Cut this pattern here? Sure.
If someone told me one day I'd be sewing seaweed...
Tomorrow, I'll bring cat fur in.
Maybe Paloma will turn it into mohair.
[both laugh]
Ladies, there will be time for jokes
in one week,
after the show is finished.
[phone ringing]
[man] Good morning, Monique. Paloma Castel has arrived.
She's waiting in the studio.
Coming. Thank you.
Mademoiselle is ready for the fitting of number one.
[whispering] Say something to them.
[sighs]
[clicks tongue]
It's not right.
[clears throat]
[Robinson] I have no news from Solal.
It's hopeless. We'll never find him.
[Perle] No, listen. Focus on this trip to Brittany.
Your father mustn't sell his shares.
We can still stop Rovel from getting a majority.
So, what's your strategy going in?
Aren't you gonna be with me?
Perle, that man is a stranger to me.
He's your father.
All he wants is to get to know you better.
So try to find out if he's been approached and by whom.
Show that you're interested.
You want him to be close to you. Whatever feels right.
Meanwhile, I'll try to get a read on your mother.
[helicopter whirring]
Get on with it.
You want to apologize, right?
You have so many reasons, and I'm in no rush.
So, go ahead.
[chuckles]
[sighs]
After what Vincent's done with the Maison, that's a damn good price.
Yes, well, I'm sure Diane made you promise not to come back empty-handed.
You're in for a spanking. [chuckles]
Either I come back with your shares,
or I come back with Yann's.
Marie, these waters are dangerous.
At Christmas, I warned you.
Poor Yann, getting cucked like that.
And what's worse, with a woman. [chuckles]
Are you sure she's of age?
Because those conservative voters of his won't be thrilled, right?
It's your word or mine.
He won't believe you.
[sighs]
Rovel has photos.
Why don't you tell me what it feels like
to do this to the woman who raised you?
Marie, honestly, why don't you let it go? Come on.
Sell your shares and you're a billionaire.
And then you can run the Rovel Foundation.
With us.
LEDU is...
the past.
It's my past.
Yours as well.
No.
It's over for me.
The Maison, the family, are nothing to me now.
[Paloma] Ah...
[Paloma sighs]
[chuckles] Well, sure, of course.
When your goal is perfection, it'll always be unreachable.
It reminds me of my first couture show.
The night before, I had the wedding dress entirely redone top to bottom.
The workshop had to work through the night.
- Remember, Monique? - Oh, yes.
[chuckles]
Monique, I think that, uh...
Look. [Monique] Mmm.
Mademoiselle would like
a bit more volume over here.
It could... It could free up the silhouette a little, right?
No. That creates an imbalance overall.
But, uh, should I make darts in the draping?
Uh, yeah, right, but... but nothing too regular, okay?
Just a few more stitches maybe to, uh, puff it up a little,
make it fluffier, all right?
But without getting theatrical or awkward.
See, keep it nice and light.
One stitch per centimeter, without creating tension.
You got it. [Vincent] Hmm.
Nice. We're getting there. Very pretty.
[employees chattering]
Vincent.
What are you playing at with Paloma?
Oh! Whatever I say, you'll never be satisfied.
You want me to be exactly what you think I should be.
No, no, no, no. You're gonna drive her nuts.
You want her to redo it all at the last minute like you would.
But the collection is ready.
In my day, the Studio Director
would always exercise more restraint.
So that's what bothers you?
That she and I are a team, right?
I could ask you that exact question.
No, wait. I said wait.
[Vincent sighs]
Did you really come back to help her? Mm-hmm.
Because if that's the case, that's fine.
So, in short, all you really want is her happiness. Right?
If Paloma fails, it wouldn't benefit me.
But you, you could.
You could benefit. You could take her place.
[scoffs]
Well, your place.
Ye-Ji, I believe that you and I
are working towards exactly the same goal.
Her happiness, of course.
The only difference is all the experience I bring to this.
You... You want it to work.
Whereas I know when it's working.
And Paloma does too.
