Despite the Night (Malgré la nuit)

DESPITE THE NIGHT

Lola.

Lola.

Lenz.

What are you doing in Paris?

I'm looking for Madeleine.

Madeleine called me.

Madeleine called me.

She was with strange men.

Since then,

I haven't seen her.

Lenz,

you're back.

Louis.

Come with me.

Come with me.

I realised

that memories

are more beautiful

and stronger

in books.

I take the memories of others

from literature.

Other childhoods,

other legs.

The first woman you fuck

is in books.

I don't remember the first woman

who spread her legs for me.

It isn't that I didn't love her.

I loved her.

I think.

Have you...

Have you seen...

Madeleine?

Don't worry,

she's fine.

I introduced her to a guy who lines her pockets.

I was at a party

with a really beautiful girl,

Lena.

Sometimes they ask me for girls,

so I introduced them to Madeleine.

What's that?

What do you think?

Do you like that?

Yes.

Not always.

Would you like me to do that with you?

No.

Don't look down on love.

Promise me

that you will never look down on my love.

Promise me the same thing.

It's all I've got.

It's okay.

There we go.

I'm going to rinse it off.

Ready?

Lift on three?

One, two, three.

Everything all right?

Here we go, time to sit.

Have you got him?

Sir, we're going to sit you down, okay?

Lay out the towel.

Okay, let's move back a bit.

And sit.

Great.

One, two, three.

There we are.

Hush, dad...

Gently...

Go to sleep.

Don't wait up for me.

Don't turn around.

Look straight ahead.

What do you see?

What do you see?

Answer me.

Answer me.

I see everything.

What are you looking for?

Am I hurting you?

Try.

Fuck me.

Fuck me.

What do you want?

Do you really want to die?

Yes.

Hello.

Hello.

Here, a smoke.

Give me your hand.

I'll stop screwing around.

No.

You weren't going fast enough.

You weren't going fast enough, Lenz. You've got to go faster.

It's great.

It's brilliant.

Stop!

Stop.

Do you want a drink?

- Let me introduce you to Lenz. - Drink.

He's nice.

Thanks, we don't need your help.

Okay, bye.

Stop that! You're a real pain in the arse!

Leave me alone.

That's Lena.

She's the girl I met at that party.

The one I was telling you about.

Fuck!

Do you want me?

My little Lena...

My little Lena.

You were fantastic.

You liked it?

Such a talent!

Thank you for coming.

Lenz,

my father.

Pleased to meet you.

Lena never mentioned you.

We've met before, haven't we?

I never forget a face.

I never forget anything.

Come.

You seem to be someone frank,

someone honest.

Do you take drugs?

Does my daughter use drugs?

Have you ever heard of the drug Cannibal?

A synthetic amphetamine

that shuts down entire regions of your central nervous system,

plunging you

into a primal state

in which you devour the first person you see.

I think it's fascinating.

My daughter...

I no longer have any contact with my daughter.

She communicates only

through violent gestures.

But you...

you are something else entirely.

I'm certain we've met.

I am absolutely certain.

You, or someone who looks a lot like you.

That happens in life, likenesses.

My Lena.

See you very soon.

Here,

it's Madeleine's address.

Thanks, Louis.

Stop.

Lena, stop.

Stop.

What is it?

I have to go.

I'll be back.

Tell me...

You are so beautiful.

You're frightening to look at.

Such beauty

is a force.

You could overturn the world

with such beauty.

Is that all I am to you?

I don't understand beauty.

I don't understand

its power over me.

As soon as you finish talking, you'll be ashamed of what you just said.

Where do you get that from?

I have to go.

Do what you want.

What do you want me to do without you?

Lenz has a girl, you know.

He's gone to meet her.

You didn't know?

That's why he's back in Paris.

He's completely obsessed.

She's everything to him.

You don't believe me?

I know where she lives.

I could take you there.

What do you want?

Do you want me to leave him?

I think I'm the one who wants to leave him.

I want him to want me.

Then I'll leave him.

What's her name?

Her name is Madeleine.

She's a prostitute.

I want to see her.

Will you take me?

Why would I do that?

What do you want?

Nothing.

Everything.

You would do anything for me?