Jacquot de Nantes Page #4

I'm sleepy.

Go to sleep on your own.

Under the covers, boy.

Are your feet all right now?

Yes.

You'll get used to them.

Finishing your clog today?

No, not that chisel.

Here.

I'm teaching you a trade,

but you'll never take it up.

You'll have better to do.

I'm going to make sets.

Sets?

Theatre and cinema sets,

and puppet shows.

Don't walk over the bridge

at Mauves!

Missed!

After you,

I'll never

love again...

After you,

my heart will be broken

for ever...

Enough reading. Home we go.

We'll swap over.

The past participle agrees with

gender and plural of the complement

when it is placed before.

For example:

La bille qu'il a prise est bleue.

What did he take? La bille.

Listen to me, boys.

Things are getting hot up there.

Bille is feminine

and before the verb

so the colour is feminine too.

Don't be scared.

Every time I hesitate

over a past participle agreeing,

I recall the school classroom

at Mauves

and that parachute

floating down over the Loire.

A late visitor.

Come in.

"Un Visiteur du Soir".

Here's our neighbour.

The Germans raided the caf

to get young men for forced labour.

They took Gaston and Paul.

The others

had made themselves scarce.

Damned Germans!

And Gilles too.

Gilles and Dominique,

Dominique and Gilles...

No, they didn't take Dominique.

It's from Les Visiteurs du Soir.

Films... That's all he thinks about.

You ought to go see

the old Gallon sisters,

the teachers.

They had a projector

and some Chaplin films.

Some shorts.

Good idea.

The boy's bored stiff.

You'll be careful?

Regularly and gently.

Not too gently, fairly gently.

Here are the films.

You'll bring it back, won't you?

This country lettuce...

It's delicious.

We eat it every day.

- Pleased to see your parents?

- Yes.

Papa gave me a present.

Presents always work.

- What do we do?

- Keep still.

Your bicycle!

Be quiet.

Come in, it's all ready.

Look, Mama, the projector.

Don't touch.

I'm the projectionist.

Look at the screen, Papa.

Sit down.

I've seen it.

It doesn't work.

Be patient. It will.

What is it?

Soap? It's bubble soup!

Jacquot was as delighted

as if he'd made the film himself.

Happily showing films,

he ended his days

at the clog-maker's.

The Loire had become dangerous,

with Americans on one bank,

Germans

and the Resistance on the other.

It was time to go home,

back to the sand,

the long porch,

and the garage courtyard.

When we sing

at cherry blossom time,

the nightingale

and the mockingbirds

all have a wonderful time...

But it doesn't last for ever,

cherry blossom time,

when some people go

to gather earrings in a dream...

The Americans are here!

White wine, Raymond!

Coming?

It's Chopin. I recognise it.

I like it here.

Poor Chopin, all jazzed up.

It sounds fine.

But it's written for the piano.

Thanks, I'll take it.

O.K.

I've been through this before,

except the other was lent

and this is a gift.

Don't thank me. It's worthless.

Papa will buy an electric one.

When you're fed up,

you can give it to me.

I'm your junk cousin.

Don't be silly!

Bye, old man.

Where am I going

to put all my things?

You need room for a cinema.

You're not fair.

I need cardboard boxes,

glue and fairy lights.

Will you give me money?

This Chaplin is funny.

It's for you. I've seen it

forwards and backwards.

Look at the screen:

Pillars just like at the Olympic.

He did it all himself

except for the curtain.

Come have some coffee.

Let him put it away.

I've only got one film.

If only I could rub it out

and change it.

Don't ask me.

You ought to buy me more.

It's not the time.

Will you fix my hairdo?

I don't do hair any more.

What with the boys

and the garage...

I even do the book-keeping, look.

Let's see your hair...

What are you up to?

I've had an idea

how to make a new film.

The saucepan will poison us.

Promise Mama

you'll rinse it well.

- I can't wait to see Part Two.

- Me neither.

I like her saying,

"a glimmer like everyone;"

and talking about her mother,

who was a laundress.

It's a fine love story.

It's a masterpiece.

You can't see.

You'll ruin your eyes.

"The bridge at Mauves."

You can see the crossbars.

It was hard to draw.

It's so tiny.

Mama, it's serious.

It's a cartoon newsreel.

It's very good.

"The planes are flying away."

Did you like it?

It was very good.

Look, bras!

- Straight to the ladies' underwear!

- Just looking.

Research.

The clean minds of today's youth...

You make your own way home,

Jacquot.

Come see.

Women go into that shop

and then they disappear.

Who told you?

Someone. I just heard.

- Those two?

- Hard to tell.

- It's a fairy tale.

- No, a drama.

They're sold as slaves

to harems in Argentina.

Look, sheet music.

Aunt Nique has the same.

- What's what?

- Old junk...

- Let's go.

- No. This shop's amazing.

Something in particular?

No.

Yes... What's that camera

with the handle in the window?

A movie camera.

For real films?

9.5 mm. For amateurs.

Does it work?

If you put film in.

I need it. I want to be an amateur.

But I haven't any money.

Have you nothing to swap?

Books or games?

Why are you rushing about?

- He's got ants in his pants!

- He'll get over it.

All right, Mr Dubuisson?

We fill the tank. We have a chat.

I was looking for you...

I didn't want you to go

knowing you were angry...

So I got the camera,

but I had no idea how to use it.

Luckily,

there was an instruction book.

I was in a hurry to learn

all those barbaric terms

like f-stop, orthochromatic film,

panchromatic vision filter,

film stock...

As soon as I'd read it,

I decided I wanted

to make the script

used as an example:

"Solange's Adventure".

There you are.

I've learned lots of words:

Emulsion speed, f-stop,

shutter, ortho, panchro,

depth of field.

Good for you.

But it's all Chinese to me.

What is it?

Is that what you learn at school?

"'Solange's Adventure'. Actors:

Solange (5),

her parents, a prowler. "

Off we go.

"Despite being forbidden to,

Solange plays in the street.

'A prowler promises her sweets

and kidnaps her. "

Hey, I'm making a film.

I need a big chap for the gypsy.

Can you come Thursday

to the garage?

On Quai des Tanneurs?

I know. I'll come.

- I'll be home late.

- Don't worry.

It'll be open.

"A gipsy makes her dance at fairs,

"but her mother recognises her

thanks to a locket.

"This film for all the family

will have more appeal than a reel

"of some young star

pointlessly posing..."

- You learn this at school?

- Yvon asked me that.

That's my fur.

- Will you lend it to me?

- What for?

For Yvon.

He's playing Solange's mother.

Ren's little brother is Solange.

- What's all this?

- Watch your cocoa!

- I don't like being a girl.

- I wouldn't mind!

We need a dress, make-up,

and a hat.

I'll go to Madame Bredin's.

- I've got it ready.

- Thanks.

It's an old dress of Reine's.

This circus of yours

is causing havoc.

Stop making faces.

You look pretty, Yvon.

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