And that's why, unless something changes,
she is the Artistic Director of this Maison.
Hmm?
Goodbye.
I'll see you out.
How's her progress?
My mother.
I don't know how you motivated her, but...
the piano is her new passion.
So where can we hear you play?
I'm sure we don't have an exclusive contract with you.
No, I'm afraid I've taken a sabbatical.
Ah. Excuse me, Madame Rovel.
I have another lesson and I'm running a little late.
We might have your license revoked.
You'd have all the time in the world to get your scales back.
You know, Lucy, she looks harmless,
but you should stay on her good side.
Is falsifying a medical record a serious offense?
Let's go for coffee.
[Paloma] That's the exact color.
You know, uh...
I never thought about the question of color.
We need to focus on that. [Vincent] Hang on. Hang on.
It's not possible to change the color.
[Ye-Ji] Really?
And why not, Vincent?
Because LEDU couture is black.
Period. End of story.
Unless something changes,
she is the Artistic Director of this Maison.
[sighs]
[melancholy piano music plays through speakers]
Morning, Madame. Morning.
My God.
You moving?
[Marie sighs]
The idea of a hotel is that you can come back whenever you want.
Hmm. Yes, but you live here, Marie.
Honestly, I've always thought that was great.
I mean, who lives in a hotel all year?
Coco Chanel?
Do you have a new address?
No. I'm going to stay in Brittany.
It'll be good for the Foundation if I'm present.
[Perle] Mmm.
Everything all right?
You and Yann?
[music stops]
Tell me what's happening, Perle.
How did your sister react?
Surprisingly well.
Hmm.
Marie will forgive you. Hmm.
She loves you.
[scoffs]
Look, Caroline,
if I'm gonna ruin my sister's marriage, make her hate me forever,
I want a firm answer.
Tell me now.
Not here.
[sighs] If I choose you, Victor, and it's a big "if,"
I'll do it on one condition.
Which is?
I want to know what happened between you and Perle is over.
Permanently. [clicks tongue]
So, what, you want me to never see her again?
We're not 20 anymore, Victor.
Not 20 anymore.
And you can sleep with anyone you want. I wouldn't care.
But not Perle.
And between us you should know that it'll never be like it was.
So, for Louise and at work, we'll pretend.
Huh? The... power couple?
You were right.
Very heady stuff.
Between your actions and my mother's, I'll never be who I once was.
That's all.
I am sorry.
But, hey, uh, there aren't many who get a chance to take control of their lives.
[Victor chuckles]
You don't want us to be together as a couple.
hen why can't Perle and I see each other?
That's the way I want it. Hmm.
So I'll suffer too, right?
When you're at the helm of LEDU,
I want her fired.
And, um, if you step over the line even once,
you are finished and so is our deal.
Will you do like your mother did, have me followed?
Unless you got something to hide, why would you care?
[Victor chuckles]
You got something on your mother.
Or you wouldn't be so sure of yourself.
Ah.
I wanna know.
[Marie] How could Robinson have sold his shares?
[sighs]
They worked around the pact
and they conned him.
They gave him--
Everything that with me
he was always denied.
That's it?
He wants to be the one to say it, so don't call him right away.
Diane will own 3% of the Maison now.
Hmm. We are no longer independent.
[chuckles] I always thought we couldn't fail.
Victor came to me with an offer.
He'll have better luck convincing Yann than convincing me.
But, um, Yann's position can't be sold.
Isn't there some rule? Or am I wrong?
The problem isn't Rovel. It's us.
We all have an excellent reason to want to leave the family.
My marriage is what made this Maison.
Perhaps now it can save it.
If I can give it new meaning.
Forgive me, this is a silly question,
but is the Maison worth the sacrifice?
That's what I should ask you.
All right, I'm going to join Yann.
Perros-Guirec, here I come.
[Perle sighs]
Robinson's already there.
You advised Robinson to speak to his father?
[Yann] And so these little things are for catching the spat
floating in the ocean during reproduction season.
