[♪ Blue Skies by Irving Berlin ♪]
♪♪ Blue skies smiling at me♪
♪ Nothing but blue skies Do I see♪
♪ Blue birds singing a song♪
♪ Nothing but blue skies from now on♪
♪ I never saw the sun shining so bright♪
♪ Never saw things going so right♪
♪ Noticing the days hurrying by♪
♪ When you're in love Oh my how they fly♪
♪ Blue days All of them gone♪
♪ Nothing but blue skies from now on♪
♪ Blue skies smiling at me♪
♪ Nothing but blue skies Do I see♪
♪ Blue days All of them gone♪
♪ Nothing but blue skies from now on♪♪
[Waves lapping]
[Fabric rustling]
[Insects chirring]
[Man]: Are you dead?
From over there, you looked like something washed-up by the sea.
[Waves lapping]
Cécile.
♪ ♪ ♪
[Waves lapping]
[Indistinct]
[Birds chirping, leaves rustling]
♪ ♪ ♪
[Giggling]
[♪ Humming ♪]
[Woman speaking French]
[♪ Humming ♪]
[Giggling]
Cécile, play us a song.
And not one of those sad ones.
A real live tune.
[♪ La Plus Belle Chansonby Jacqueline Taieb on stereo ♪]
[Giggling]
- Whoo! - Oh!
[Laughing]
Oh my God. OK.
All right. OK, OK.
[♪ Woman singing in French on radio ♪]
[Giggling]
Whoa!
[Giggling]
[Insects chirring]
[Sighing]
- Elsa? - Mm-hmm?
- Would you like me to read to you?
- No? - Non. Merci.
Why not?
- It always sounds like a nice idea to be read to,
but it never really works, does it?
I don't know.
- The person reading aloud enjoys it more
than the person listening.
It's very awkward when a word is mispronounced.
[Chuckling]
It shouldn't be, but it is.
- Yeah, well, I love being read to.
- Yeah? - Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
- Are you really listening when you are being read to?
Of course I am. Well, I try.
It's not really about listening is it?
- Raymond, everything is about listening.
[Drawer opening]
[Object sliding in drawer]
[Camera shuttering]
[Phone clattering on dresser]
[Crickets chirping]
[Vinyl crackling]
[♪ Etudeby Frantz Casseus ♪]
[Man whispering, indistinct]
Ooh!
[Inhaling sharply, card flipping]
[Giggling]
Hmm.
[Footsteps approaching]
What are you guys up to?
We're playing solitaire.
- You're both playing solitaire?
- Mm-hmm.
- We've always played solitaire together.
- And why don't you just play a two-player game?
Uh...
It sort of feels like we are.
[Inhaling deeply, kissing]
[Waves lapping]
I love this time of day.
There's so much possibility before lunch.
I feel like I could do anything.
Like cook dinner for 10 people.
[Chuckling]
- That sounds good. - Yeah?
Cécile... just toss it in.
Come on. You can do it.
[Woman chuckling]
[Rocks rattling]
- She's imagining what she looks like to us.
- What do you mean? - Well, as practice.
Practice for what?
- For when she wants to be seen.
- No, I'd rather not think of my daughter being looked at.
- No, I said seen, not looked at.
It's...
It's a feeling, Raymond.
It's like a power.
- From across a room... - No!
- ... she will soon be able to decide...
- No, no, no. - ... yeah, who notices her.
- I don't want to know any of this.
Well, you wait.
- Hmm. - Mmm.
- When her mother died, she and I became close
in a manner I could never have predicted.
- How many years did you say? - Twelve now.
Yeah, or perhaps my understanding
of what closeness is changed.
Everything changed.
Suddenly, we knew nothing.
And then we became very good at knowing nothing.
We just spent time.
- You're both very good at spending time.
Hmm?
[Birds chirping, insects chirring]
[Wind chimes ringing]
[Curtains rustling]
[Paper rustling]
[Crickets chirping]
- It's no longer going to be just the three of us.
Anne is coming.
- Anne? - Anne Larsen.
- The designer? - Mm-hmm.
- She's an old friend. - Mmm.
Hmm. You never mentioned her.
No?
Anne has great taste.
She has always had a strong point of view.
- I bet none of the chairs in our home are comfortable.
[Laughing]
Clothes this beautiful can only mean
she loves uncomfortable chairs.
How long is she staying?
- I can't wait to have old friends.
[Woman tapping phone]
We had fun.
The three of us, we had such fun.
She rarely smiles in photos.
- Oh, Anne's never been quick to say or show
how she's feeling, that's for sure.
[Speaking French]
That's how people behave when they think
they have all the answers.
[Speaking French]
Maybe I'm being unfair.
I feel a little silly. I don't even know her.
when I talk about women I haven't met.
- Your mother was one of the few people
that seemed to bring out Anne's more... relaxed side.
They had their own secret language.
