Thirst Street Page #2

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depressing where I am.

-[Charlie] So,

you're from New York,

but you're not from New York.

- Correct.

I've been to the

city, and it's cool.

I've been there.

-[Charlie] You've been there?

- But it's not the same thing.

- Let me give you my number

so that I can show you around.

My name is Charlotte.

I mean, Charlie.

Everybody calls me Charlie.

- Charlie?

- Yeah, Charlie.

- Gina.

- Gina?

Oh, that's a beautiful name.

- Okay, I'll see you.

- Bye, see you soon.

[laughs]

-[Gina] Good night.

- Good night.

[haunting music]

[doorbell buzzes]

[doorbell buzzes]

[phone keypad tapping]

-[Narrator] With nothing

left for her back in New York,

Gina was looking for a sign,

any sign, to remain in Paris.

- Very pretty.

Do you have another...

Do you have another

apartment with the sign

that looked out onto the street?

Okay, um, I have a friend.

- She says that it's more

expensive than the

other apartment.

She said that there

was a lovely couple

that used to live here.

- It's perfect.

- Really?

- Yes, perfect.

No, I just, I need a break.

[voice chattering over phone]

Yeah, I just, well,

just tell him that...

I can use my vacation days.

I just really need some rest.

Yeah, it's okay.

Oh, Lorraine,

Lorraine, I have to go.

I have to go, bye!

-[Narrator] She knew Jerome

had positioned himself

on that corner specifically

so she could see him

to coax her outside

and come talk to him.

- Jerome!

You?

- Yes.

But what are you doing here?

- Oh, I just was in

the neighborhood.

- I was talking through

the neighborhood. I saw you.

- Yeah, but, no, I mean,

what are you doing in Paris?

- Oh, I decided to stay.

- Really?

You really live in Paris now?

Okay.

- It's great, huh?

- I give my eyes to you now.

It's my fault.

Do you want stuff?

The rest of medicine?

For my treatment for

that in my place.

- If you want, I can give you--

- Oh, that'd be great, yeah.

-[Narrator] As the

antibiotic drops soothed

her diseased eye, Gina

became elated and thankful.

She had found someone who

knew how to take of her.

- Sorry, I have to leave.

- Hm?

- I have some stuff to do.

- Oh, what do you have to do?

- Because it's my

birthday party tonight.

- Tonight?

Is today your birthday?

- Yeah.

- It's your birthday today?

I can't believe it's your, mm!

Happy birthday!

- Thank you.

I am 40.

- Happy birthday.

- Thank you.

- Well, can I help you?

I'll help you buy some stuff.

I can make a cake.

- Uh, okay.

- Okay, okay.

Okay, hold on, let me just see.

Sorry.

- No, it's okay, it's okay.

- Oh, your--

-[Jerome] Oh.

- Okay.

[party music]

- Red wine?

Red wine.

-[Gina] Maybe I

can help you pick.

-[Jerome] No, no, it's okay.

-[Gina] Oh, I like this one.

I like that.

-[Jerome] Yeah, but I think--

- What she's wearing.

- Yeah, no, no, yeah, this one.

Yeah.

Yeah, if you want, you

can go down in the kitchen

and get some stuff,

some food for everybody.

-[Gina] Oh, yeah.

Yeah, of course.

Yeah, yeah, good idea.

- Thank you.

-[Gina] Okay, I'll be back.

- Thanks.

- Oh, I'm on leave

right now, so yeah,

normally, back and forth,

but now I'm here for a while.

- Enjoying?

- Yeah, enjoying it a lot.

- Cool.

- Well, you have to be

naked five days a week.

- Oh, but you're so

beautiful, you don't mind.

- Why, do you want

to work there?

- Oh, I don't think so.

- Not like a dancer, but like

a waitress, or a dishwasher?

[laughs]

- I don't know if

Jerome told you,

but I am a flight attendant.

- Oh.

Oh, okay.

And it's a very,

do you have jobs?

- Teacher.

[piano keys jangling]

- So, she said you

can't have your dessert

until you have your vegetables,

and then she took them back,

and I mean, she's much older,

she's been a flight attendant

for about 20 years

longer than I have,

so she's a little bit

older, and you know,

she's just always

trying to make it fun

for everybody, you know,

especially the customers.

Especially now, traveling

has become very stressful,

I feel like, for

a lot of people.

- I'll be back.

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

It was great to talk to you.

[rock music]

[doorbell rings]

- Hi.

[smoke detector rings]

Oh, my god.

Oh, my god.

Excuse me.

Sorry!

I burned the cake.

I'm sorry.

- Oh, hey, you're still here.

- Oh, yeah.

Where do you put your recycling?

- Oh, no, it's okay.

Stop, stop.

I can make that tomorrow.

-[Gina] Oh, okay.

- Yeah, it's okay.

- It was such a fun party.

- Yeah, but I'm tired.

- Me, too, I'm so tired.

Let's go to bed.

- Yeah, no, I'm so tired.

I can call a cab for you.

I call a cab for you.

- Now?

- Yeah, I'm exhausted.

-[Narrator] Gina wanted

to acclimate herself

to her adopted country,

so Charlie eagerly

agreed to act as her tour guide.

She offered to take

Gina to the countryside

for an overnight trip.

- Wait, I don't, I

like it down a bit.

- Oh, sorry.

Just a little closer.

Can you smile?

[camera clicks]

- Did you get it?

- Yeah, they're perfect.

- No.

These are not good.

-[Charlie] You don't like them?

- Very bad.

I'm blinking in every

single one.

- Mm?

There is a little

problem with your credit

card. It doesn't work, so--

- Can you try it again?

- Okay, I'll try it

again if you want.

[card reader beeps]

No.

- Oh, it's probably

because of the traveling.

They sometimes, the bank, I

don't think I have any cash.

Do you have--

- Yeah, sure.

-[Gina] Sorry.

-[Waiter] Sorry.

- Thank you.

I'm sorry, I'll pay you

back when we get back.

[dreamy music]

- I drink a little bit

actually, it helps.

If you can't drink

enough already.

And now, you're just like, how

do you open that, actually?

I'm gonna help you.

So, you do that.

And then, you do...

[hums tunelessly]

And very slowly, like that.

It's even better with

a dress, you know?

because I wanted to just

travel as much as I could.

When I was 18, almost 19,

so that's 18 years?

Oh, my god.

18 years.

[both laugh]

And so...

Yeah, I don't know how

to do anything else.

I don't even know

what I would do.

[cars rumbling by]

[haunting music]

- It's no good.

It's no good.

-[Gina] No?

- No.

-[Gina] Okay.

- It's no good.

- He wants you to be

more like a model.

Maybe more cleavage, yeah.

Do it one more time, please.

Sensual, sexy.

The American accent

excites men, every man.

- Okay.

- That's a bonus for you.

You need to learn to

speak French a little bit,

just to engage

with your customer.

- How do I know if

they're VIP, though?

- We will tell you first.

- Hey.

What are you doing here?

- I got a job.

- Okay.

- Okay, so, one more time.

Crystal glasses, VIP clients.

["Born a Woman" by Sandra Posey]

- Jerome?

- Yes.

- A whiskey.

- Okay, on the rocks?

- No.

- Yes, a little bit.

- Yes, at the party.

- Okay.

- Um...

- Gina.

Thank you.

- I'll be right back.

-[Translator] You are

beautiful, but you need

to be more committed

to the customers.

-[Translator] You need

to allow customers

to be friendly towards you.

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