My Best Friend Page #2

- And the settee?

- No. The storeroom.

- How old are your kids now?

- Nine and twelve.

- Studying what?

- Nothing special yet.

Go ahead.

- Why have you come?

- To ask after you. Isn't it natural?

No. You never asked before.

- Remember our trip to Sicily?

- We happened to be at the same hotel.

And wasn't it fun?

The first time we met at an auction.

I felt I'd always known you.

- Didn't you?

- I can't remember.

Isn't it weird?

We don't see each other for months.

But we pick up

exactly where we left off.

Oh? And where was that?

Bertrand. What are you and I?

Dealers.

Yes. I don't mean...

- Go on.

- More than that. We're

friends.

You're my best friend.

- Have you regressed to childhood?

- No. Why?

Could have fooled me!

You sound like a schoolkid.

Not an adult who steals my clients.

Don't get me wrong.

I just wanted to ask you...

OK.

Why didn't you say so?

How much?

- I'm not here to borrow money.

- It's nothing new.

I always pay you back.

Good reckonings make good friends.

Good reckonings

make good reckonings.

You disappoint me. Bertrand.

You were top of my list.

You even had a list?

A list of friends?

I'll save you the effort

of asking the others.

They'll all say the same thing.

NESCAF BREAK...

AMONG FRIENDS:

I'm looking for a book.

I'm not sure of the name.

I can't find it on the shelves.

It's about

how to make friends.

- How To Make Friends?

- Yes.

Marc!

Marc!

- How To Make Friends!

- What?

How To Make Friends!

Do we have any left?

For this gentleman.

You're looking for

How To Make Friends?

Yes.

It's on order.

Shall I put one aside?

Yeah.

What name?

Franois Coste.

Honest to God!

Excuse me.

Are you two friends?

- Yes.

- How did you do it?

- Do what?

- Become friends.

I don't understand.

Me neither.

How did you meet?

What do you have in common?

What do you argue about. If you do?

Do you?

Excuse me!

You didn't answer me.

I'm serious.

Will you leave us alone?

You should get help!

"Friend."

The most common word in the book.

But the rarest thing in reality.

The Greeks and Romans

idolized friendship.

Over the centuries.

Other values displaced it.

But in today's insecure world.

Where our jobs. Families.

And governments

no longer protect us.

Friendship is back in a big way.

It stands like the last beacon

in a sky that has lost its sun

and not yet found its stars.

Many books explain how to make friends

at work. For your advantage.

Cultivating people

for their usefulness.

True friendship is the opposite.

It is priceless.

Small gifts can foster friendship.

They can never buy it.

Love is sometimes sold.

But friendship. Never!

The best way to find a friend...

Are you looking for friendship too?

I've tried everything.

The want ads. Dial-A-Friend.

The internet...

On Ionely evenings...

Make him feel valued!

Make him feel unique.

The most important person

in the world.

JESUS IS YOUR FRIEND

No sign of the vase.

They phoned to apologize.

- What's taking so long?

- Paperwork.

The import permit was missing.

Tell me. Franois.

Why's it so important to you?

To you too.

We bet it. Remember?

So let's talk about it.

- Am I intruding?

- Louise!

Hi.

I'll call a cab.

- We're viewing a studio.

- She's leaving me!

I'm only staying in Paris

until I get my degree.

Doesn't Bordeaux have a university?

Yes. But it's not the Louvre School.

Will the studio be OK?

- You won't be living in it.

- So why ask my opinion?

- You'll be paying.

- No kidding!

Franois.

No taxis available.

- I've got my bus pass.

- I don't.

Leave it to me.

Hello.

- We can't go on meeting like this!

- You called me. Where to?

- Rue des Francs-Bourgeois. Please.

- Francs-Bourgeois. Here we come.

A very old street.

The Revolutionaries renamed it...

- We don't care.

- We do!

Tell us.

Rue des Francs-Citoyens.

"Bourgeois" was pass.

They got it wrong.

The Francs-Bourgeois weren't bourgeois.

Just like the Earl of Sandwich

didn't invent the sandwich.

And a black box is actually orange.

- It's getting bad.

- Leave me alone!

You really ought to see a doctor.

- Need a specialist?

- No!

- Why?

- A client of mine

consults a top asthma doctor.

- I could get his name.

- I see.

You set this up!

- Me?

- You two knew each other!

- Let me out.

- Drive on.

- Let me out!

- Drive on!

Sweetheart!

Don't sweat it. It happens.

What happens?

Lovers' tiffs.

With your age gap...

An age gap between parent and child

is pretty essential.

I apologize.

You were right

about Avenue Frochot.

Jean Renoir. The painter's son. Lived there.

My mistake.

Which crime writer's pen name

was Gom Gut?

It was...

- Do you know or not?

- I know. I'm just a bit nervous.

Well?

He was Belgian. Born in 1903.

Died in Lausanne in 1989...

- He created Maigret.

- That's not the answer.

It's coming back...

Georges Simenon!

Sorry.

Which country won

the 1954 World Cup?

Hungary lost 3-2...

Helmut Rahn

scored the winning goal.

Give me the country.

Not a full replay.

Which Frenchman acted in

The Man Who Knew Too Much?

- Trick question?

- No.

Yes. Hitchcock filmed it twice. Right?

The 1956 version.

- In 1934 it was Pierre Fresnay.

- That's not the answer.

It's on the tip of my tongue!

He acted in Saints Alive.

He wrote gardening books!

Mr. Balanchine. We'll call you.

I blew it. Right?

- We have more candidates to see.

- Of course. Thank you.

It was Daniel Glin!

Goodbye.

- Didn't we try him before?

- More than once.

- He knows it all.

- Who cares?

For a show called Know-It-All?

- He's the man who knew too much.

- By far. See how he fell apart with us?

Imagine him with a live audience.

Monsieur Coste?

- Your delivery.

- I was getting worried.

- Where do you want it?

- Through there.

Sign. Please.

I often wonder why

they call you porters Savoyards.

No idea. Sir.

Here...

Thanks.

- Thank you. Bye.

- Bye.

- Hi. Dad.

- Hi. Son.

- Hi. Ma.

- Hi. Dear.

Tell us. How did it go?

- Some pretty good fares.

- But did they pick you for Know-It-All?

I don't think so.

How come?

Didn't you answer right?

- Did you take your tranquilizers?

- I don't like to.

They make me feel all hot and cold.

Can't they make allowances

for nerves?

Thank you.

Night. Ma.

See you. Son.

Get home safely.

Drive carefully!

What can I say?

- Can we go?

- We just got here!

I can't bear all these people.

- Can't you make an effort?

- No.

- I can see why you have no friends.

- Don't you start.

- Sorry!

- It's occupied!

Sorry to phone you so late...

Our helpline is open 24 hours.

How can I help you?

Not me. A friend.

A friend? It's OK. Most people

who call Dial-A-Friend are like you.

- Like me?

- They have no friends.

I have plenty of friends!

I even made a list.

- No!

- No what?

I wasn't saying "No" to you.

What's your idea

of the perfect friend?

I don't care.

I just need one by the 31 st.

Why's that?

I just have to.

Can I help?

Why do you always refuse help?

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