They would sneak away into another room
and they would talk for hours.
And I would find them lying on the bed of coats,
hiding from the other guests...
[Chuckling]
... impossibly absorbed in one another.
And I was...
[Whispering]: ... so jealous.
[Chuckling]
I'm not tired, but...
I feel like being in bed.
[Sighing]
- Might be nice to have a forth person here.
- Mmm... - Hmm?
Don't you think?
[Exhaling]
What about Elsa?
Well, Elsa loves company.
You're being annoying.
Why are you upset?
- I'm surprised Anne even wanted to come.
When did you invite her?
We've been emailing a little.
You know, it's like that sometimes:
back and forth for an afternoon,
and then nothing for months.
You'll see when you're older, packing a small bag,
visiting an old friend by the sea is... spectacular.
Feels good to need very little...
and wake up somewhere else.
- Spectacular? - Mm-hmm.
That's a funny word.
Is it?
Are you nervous?
Nervous?
Why?
- For get it. - No, tell me.
I want to know.
Tell me.
Never mind.
[Raymond gasping]
Oh no...
[Whispering]: Have I totally ruined summer by inviting her?
Should we just pack up and go back to Paris?
Perhaps you're right. It was an awful idea.
It was terrible. We'll just run.
Just want to escape in the night like thieves?
- There's no use having a conversation with you.
My accomplice.
What would I do without you?
[Camera shuttering]
How many photos of the moon have you stored on that phone?
[Engine revving]
♪ ♪ ♪
[Man]: Christmas tree.
[Cécile]: Yes.
[Waves lapping]
Italy?
It's a giraffe.
I don't know why I said that.
I wasn't tracing anything.
[Chuckling]
I'll do an easy one.
- That's my name. - Mm-hmm.
- Hmm... Too fast. Do it again?
Hmm...
Your name?
My middle name.
What is it?
[Chuckling]
[Waves crashing]
[Horn honking]
You smell so good.
You drove from Paris?
Almost 6 hours.
Too fast?
The train takes three.
Well...
Sometimes, you just need six.
My favourite girl from the studio made me
a playlist for the drive.
I can share it with you.
You two are so spoiled, enjoying this whole scene alone.
[Keys clanging]
Elsa McInberg?
He invited her here?
How long have they been seeing each other?
The last time I saw Elsa,
she was rolling around on the floor at Sophie's home--
a party for someone, I don't remember who--
playing make-believe with Sophie's two kids.
Mmm.
- She seems somehow out-of-place, but at home.
She took her shoes off inside.
Everyone looks vulnerable in socks.
Even Elsa?
[Anne chuckling]
- Raymond has always been so impulsive.
- I should let you unpack and rest.
They will be back soon.
Thank you.
[Footsteps retreating]
[Waves lapping, insects chirring]
[Birds chirping]
[Cork popping]
[Laughing]
- I saw one of your designs in Le Monde.
Could be very good on Cécile.
Of course.
Well, she could wear anything.
We were talking about you.
Come.
Catch up. Have a glass.
[♪ The Smile on Your Face by Little Ann on stereo ♪]
- I thought you might sleep through the night
into the morning.
[Cécile chuckling]
- Uh... should I change? - No, you're fine.
[Whispering]: Cheers.
Cheers.
I find him--
- You find Charles Webb... charming.
[Chuckling]
- ... an idiot. - Oh, come on!
- Please! - I do.
Charles Webb is...
Is what?
- Unseemly. - Unseemly?
Oh my goodness. I really like the guy.
I've been working with him on and off for years.
Mmm...
- He's a businessman and he--he's not for you.
- A businessman? - Mm-hmm.
What year are you living in?
- OK, art and commerce, yes, I know all about it.
As do I.
- And so he's kind of simple, big deal.
[Chuckling]
- I'm uncomfortable around adults
who don't know themselves.
- I remember you and him getting into fights in the past.
About what exactly?
[Raymond gasping, Elsa giggling]
Look.
He really gets under your skin, doesn't he?
[Chuckling]
You know, I'm caught off guard by your sudden fire.
You're flush. I'm impressed.
Can I see it?
Thank you.
I find Charles fun.
See?
So he doesn't know about art
or what's going on in the world.
Big deal.
And he's gross.
Everybody knows that.
But gross people are more fun.
[Elsa]: Exactly.
[Chuckling]
I could fall asleep right here,
at the table with you all.
There is something so comforting
about this exact level of liveliness, you know?
Like loud families.
- Where is your family from, Elsa?
- Oh, from Greece, from Italy...
Pays Basque, la Côte Basque,actually,
Biarritz, uh, Spain,
Algeria, uh, a little island--
I don't know how to say it in English--
but, uh, a little région called La Kabylie.
Argentine,Belgium, North of France, mmm, Egypt--
- How many people in your family are there?
[Laughing]
"Wear it in good health."
That's what my mother would say.
