's not bad

Not bad at all

She has the phone? - Montmartre 10-12

You have a token? - And how!

What's her name? - Nicole

Hello? - Hello, Nicole?

Yes?

You must never flood a geranium

Who is calling?

Antoine. Don't put your watering can in balance, it could fall

Well, you can sit down

There. You are much better like that

You know that pink suits you really, really well?

Oh, wonderful!

I didn't know this aspect

of your personality

Oh, you're just...

a big slob,

a lout, a despicable individual,

a jailbird, a fool... - No!

You think this is funny? - Nicole!

Nicole, Nini, it's Balthazar!

Listen, sweetheart! - Is that you?

Nini... - Farewell

Very funny, your joke

Very funny

You witness the end

of a great love

Don't do anything stupid

It is in the test that turn out great souls

This is too much, I'm going to see her - Not in your condition

I must! - I'll go, it's my fault

I'll fix it for you

Thank you - We are quite friends

I always knew I could count on you

Don't show up before tomorrow, you could ruin everything

Ah, the good boy

Still here? Always in my legs!

I'm sorry

Batlthazar. It's all over between us I'll be back at half past midnight

Ah, thank you

Shooo

Charming

Good

Perfect

Oh!

But who is there?

Antoine?

Well, where are you?

Who's that guy?

Oh, Nicole...

How can I apologize for this?

I've spent frightful hours at the idea of having hurt

this poor little fragile thing

I am a wretch

The funicular crushing my body would have been a too easy death

As penance, I climbed 6 floors on my knees

It's not enough

What to do to give you this just revenge?

To offer myself as a martyr?

Here I am I am at your mercy

Scold me, beat me, kill me

Wow, what a speech...

Ah, she has forgiven me

Oh, great lady, noble Nicole

Generous Nicole, admirable Nini

Can I keep you company?

Well, what a man...

"All that is divine is effortless."

Antoine

Antoine, the coffee is ready