Okay, in case you didn't know, Robinson, spat are baby oysters.
See that?
This one's almost six months old. [Robinson] Oh, yeah?
I see. Mom Oyster and Pop Oyster abandon their kid?
No. The oyster is gender-fluid, as you all say nowadays.
It changes sex every year.
And as soon as the temperature changes, boom, it expels these gametes,
which in turn form embryos afloat on the ocean currents.
So, this is oyster semen we're wading in?
Well, from this cup to your plate,
there are three years of care, of patience,
even love, Robinson.
So rewarding, I bet.
[chuckles]
At least here, it matters what I think.
That means we have something in common.
You know that your mother decided to leave her hotel,
come here and hole herself up?
No.
I guess you're happy.
[Yann] You Ledus never wonder what it's like for me.
I wasn't even allowed to give my son my last name.
Well, you know, nobody asked me what I thought about much either.
I don't know, actually. Did you tell me that?
You never asked me. [chuckles]
Now I'm saying it.
When you were a kid, you hated this house.
Usually children don't worry about these things.
They live with their parents, period.
But not you.
You always wanted to go to Paris.
With your mother, your uncle, their Maison.
Never with me.
One time, in the middle of the night,
I found you at the train station, freezing to death.
And you said-- "You can't hold me back.
I have an appointment with destiny."
"I'm going to meet my destiny."
I'm sorry, Dad, but I was only eight. [chuckles]
That's all your family ever saw in me.
A good reason to go away.
It's been that way for too long.
I've had enough.
[door opens] Dad...
Ah. The queen has returned to Balmoral.
What do you think? Is she here for you or for me?
[door opens] [exhales]
[door closes]
[sighs]
Well...
now at least we're sure that seaweed is biodegradable.
[sighs] But it still isn't blue.
What on earth am I doing?
Oh, goddammit.
[sighs]
I can't remember why I wanted this collection now.
Or this job.
[clicks tongue] I no longer get pleasure out of any of this.
I can't sleep at night.
My life is pitiful.
Hang on, Palo.
[chuckles]
- Once you finish this collection... - Mmm.
...there's only three more to go, right?
[chuckles] Oh, shit.
This year alone, that is.
[both laughing]
No. [laughs]
Mmm.
[Paloma sighs]
Okay, I got an idea.
[dance music playing]
[people cheering]
[clears throat] Thank you.
[liquid pouring] [Robinson] Thank you.
Harvested today by Robinson.
[Robinson] Mmm.
[Yann] You're not allergic anymore?
One or two as an homage to your work.
[chuckles]
Don't make yourself sick, Marie.
How long has it been, 20, 25 years,
three of us at the table together?
Feels almost strange. Don't you agree?
What will you do with your millions,
now that you've sold your shares to Rovel?
You must have read him the riot act, right?
This is the best decision you've ever made, son.
[Yann slurps]
Yann... [Yann laughs]
[Yann] You're both terrified, huh?
Who's being sincere? I can't tell.
Having to be wary of my wife and son makes me sick to my stomach.
Victor is one thing.
The boy always had problems.
Victor was here recently?
Well, you're both here for that reason, right?
No. In fact, we weren't completely sure.
Did you know...
your mother is bisexual?
Or maybe just lesbian.
In which case, these last 30 years
must have gone by pretty slowly.
Well, I mean, that's between the two of you.
[dance music playing in background]
Oh. [laughs]
[Paloma] Mmm.
- Palo? - Hmm?
What would you say if I offered to buy you out of Doppel?
Rovel's suit was dismissed.
They were only trying to screw with us.
They did pretty good.
No more stock, no more cash on hand.
The last collection was seized. We're in debt up to our ears.
Why would you wanna take on that mess?
That "mess" is our baby.
Mmm.
What we built together.
I'm not gonna abandon it.
I wanna start over again.
[sighs]
I've come to realize we have different goals.
And that's okay.
I want to continue what we started.
Mmm. Even alone.
Name your price.
[scoffs]
Well, I mean, I'm under contract with LEDU for right now.