- You will wake up really hot if you leave the curtains open.
The sun hits hard on this side.
I'm an early riser.
It will still be cool.
You're thinking about her.
I can see it in your face.
[Water splashing]
Can I ask you a question?
My mother and you, who met Raymond first?
It's all a blur.
I have this memory of him holding the room's attention
after some party, wearing a turtle neck.
[Cécile chuckling]
Did he hold your attention?
He was never still.
Your mother found that attractive.
And you?
[Anne chuckling]
Good night, Cécile.
[Insects chirring]
[Birds chirping]
[Footsteps approaching]
[♪ Humming ♪]
- Morning, Elsa. - Good morning.
You sleep well?
Not really, actually.
- You strike me as someone who has no trouble sleeping.
Mmm.
I'll make some room for you.
Which section would you like?
- A slice of toast to start your day?
[Chuckling]
[Footsteps retreating]
Good morning.
Morning.
Slept well?
I am starving.
Pass the tea, please?
- Mm-hmm.
[Waves crashing]
Do you find Elsa beautiful?
Elsa? Why?
- I know you think she's beautiful.
- Whatever you're doing, you're doing it to yourself.
I mean, yeah, she's objectively beautiful. Yeah.
- Yeah, it's pretty obvious to think a dancer is beautiful.
[Chuckling]
You're so frustrating.
It's--it's like you're reckless and careful...
which usually means
the recklessness doesn't come naturally.
[Waves lapping]
Anne arrived last night.
Who's Anne?
Anne Larsen.
She's a friend of my mother's.
And Raymond's too, from long ago.
I suddenly feel like summer is already over.
- You're so obsessed with things being over.
And I think I know what you need.
How far have you been?
I'll take us out real far.
Everything is less intense when you can't see land,
no matter which way you look.
I don't know.
It sounds... pretty intense to me.
[Chuckling]
[Waves lapping]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Raymond]: Hello.
[Elsa speaking French]
Who will join me in the water?
Be right there.
[Water splashing]
Cécile, I meant to ask...
How did you do on your exams?
Not great.
- Will you retake them again in the fall?
How many do you have to retake?
It's fine.
[Chuckling]
- What do you mean? What is "fine?"
It's not a big deal.
Why are we talking about this?
- Well, how do you expect to pass in October?
Luck?
- I've never understood why luck is so easily dismissed.
I always found it to be, um...
dependable.
[Waves lapping]
That was impressive,
how quickly you managed to upset Cécile.
She will bounce back.
- But why would she ruin her summer with school work?
- And how will she figure out what she's passionate about?
[Chuckling]
Come on.
Not even you believe that.
The water is lovely.
You two should take a dip.
[Raymond sighing]
When I finish this chapter.
Anne loves a reward system.
[Knife scraping cutting board]
[Footsteps retreating]
- Cécile, before you run out...
You still do that by hand?
Hardly.
Come sit. I want your opinion.
What do you think of this dress?
- Are those roses? - Yes.
No?
Just surprising.
What's wrong with roses?
This one is really beautiful.
I'm kind of obsessed.
- I don't remember drawing this one.
- It feels... - Free.
... unthinking.
I count on these unthinking gestures,
otherwise the work becomes really boring.
Really bad.
The moment things become forced, I question everything.
Sometimes, I think the point is ultimately
to know less and less and less.
If I'm creating clarity or meaning,
I lose interest.
There always has to be a third thing.
What do you mean?
- I don't know how to talk about it.
It vanishes before I can grab hold of it.
It's like... when the sun comes out.
Just before it sets.
But it's not even that.
It's...
more powerful than anything I've ever felt, even love.
- Sometimes, I'm scared of what I'm thinking.
And this one?
- It reminds me of dandelion seeds.
Dandelion seeds are design miracles.
Parachutes that take flight in such a way
they form a vortex.
It helps them stay afloat as long as possible.
They can travel remarkable distances.
[Chuckling]
They're designed to auto destruct on landing.
[♪ Jazz on stereo ♪]
[Raymond sighing]
Well, I guess that's it.
[Raymond talking, indistinct]
- [Elsa]: No, upset. Let them play.
[Indistinct]
[Chuckling]
[Raymond]: Cécile what?
[Vehicle approaching]
[Engine stops, door closing]
[Elsa giggling, door closing]
[Raymond]: They don't understand.
[Door opening]
[Raymond talking indistinctly, Elsa giggling]
You're not driving ever again.
You know I will in the end.
- You nearly crashed us into the tree.
That's crazy...
[Door slamming, Raymond shushing]
[Whispering]: Quiet! Quiet!
[Elsa giggling]
- [Elsa whispering]: I don't know.
What was it?
[Indistinct]
We shared a circle of friends.
Actually, it was more like we shared each other.
Nobody wants to hear this.
We talk about the past too much.
Everybody wants to hear this.
Cyril, am I boring you? Cécile?
