Asphalt Playground Page #2

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lt's time. The years fly by.

Don't laugh, Djibril.

She's serious.

Back home, a boy your age

is already married.

Get a nice wife from Mali.

lt'll make your mom happy.

They're crazy.

l need to work.

Hold on...

Not a white girl.

Family won't matter to her.

When the marriage ends,

she takes the children.

Then when do we see them?

l have to work now.

Bye.

- Mariama...

- What now?

You must control your kids.

People will start saying

you're raising them wrong.

Stop it.

Let Djibril choose his own wife.

My cousin married a Chinese girl.

A Chinese girl?

They're everywhere now.

And the kids?

Very pretty, with slanting eyes...

Who'd have imagined it?

What a loser! He won't move!

Hit him!

You lose again!

Sh*t...

Are you nuts? Call me Aim...

Kant...

Trsor! See ya.

l want a return bout!

Quiet down! Mom's resting.

l have my dance class.

So keep it down.

l'm going anyway.

Bad loser! Give me another game!

One last bout.

Wait for me.

Split! Quit following me!

l'm protectin' you.

The project's dangerous.

You? Protectin' me?

Get off my back.

Plannin' on movin' in?

Surprise!

Happy birthday.

Give your big teddy bear a kiss!

Happy, huh?

Mom, is Dad coming?

No.

Here.

What is it? Can l open it?

l don't know what it is

but open it if you want.

At 1 2, you become a man.

l'll conclude with a proverb

from Mali.

"The fastest way from A to B

"isn't a straight line but a dream.'

- Happy birthday.

- Thank you, Uncle.

Make a wish, son.

And your dreams will come true.

That day, l dreamt

that my dad wouId be there

next year.

ln fact, my dad

had vanished years before.

My cousins had repIaced him.

Isma has never Iiked schooI.

He's repeated two years.

My aunt says he's Iazy.

I think he'd rather watch movies.

That's weird,

chicks do gang shakes now? Crazy.

They'll wanna fight soon.

You eyed her butt

to check she's a chick?

I love him, he's way funny.

When it's sunny,

we're always together.

We're like pals.

We have the world's hottest pepper.

Sure! Everyone knows

harissa is the hottest.

Harissa?

- What's the West lndian one?

- The Scotch bonnet?

The Scotch bonnet. Try that one.

Scat bonny!

Scotch bonnet!

Same thing.

l bet if we eat one now,

you'll scream before l do.

Oh, yeah? l eat 'em every day!

- Got any at home?

- Sure!

Go get 'em.

l'm gonna waste you, man.

This is good.

This is a good spot.

- Thanks, driver.

- Sure.

This is gonna blow you away.

Film it.

- ls it recording?

- Hold on...

Go ahead.

This here

is the West lndian pepper,

a Scotch bonnet.

lt's gonna burn.

Family first. Go ahead.

Family first.

l ate 100 before.

Bullshitters.

First the burn, then contractions.

Don't take a dump after!

Sh*t!

Gross!

lsma ain't black no more, he's red!

Get me water!

Not so tough now!

Scotch bonnet!

That day, Isma left earIy.

He didn't say where to.

But we knew who he was meeting.

What's this crap Chink music?

Gimme a break!

Not all Asians are Chinese.

l'm Vietnamese!

Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese,

you're all the same.

You eat bugs.

Cockroach eaters!

So you're from Martinique?

Your uncle's Uncle Ben or what?

Who makes your sisters' clothes?

Without us,

the world would be naked, bro!

Who makes your sisters' wigs?

Without us, they'd be bald!

They'd be playin' soccer!

We can walk around naked.

You guys can't.

Not the way you're hung.

Pin dick!

You Viets have no stars.

We have

Amadou and Mariam.

And who makes their robes?

No kiddin', you make me laugh.

Lucky the Yanks beat you up.

Only in the movies, brother.

Check it out!

Sh*t, guys, Paris is way cool!

Second left, 5th floor.

Ask for Loc.

l'm just a lookout.

Usually, yeah.

Go up and ask for 250 euros. Got it?

You said 230 earlier.

lnflation.

They're loaded.

lf they haggle, step up

the pressure. Understand?

Just do it.

Move.

You'll wait for me?

You bet, you have our cash.

Knucklehead.

What a beanpole!

He's as skinny as the street, bro.

There's 230 here. lt's 250, man.

What? No way!

- lt's 250.

- Manu said 230 on the phone.

Get the rest or l get mean.

Wait here, ok.

Make it snappy.

Djibril! Lend me 20 euros!

What for?

l'm 20 short for the coke.

No drug money from me.

C'mon.

You're smoking weed!

lt's 230 on the phone,

now they want 250. Crazy!

250? He's screwing you over.

Yeah!

l'll go.

He stepped up the pressure.

Hey, guys...

He didn't have it all.

He only gave me 230.

And he wants to deal...

What a loser!

lt's not my fault.

Hand it over.

C'mon, move it!

Hand it over, ok!

He's pissin' me off...

l'll take you home to Mommy.

Joker!

You're wasted, man.

There's no one there.

There's no one there? No one?

He's totally wasted.

Listen up, everyone!

Time to party!

You feel it? You feel it rising up?

Let's go wild!

Loc's one crazy guy.

l don't see DjibriI much

but I reaIIy rate him!

He's a kiIIer,

successful in everything.

You're jealous.

Jealous of what?

He studies Iaw at the Sorbonne.

That sounds really tough.

Let me carry you.

No, it's ok!

I want to be Iike him.

You're heavy.

My guy's the strongest!

He Iives a dream Iife in Paris.

I think he has a girlfriend.

I dream of having one too.

A girl's beautiful.

Especially the breasts and the butt.

Gimme a break.

Sh*t!

Get up!

You're already late for school!

Coming, Mom.

Calm down or l'll do no more talks.

Come in!

Sorry, ma'am, my bus was late.

Hurry up and sit down.

The Gauls lived

in a land that ran from modern ltaly

to the German border

between 1600 and 50 BC.

Want detention?

lt wasn't me, it was her!

Yeah, sure.

Yes?

Where did Asterix live?

We don't cover Asterix.

By fighting the army

of Vercingetorix, Julius Caesar

conquered Gaul.

The Gauls were a nomadic people.

They had several gods.

Yes?

- They were the French's ancestors?

- Ocane...

lf you like. France was divided...

Ma'am...

l was born by cesarean,

so my ancestor's Caesar.

Cut it out!

What's going on?

Ma'am,

my ancestors weren't Gauls

but Mandingos.

Madinka, more like!

That sucks.

Quiet, please!

All right, you can write an essay

on your ancestors.

You can thank Raoul.

She said to thank me!

Know what?

l'm gonna win that bet now.

I had to win that bet,

she was so beautifuI.

Ocane, can l have a word?

- What?

- l want to talk to you.

- So talk.

- No, in private.

Even if she's a head taIIer,

I wanted to kiss her.

What?

Are you crazy?

Thanks, mister.

- Wassup, lsma?

- l'm cool.

How's it goin'?

Know what happened today?

He went to see Ocane.

He puckered up his chops...

and she slapped him!

She slapped your face?

She went like this.

This black guy turned pink!

Gimme a break,

you've only done it with a goat!

Get outta my space.

- Mom?

- Yes.

My ancestors were Mandingos?

On your dad's side.

My family's from Guadeloupe.

Some had green eyes.

Green eyes? How come?

Sometimes, the masters

had children with the slaves.

- We have white blood?

- A little.

Why do you want to know?

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