It's a year. It's nothing.
We'll talk again one year from now.
And meantime? Hmm?
I march to your drum, I work at LEDU, happy to get whatever I get?
I thought we agreed, so...
Palo, sure, for you it's cool! You're the AD!
Oh. Hey, you said Paris, fame, all that, wasn't for you.
Okay, I wait a year. Then what?
Tell me.
Palo, you're loving working for LEDU.
You found yourself a family, a father. Admit it!
You're gonna stay. [sighs]
You're completely done with Doppel, so... don't hold me back.
Hang on. It's not like you're my prisoner, okay?
You wanna bail? Bail, girl, get lost.
So you agree?
No.
No, I'm keeping my cut.
What are you scared of?
That I'll turn Doppel into something really cool?
When we first got together...
I took a back seat because it was obvious you had more talent.
And that suited you just fine.
But the truth is, it's all about you.
You could never make any room for me.
But you never made me, Ye-Ji.
I don't see why I should apologize for having more talent than you.
You told me to tell you when you were starting to be like them.
Well, you are now, clearly.
Soon you'll call me a "dog-eating plebe" and you won't even see the problem!
You really see yourself waking up every day next to me?
Having lunch every day, dinner every day,
even having sex with me?
For the rest of your life?
Can you say you love me now?
And do you love her?
I'd have preferred you'd leave me.
Yes, men always say that.
Do you see how this is humiliating for me, seeing you crawling at my feet?
All for what? So you can have the same number of shares as Vincent?
You made your decision? You're selling out?
They're my shares. I'll do what I want with them.
No. The agreement doesn't allow it.
You know, I am grateful to you.
I no longer need the Ledus to exist.
You might even be an obstacle to my political career.
No one wants to be associated with your family.
I had the blue room made up for you.
Tomorrow morning, when I wake up, I want you gone.
[door slams]
[breathes deeply]
[dance music playing]
[people cheering]
[people chattering, laughing]
[music fades out]
["In The Calm", TDJ & aamourocean]
[song continues]
[both breathing heavily]
[Paloma] Give me your hand. Right there.
Right there. Right there.
[moaning]
[sighs]
[chuckling]
Want a ride?
[Paloma chuckling]
Right, well, uh, it's called a bicycle.
Really practical to get from point A to point B. Hmm.
Uh, well, actually, it has existed...
[gasps] I love it. ...for quite a long time, so...
[chuckles]
Are you tripping or what? [chuckles]
Um, uh, I... I gotta go.
[Paloma] Yeah, see ya.
Okay, so long. So long. Take care.
[sighs]
So the collection will be in black.
Because couture at LEDU is... is black.
[chuckles]
Black like, um...
the black of a night on the ocean.
A black that lights up in the night, then dies.
Like something that you have trouble, um, understanding. Uh...
Something elusive.
[whispers] What do you think?
Closer. Come on. I want you to see this.
[employees whispering]
[Vincent] Ah.
That's what I'm after.
But, uh, you... you don't actually mean we're using that?
[Paloma] Yes, as our inspiration.
You're gonna have to find a solution.
Which is to say how much faith I have in you.
I want our dress to light up...
when the light catches it.
- Isn't that cool? - [employees] Mmm. Yeah.
Mm-hmm. Sure, yeah.
I'm sorry about my shares, Mom.
I'm sorry too, Robinson.
About Solal.
Oh, no, hey, that happens to everyone.
Well, no, but...
Personally, I've only ever been a target of opportunity.
I've never had a real relationship, or friendship, or even a real career.
Can't be very different for the rest of the family.
It comes with the crown.
And it's a heavy weight.
Yeah, well, Elizabeth would turn over in her grave if she heard that,
but have you ever considered... abdicating?
Well, like her, it could be that I avoided temptation
by never considering it.
I really fell for it.
The wealthy heir, the guy at the desk.
[exhales]
A real blockbuster.
And the wicked queen falls for a beautiful art dealer. A lesbian.
Not a bad story either.
[chuckles] For a crappy French art house movie.