[Chuckling]
What's Elsa up to?
- Uh... - Her friend is in town.
- She mentioned tickets to a show.
They're going to dinner,
and then she might bring her back to the villa afterwards.
I love meeting people from Elsa's world.
- Mmm, I never know what any of them do.
It's quite fascinating.
[Chuckling]
- Well, we can't rely on these two to entertain us.
- No? - Mm-mmm.
Nobody in your generation knows how to tell
a good story anymore.
I really failed you in that way, Cyril.
[Cyril chuckling]
You're not very good at build-up,
nor energy, nor suspense.
I didn't say anything.
[Laughing]
I'm only teasing.
At least you can sing.
It's very important to hold a tune.
It shows you are able to calm your insides,
to breathe and listen.
Does he sing to you, Cécile?
[Speaking French]
- All I was saying is that... - Here she goes.
- ... reminiscing is a way for your father to bring
the conversation back to himself.
- Yes, 'cause all I like to talk about is me
and myself in the past
and myself generally and, and, uh, and...
- Taking naps. - Naps, yes, of course.
I can't help it in this heat.
[Anne chuckling]
- I always have terrible nightmares,
but only when I nap, never at night.
- That sleep-paralysis-thing, you know?
Yeah.
Anne gets that.
Can't move her legs.
- If it's OK with Anne, uh, I'd like to hear more.
I love hearing about past lives.
Life was happening.
I have these images of us sitting on kitchen floors,
the three of us.
[Raymond chuckling]
We were obsessed with each other.
Morning, noon and night.
We were in Paris and New York.
Your mother was at the magazine,
and me, styling,
sewing things together here and there,
making tops out of skirts, skirts out of tops.
I saved and spent all my money.
We never ate anything.
[Chuckling]
We just were crazy about fashion...
in a way I hardly recognize anymore...
even though it's still my world.
It's strange, isn't it?
How our greatest passions can become our world,
and then out of nowhere...
our world stops feeling like a life.
Hmm. Show me, Cyril.
I want to see Anne's designs.
- [Raymond]: Yes. - No.
- Yes, please. Yes! - [Raymond]: Yes!
[Chuckling]
Thank you.
Oh!
[Speaking French]
[In English]: You love women, Anne.
Yours?
Mmm. Yeah.
[Nathalie chuckling]
[Cyril speaking French]
[Chuckling]
- I'm remembering my dream from last night.
Oh, please, do tell us.
[Chuckling]
I'm laughing because...
there was a woman in my dream I didn't know.
And now I--I'm sure it was you, Anne.
- Hmm. I knew you seemed familiar.
[Chuckling]
- [Raymond]: What was she doing, though?
I couldn't say.
You know how it is in dreams?
A mystery person reveals themselves,
but never clearly enough to understand their desires.
[Chuckling]
- [Woman on radio]: ♪♪ Look at the boy♪
[♪ Look at the Boy by Jean Plum on radio ♪]
- [Cyril]: ♪ He doesn't realize what he's doing, doing to me ♪
Whoo!
[Chuckling]
- [Woman on radio]: ♪ I can think of so many things♪
♪ That we could do together ♪
- Wop! - Whoa, whoa.
[Speaking French]
- [Cyril]: ♪ If he were mine ♪
♪ It would make my life much better ♪
[Cécile giggling]
Come on. Come on.
♪ Look at his eyes ♪
[Chuckling]
♪ Have you ever seen such a warm, tender smile ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
- [Woman on radio]: ♪ Look at the way♪
♪ The way he stands out over all other guys♪
[♪ Cyril humming ♪]
♪ Got to be so free♪
♪ Got to welcome him into my world♪
[Cécile giggling, Cyril chuckling]
♪ But I'm wondering♪
Yeah.
- ♪ If he can give his heart to just one girl...♪
[♪ Cyril humming ♪]
♪ ♪ ♪
[Chuckling]
- [Raymond]: Now, what's this?
- I'm sharing my birthday cake with you.
- Wait, wait, wait. Is it your birthday?
Yes, yesterday.
- Oh, we didn't know! - Oh my...
- You didn't say. - Here.
Thank you.
Wait.
You need to make a wish.
Got it?
Yes.
- Got it? - Yes.
[Laughing]
- To Nathalie. - Happy birthday, Nathalie.
- Thank you. - Happy birthday.
[Speaking French]
[Nathalie talking, indistinct]
♪ Look at the boy♪♪
- Mmm! - Mmm.
[Birds chirping]
[♪ Elsa humming ♪]
[Water splashing]
- [Raymond]: Tell me something.
- [Anne]: I've been drawing a lot.
More than usual.
Hmm.
Do you think you and her are gonna be friends?
Elsa?
No?
It's hard to explain.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's so pleasurable to be in close contact with a woman
who seems totally at ease.
What, like a muse?
It's more than that.
I understand.
