Certified Copy

Good morning,

ladies and gentlemen

I'm here to say a few words

to cut the waiting

we're waiting for James Miller,

who is a little late

he won't be able

to blame the trafic,

because he's just upstairs!

I hope he'll be here soon.

We're here for the presentation

of James' latest work,

''Certified Copy''

for which he just received

the prize of the best

foreign essay of the year.

That's it,

I have finished,

James just arrived!

Please everybody, take a sit,

Please wait the end of

the conference for dedications.

I won't introduce James to you,

he'll introduce himself,

probably better than anyboby.

Good morning!

I would like to thank my colleague

and friend Marco Lenzi,

who did ''an'' translation...

... ''a'' perfect translation and...

he succeeded in rendering the spirit of it.

His work permitted the italian

publication and our meeting, here.

Congratulations and many thanks again.

- Would you like to take off the backpack?

- No, I'm fine.

It's too heavy.

Come on.

- You ordered a cheesebuger?

- Yes.

- Chips?

- Yes.

Double?

- I know you do not eat them.

- And the coke?

Could you look at me

when I'm talking to you?

Coke?

Yes

How many of those

books have you bought?

Six.

- Thank goodness you did not like them...

- I never said.

But I heard you

say it to Pierre.

I did not say that I liked them, I said that

I did not understand the steps.

Yes, but then he explained

them, and then...

Yes, he explained them,

but I was not convinced.

And why have you bought so many?

To talk about them and

give them away.

- To who?

- Marie, too.

But she has it already...

In fact I will give you

an autographed copy.

It's a good idea, no?

You're doing this only because you want

to see him again...

- Do you want to see the man again!

- Maybe...

And the others, who are they for?

- There's one for Alain.

- But you can not stand it!

I'll give a book that I do not

like to a person I do not like.

- I have the right, right?

- Yes, you have every right.

And I know what you

said to that guy?

- What guy?

- The friend of the writer.

No, look, you always

know everything?

But you always say that we are friends

and we have to tell everything.

But just because you said you wanted

me to tell you about Elisa, right?

- Never mind, I already knew everything!

- Very good!

I know very well that you like James, you've

decided to fall in love with him

and you gave your number to

his friend to call you.

But nothing!

Yes, I left my phone number,

but that's not why I did it.

I want to know a little more

about his book, it's my job,

I had no chance!

You didn't let me listen,

you didn't stop for a moment,

in the end we had to leave.

You weren't listening!

All the time whispering

- in the ear of that... Mark

- you were not even listening,

You didn't stop playing with

that thing for a moment!

At least I did, yes

I have played.

At least I've heard, but

you looked at him...

Why do not you mind your own business!

There is no reason to be angry then.

Here we are, me and you,

we chat a bit, eat something.

. .

Yes, we chat...

I really do not understand

why you take it so badly.

I do not take it badly,

you get on my nerves.

And you need to cut your

hair, this fringe!

Just tell me this, OK, last

question then I stop,

Just one thing...

Why you did not want to put...

- My last name in the dedication?

- Enough!

- You're really exaggerating!

- My name is... Julien.

- I'm Julien, I have a last name.

- I'm getting angry, stop.

A last name!

- Are you going out?

- Yes.

- Are you coming back for lunch?

- No, I don't think so.

Okay.

Tell Julien that he has rehearsals at two.

The teacher is coming.

All right.

- You'll tell him?

- Yes, of course.

''Better a good copy than the original. ''

Yes?

But no, that's not possible.

What?

Speak louder I can't hear you!

No, no, tell me later,

I can't talk now.

Yes, but I can not talk

right now, you know.

Listen, I do not know, and

I can't tell you if I do not know.

I'm not very far away.

Listen, listen, I don't know yet.

Okay?

Yes, after everything I say.

Now I can not, tell

us about yourself.

Okay? Till later anyway.

I don't understand.

The point is that...

they believed that this was the

original for many centuries,

but they found fifty years

ago that it was not.

But it was painted... I think

it was a fresco of Hercules...

dating back to Roman times.

Yes, the Roman era.

Because they wanted to have a great piece, ...

they wanted to be able to amaze and

then just as I was saying...

His coffee is cold, now.

He's like this, you know...

He's a good husband, I think.

What?

He's a good husband, I'm pretty sure.

How can you be so sure?

I can see it.

Where do you come from, lady?

I... come from France.

And how come you speak italian?

I live in Italy for 5 years.

Where?

First in Firenze, now in Arezzo.

Why do you speak english?

He... is english.

And he doesn't speak your language,

No, no.

... neither italian.

No.

- Actually he only speaks

his own language...

Yes, yes.

- And you speak english too.

Congratulations.

- Yes, he has no interest

in foreign languages,

Actually, he's not interested

in anything,

only in himself and his work.

It's better like this :

a man must like his job.

And what about us, women?

Working keep them busy.

and we look after ourselves.

- I didn't get married

to find myself alone!

I would like to share my life

with my husband.

Am I expecting too much?

By wanting a good husband?

- Life is not so terrible,

if the only problem is...

a very busy working-husband.

Better a man busy for his work

than for another woman!

- We work too, but

with moderation.

- We decide to be moderate, but them,

they cannot stop working.

It's as if we asked them

to stop breathing :

It's not possible.

I never asked my husband to stop.

- Of course!

How could you?

The world could stop working :

don't put a spoke in their wheel

- My sister, she likes to know

her husband is at work, most of the time!

This is a particular case.

Don't you think that

moderation should be in all things?

- It would be ideal,

but ideal doesn't exist.

Wine, please...

I'm coming.

It would be stupid to feel miserable

because of an ideal.

Please keep it secret.

They don't need to notice that.

- How can I be happy

with an absent husband?

They're not really completely absent :

your husband made you a married woman,

and this is what really matters.

You only understand that

with age.

For how long have you been married?

For 15 years.

Have you got children?

A son.

Last week,

my husband even forgot

his son's birthday!

I can't believe that!

- Like I said :

he only thinks about himself and work!

... and about friends...

Yes, surely...

... and about lovers.

I don't know.

But you're trying to find...

... to whom he's talking

on sundays.

No, I'm just looking at him.

Yes, but with suspicion,

while I'm admiring him.

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