But it's artsy as can be.
Like you are. [Marie chuckles]
I haven't made it easy for you, huh?
Are you drunk? [chuckles]
You always thought Victor was my favorite. I knew that.
I shouldn't have let you.
So he wasn't your favorite?
Let's go back to Paris.
That's beautiful.
Monique.
[Monique sighs]
See, I'm trying to bring up the shine, but it's not...
No, it's not great. No.
Mmm. Hmm.
Can I see that? May I?
Sure.
- Shine the light on it. - Mmm.
Okay, well, I think we got our winner.
Here, look. Uh...
So, these are just sketches,
but I think I've captured the spirit of your collection.
If you want, I can brief the studio and...
Look. I think it adds a little movement.
And we can use a blue silk chiffon.
That blue.
Hmm?
Thank you.
So, okay, the tests are over.
I sent you an email including the patterns and sketches for each model.
Did you get it, Monique?
Uh, yes, I got your email, yes.
Okay.
Come in here a second. We can review each model.
[no audible dialogue]
[Perle] I guess I needed to see it for myself.
See what?
The monster you've become. [chuckles]
The puppet that Diane controls.
Everything Vincent has accused you of for years.
Don't forget matricide. Right, it's true.
My brother sees that as my greatest sin.
Trying to exploit the weakness of the woman who raised you,
you'll destroy everything your family's built.
You've almost proven Vincent right.
Diane's maneuvering forced my hand.
So you're gonna wheel and deal to sell too?
Clearly, you consider power more important than your family.
More important than everyone.
Maybe so do you.
You also put your ambition ahead of your family.
You got an abortion and decided all alone, without my knowledge.
Don't bother explaining.
You had your reasons then, I'm sure.
Well, now I have mine.
Perhaps you could
put a stop to this thing,
if it's not too late.
[Victor chuckles]
Jeez.
What is it you want, Perle?
Are you trying to save the Maison? Is that it?
But it's not your Maison.
And you should stay the hell out of this, all right?
[indistinct conversation]
Who are you working on?
Uh, Isabelle. [clears throat]
My favorite.
She just loves mulberry silk and tapered cuts.
[chuckles]
I'm starting a new life.
I leave her in your hands.
Okay. [chuckles]
Good luck.
You too, Céline.
[chuckles]
[clears throat, sniffles]
[driver] Are you all right, Monsieur Ledu?
[crying] Sorry.
[cries]
The shareholders have nothing to fear.
The espionage charge was dismissed.
[sighs] We're spending a lot of money on your obsession with LEDU.
Bernard, if not for my obsessions, you wouldn't have quite so much money.
[Bernard chuckles]
Have I ever given you reason to complain?
Mmm. That's the problem.
You've taught us to be always looking forward, not backward.
[Diane] That's what we're doing.
The group wants to promote the talent of tomorrow,
like Paloma Castel.
[Bernard laughs]
You don't give a shit about the talent.
Or about fashion, for that matter.
[phone buzzing]
Oh, what a lovely surprise!
Hang on just one second, please.
Could you see our friend out?
I'd be glad to. [Diane] Thank you, darling.
Bernard.
Sorry to keep you waiting, Yann, dear.
I'm all yours.
I'm being told we should speak.
But I warn you, I haven't made a decision just yet.
Well, that's all I'm asking, Yann, for us to speak.
To me, fashion does matter.
I've signed some up-and-coming maisons.
I have pitched some ADs who nobody else wanted but who are now taking off.
[Bernard] Mmm.
And that's because I have a vision.
Mmm.
It is true...
that certain legal snags,
and a large layout of capital for the buyout of LEDU
have resulted in decreasing dividends.
So it is of course understandable if the board wonders--
Hold on.
Are you certain you have the shoulders for what you're doing right now?
You'd be surprised.
Please inform the board that there is some information
I'd like to communicate.
Concerning what?
Concerning the health of my mother.
We got her annual checkup recently.
Bernard, all I can say is it would be in your interest to have a new contact.