You do?
- Women like yourself, and then Elsa too, I imagine...
[Inhaling sharply]
... your memory of men is never as bright and detailed
and incandescent as your memory of other women.
- Did you read that in a book?
- But I think you know very well where I learned that.
It's funny, isn't it?
Loving someone...
- Mm-hmm.
- ... it sort of estranges you from the world.
Hmm.
- Raymond. - Hmm?
- I can hold on to my loneliness and still love enormously.
I'm very good at doing both at the same time.
[Waves lapping]
[Waves lapping, insects chirring]
[Birds chirping]
- [Cécile]: Anne! - Oh...
I didn't realize the beach was so private.
You don't have to go.
- You shouldn't spend all day in a wet swimsuit.
[Birds chirping]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Fridge opening]
[Fridge closing]
[Footsteps retreating]
[Bottle clanging, Anne sighing]
[Raymond inhaling deeply, liquid pouring]
Aren't you gonna ask?
Cyril, I imagine.
I saw it too at Nathalie's. They've become close.
I trust Cécile.
[Scoffing]
- And him? - Mmm.
I'm not worried about Cyril.
He's skinny like a boy who is already
from many summers ago.
It's a lot for her.
For you to trust her so much.
- You sound so... wonderfully old-fashioned,
even if you don't mean to.
[Glass clanging on table]
What's really going on here?
- She's not gonna stay close just 'cause you gave her
so much room.
Be wrong sometimes.
It's less lonely.
[Door opening]
[Elsa talking, indistinct]
[Elsa chuckling]
[Vinyl crackling]
[♪ Come Softly to Me by the Roches on stereo ♪]
- [Woman on radio]: ♪ Dahm do dahm Dooby do♪
♪ Dahm, dahm Dahm do dahm♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ Dahm, dahm Dahm do dahm♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ Dahm, dahm Dahm do dahm♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ Come softly, darling♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ Come to me♪
♪ Stay♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ You're my obsession♪
♪ For ever and a day♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ I want Want you to know♪
♪ I love, I love you so♪
♪ Please hold Hold me so tight♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ All through All through the night♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ Speak softly, darling♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ Hear what I say♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ I love you always♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ Always, always♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ I've waited Waited so long♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ For your kisses And your love♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ Please come Come to me♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ From up From up above♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ I want Want you to know♪
♪ I love I love you so♪
[Cécile giggling]
♪ Need you so much Dooby do♪
♪ Want to feel Your warm, warm touch♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ Dahm, dahm Dahm do dahm♪
♪ Dooby do♪
♪ Dahm, dahm Dahm do dahm♪
[Giggling]
♪ Dahm, dahm Dahm do dahm♪
♪ Dooby do♪
Oh...
No?
Yes.
Very yes.
[Earrings rattling]
Thank you.
The red is a success.
Here.
You look so much like her.
Mmm.
- There's always a little voice in my head that says:
"Push your shoulders back."
- You're lucky if that's all it says.
"Ugly."
"Unoriginal."
"Boring."
"No fun."
"Inelegant."
[Sighing]
"Just the biggest peasant hands."
They're awful.
Are you sure?
I like your hands.
Veins are so beautiful.
♪ ♪ ♪
[Indistinct chatter]
[Men and women laughing]
[Raymond chuckling]
[Chuckling]
Are you having a good time?
- We were just gonna come join you.
Elsa is looking for you.
There's a guy.
A guy?
Talking to Elsa.
Of course there is.
Um...
Look, Anne and I got to talk,
and this just felt more right for tonight.
I mean, it's too loud in there.
And we just thought we'd sit in my car and talk for a bit.
Hmm?
- You know, I'm just not feeling up for it tonight.
- You're not feeling well? Since when?
- Can you just tell Elsa that I had to drive Anne home?
- Why don't you find her and tell her yourself?
Do you both think I'm an idiot?
From the moment you arrived.
I told Cyril.
I knew it.
- What's Cyril got to do with any of this?
Me.
He has to do with me.
Like you before she arrived.
We didn't plan this, Cécile.
- You've been careless before, Raymond.
Really selfish.
How is this any different?
- We've known each other for a long time.
And there's history.
Real history.
- This is all so embarrassing.
[Footsteps retreating]
Cécile...
Can we talk about this, please?
Can you come back?
♪ What Thenby Z Berg ♪
♪♪ Hold the shell up to my ear♪
♪ When the lapping waves appear♪
♪ Just the dial tone I hear♪
♪ Ringing sound♪
♪ Of yesteryear♪
♪ Steady your hands And ice your bruise♪
♪ Parce qu'après moi♪
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ Le déluge♪
♪ A house with no address♪
♪ Un moment de faiblesse♪
♪ To tear us apart is the start of the end♪
♪ When I'm gone♪
♪ Quand je pars♪
♪ What then?♪♪
[Birds chirping]
How are you sure?
