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- What's the next stop?

- Sainte Maure.

- Is that far?

- 20 miles.

You've reached...

Move your ass!

I've got a train to catch!

What're you holding up

decent people for?

Don't stay here, please.

Go back to your car.

Can someone tell me

what's going on here?

Mind cluing me in?

They're after a fugitive.

What's it to me?

There are worse things going on!

I gotta meet my wife's train.

- The Bordeaux train go by?

- 25 minutes ago.

Sorry, I have to lock up.

What time is it?

Ten past midnight.

A scotch.

This one's on me.

Hey, boss, two.

Two what?

Ask the gentleman

what he's having.

Two whiskies.

I've got lots of time.

It's my night.

You married?

Not married?

I'm married.

I have two kids,

a daughter, 10, a son, 8.

They're at camp in the southwest.

I'm on my way to pick them up.

I'm from Paris.

And you? From around here?

Not drinking? Don't like it?

Never mind, it's a free country.

Do what you like.

I don't like whisky either.

But tonight

I happen to be drinking whisky.

But it's not my fault really.

It's my wife's fault.

If you're single,

maybe you never wondered,

but the question is crucial.

Take my wife, for instance.

Am I right, am I wrong?

Who knows?

She must hate me right now,

but I don't give a sh*t.

I got sick of playing

the good little doggie.

Here are my kids.

Notice anything?

What?

That guy. Did you notice

a tattoo on his wrist?

- What guy?

- The one you bought a drink for.

And he refused. But that's okay.

- It's a free country...

- I'm not talking about that.

So he got up and left!

- Where you headed?

- Bordeaux.

Gimme a lift?

You're on.

Oh, sh*t!

Looks like another roadblock.

I could use a drink.

It's moving.

Want a cigarette?

Friendly advice:

don't breathe in their face.

We're through!

- Can't you read?

- Why?

- Speed limit's 55.

- I know.

- Play it safe and slow down.

- Relax!

- Know the road?

- You bet I know it!

Every summer for 15 years.

It's my road!

I wouldn't mind stopping in.

I'm thirsty.

Interested?

- You're like my dog.

- Why's that?

Always thirsty.

Tongue always hanging out, that it?

- Where's your dog?

- He's dead.

- What're you doing?

- What?

- Can't you drive straight?

- Sure, I can...

You're off your rocker!

I thought it was a roadblock.

You're a real wimp.

I got scared, so what?

Everybody gets scared. Don't you?

What the f***?

I didn't tell you to stop.

I need gas.

Got any cold beer kicking around?

No, but I've got scotch.

Pefrect.

Want some?

Can you talk to me a bit?

It'll keep me awake.

Talk about what?

Anything. I'm a curious guy,

I'm interested in everything.

Falling asleep? Tired?

Never mind, watch the road.

I am.

Why? Think I'm a bad driver?

You're sluggish.

- Want me to go faster?

- No, straighter.

You should trust me more.

I drive best when I've had a drink.

Sure, one maybe.

Why don't you drive

if you don't trust me?

Leave that alone!

Why should I?

Don't you ever get smashed?

It doesn't interest me.

Me neither, usually.

An occasional beer after work...

Even that...

I rarely have time.

Gotta be home by 6 sharp.

The sitter's waiting for me

at the door with her coat on.

She's always in a hurry. Dunno why.

Her time must be valuable.

Everyone's is, except mine.

My wife's, especially.

She's a corporate lawyer.

You can't imagine what it's like.

Business lunches every day,

always in meetings,

never home before 8 p.m.

Year in, year out.

She's so important

that after the kids were born

her partners came in person

to convince her

to come back to work. Imagine!

What're you doing?

A flat. I didn't do it on purpose.

Get out.

I'm going.

- No spare?

- In the trunk.

Go get it!

Get the jack!

- You got a jack?

- I must have one.

Where is it?

Know how it works?

Sure I do.

Sorry.

Wait... I'll do it.

Get up.

Would you get up!

Stop hitting me. I'll get up.

To think, hundreds of 'em

are out looking for you,

howling your name

on every TV program...

You screwed 'em good.

You don't give a sh*t

about their laws.

That's the truth!

If men weren't scared shitless,

if they were real men like you,

we wouldn't need courts and cops

and red lights at every intersection.

You're above all that.

You're a lord, a prince.

Tonight, I feel happy.

Happier than I've ever been in my life.

You can't imagine how happy I am.

You're a brother.

You could've left me back there

to die like a dog.

If you didn't do it

for fear I'd turn you in, you're wrong.

I'm no snitch.

I have a sense of honor.

I'm a man, too.

You misjudge me.

That hurts me.

It really hurts me

that you misjudge me.

Hlne misjudges me, too.

She doesn't think I'm a man, either.

What're you doing?

Think I didn't see that?

Hey, you hear me?

This isn't the road to Bordeaux!

- Shut up!

- It's my car, my road, turn around!

Shut up, or out you go.

It's my car.

You don't scare me. You got no gun.

- Shut up!

- You got no gun.

I saw you with the tire.

Why drive with one hand?

- You're a cripple, that it?

- Will you shut up!

Get out.

What're you gonna do?

If you're gonna kill me,

do it fast and clean.

I don't wanna suffer.

- Break down?

- A flat.

- Give me a lift to the next garage?

- Sure.

No, the other side.

Is that the village?

Are we far from Bordeaux?

This isn't the road.

- Really?

- Bordeaux's quite a ways. Why?

You want to go to Bordeaux?

What's the make of your car?

A gray Rover with Paris plates.

Got the keys?

They in the ignition?

I'll send someone.

That's my car.

You must've driven a long time

with the flat.

It's torn to shreds.

You need a new one.

Did you find a cell phone in the car?

Sure that clock's right?

Is it really 11 a.m.?

Yes, why?

What time do you think it is?

You think it's still last night?

Not going down?

Badly.

Won't you eat something?

I'd rather not.

What happened to you?

Why? What's wrong?

Looks like you got into a fight.

Can I use your phone?

Local calls only.

You've reached Hlne's...

It's Antoine Dunan.

Your children are ready,

they're waiting for you.

We expected you at 10.

What happened?

- My wife's not there?

- Isn't she with you?

- She hasn't called?

- Where are you?

She was supposed to arrive

by the morning train.

- What time?

- The first train, I think.

- The 6 a.m. bus?

- I'll call you right back.

- France Telecom...

- The Cascade Hotel.

- Which town?

- Andernos.

- Shall I connect you?

- Please.

Cascade Hotel.

This is Mr. Dunan. Did my wife

take the room we reserved?

No, sir. No one showed.

Can you check the room?

The key hasn't moved.

How will you pay? We held the room.

Do you know what time

the first train arrives from Bordeaux?

6 a.m. It's a bus.

- And the next one?

- Just before 10.

France Rail.

Is this the Andernos station?

Do you know if

the 6 o'clock bus arrived?

And the 10 o'clock bus?

On time?

You sure?

My wife should've been on one.

A brunette, short hair...

We don't check our passengers.

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