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and, on his way from Formosa,

he's took her away

from a bordello of Shanghai.

He made about 20 million

but his luck turned.

Do you have a light?

Got a light for me too, buddy?

You are here every night.

But you never gamble.

I'm not lucky enough.

You mean... for gambling, right?

I guess your staying in Beyrouth?

Excelsior Hotel.

What about going there right now?

Do you have a car?

There's taxis.

A taxi!

Keep your jewels inside, Madame.

This place isn't safe. Good night.

- But...

- It's full of thieves.

To the airport.

Good evening, Grasshopper.

Are you there every night?

Be careful!

Yes.

I've been there.

You gave money to have chips.

And you gave the chips back

to have money.

It was so boring.

I never get bored

when I see 100 million on a table.

I passed by the beach last night.

We left at 2.

We went to see a friend, Wladimir.

I hope it's a joke?

- What?

- You really like money?

Oh, yes!

You didn't went back at Gideon's?

No.

- You stayed at Wladimir's ?

- Yes.

You don't look like a money guy.

Don't be stupid,

everybody likes money!

Everybody wants everything.

Without dough, you've got nothing.

Sun, snow, cars,

women, everything is for sale.

Oh, yeah?

How much do I worth?

And you,

for that good woman

how much did you worth?

Why did you ask me

if I went back at Gideon's?

Just to know.

- You knew, you went to see him.

- Me?

You also went to see

the ice-cream man.

Grasshopper.

- What?

I need to find a gun.

And a place to sleep.

Are you sleepy?

I can't go back to the hotel.

Perfect.

Let's go see the roman ruins.

I don't give a damn about

the roman ruins.

You're wrong,

they're 100 kms away from here.

I don't have a car.

Wladimir has plenty.

Hi!

We looked for you everywhere.

I messed up your thing...

I don't give a sh*t.

Oh, it's you.

Hey, can you lend me a car?

No!

Here.

Hey, can you lend me a car?

No.

Which one?

I don't give a sh*t.

Not this blue. I like this one.

Excuse me.

Thanks.

- Hey! Keep quiet, Wlad is sleeping!

- And so what?

Wladimir...

Are you sleeping with him?

Like this, from time to time.

If it's bothering you, I can stop.

I don't give a sh*t.

Today, nobody gives a sh*t

about nothing. Well.

Fill it up.

Is Wladimir Russian?

No, Chinese. Come on,

with a name like this...

What is he doing?

And you?

Are you angry?

No, I don't feel like talking.

Ah, okay.

I would have seen Baalbek's ruins.

Thank you.

It's gonna be a beautiful day.

Are you afraid of him?

Wladimir?

Cut it with Wladimir.

The guy from the pier.

I'd like better

if we forget about him

for a little while more.

Is he dangerous?

He has a gun

and I don't have one.

Here. It's for you.

Wladimir ?

Let's have breakfast,

then we'll go get the tickets.

- The tickets for what?

- Tonight! Bach, Haendel, Mozart...

You have to gather strength.

Sciences ex,

and then two years of chemistry.

I got fed up of it.

Faculty, lab, nights at Castel's...

The same guys,

with the same problems...

Discussions about jazz, Vietnam,

erotism, Sartre...

I realized I had a stupid life.

A girl told me:

"I'm on my way to Stockholm".

I left with her.

You were right. I was hungry.

I saw.

You left without any money?

Yes.

We can live without money.

I mean almost without.

In Stockholm, I met a boy

who was drawing on the sidewalks.

I taught me, it's easy.

I went to Palma, Ibiza,

I also played the guitar in the street.

At Portofino, at Saint-Trop'.

You always find something to eat.

Even with a dive

in a swimming-pool.

Sometimes.

Or else...

With the 10 000 bill trick!

Hey! Often.

The nights where everything goes bad,

you pinch a little.

A tuna can, a bottle of whisky.

Five or six people

in a grocery shop, it's easy.

Did you ever steal?

Of course! That's my job.

Your future is sealed

when you're seven.

Either you learn swindling or sol-fa.

The kids who have to get

their own food run faster.

I really had to run a lot!

In my street, you also needed

a good straight punch.

Is being tough that important?

Since the beginning of the world,

the good Lord is on the weak's side.

But He let them suffer each time.

So better learn boxing than catechism.

I don't like theories about the jungle.

But you follow them.

Might makes right,

or beauty makes right, that's even.

We take what we want.

And leave nothing but scraps.

Wladimir's car, your 6 months

on the sun, your freedom.

If you were overripe, you'd be 8 hours

a day in an office,

you'd take the metro.

Freedom...

is a luxury.

What's my freedom anyway?

I just fall from a trap to another one.

There was Saint-Germain,

there was the swedish summer,

there was Wladimir...

And there's going to have you, maybe.

Oh, no, no!

Come!

Not that I'm getting bored but

I have to go pick up the tickets.

Do you have an idea for tonight?

Plenty.

We can sleep on the beach.

Or don't sleep at all.

For that, I prefer a large bed.

I know what you need.

Hotel de France,

air con, television, Dunlopillo.

Terrific.

Tell me to get the tickets.

Go get the tickets.

You see,

I'll stay like this all my life.

It'll be nice.

Be quiet. Sleep.

Okay. I sleep.

I will have had long holidays.

Then, I'll go back home.

When?

I don't like thinking about all this.

But I do. I watch for small wrinkles.

That will be the signal

for going back home, the small wrinkles.

Come on,

tell me to go get the tickets.

Sleep.

Okay.

And you?

What, me?

Do you plan to steal for long?

You never steal for very long.

Not because of the small wrinkles.

Because of the cops.

Why ?

Do you think it's normal?

To be a cop? Certainly not!

And you...

And you?

Making love with a thief...

Do you think it's normal?

That's holidays.

And after holidays,

you'll take the veil?

A husband?

I'll buy a duplex and let the people

call me Madame.

What's your name by the way?

Grasshopper.

Grasshopper... Grasshopper...

Grasshopper!

Grasshopper!

I go get the places.

It maybe doesn't worth it.

It does.

I'll meet you at the hotel after.

What is that?

The ruins of Baalbek.

The outdoor theatre,

the...

the ''Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra'',

and the candies

for the intermission.

Why going on the draft

when we have air con here?

Why risk to be badly sited

when we can lie down here?

That's the idea.

You see, I understood.

Hello?

I'd like to speak with

the Palm Beach hotel, in Beyrouth.

Thank you.

Is the weather nice?

It's raining heavily.

Do you wanted to go out?

We overslept, huh?

Hello? Palm Beach,

room n18, please.

Yes?

Alfred? It's me.

Not mad at me?

You couldn't be more relax than I am.

Yesterday night,

I couldn't come. I really couldn't.

And I think I can't tonight either.

A guy is looking for me.

He found me.

- You saw Marco?

- He didn't show any I.D.

He's showing me his gun.

And he's asking you to come.

Pass him through.

- Hello?

- Marco?

I'll be there in one hour,

don't do anything stupid.

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