How can you decide overnight
that you're going to get married?
- We just don't want to waste anymore time.
- Elsa told me last night she will be over soon
to pick up her stuff, in case you're wondering,
or even cared.
- I don't want you to think that we're not considerate
of Elsa's feelings.
[Waves lapping]
[Sighing]
I'll get the glasses.
Thank you.
You terrify me.
[Chuckling]
♪ ♪ ♪
[Birds chirping]
♪ ♪ ♪
- "And they would have no time to cross anyone else,
"for it was all very mysterious
and brought no means..."
♪ ♪ ♪
It's getting spooky now.
[Chuckling]
- Ooh! - Mmm, it is.
"Just before I was leaving, they all..."
♪ ♪ ♪
"And said in a very hysterical way..."
[Waves lapping]
♪ ♪ ♪
[Waves crashing]
[Insects chirring]
[Footsteps approaching]
I let myself in.
What?
[Giggling]
They're not home.
I like your shoes and your bag, your hair.
[Chuckling]
I feel sporty.
It suits you.
Do you think I know myself enough to have short hair?
[♪ Woman singing in French on radio ♪]
Oh, I'm keeping this.
[Chuckling]
Are you mad at him?
- It's important to see things coming, Cécile.
Everyone will tell you to be present,
to be in the moment,
but I never found that to be true.
I like to see things coming.
- I think I know what you mean.
I can usually tell when someone I meet once will later be, like,
an important part of my life.
Does that make me psychic?
- You've got an energy around you.
You are a sole life to the smallest things.
I miss you in this world.
She's making me study all summer.
She doesn't want me to see Cyril.
Like she has any say in that.
- She cares about you. She loves you.
She thinks I'm lost.
She thinks everybody is lost.
- Elsa? - Mm-hmm?
Are you lost?
- I never really thought about it.
I don't think I would even know how to think about it.
[Chuckling]
They're getting married.
So soon.
In Paris.
She's very organized...
even with no heart.
Being organized is...
very emotional for some women.
Hmm... I don't know.
What?
- If that's what Raymond wants.
- Raymond never does anything he doesn't want to do.
He loves her.
She loves him.
They have their past, and the past is very powerful.
The past is conventional.
[Elsa laughing]
Raymond isn't happy.
He's lonely.
- You know, sometimes love, I mean real love, looks lonely.
I've never known why that is.
He looked so happy with you.
[Clicking tongue]
Exactly.
He's very handsome when he's happy.
What are you trying to say?
Hmm?
I don't know.
But will you help me?
Just...
[Sighing]
... I know it may sound a little bit crazy.
But I think maybe there's something that we can do.
Together, I would need your help.
Maybe we could talk to Cyril too, and...
He would help me with anything.
You can come back,
and everything will be happy and perfect.
[Waves lapping]
[Tableware clattering]
[Footsteps retreating]
[Raymond sighing]
She has asked you to talk to me, hasn't she?
[Water splashing]
And why would you say that?
Your silence is different.
I'm not in on it.
I'm not gonna stop seeing him.
- Is that what you think Anne wants?
Isn't it?
If she wants it, do you want it too?
Is that how things are gonna work from now on?
[Chuckling]
- You really need to spend more time with her.
I've known Anne long enough to notice when she says
exactly the opposite of what she means.
She gets in her own way.
I get in her way.
[Raymond sighing]
Tell me.
You also think I should stop seeing Cyril.
Cécile...
my love...
no matter how hard you push me,
I'm not going to tell you what to do
or what not to do.
[Tableware clattering, water splashing]
Fine.
"Fine," what?
[Footsteps retreating, Raymond sighing]
[Tableware clattering]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Cyril]: What's going on?
- Why is it that with some people
marriage feels so permanent,
and with others, it feels like the opposite?
When I get married,
I don't think I want it to feel permanent.
Hmm.
- Did Elsa tell you what we talked about?
- Cécile, all I want to know is if we can be together.
Sometimes, I think about forever.
Do you?
- You sound younger when you start talking about forever.
Please don't do that thing.
What thing?
- That thing where you don't know what to say
so you become mean.
- Be at the spot I showed you, OK?
[Cyril chuckling]
OK.
[Birds chirping]
[Waves lapping]
[Raymond]: Cécile?
Let's go this way.
I need some shade.
[Insects chirring, birds chirping]
- You all right? - Mm-hmm.
I feel very, very strange.
I know.
I mean, I do too.
Think of Anne.
Yeah, only Anne.
Only Anne.
[Indistinct chatter]
Mmm.
It must upset you.
Her and Cyril.
- Mm-mmm.
- You're taking this so, so well.
Why is that?
- I'm trying not to think about it.
How's that going?
What do you think about
when you try not to think about something?
- Trick question. - Yes.
Hmm...
I buy things... that don't really suit me.
Like?
- I have all these red lipsticks I've only worn once.
