Le divorce de Patrick Page #2

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you may be going the same way.

-Does Roxy have any money?.

-Does Roxy have any money?.

She never talks about it.

But she never talks about anything.

It's like she's in some sort of denial.

I knew this would happen.

I knew the day they got married.

Roger wants to talk to you. Here.

Listen, Is...

...do not let Roxy allow Charles-Henri

to take The Saint Ursula painting.

In case he comes to get his stuff,

he should not get the idea that it's his.

Right. Saint Ursula's right here.

I'm looking right at her.

Hang on.

Darling, just remember we love you both.

Bye, honey. Talk to you soon.

So, what did she say?.

-Roxy's miserable.

-What did she say about the painting?.

It's not just hers. It belongs to all of us.

You never should've let her take it.

You know that woman from the Getty?.

She said it could've been painted

by a student of Georges de La Tour.

And maybe bits of it could've been done

by Georges La Tour himself.

I mean, now he's just this huge star.

Of course, we had no idea.

That's it. If it's valuable enough for them

to want to borrow it, we must get it.

It'd be wonderful to have a painting

in a museum.

From the collection of Professor and

Mrs. Chester Walker of Santa Barbara.

You people are just incapable

of concentrating on essentials.

That's right.

Our girls are thousands of miles away.

They should be home with us.

That's the essentials.

-Honey.

-What?.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

So Charles-Henri's mother

has been very nice.

She calls all the time...

...takes us to lunch

at expensive restaurants.

Roxy thinks Suzanne is just pretending

to be on her side...

...and that, in reality,

her son can do no wrong.

All French mothers

are crazy about their sons.

I mean, French women are extraordinary.

I'm thinking of writing a book

about them and their native habitat.

All their customs and ceremonials.

I mean, their scarves alone...

...an entire chapter.

Knotted in front, one end down, other end...

...thrown over the shoulder.

Or looped around double...

...and the ends tucked in.

Or around the shoulder...

...over their coat like a shawl.

Or tied in the back.

I mean, chale, foulard, echarpe.

Just think of all the words they have

for "scarf. "

And in a language which is very sparse

in vocabulary.

-So do you intend to stay?.

-ln Paris?.

Maybe.

If it works out. I'd like to.

Why not?.

Well, I'm thinking of going home soon...

...after all this is done.

I bought a house on the coast of Maine.

I dream about it night after night.

The bare rock, the cold sea.

Yves.

It's Roxy's sister. This is Yves.

It's okay. Nice to meet you.

Yves is helping me out painting

the guest room. Yves is marvelous.

And he walks Flaubert.

Doesn't he, darling?. Yes.

He doesn't think that Flaubert's

just a mere chien.

Well, you're not a mere chien.

Make friends, you two.

Show her the real Paris.

I don't-- Wait, wait.

There are people here who want America

to control France.

They want us to watch cartoons, and they

want to paint Donald Duck on everything.

And we are all supposed to drink Coke.

I don't watch cartoons...

...or read comic books. How come you do?.

You must like them.

You have an immunity to it

from growing up on it.

Here it just sweeps through,

like measles through the Amazon.

How weird to be culturally threatened

by a cartoon.

I'm not threatened.

It's Uncle Edgar.

It's our relative. He's on TV.

Look, she's in love with him.

Now she's going to sit on his lap.

He does have a lot of sex appeal.

Oh, yeah?.

I'll take your word for it. He's really old.

He's not that old. He's only 55.

How do you know that?.

Is that what he told you?.

Don't. I want to watch.

I've never known anybody who's been

on TV before, talking about world events.

You can't understand a word he says.

-So, what is he saying?.

-Abortion. He's against it.

He's against abortion?.

It's all based on some very profound

fascist philosophy.

It's also a lot of crap.

Hey! I want to watch it.

Isabel, give it to me.

Come on. Isabel! Arrete!

Ah, yes, sugar, please.

Oh, original.

We do have a cousin who uses

grains of sugar instead of cubes.

It has happened to other women.

They will all tell you,

"Go with life as it unrolls."

Maybe it will be a boy.

-Yes, a boy.

-A son and heir.

I can't believe this. I'm in a novel by Balzac.

I'm not sure if I want to bring a child

into a broken home.

You don't want to act hastily

in such an important matter.

I'll get some more hot water.

Please reflect on this, Roxeanne.

Roxeanne is not herself.

-How can she be?.

-This is very, very unfortunate.

Deplorable.

So good of you, lsabel,

to have come to be with her.

And I hear that you've

already found employment.

Yes, with Olivia Pace, the American writer.

I really must get something of hers.

Who was she?.

Was she German?. Flemish?.

Saint Ursula was the patron saint of all

young girls, whatever their nationality.

How many virgins do they say

were martyred with her?.

-Eleven thousand.

-That's a lot.

But it's a charming legend.

What are you doing?.

Didn't you hear her?.

"Sugar grains. Original."

Meaning, "How bizarre."

Meaning, "Why don't you have

sugar cubes like a proper French girl?. "

It's her fault too.

She's completely spoiled both her sons.

You didn't tell me you were thinking

of not having the baby.

Of course I'm having it.

I just wanted to shake her up, that's all.

My husband no longer lives at home.

You're the innocent party.

You can file a suit.

I don't want to.

It's all my husband's idea.

If Monsieur de Persand took you to court,

he'd need to make a case.

Violence, cruelty, adultery.

He couldn't possibly say

any of those things.

No, of course not.

The offense is totally mine.

The injured party asks for divorce.

I keep telling you, I don't want a divorce.

I oppose divorce on principle,

entirely and utterly.

There is also the question

of division of property.

Unfortunately, you have signed

a prenuptial agreement.

That complicates matters.

You are entitled to half

of your wife's property...

...et Madame de Persand

has the same claim on yours.

I don't want anything from the apartment.

Things that came from my family, perhaps.

I'll let my mother and brother decide

if anything shouldn't go out of the family.

Your children are your family.

Things going to them are not

going out of your family.

I meant things going to the U.S.

I'm not going to the U.S.

I am staying right here.

When would remarriage be permitted?.

Once divorce is granted...

...you're perfectly free to remarry.

But your wife must wait

until she gives birth.

That's unbelievable. In California

I could remarry as soon as I wanted.

Do you mean to tell me that in France

the law is different for men and women?.

-For obvious reasons.

-lt isn't obvious to me.

I don't wanna listen to this. I didn't ask

for a divorce. I don't want a divorce!

And I really don't want to see you

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