The Moon Child (La Permission de minuit)

The Moon Child

I almost forgot to tell you.

Don't ask for Coke. Why not?

"That gives you cancer," he says.

Is he normal?

Outwardly yes.

What did he do?

I do not know.

He's not tracking. Disturbed, yes.

Hello.

I've already seen you. Probably.

To drink something? Water.

Sit down. No, don't have to.

Thank you.

Damn. You shouldn't have been drinking after me.

Now you are infected.

In a month you will have a tumor.

Jacob... it's a joke. Asshole!

You never make friends that way. You are hopeless.

I don't give a shit.

If you weren't sick, I would hit you. Drop dead!

I want water. I'll take it myself.

Fancy a video game?

You can be really stupid!

Why did you do that now? I'll apologize.

Stomcup. Come on now off.

What are you doing? Come with me.

Come on baby. Damn!

Come on baby.

Tackle!

What's that weird thing? Let me go!

How's the pain? Present.

So we continue to take painkillers. Maxilase 3000?

That one as well.

I can still smell the burning smell.

That will remain the case for a while. You must rest well.

Sorry to disturb, but it's Roman.

He called three times already. Is something wrong? Not really, but...

Tell me to call back. He's in your consulting room.

In my consulting room? Yes.

What is going on? Issues.

What is that?

Where did I leave my glasses?

Write about a fantasy character: knight, damsel, dwarf, wizard.

Name, properties, motivation, story, age, appearance.

Fifteen spelling errors. 'Age' is TIME.

Chloe.. is the webshop designer my next appointment?

Ask her to wait ten minutes.

What interests you?

Not the dwarf, not the knight, not the wizard.

So the lady. Yes, and then...

I had to go to school to keep from being bored and now I'm getting stupid work.

Don't whine, we only have ten minutes.

It sucks. I'd rather know if they don't find a cure.

What are those doctors doing?

Investigate, Roman. While you think of the damsel.

Or made-up damsel, blonde, brunette? Brunette.

Brunette. What a surprise.

Psychological profile?

If you fell in love with her? uh, cool.

Cool.

Like me, but a girl.

So cool.

Well done, great!

Bye.

Can you sit down?

Awesome. Give her a round of applause.

The next candidate is a doctor.

A professor of medicine.

Good evening sir.

Come on. Good evening.

Good evening. What is your name?

David Assollant. You are?

I'm a surgeon. Shall I call you professor then?

No... David is fine.

David... Tonight you are here for a purpose.

Yes, to fund a potholing trip.

For children with XP.

XP. Can you briefly explain that? Very short.

It is a rare genetic disease that causes poor recovery

of DNA under UV radiation.

Beautiful. Applause to David!

Are you ready for the 50000 dominoes?

Yes. 47500 to be exact.

47500. Go ahead, David.

What is happening?

Afterwards we add up the points of the finalists.

Not the easiest part...

I'm looking for a man, quite tall, in his fifties. Have you seen him?

No idea. I didn't pay attention.

But see for yourself. Thank you.

I've been looking for you for two hours.

I waited until the end. Is the party over?

Everything fine? Yes, it's fine.

Will you join the others?

You go. I'll wait here.

Tell Angèle and Lucy I'm getting some rest.

Tonight I'll show you something amazing. Awesome!

Go now, Roman.

What is happening?

Fixed short circuit. So no heating.

But it's day. I have to call.

It was never made on time. Aren't you sleeping?

I'll call outside.

He's panicking.

He was acting weird last night too.

A public appearance is not for him. He enjoys it!

Once when we were on guard duty, we decided to play mime.

David disappeared, but when it was his turn,

he suddenly appeared in one of those restraint suits

with gold hypothermia foil as a cape.

On his head he had a star-shaped crown made of polystyrene.

They came from all floors. Patients, nurses, everyone.

He was drunk, but he was a prince.

What was he? Halley's comet.

That morning he had been told that his brother had passed away.

He hadn't told anyone.

Let's go.

Boys, take it. Come on, wake up.

I have no gloves. Anna has no gloves.

No gloves?

If you don't mind choking.

Please baby.

Thank you. Here we go.

What did you want to say? I have to tell you something.

It's personal. I don't like that.

Who do you think you are?

One trip and he plays the gentleman. I don't want to hear it.

You die like us, sick handsome.

You are a jerk.

What's with Anna? I don't need to talk to her.

No. But you have to be nice.

Since she's terminal, I do n't need to talk to just yet.

We don't pity, Roman. You know that.

Look at me when I talk to you.

Go apologize.

You don't care. You've had tons of chicks.

I do not know what it is.

I will never make love. No more time for that.

We do everything to give you time.

I've been married for seventeen years, so I haven't had that many chicks.

Liar! I know.

Jerk.

I didn't know your brother was dead. That sucks.

In the second gene therapy we are developing,

we do not insert an exogenous gene into the XPC cell,

but ask the cell to correct its mutation itself.

For this we use the homologous recombination technique

repairing double-strand damage

after exposure to oxygen or nitro radicals in the environment

or remote radiation.

There's the substitute. Where?

Five rows down, four to the left.

Doctor Carlotta Nicoli.

With the long hair? Yes.

I sent you the results of Habib's DNA repair.

My secretary got them. I watch it. It's quite a bit...

I watch it. Promised. Do not walk away.

David. Everything fine?

Yes, I'm fine.

Bravo, this is good for you. Thank you.

You're a bit of a hero. If you say so.

You were so ranting about grants, they had to ask you.

You're going to wake them up. I'll try it already.

That's what we sound like!

XP - advanced stage

I'm tired.

I'm going to get some sleep. I have an appointment in two hours.

I'll wake you up.

Letter from WHO is here.

They called.

Mathilde asked if you don't want to work on guard duty on the evening of the wedding.

In case you forget. Come on.

I didn't say anything about the transfer.

You do that? Yes.

I'm actually hungry.

Paul's girlfriend is not happy with our move.

Female friend? Does he have a girlfriend?

Yes. Already a month.

Why can't I see her?

You are indeed free between midnight and five o'clock.

I want to see her.

Have you tasted?

It said "Di Bufala" on the suit. Yes.

Awful.

Trial. No, this early in the morning...

Awful.

They cheated me again.

I'm going to sleep for an hour. are you waking me up?

The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym,

by Edgar Allan Poe. Bah.

How so? You don't even know him.

It's about storms, survivors, shipwrecks.

Really something for you. Someone named Poe? No, thank you.

At the time it was one of my favorite books.

It will feel cold for a while.

I knew it by heart. Beginning and end.

Oh yeah? And how will it end?

"Then we plunged into the embrace of the waterfall,

where a chasm opened up for us.