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A code.

Un cinq a sept,

uh, a 5 to 7 relationship

is a relationship

outside of marriage.

Seriously the French actually

block out time for that?

No.

1 to 3 lunch,

3 to 5 conference call.

5 to 7 commit adultery.

Look...

Do you set aside time

to break other commandments?

Do you covet at 9:30? Worship

false idols from 10 to noon?

It's not literal.

It's an expression.

It re... refers to a time

in the evening

where a person's whereabouts

might naturally be

a little hazy.

Okay, I have a very good

French dictionary

and that is definitely

not in there.

No, it wouldn't be.

Now, back in the day

such things did tend to happen

from 5 to 7, I think.

But these days,

they happen all the time

but my husband and I,

we have found that..

...the original hours

work very well.

They provide a set window

and... clear boundaries.

I guess, that makes us

old-fashioned.

Yes, entirely.

So, your husband does this too?

He has a mistress.

Her name is Jane.

And you know her?

From time to time,

I see her at social functions.

Well, nothing

is ever flaunted

and so, no one

is ever embarrassed.

And everyone is okay

with everyone.

This is how

we've chosen to live.

One day, I will stand

next to her at his funeral.

Is that gonna

be anytime soon?

I am sure what I'm saying

sounds terribly tawdry

and hedonistic.

A little.

Well, it isn't.

We have our reasons

for the choices we've made.

Do you have children?

Two. Would you

like to see pictures?

Yes.

Marc is 7

and Elodie is 6.

They're beautiful.

Thank you.

They are the lights of my life.

You're really thrown

by all this, aren't you?

I, uh, yes. Uh-huh.

I must say that in my culture

it's not judged so harshly.

Okay, but we're not

in your culture.

We're in my culture

and in my culture

if we didn't have things

to judge harshly

we wouldn't know

what to do all day.

Well, maybe your culture

needs to grow.

Maybe there are other ways

to look at life.

Maybe there are some people

you marry

and people you love.

Arielle, you're older

than I am, you're wiser I'm sure

and you've seen much more

of the world.

And you're beautiful,

and elegant

and smart, and funny

and interesting

and you feel like family,

which is wonderful.

Are you seriously telling me

that a but is coming

at the end of the sentence?

Yes, but... being with you

would be... an affair

and to me..

...not ethical.

Unethical.

Not good... ethically.

I must respect your ethics

if I ask you to respect mine.

Should you change your mind,

I will continue to be out there

smoking nook on Fridays.

But if I never see you again

do know that..

...I will always remember you

very fondly.

Are you okay?

I'm sad.

It was the beginning.

Of what?

Belief.

The following Friday

right about after lunchtime

the pace of work began to slow.

I knew where she was and it was

all I could think about.

By the Friday after that..

Well, look,

French girls just aren't good

for your work habits.

And it killed me..

...that she was lighting

her own cigarette.

By the Friday after that..

I can't believe

it took you 3 weeks.

Sorry.

So... what happens now?

Room 2117, 5 o'clock.

Use your key.

How are you?

Very well. Thank you.

And you?

Very well.

Will you have some champagne?

Please.

Always look the person in

the eye when you touch glasses.

I know.

7 years of bad luck.

Bad luck?

That's the American version?

Yes. What's the French?

7 years of bad sex.

Good Lord.

I think that

tells you everything

you need to know

about our two cultures.

Yes. Yours is

very optimistic.

I mean, a lot of people after,

like, year 5 of bad sex

they'd give up, but you guys

really hang in there.

It's admirable.

Thank you.

At any rate, best to look

the other person in the eye.

Yes.

Are you nervous?

Oh, no.

I do this all the time.

I am.

What?

Nervous.

I am nervous around you.

That's ridiculous.

Good nervous,

I mean, uh, like a girl.

Well, you don't show it.

I should hope not.

Sometimes life

is... really something.

Maybe you should write

fortune cookies.

Are you alright?

I was just thinking

I never did a semester

abroad in college and I..

...really regret that now.

It was completely different.

From your expectations?

From the past.

Good.

Because I was about to say

the same.

Really?

Wow. Good for me.

Just so you know,

you're a natural lover.

Your body expresses beautifully

what's in your heart.

I'm just gonna write

that down.

Have none of the other women

you've been with

told you these things?

Uh, no.

Wow. Good for me.

How do you do that?

What?

Look like that,

in 30 seconds.

Do you have to go?

There's a fundraiser

at my children's school.

Please don't take this

the wrong way

but it suddenly seems..

...impossible to me

that you have that life.

I don't take it

the wrong way.

Actually, it seems impossible

to me too.

It will until the moment

I next see my children.

I did wanna ask you

something, if you don't mind.

What you said about belief..

...what did you mean?

Can you say more?

It's almost 7.

Will I see you tomorrow?

No. Monday.

5. The same room.

Hold on to the key.

Trust me.

Say, "Till then, then"

like you did that time.

Till then, then.

I like that.

I was way, way

too happy to write.

It was not a good weekend

for the Venetian wines.

Can no American watch

a film without popcorn?

That's right.

Do you chomp popcorn

when you read literature?

I eat sunflower seeds

and I spit the shells

into a little cup.

I cannot kiss you

goodbye outdoors.

I understand.

People can see us together.

That is permitted.

I can take your arm,

but we cannot kiss.

If those are the rules...

those are the rules.

Between the hours

of 7 and 5

I made a study

of French culture.

They seemed to be,

uh, strange people.

But then, I'm sure she thought

my people were strange too.

So I lost my virginity

on Passover.

Passover?

Yeah. Do you know what that is?

I don't know what you..

No, what does that mean?

It's a Jewish holiday.

Yeah?

Where you eat matzah,

which is unleavened bread.

Strange.

Yeah.

How was it?

Yeah. You mean the matzah?

Or my... the loss of my virginity?

The matzah, of course.

The matzah.

Yeah. Now the matzah was great.

It, matzah doesn't really

change over the years.

Sometimes

our two-hour interludes

were calm and prosaic.

Oh, no.

What?

I have some troubling news.

What?

I don't think the boat

we're controlling is our boat.

Are you..

What?

Are you kidding me?

No.

Where is our boat?

I have no idea.

Sometimes they were not

so calm.

Mmm, mmm.

Brian.

Yes?

Please join me.

By all means, bring your food.

Sh..

Mm-hmm.

Hello, I'm Arielle's

husband, Valery.

Enchante.

Enchante.

Please forgive any

hot dog related moisture.

Only if you will forgive

my intrusion.

I...I thought we should meet.

Arielle speaks

very highly of you.

She does?

To you?

Mm-hmm.

She says you're

a very fine person.

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