I love that.
You?
Well, you're looking at it.
I selfishly would like you to be a little more...
[Moaning]
[Cécile chuckling]
- You're only restless because we're vegetable shopping.
[Church bell tolling]
[Door opening]
[Door closing]
[Footsteps approaching]
- [Cyril]: OK, repeat after me.
- Ready? - No.
No?
[Chuckling]
♪ Je m'appelle Cécile ♪
[Cécile giggling]
- [Cécile]: ♪ Je m'appelle Cécile ♪
Yeah.
♪ My vie n'est pas facile ♪
- ♪ Mais j'ai beaucoup de style ♪
[Chuckling]
- ♪ Laissez-moi tranquille ♪
- Laissez-mo tron... what?
- Moi. Laissez-moi. - Laissez-moi.
- Tranquille. - Tranquille.
That's a very important one.
- Laissez-moi tranquille. - Yeah.
Laisse...
- ♪ Laissez-moi tranquille ♪
- [Cécile]: ♪ Laissez-moi tranquille ♪
- [Cyril]: ♪ Laissez-moi tranquille ♪
- ♪ Laissez-moi tranquille ♪
Avec Cyril.
[Tapping phone]
[Chuckling]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Knocking on door]
[Birds chirping]
Cécile.
Yes?
- The books, maybe it was a bit hostile.
- You're beginning to seem desperate.
- Excuse me? - Why do you care so much?
- This look on your face, it's like you believe
nothing good has ever happened to you.
[Footsteps retreating]
[Crickets chirping]
[Door opening]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Door closing]
[Shoes thudding]
Hey.
[Breathing heavily]
[Crickets chirping]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Paper rustling]
[Birds chirping]
[Waves crashing]
- I know things have been tense.
I wanted to tell you properly and privately...
[Waves lapping]
... how much I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.
I love Raymond very much.
The love I have for him will never not include your mother...
and you.
- Have you ever done something mean?
Like...
totally cruel...
on purpose?
Have you ever not stopped yourself?
I have.
I've hurt people I love on their most important day.
Sometimes, I'll remember when I'm walking somewhere
and I nearly trip or have to pause...
'cause the shame of it comes back like a ghost.
- [Whispering]: I'm just really tired.
Is this about Cyril?
Seasonal love can swallow you up.
It feels limitless...
like a song.
It is like a song.
[Paper rustling, door opening]
[Door closing, footsteps retreating]
- Do you think she's still seeing him?
He's with Elsa now.
- You hate it when I get impatient with records.
[Chuckling]
- One of the pleasures of records is not having
to think about what comes next.
What?
Tell me.
- I was about to accuse you of trying to live in the moment.
Where are you going?
She's waiting.
[Cécile screaming]
[Cyril]: Whoo!
[Crickets chirping]
[Cyril grunting]
- [Cécile]: This is a good idea, I swear.
[Cyril]: I hope it works.
It's already working.
- All right. See you tonight.
Cheers.
[Sighing]
Tonight.
Bar du soleil.
[Chuckling]
Who was that?
Don't hate me.
Charles Webb.
We're meeting him and Frances there.
- His wife? - Mm-hmm.
- I didn't realize until this exact moment
how much I was hoping for a night out.
[Chuckling]
I love that feeling.
And how's it feel?
Fizzy.
[♪ Felicitaby Al Bano and Romina Power ♪]
[♪ Man singing in Italian ♪]
♪ ♪ ♪
[Laughing]
- And so are you going to be designing your own dress?
- Mmm! I'm considering a skirt suit.
Chic. I like it.
[Chuckling]
- The fifth of October? - Mm-hmm.
But that's so soon, Raymond.
- Well, the fall in Paris just seemed right.
- And you didn't consider waiting a year?
Not for a second.
What for, though?
- It is romantic to do things quickly.
- Or maybe we do things quickly to keep the romance alive.
- Mmm. - It will be small.
Nothing elaborate.
I'm taking care of all the details.
- Congratulations! Etc., etc., etc.
[Glasses clanging]
Oh, I nearly forgot!
[Charles chuckling]
Wow!
- I told you she's too old for that.
Impossible!
[Giggling]
- [Raymond]: Oh my goodness! What is that?
[Laughing]
- This is so cool. - Gorgeous, eh?
- Where did you get this? - Oh, that one is great.
My own private collection.
[Laughing]
Elsa?
Elsa McInberg?
It's her, isn't it?
Elsa?
I don't know her.
He looks like a Roman statue.
[Charles]: A cherub.
- [Frances]: A really beautiful, tall cherub.
[Chuckling]
- I used to dress like that. - You did?
Like him or her?
[Chuckling]
- Well, are we just going to talk about this beautiful couple
or should we invite them to join us?
- [Charles]: To fall in Paris.
Fall in Paris. Oh.
To fall in Paris.
