Final Portrait Page #2

Let's see.

There must be somewhere here.

Well, it could...

I think it'll be just a few days longer.

Of course, I miss you too, but...

I do. Oh, stop it.

Listen, I think it's important.

I want him to finish.

- No...

- I hid it in the toilet.

Not in. Up.

Oh, um, never mind.

Uh... I... I can't rush him. It's...

I don't know how, first of all.

It'll only be a few more days.

So, let's make the trade.

I would like to take back

the four earlier ones of mine.

- Oh, yes. Yes. The watercolors.

- Mm-hm.

I love those.

Yes, we love these.

- And did you bring the nude?

- Sorry?

The nude.

I can take it off your hands.

Tsk. Uh, yes.

Uh, fine, good, yes. Um, absolutely.

- There we are.

- Ah, yes.

- And you can have these three.

- Yes.

Uh, oh, and this one, which I love.

- Yes. Oh, yes. Wonderful.

- All right.

- All right.

- Yes, perfect. Wonderful.

- Perfect.

- Oh, yes.

- Thank you.

- Yes, sir. Thank you.

Enchanted.

Ah. The desire, look at that.

Hmm.

How'd it go?

He made out like a capitalist.

I haven't seen these for such a long time.

I don't have many of these.

This nude is...

the last time I did one from life in 1935.

So, what did you give them?

Drawings that were like hundreds

of others he's done.

And they were happy?

Happy? Of course they were.

They know those are what sells.

Those are "Giacomettis"!

And those?

Do these look like "Giacomettis" to you?

Front on, you look like a brute.

Side on, you look like a degenerate.

That's very nice of you. Thank you.

One way you go to jail.

The other, you go straight to the asylum.

I'll probably meet you in there.

Oh, God.

Okay, let's go.

- You moved.

- No, I didn't.

- Yes, you did.

- No.

Lower your chin.

A little to the right.

Not so far.

Raise your head very slowly. There.

I don't know why you try to trick me.

I don't know what you're talking about.

- There. Stay there.

- Hmm.

Oh, f***!

Is it worth going on with?

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

A real friend would tell me

that I should give up painting forever.

Whoever said I was a real friend?

Are we ready?

- I'm starving.

- Oh, of course.

- Let's go.

- Ah.

- Good.

- Let's go.

Thank you. I can't wait anymore.

Okay, okay.

"There once was a young man from Ghent...

- Not this one, Alberto.

- No, please.

- It's horrible.

- Let me tell it.

- Don't say this one.

- Let me do this. Okay.

"Young man from Ghent, whose cock was..."

no, no, no, it was his tool.

"Whose tool was so long, it was bent.

To save her the trouble,

He folded it double

And instead of coming, he went."

That's terrible.

Why would you let him tell that?

Oh, let's have more wine. Alphonse?

- More wine!

- Hey, excuse me.

- Where did you learn...?

- The pissoir is calling.

Hmm. So, how is it going?

- It's going well, I think.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- How do you like posing?

- I like it. I do.

- Yeah?

Yeah, but it's, you know,

it can be exhausting.

- Yeah, I know.

- He makes me nervous sometimes.

The way he yells at the canvas

when things aren't going well...

- You know what I mean?

- Yeah.

But what's really disturbing

is just how the portrait itself

seems to come and go as if Alberto

has no control over it whatsoever.

I know.

- Then other times, it just...

- disappears entirely.

Yeah.

I feel like this could go on for months.

- Sometimes it does.

- There's nothing anyone can do about it?

- No.

- Even Alberto?

Especially Alberto.

It's... it's a terrible feeling

of fatality, isn't it?

You'll get used to it.

Ahem.

Shall we get a little more wine?

- We did.

- Did we? Uh...

- Yeah.

- You know, I'll... I'll check on it.

Excuse me.

Oh, Alberto.

Hello!

What time is it?

- 2:
30.

- Sh*t. Already?

I wanted to get something to drink

before we started.

All right.

You wanna go, uh...?

Okay, okay.

Let's go.

Okay, okay.

Mm.

We'll get some eggs and some wine.

- Oh, I'll get my cigarettes.

- Oh, I have mine if you...

Okay, we go.

- No, let's work. Come on. Come on.

- Okay.

Yeah, the nose is in place now.

That's some progress.

Let's take a break now.

My back is killing me. I...

I slept so badly last night.

It's impossible, you know.

There is no feeling in my work.

I find your work to be very emotional.

Well, if that's the case,

it's in spite of me.

Ladies and gents.

Hello.

Bring a tray to the gentleman.

- Mr. Alberto.

- Ah, hello. Thank you.

Bon apptit.

You want something, Jim?

Uh, yeah,

I'll take a Coca-Cola, please.

Yes, sir.

A coke. Come on, hurry.

- There you go.

- Thank you.

I think it's going very well today.

Mm. Maybe.

Tomorrow will be better.

Tomorrow we can really start.

- When are you leaving?

- End of the week.

Oh. Oh.

Mm.

I thought you were going to change

your reservation.

I did.

Mm. Mm.

Quick, quick, quick, quick.

- Okay, let's go.

- All right.

Thank you.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Thank you.

- No, no. Let's take a walk.

- All right.

So, I'm confused.

You changed your reservation until...?

- Yeah, the end of the week. Yeah.

- Oh, I see, I see.

I... I, you know, I could change it again.

I just... I would like to know, you know,

how many days do you need?

Oh, I don't know.

I think it would be great

to work for another week.

- A week?

- A week, yes.

I think a week would be good.

Uh...

No, no, no, a week is, is...

uh, that's fine. It's fine. I...

I can just move my flight, um...

Next Wednesday, would that...?

Wednesday? Yes, Wednesday is good. Fine.

- Let's say Wednesday.

- Okay. Good.

- But then, you know...

- What?

Well, there's no question of the portrait

ever being finished, so...

No, no, no. Of course, of course.

Have you ever wanted to be a tree?

Um, no.

Wait. Give me a minute.

Isaku, how are you? Good to see you.

No, no, no, no, don't get up.

Where have you been?

Uh, James and I have been walking.

I could do with a nap.

But I must work, you know.

Good.

- Yeah. We were speaking a little bit.

- Good. Cheri.

Boo!

Hello, Caroline.

Hello, Jim.

- Where is that old dog?

- He's, uh...

No, no, Caroline, no.

Yes, yes, it's red. It is red.

- It's a nice color, no?

- Yeah, but not on me.

- Of course it is a good color.

- With white seats?

- Oh.

- Oh.

- It's very expensive.

- Good.

- Very, very expensive.

- Very, very good.

It's a car,

a car that she likes very much.

Not that I like. That I love.

The sailorman says

we can get it in a few days.

What do you mean, the "sailorman"?

No, no, no. The salesman.

But not now. In a few days, okay?

Caroline, no, no. It's wrong.

- You're going to drive me around?

- Absolutely.

Oh, this makes me very nervous.

- Come on!

- Okay, okay.

- I'm sorry, James. I'm sorry.

- I'm posing now.

I'll see you tomorrow, then.

I'll give you a ring later?

- Thank you, James. Thank you.

- Mm.

Stop moving. No, no. Okay. Okay.

You have a mouth like a fish!

You still have some red, there.

- Your hair.

- What's with my hair?

It's only that...

- How is it going?

- How are you?

I'm well. Is he here?

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