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- I'll go see Alain.

- Sit!

I wouldn't go see Alain.

Camille's agent is begging us

to replace you.

- Replace me?

- Yes siree!

She's lost her mind!

She knows we go way back,

we came up together?

He told her to f*** off? Right?

He said we couldn't.

We did the math with the line producer.

We'd have to reshoot 27 scenes.

- Costs 400 grand!

- You're kidding?

You checked if you could replace me?

- C'mon, think about it!

- Great.

Cool.

Guillaume, what's gotten into you?

I don't know.

It feels like I messed up,

made all the wrong choices.

Pisses me off, I wanna rock.

You wanna what?

Nothing.

You're tired.

Overthinking it.

The Csars blew you off, so what?

It's no reason to go off the edge.

Get a grip, get your sh*t together.

I'll square it all with them.

Okay?

Pull yourself together.

Remember we paid you an advance

on a new film? One year ago.

We haven't seen a line.

Where's it at?

You pitched it to Marion?

Of course.

Actually, I was thinking...

I wonder if it's not more powerful

to make a movie that's all about me.

All about you? That's a lame idea.

All about your chick, that's a film.

It's her life people dream about.

Hollywood, the Oscars, life in L.A.

Not you, too!

Marion doesn't live in L.A.

People think so.

And we'd be stupid

to tell them any different, right?

Some kind of docudrama, that's the idea.

Fly-on-the-wall, daily life,

seeing her prepare her roles.

That's what people wanna see.

They want in on your lives.

You made that movie,

My Wife Is An Actress.

Gimme a break!

My Wife is fiction.

She falls in love with her co-star.

I play a sports journalist.

Gimme a break!

Maybe you're right.

No kidding.

In any case,

she flies to Montreal tomorrow for prep.

I'll talk to her.

That's right, do that.

Talk to her.

Go now.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

Maybe change...

What's this stun idea?

Another film

with the arse gone outta it!

I hope you didn't agree to it, ducky.

No, I said we'd talk it over.

No sum of blather

makes an oonshick idea right.

What am I after telling ya?

A good role needs an accent

or a disability.

Anything else, cocky,

I'm stayin' in bed.

It's no hobble,

I won't play me in a lardy-arse doc.

Jump on that blower, tell him it's off

and he can go swing a hook.

We're all talked out.

Clear?

Hardly crystal clear.

I think I get what you mean but...

What about the vegetable patch

when you're in Montreal?

The damn farm?

I'm not looking after it.

Hey, Guillaume, what's up?

Hey, Laeticia.

Sorry, I spoke with Johnny

who told me to stop by,

late even.

You know he loves company,

so he can stay up late.

Since his hip operation,

he needs rest.

Laeticia, who you talking to?

Guillaume.

Guillaume who?

Guillaume Canet, darling.

For real? What's he doing here?

You told him to stop by.

For real?

He did, honestly.

Hey, Guillaume. How you doing?

Good, Johnny. Thanks.

Be right there.

Rock 'n' Roll!

He keeps pulling that stunt.

So annoying.

He could hurt himself.

Okay, Jerome?

Great, fine.

Sorry, I thought you meant tonight.

I was gonna turn in, but no sweat.

A drink?

I'm good, thanks.

For real?

Nothing?

Come in my office.

Why didn't you tell the b*tch

to go f*** herself?

What's not rockin' mean?

For you?

You're not a musician.

No, not really.

I just wanna rock a bit.

- It's an image issue...

- Want one?

No, thanks.

You're so boring.

I'm trying to quit,

like the majority.

To keep Laeticia happy mostly.

When you've smoked filterless Gitanes

for over 50 years,

it's not easy.

Listen up, Jerome.

The Americans have an expression,

in English...

Which means Rock 'n' Roll is dead.

But it's not true.

Rock 'n' Roll isn't dead

for the rockers that aren't dead.

Understand?

You know what?

There aren't many of us left.

It's difficult to rock nowadays.

It's not exactly in.

Nowadays, it's sports and organic.

It's corny to smash up a hotel room.

Believe me, it's no use to you.

Anyway, it's too late for you.

What do you mean, too late?

We're too old to go tearing it up.

We've outgrown it.

Well, I am still in my 40s.

Sure, like me,

give or take a decade.

What I'm trying to say is,

it's no good to you.

You're fine as you are.

Why go changing?

Weird, baby, ever since I quit,

I can't stand other people smoking.

Even weirder, 2 months after you quit,

you reek of tobacco.

Chilly, isn't it?

Gonna light my fire.

C'mon, baby, light my fire!

Over here.

Pick me up in an hour.

I'll be on the street corner.

Let's go drinking.

Sweetheart?

Are you sneaking a smoke?

Nah, just saying goodbye to Jerome.

The gates of the penitentiary.

Soon will close on me.

That's where my life will end.

Like other guys I've known.

It's him. That's his car.

Hi, Guillaume.

He blew me off,

he's headed straight to makeup.

Morning!

Yup, I'm still here.

Deal with it.

You and your agent.

You find it funny?

Sure, it's funny.

Be grateful I'm laughing.

Laugh. You make me laugh too.

Take a look at yourself.

You're rockin'?

You know what rockin' is?

You know who I was with last night?

All your bullshit,

I'm not rockin', I'm nobody's fantasy?

You've lost it. I never said that.

You never said that? Bullshit!

No, I never said that.

I don't spout sh*t

about people being rockin'.

Anyway, nobody says that anymore.

I was talking about generations, ages.

Some roles

aren't for you now, so what?

There are others, more mature ones,

and that's good too.

What's wrong with that?

There are roles he can't play, right?

A crock of sh*t.

A whole crock of shitty sh*t!

A total crock of sh*t!

Keep.

That, trash!

That too.

Don't ever let me see that again.

Same for that.

Keep.

That's a goodie. Perfect!

What's going on now?

You asked to read for Ben Foster?

You don't do it, I do it for you.

- What?

- The character's 21 years old.

Precisely. Your job

is getting me in when it's not a fit.

Or what? I play family guys

until I lose my marbles?

He's in Paris.

Do your f***ing job!

Get with the program!

That's enough, Guillaume.

I don't like how you talk to me

or what you're becoming.

The gloves are off.

I'm becoming what you made of me.

It's all your fault too.

I'm quitting here to open my own agency

if you're interested.

I have a couple clients

making the break with me.

How old are you?

You got the stuff?

Yeah, there was no organic. Here.

It's not organic but...

with a name like Natural Skin,

I thought...

Seen the Virgin Mary?

Go, I'm late.

- Hi, I'm here for the audition?

- Name?

Thanks for coming.

- We'll be in touch.

- See you soon.

Hey!

Hey to you, too.

What brings you here?

Not the audition?

Sure.

You know I absolutely adore you,

but truly, it's not a role for you.

When I mentioned you to Ben,

he thought

I was messing with him.

Why are you doing this?

People know you. It's not cool.

I mean, for you.

You don't need this, honestly.

Can I say hi, at least?

Only because it's you.

- That's sweet.

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