[Brake clicking, engine stops]
[Crickets chirping]
[Raymond sighing]
Your accomplice.
I love you, Anne.
[Birds chirping]
[Knocking on door, Cécile inhaling deeply]
Come in.
[Door opening]
- I thought you might need this.
How are you feeling?
- Did you have fun last night?
Yeah, I was pretty bored.
- Sometimes, I can confuse boredom with feeling hurt.
Both can make a person get carried away.
Not you.
You never get carried away.
No, I do.
And then I don't for a very long time.
[Anne chuckling]
You must be looking forward to seeing your friends at school.
- I guess I'm looking forward to the fall.
The wedding.
And the change of season.
- It's always easier to leave the house in a jacket, isn't it?
[Chuckling]
Try and get some more rest, OK?
[Door closing]
[Cyril]: How did I do?
Were you jealous?
I was.
I'm beginning to hate myself.
Is that new?
This hate is different.
Feels like a poison inside of me.
Well, that's guilt.
Don't do that.
Don't try to name what I'm feeling.
Why are you doing it?
- When I'm thinking about it, I don't know.
But when I'm not thinking about it,
it feels like I don't have a choice.
But you do.
- You know what I really don't like?
When I say I don't have a choice,
and then somebody insists that I do.
[Chuckling]
If I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry.
Yeah.
But whenever you tell me you're not hungry,
you end up eating from my plate.
I have a present for you.
No.
[Raymond clears throat]
No, no, no, no!
No, no, no!
[Chuckling]
[Clears throat]
[♪ Guitar ♪]
[♪ Singing in Italian ♪]
[♪ Raymond singing in Italian ♪]
♪ ♪ ♪
She becomes the person...
[Indistinct]
She can't get hurt.
[Chuckling]
That's very sweet.
Bye.
[Footsteps retreating]
[Phone chiming]
- Um, I need to grab some things in town.
- We should go before the shops close.
- Let me find my list. - Mm-hmm.
- Butter. I used up what we had left.
There were some other things.
You know what? I'll get those tomorrow.
Hmm.
I'm going for a swim.
[Footsteps retreating, Anne inhaling deeply]
I should walk this off.
[Raymond chuckling]
[Chuckling]
[Waves lapping]
[Leaves rustling]
[Insects chirring]
[Waves lapping]
[Insects chirring, birds chirping]
[Woman giggling]
- [Raymond]: Très beau. - [Elsa]: Ouais, très beau.
- Très beau. - Mm-hmm.
Elsa, I don't understand.
[Elsa speaking French]
I love that.
So cool.
[Chuckling]
That's funny.
[Elsa and Raymond speaking French]
[Waves lapping]
[Birds chirping]
[Ice crunching]
[Birds chirping]
[Door slamming, footsteps retreating]
[Door opening, closing]
[Engine starting]
[Footsteps approaching]
- Cécile... please, get out of the way.
What happened?
Don't go!
- It was nice for a moment, wasn't it?
I can fix this.
Just give me a chance to fix this.
No, I was wrong.
I was the most wrong I've ever been.
No, Anne, we need you.
Wait!
[Engine revving]
♪ ♪ ♪
[Sighing]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Sirens in distance, footsteps approaching]
[Objects clattering]
[Church bells tolling]
Hello.
You all right?
I could never get up, and that would be absolutely OK.
I could live right here on this tile.
Mmm.
[Sighing]
Please tell me something.
About?
Anything.
I feel like my throat is filling up.
- Her hugs were warm and cool.
Never longer than a few seconds, but you would feel so held.
[Raymond chuckling]
Yes.
- Maybe that's what elegance is.
Being warm and cool.
- Does she feel like our secret,
or was that a cruel thing to say.
- Everything will feel cruel for a long time.
When your mother died...
I was knocked out.
'Cause I was younger, and--and you were small.
And I... don't know what you understood at the time.
Probably so much.
[Sighing]
You know, life then was still about new joys, not old ones.
And grief...
grief just did not fit.
There was a period after that where I didn't recover
or remember or...
or move forward.
I--I needed everything up close,
'cause that was the most immediate way to live and...
with Anne...
I was finally, after so long...
good.
Good?
Yes.
Good.
[Chuckling]
I--I loved hearing her in the next room.
I will never, ever take anyone or anything
for granted ever again.
But we will.
[Wind howling]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Jewelry rattling]
[Footsteps retreating]
[Rain pattering against window]
[Sniffling]
[Speaking French]
[♪ Woman singing in French on radio ♪]
- You came! - Hey.
[Door closing]
- I was either gonna bring something or be late,
and now I'm late and empty-handed.
- I'm just happy you came, so don't worry about it.
Your coat? Just over here.
Thanks.
You're welcome.
I'll come find you in a sec.
Take your time.
[Indistinct chatter, cheering]
♪ ♪ ♪
[Girls speaking French]
[Waves lapping]
♪ ♪ ♪