Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle Page #6

Dali?

That's talking frankly!

Irreverence...

Good for you!

Let's see the painting.

Pick it up.

I like it!

Amazing! The photo

falsified the colors... I like it a lot.

I must say

the composition is pretty shaky!

Let me explain, don't interrupt.

That empty space, there...

at the bottom right...

creates an imbalance.

Don't tell me.

You'll say it's to accentuate

the central theme,

which is perfectly centered.

Don't tell me

all that's not cunningly planned!

Don't deny it,

I get your message.

I assume this is the painting

you want to leave with me.

I'll take it

on the usual basis.

What do you want for it?

2000 francs?

Sounds good.

You'll get 50%.

You disagree?

Not happy?

You set the price.

I'd raise it but you won't find a buyer.

You want the money now?

You're out of your mind.

I can give you 200 francs at most,

if it'll help.

2,000 francs!

I'm doing you a favor!

I'm not even sure

I can sell it for that.

1,700, even 1,500

would be more realistic.

I don't want to be mean,

but it's very anecdotal.

Rather tritely so at that!

I won't say you don't have talent,

but it's hardly painting.

If it were well painted,

it'd be photographic.

With a pretty model,

it might sell well as an erotic postcard.

Now she's crying.

That's awful!

Don't cry, miss!

Just my luck,

when I'm in a hurry.

Don't Cry!

I didn't mean all I said.

I like your paintings.

It's fine,

I just can't pay you cash.

Leave it with me.

It'll sell.

Things'll work out.

What's the matter?

Stay! This guy bugs me.

He won't get away with it.

He upset you?

What did he say?

You can't talk?

You're mute?

- That's it, she's a mute!

- What?

Mute, you know what that is!

What do you mean?

No one's mute.

There are 350,000 deaf-mutes

in France.

What're you talking about?

That's right.

She's not deaf.

She understood every word I said.

She read your lips.

Even if she is a deaf-mute,

she has a language all her own.

You know that language?

Then how can she use it with you?

She could write,

or bring someone with her.

I'm not running a charity

for all the cripples in the world!

Watch what you say, sir!

Such talk in front

of a poor deaf girl!

- She can't hear me!

- I said she can read lips.

Her back's turned.

Anyway, she's getting on my nerves.

What she wants is 2,000 francs.

She said so.

She made it clear, anyway.

It's no dice! I'm the boss here!

The others listen and shut up!

Shut up yourself!

You've been going on for hours,

not letting others get a word in.

Let her explain!

Explain? But she can't talk!

You're using that

to take advantage of her!

Exploiting her handicap!

That's cowardly

and dishonest, sir!

I'd let her express herself

if she'd just talk!

If I were she, mute or not,

and you know she is...

I'd have acted just like her.

- What are...

- Don't interrupt!

If people do that,

I just shut up.

That's all!

When someone talks all the time

to hear himself talk,

I don't feel like saying a word!

Let me just say...

Talking makes me sick,

I can't stand it.

Don't you think

talking is repulsive?

Especially about painting!

It's sacred...

words profane it!

You're... This is...

Silence is the only attitude

to take with painting!

This is incredible!

It's silence, sir!

Excuse me.

That's interesting.

Is it for sale?

4000 francs.

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