Love Song for Tough Guys

"Eating grass like silk...

...giving up your milk...

...you know how to do those things.

You, you, you...

You watch trains roll out of sight...

...you ruminate your food from morning to night...

What secrets are you hiding? Cow, cow, cow.

And as we sit at our table...

...you go back to the stable...

...where you may soon become fodder...

...you, you, you.'

Yes. Yes, that's great.

We are in the field, the train passes by...

...It's spring.

Great, Rene.

Catherine? -And.

"Oh, whimsical spear...

...that buzzes around my lagoon of love...

O proud horner with your spear, I hope you will come soon.

My sandbars yearn for you.

Will you plant my soil?

Oh, night creature...

...soak me in your horror...

...my most precious jewel...

...my rare jewel.

Oh luck, oh stars. Oh, tidal wave. I hope you come soon. Fast.'

Awesome. Like a bubble in the clear sky.

Very well done. -Thank you.

Jeff? Are you ready for it?

"Pink sweater, the cash register hides the rest...

...my old heart trembles, goddess.

Your blonde goodness...

...is 25 years of promise.

When the amaryllis caresses us, will you rise, princess...

...to put an end to my fear?'

That's very nice, Jeff. Really and truly.

Very musical.

Please give a round of applause for Jeff's first poem.

Who's here now?

Did it go well?

I think so.

The teacher liked it.

They applauded.

Here.

Give this to her.

What do you want?

I do not understand.

Who are you?

I'm looking for Alain Sternkowitz.

How so?

He stole money from my boss.

Is he your husband?

No, we only live together.

He had to make two deposits of 4,276 euros each.

That 8,552 euros never reached the bank.

He's not a thief. -I know that.

He's my boss's accountant.

Is he here? -Yes.

Can you call him?

Yes, I can call him.

Alain?

Alain?

Like this.

Isn't he coming?

I didn't say he was coming. -How so?

"One is not born a woman, but becomes one."

There is no psychological or biological destiny...

...which defines woman to that extent.

History has made her...

What are you doing?

I'll return the money, what's left. -No.

They finish me off.

Do you know what they do to thieves? -We need it.

No, we're fine.

This is because of that show, because of that idiotic play.

I'll bring it back. -Guard.

Sleep on it overnight. Tomorrow we will be on stage.

I'm not going on stage anymore.

Idiots blowing invisible feathers like a bunch of monkeys.

I'm not a monkey, I'm an accountant and you're a hairdresser.

I beg you.

I have to be in this play.

Play this role.

This woman.

She has all my...

...life changed.

She lives in me.

All her words...

... move me.

To play Simone de Beauvoir...

...for a few hours of my life.

If I'm her...

...then I can...

...talk normally.

Suzanne, this is nothing in front of you.

We liked the choir.

We are terrible actors.

...that too is difficult.

As long as the woman was seen as virginal, chaste...

...no one dared to touch her, or verbally abuse her...

...as so many men today feel entitled to do.

One of the most pressing issues is that of tactics.

How will things be in real life?

But the most urgent...

...is refusing household chores, raising children...

...who often turn the woman into a slave.

He is dead?

And.

By a blow?

He was very tense.

Where is he?

In the freezer in the basement.

The money?

The sets, the costumes...

...and the beaver.

We will refund you. This play is going to be a hit.

Which play?

Sartre-en-Beauvoir.

A musical comedy.

I learned that one must like to want to charm someone...

...I learned to be an object.

I was treated like a living doll, without any freedom.

Women were not given opportunities in any field.

Therefore, many today demand a new status.

In themselves, as in all mankind...

...transcendence trumps immanence.

transcendence

overtroeft immanentie

I call upon all who feel the wind of freedom

to join me

No way. I'd rather die.

It's Jessica's party. -'Party' is old-fashioned.

Then what do you say? -Party.

Or nothing. Just hang out, fat guy. I'm not going to that fat whore's party.

Watch your language. - Get dressed.

Hey. -Leave me alone, fat boy.

Do you think we are fat? -It's an expression, fat boy.

But Jessica really is gorda.

What does gorda? mean

That one.

You have to come to that party.

Do I have to pull his head off?

Fuck him if you want, I'm not coming anyway.

You can't even, man-ses.

What does that mean?

That's a man who's a little... - A little what?

A little girly.

She has to go to that party.

I'll go. I'll go with you, fat guy.

I do not get it. Did a child write this?

No. -Who then? You?

No, I just brought it.

What does this say?

Amaryllis. -What is that?

It's uh...

Amaryllis.

Sorry, I don't have time.

Am I mean? Am I irritating?

What is wrong with me?

We've got Coke, Orangina, iced tea...

And look.

Take this.

You see? Nice is not it?

Potato chips? -In the locker.

See, Jessica? -What?

For the party. -Party.

Ugly and I'm not eight anymore.

We also have iced tea, Schweppes, coke...

They drink vodka and beer.

Then they get hit. -You're too young for that.

No one comes anyway, everyone hates me. -That is not true.

We went to that bitch, what's her name?

Melanie. -She comes.

That bitch can't stand me.

It's going to be great, with lots of friends.

En Rudy? -Do you know Rudy?

A boy at school, he never looks at me.

He'll come, he's probably thinking of you.

Anyway, Leslie Manigot would come along.

Who is Leslie Manigot? -His jealous girlfriend.

Damn smelly anorectic.

Watch your words, Jessica. Shit.

Watch your language.

Leslie's not coming. Why are you so pessimistic?

Bad thoughts create a bad atmosphere and affect everything.

It's a negative mindset. - What's that nonsense?

It's because of those stupid books of his.

They are not stupid, read them yourself.

That's so negative.

Hey. -Hey beauty.

We?

Time to go to the port. -Did you give her the poem?

Did she read it? -Yes.

And? -She didn't really get it.

Wat is amaryllis?

The teacher liked it.

He understood. -I think so.

Did you understand? -Yes, I think so.

But what is amaryllis? -Something I read.

Nice word, right?