I Got Life! (Aurore)

Mom, it's 10. Weren't you leaving at 10?

You look gorgeous!

- I'm scared stiff. - It'll be OK, Mom.

Everything will be fine. No need to worry.

You're in your element there. You're the best.

- 60 covers is a lot. - It'll be fine.

They can replace hands, and lungs,

they can fit pacemakers, but they can't do a damn thing

about hot flashes. It's insane!

Do you know what Grandma said when I had my first period?

"Now you're a woman." Why did she say that?

Now my periods have stopped, what am I?

You said the same thing to me.

- No... - You did.

See you tonight, honey.

I GOT LIFE!

Is everyone here? Ready for the first customers?

Let me see you.

It's good. I mean it.

Yes, really good.

Can you put that on for the full effect?

Very pretty. It'll be great.

Good. Ready?

Cindy, the terrace.

Charline, tables 1 to 8. Laurie, 9 to 16.

And for our great pro, Samantha, the bar.

I'm Aurore, not Samantha. Why the bar?

At the Lido, the dancers have nicknames. We're the Lido of food!

Samantha is more sexy.

Why the bar? Usually I'm here...

Samantha, I bought this place, right?

What's happening here

is that you're moving from "bee" up to "queen bee", yeah?

And all these little honeybees!

They bring you pollen. You don't need to move your ass, yeah?

You're their queen, yeah?

Kitchen, here I come. Go, go, go, girls!

Don't worry, my real name's Marie-Odile. He does that with everyone.

Sorry.

Samantha.

- What? - Honestly.

And the girls

are all in their teens.

- Don't stand for it. - I have no choice.

What're you talking about? You always have a choice.

Really, Samantha!

- Thanks very much. - Thank you.

Well, cheers.

Cheers, sir.

Cheers.

You've made a hit!

Look at him: 20 years older than her.

Unbelievable.

What're you doing here? You're not with the kids?

What?

Oh, I get it. Sorry. I don't believe it.

You haven't done that to me?

All the meetings in Paris... How long's it been going on?

- Who are you? - Who am I?

You want to know who I am? Are you shitting me?

Ask this two-timing bastard!

Well, you can shove your shitty ring!

Don't ever call me again. Ever!

Let's go, Aurore.

C'mon, let's go.

Don't come running after me!

See that?

- Who was that? - What?

- Who is he? - I don't know, but it felt good!

You're crazy!

The usual routine: you love it, you're in a hurry to buy it.

I must sell it this week. The walls are paper-thin.

The neighbors are away.

I could use an injection right here.

Not too much, just a bit.

Give it 110%!

110%!

Hello and welcome. Come on in.

I love this apartment.

Oh, yes, it's just what I need.

It's just...

Sorry, I had to do a group visit.

- Aurore, is it you? - No... Yes.

Well, how about that?

You know each other?

Mano - Totoche.

- Hello. Christophe Tochard. - Hey there.

Léa, my niece.

Bébert's daughter.

You're Bébert's kid?

What are these dumb names?

They were our nicknames 25 years ago.

Wow!

You need an apartment, too?

Oh, no...

I'm here to...

It's great.

- Are you OK? - Yes.

I'll show you the kitchen.

Uh, the bedroom.

I'm the ultrasonographer at the Marguerites Clinic.

Are you still with Nanar?

No, we got divorced. I got...

But I'm OK.

I'm a waitress in a restaurant nearby.

You quit Spanish?

Yes. You know how it is...

It's not right for me.

Bye. Good to see you again.

Same here.

- Bye, Mano. - Bye, Totoche.

Who was that?

It was Totoche.

- Totoche? - Christophe Tochard.

At 18, we were madly in love.

He did national service and spent a year in Germany.

- We were apart. - Before Nanar?

Just before.

They were best friends.

Oh, right. Nice work!

Is that the time?

- Brandy? - Yeah.

It's sure changed.

OK, Marina? What're you doing here?

- Want a coffee? - No, thanks.

Like the new decor?

Yeah, great.

- I have something to say, Mom. - Now?

I'm pregnant.

Already?

Mathieu and I have been together for ages.

- Isn't it great? - Yes, but I...

I can't take it in. I'm working.

- Grandma Aurore! - She had me very young.

You don't have to copy my mistakes.

Pardon?

Say that again. Am I the mistake?

I'm talking to you, Samantha.

My name's Aurore. I don't answer to Samantha.

Marina, it's me.

Look, I'm sorry.

I said something really stupid.

I've not been myself.

I'm sorry.

It's great that you're pregnant.

And you weren't a mistake, or else the best mistake I ever made.

I'm home.

I'm home!

You OK?

- Hello, ma'am. - Hello, Timothée.

- Call me Aurore. - Sorry, Aurore.

Is the job and stuff cool?

Yeah, very cool.

What about your music?

It's going OK. It's cool.

No, it's OK.

Well, I'll... I'll be back.

- Did you talk to Marina? - Yeah!

- Well? - I think it'll be OK.

It won't be easy though.

What won't?

Work.

'Night, Mom.

You're like my mom.

Wait, I can't hear you.

My mom's going through hell, too.

Goodnight.

I don't understand what's happening to me.

It's very simple. Usually, when you turn 40,

the degeneration of primordial follicles speeds up

until there are none.

When the stock of oocytes is exhausted, that's the menopause.

Because we have a stock of... oocytes?

We have a stock? I had no idea!

- The stock suddenly ran out? - Oh, no.

It's in stages. There's the pre and peri.

The cycles become less regular.

That's spaniomenorrhea.

Perimenopause starts with premenopause and ends a year after the last period.

Do you have to wait a year

or am I definitely... in spacio... spa... What's it called?

Tell me if it's not clear.

Yes, it's clear, but...

And the hot flashes... What are they due to?

When the ovaries become less active,

there's often a drop in progesterone and estrogen.

This leads to hot flashes.

Women may also feel bloated.

There may be breast pain, mood swings, constipation.

Great! So, I should count myself lucky?

And there's no solution?

Nothing can be done for the hot flashes?

I prescribe HRT, but it's not advisable for you.

- Soybean. - No, it doesn't work.

You have to be philosophical.

I mean, when you hit 30, it's a slippery slope.

It's all downhill now.

Come to terms with it.

It's not working...

- Here, hon. - Thanks.