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your birth parents.

l returned his letters.

How would l go about finding

my parents?

There must be some register

or file.. .

Your adoption never took place,

officially.

l arranged at least

100 such adoptions, you know.

Yours.. .

Yours, l still remember.

Because l hid you away

at my brother's

for one week.

And you never cried.

Your father's name was Legrand,

l believe.

Thank you.

Nothing but Legros!

Thanks.

Lousy French fries!

Legros Foods.

Hello.

Hello.

My first church in Qubec.

lt's no cathedral.

But Tuesdays the Wolf Lake choir

performs here. Then it livens up.

Are there a lot of wolves

around here?

Wolves? No, none.

Maybe a few raccoons.

-But lots of Legros.

Yes. Each village has its family.

ln Ducros, it's Legris.

ln Alcove, another family.

Any Legrands?

Legrands?

l don't think so. Excuse me.

Alice, Jules, it's Dad.

l wanted to hear

about the tournament.

Where are you?

Jeez, you're sleeping!

Goodnight.

Made in Belgium.

lt's a turtle lawnmower.

lt runs entirely

on its own solar power.

You won't need your tractor.

l don't dislike mowing grass.

Do people here

generally like mowing grass?

Basically?

We don't talk about it.

l see, grass is a taboo here.

''Michel.. .

That's me.

''now rolls over on his own.

He's very athletic and drinks a lot."

l was born in St Ccile in a barn.

And so?

lt's like looking for your photo

in a family album and not finding it.

Understand?

Not a bit.

For a secret adoption,

the church register's useless.

We could announce it

in the parish bulletin.

Do you want to find them,

yes or no?

Basically? l'm wondering

what the hell l'm doing here.

National Power's Hybrid Car Stalled

Here you go.

l suggest you go to the junction

down the road.

Hitch a ride to Wakefield.

There's a bus there.

l washed my hands, l swear.

Sorry, it's because of.. .

What happened to you?

Caught my arm

in a school-bus door.

Like to sign it?

Where you headed?

To Waukfield.

You're not staying?

My family's waiting for me.

You give up easily.

Mr Legros will take you.

l have a First Communion class.

Quite a man,

once you get to know him.

St Christopher.

Patron saint of drivers.

-Travellers.

ls it a hybrid motor?

Diesel-electric?

Yeah.

lt's not the original motor?

No.

ls it more or less hand-built?

More than less.

The Japanese will soon

produce nothing else.

Damn seat.

The person who built the motor.. .

Did he build others?

-He's dead.

You knew him?

A bit. He was my father.

Sorry.

-No problem.

So, were you born here?

No, l was born at Expo 67.

Where's that?

The 1967 World Fair in Montral.

No kidding.

-Yeah, prematurely.

On the site?

-On the site.

My mother was 8 months.

lt was hot, she'd stood all day and.. .

l was born at

the Man in the Universe Pavilion.

Was your dad with her?

No, he was working

in the Man at Work Pavilion.

Man at work in the universe.

Fabulous.

Want help with that?

No, it's ok.

Sh*t!

The great Canadian outdoors!

Bad fries! Bad beer!

l can't sleep!

What a pain!

l'm taking a piss!

Can't l piss in peace?

Excuse me, but what brings you

to St Ccile?

lt's not exactly Niagara Falls.

l'm here in Qubec for my work.

l invented a de-icer

for power lines.

l came to show it to National Power.

National Power?

You work for NP?

No, not at all.

You're not de-icing lines now,

in summer.

So?

So, what?

What are you doing in St Ccile?

Looking for my family.

You have family here?

Yes. Well, no. l was born here.

ln St Ccile?

An ostrich!

ls anyone home?

Open up, please!

Open up! ls anyone home?

There was an accident!

Open up!

On February 3, 1960,

Michel could already turn

to the ventral position.

He measures 1.21 meters.

He ate well and with a single belch

could melt up to 12 km of ice.

When he grows up

Michel wants to invent toasters,

or else, and why not,

be the king of Belgium.

l was.. .

The man in the.. .

He's been hospitalised.

Did you call it in?

No, l was with him.

You're hurt.

The other man, is he still alive?

He wasn't moving.

He's at Sacr Coeur. l'll drive you.

He's in a coma.

The surgical decompression

didn't work.

He won't wake up.

His head is like a frog's.

You always say that.

Where's it from, Rob?

We followed your map to the river.

After we blasted, we found that.

lt's the first one l found.

A present.

So you stay in touch

with us lndians.

The Minister of Energy?

Or of Natural Resources?

No, the Energy Minister.

He wants to see me and Rob?

No, just you. About your father.

What did l say about Agassi?

He creamed Roddick 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.

No, 6-1, 6-4, 6-1.

Yeah. Ok, bye.

Ok, good. Everything ok?

Louis Legros!

-Mr Minister.

Glad you came. You're going abroad?

Tomorrow morning.

Sorry to call you in.

Green tea, organic juice?

Fair-trade coffee?

Let me explain.

To mark 2000 we want to revive

NP's electric car project.

Really? You have the wrong Legros.

Right. Any news from your dad?

Not in 2 years.

He disappeared with his car.

We never saw him again.

He may be dead.

Sorry, l didn't realise.. .

Did he work on the project

after leaving NP?

No idea. l do know he accused

everyone there of sabotage.

What do you mean?

He thought that oil lobbyists

had bought off NP's bosses.

lt wasn't like that.

The technology wasn't ready.

Dollars and cents.

Now Dad's technology

is spontaneously ready?

The timing is better.

So you want to revive it?

Frankly, l don't see how l can help.

Of course. R&D is complex,

but that's fine.

Where is his research?

l don't know.

You realise it's National Power's

intellectual property.

Let's not nitpick.

When do you go?

To Belgium, is it?

''With a sky so sad

that a boat committed suicide."

Know it?

No.

Come on, Jacques Brel.

That's not quite it.

Mr Legros?

l'm Madeleine Longsdale.

l worked with your dad.

Could l have a word?

Your dad built electric motors.

The challenge was the battery.

He almost solved the problem.

His revolutionary battery was better

than today's fuel-cells.

So why did NP turn off the tap?

There was a lot of pressure

to do so 8 years ago.

Things changed.

GM, Honda.. . Now they all want

to build hybrid cars.

The government wants to force NP

to sell the plans overseas.

So they don't need Dad.

He took the plans with him.

lt's been hushed up,

but NP will want to defend itself.

Either by accusing your dad of theft

or ruining his reputation.

He did that himself,

with his paranoid biblical rants.

l'm an engineer.

l've seen your dad's results.

Sylvio had his faults,

but his paranoia wasn't unfounded.

Find his work.

Show it to journalists,

the universities,

but not politicians.

Save his legacy.

National Power's

Hybrid Car Project Stalled

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard

Flight 931 to Brussels.

We will be in the air 6 hrs. 15 min.

at an altitude of 10,000 metres.

Or maybe 75,000.

Anyway, no one gives a damn.

Passenger Louis Legros is requested

to save his dad's legacy.

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