Zamal Paradise : les voies du seigneur sont absurdes

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Is that the same dog?

He looks better!

You want more?

I'm good.

How about you?

Cool, bro!

What did you mean about my dog?

Well, he's different.

Different from last time.

Last time?

Yeah.

What was wrong with him then?

He's like me.

So you meant there was something wrong with me, too?

That's not what I meant.

You mean I'm a loser, huh?

- You're saying I'm a loser! - No way, Kenlo!

What?

Kingta...

What?

Own up to it, bro!

Do I look better?

Do I?

That's not what I said.

Do I, dick?

Dirty dick!

Don't talk like that.

Your name's dick.

- It's not my name. - It's not? Hold my dog.

Don't say that.

Your name's dick!

You're a fucking dick, man!

You fucking are!

I'm a loser, huh?

This is the last time!

ZAMAL PARADISE

REVELATION

Gimme my beanie.

That's nuts.

Do you look better?

Tell Kevin to wait.

Keep your dirty hands off my pot!

Wash your hands!

How about a hello?

What's that smell?

I mean you! Where were you?

Get off my ass.

I'm on your ass?

That's just great!

I feed you, house you,

you only come home to eat

and I'm on your ass?

I can't believe this...

You're just like your dad. You'll end up like him.

Have you ever seen me at a bar?

What are you thinking?

That I mess around all day?

I work my ass off.

Doing what?

I make music.

My music will make us rich!

Is that so?

You're going to get rich on your own?

Have you ever seen anyone make money with music?

Who's been successful with music?

What movie did you see that in?

You're dreaming!

There was too much rum in your dad's sperm, that's why you're messed up.

I understand why the young girl you were dating...

What's her name again?

I get why she left!

She didn't leave.

Sure she did.

Not at all.

Tell me then!

Why would she be with a loser like you?

A loser? You want the truth?

She wanted me to bust my ass

all week, get a car loan and take her out.

Now she's by herself!

How do you see me?

You think I'll keep making wedding videos all my life?

I'm better than that.

She underestimated me.

Someone like me

doesn't stay with the likes of her.

You think you're a big man, huh?

You're better than us all!

You're above them!

Are you serious?

You better find a job

before you come back home!

Your dad's enough of a leech, I don't need two!

- Why are you putting him down? - I'm not, it's the truth!

You are.

You wanted him to be a follower?

A sheep?

Would that make you happy?

A man with no pride left and you with a new kitchen?

That would have been great!

You would've been happy then.

Would you?

Happy dad worked his ass off for nothing?

You would have, huh?

Great!

You go on and act like a tough guy,

a great revolutionary.

You keep doing that...

Act proud!

But I won't be there to pick up the pieces!

I won't need you to.

I hope you won't.

That's right, run away.

Get a job, or don't bother coming back!

"Make happy music, bro!"

What a jerk!

Living on an island means I gotta make happy music?

What did he actually say?

"Embrace your culture, bro!"

So I told him:

"Stromae is Belgian,

"does he only sing about Belgium?"

He'd just be singing about potatoes and fries.

They want you to brainwash you so you fit in a mold.

Fucking brainwashing.

They want us to fit their island clichés.

They imagine us lying on the beach surrounded by coconut trees.

You know?

Beating on drums...

We can either dress up in traditional clothing

or we show them who we really are!

If they can even see us!

What's the point?

We make music for the people.

What do we do if the people don't care? Do we stop?

That's not what we meant, Kenlo.

You want to convince a so-called producer,

but if he won't see us as artists,

if he thinks we suck as artists,

what do we do then?

Beat him up?

Do we stop?

What's our option?

You can fight injustice all your life and still lose.

Sure, but it's just that...

We like to bitch a little, that's our French side.

Yeah, but I'd rather act

than complain!

Lao-Tseu said something like that.

Who?

Lao-Tseu.

Sorry if I read a little.

Yeah, sorry we're dumb and uneducated.

Are you even listening to me?

Go "Hyundai".

The guy said:

"Better to light your little candle than to curse the darkness."

He said that?

"Your small candle", does he mean his small dick?

Asshole!

You never stop with the bullshit, huh?

Legend says Chinese people have small dicks.

That's how they'll take over the world; no one feels them coming!

Stop by the bank,

I wanna check if my unemployment is in.

Are you serious?

That money is to numb you out. When you take it,

you accept being in a social coma!

That shit is the opium of the people.

Sure, Malcom X.

What's up, Manu?

What's up, man?

The bank's pissing me off!

They let you overdraw your account just so they can tax you!

I gave them a mouthful!

Call me, we'll celebrate that over dinner!

Be cool when we get there!

We want him to do business with us.

How do you know him?

I was filming a wedding, went out for a joint.

I hooked him up.

What? He's a top dog in the biz and you had to hook him up?

He only had cocaine on him.

Yes?

It's Kenlo, with two buddies of mine.

OK, hold on.

Come in, go to the living room.

Kevin, check this out!

Be cool!

It's a saying by Erasmus, the prince of humanists.

"Vocatus atque non vocatus

"deus aderit."

Whether we invoke Him or not, God will be present.

Anyway, he said he was starting a weed business.

And guess who for?

Guess!

I dunno.

For rich people with cancer.