Faces Places Page #7

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Shall we go?

You haven't taken a sip.

Oh yeah.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Do you see a doorbell?

I don't see a doorbell.

There's one in there.

It's locked.

Metal shutters.

Is this a joke?

Jean-Luc!

What's written there?

It's a cryptic message

from Jean-Luc.

"A la Ville de Douarnenez"...

We used to eat there.

It was a little restaurant

on Boulevard Montparnasse.

We used to eat there.

Me, Jacques and Jean-Luc.

And when Jacques died,

that was all Jean-Luc wrote to me.

"A la Ville de Douarnenez"...

If he wanted to hurt me,

he succeeded.

And "Du Ct de la Cte"...

I don't know.

That's one of my films.

He knows I'm here,

he's thinking of Jacques,

but it's not very funny.

It's not very funny.

If he won't let us in,

he's a dirty rat.

Let's go.

Wait.

To think I went to his favorite bakery

to buy little brioches for him!

I'll write him a note.

Lend me your quill

to write a word,

my friend Jacquot...

Thanks, JLG,

for your good memory.

But no thanks

for your bad hospitality.

I drew a heart anyway.

And you'll never know JR.

And JR won't know you.

But I know you well.

And I like you.

You dirty rat.

Let's go down to the lake.

Du Ct de la Cte

is the second line

in Godard's riddle.

Jean-Luc and Anna

had rented a villa near Nice.

They invited Jacques and I.

We had a good time.

Jean-Luc read all day,

and Anna wandered around saying,

"I don't know what to do."

We weren't making fun of her,

but that made Jacques and me laugh.

I have fond memories

of those times with friends.

But today Jean-Luc

was pretty out of line.

Do you think he wanted to hurt you?

Or was he challenging

the narrative structure of your film?

Our film.

Do you think he was pulling a prank?

I think he figured you were writing,

so he wrote too.

Maybe the two came together.

In a surprising way, but...

I have mixed feelings.

Very mixed feelings.

I don't know what to do.

What can I do?

Something just for you.

Thank you.

That's sweet.

I never realized

your eyes were so light.

I don't see you very well,

but I see you.

Shall we look at the lake?

and Sionann O'Neill.

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