{1}{72}movie info: XVID 512x384 23.976fps 699.3 MB {540}{605}SIX MORAL TALES {1351}{1433}1ST PROLOGUE - HAYDEE {2958}{3051}2ND PROLOGUE - DANIEL {3073}{3128}We must all realize|our full potential. {3133}{3214}Those who don't|are like the people in Versailles, {3219}{3274}who surround those who do. {3304}{3409}Those who do are inevitably|surrounded and aggressive. {3450}{3521}This, for instance, is perfect. {3590}{3631}It couldn't be better. {3725}{3775}It's painting. {3793}{3867}It's thought encircled... {3898}{3966}by razor blades.|I'm bleeding. {4028}{4065}That is to say, {4095}{4143}it's unique... {4172}{4231}taking nothing as its cause. {4341}{4430}Encircled by its own thought,|as if by razor blades. {4469}{4515}Impossible to hold. {4526}{4561}Here's proof. {4582}{4627}It was done on purpose. {4718}{4785}Not your cut.|But that was done on purpose. {4843}{4893}I'd like other people|to get cut, not you. {4898}{4949}You like people to get cut on art? {4954}{5008}Other people, yes.|But not you. {5057}{5151}You're sharp. You shouldn't get cut.|That bothers me. {5170}{5221}I don't mind getting cut. {5249}{5285}Doesn't it hurt? {5290}{5360}I surround myself|with dangerous people. {5391}{5487}You remind me of elegant people|in the 18th century {5492}{5548}who were very concerned|with their appearance {5553}{5610}and the effect|they had on others. {5633}{5709}That was already a creation,|the beginning of the Revolution. {5714}{5792}The distance,|established by elegance, {5797}{5864}from those|who aren't elegant is crucial. {5869}{5966}It creates a kind of void|around the person, {5981}{6038}and it's that void|around the person {6043}{6121}that you create,|with your objects too. {6126}{6214}But you could just as well do|without your objects. {6233}{6317}You yourself are the can of paint|surrounded by razor blades, {6322}{6358}as was Saint-Just. {6363}{6420}Razor blades are words. {6425}{6469}They could be silence. {6474}{6522}They could also be elegance... {6540}{6586}a certain yellow. {6614}{6706}3RD PROLOGUE: ADRIEN {6749}{6815}{y:i}Perhaps style is|{y:i}more important than beauty. {6820}{6897}{y:i}But in love, the notion|{y:i}of beauty is essential. {6902}{6954}We love someone|because we find him handsome. {6959}{7014}No, we find him handsome|because we love him. {7085}{7166}Yes, a man may be ugly|yet have immense charm. {7177}{7265}If he's loved, his ugliness|is transformed into beauty. {7334}{7394}For me an ugly man|has no charm. {7399}{7462}Nothing's possible.|It's over immediately. {7470}{7515}What's over? {7521}{7603}Anything. Even the most|superficial relationship. {7608}{7666}Even to have a drink|for five minutes. I can't. {7670}{7709}If he's ugly, I leave. {7714}{7828}Can you be friends|with someone you find ugly? {7851}{7941}Ugliness and beauty|don't enter into my friendships. {7946}{8057}I don't see my friends|as either ugly or handsome. {8107}{8169}But friendship doesn't|happen in five minutes. {8176}{8222}It takes several encounters. {8226}{8294}How do you manage that|with someone you find ugly? {8299}{8343}I run. It's impossible. {8348}{8391}It's not a question|of ugliness. {8396}{8526}Among crowds of beautiful people,|I'm only interested {8531}{8609}in those who possess|something more than beauty. {8615}{8689}Someone of absolute beauty|would bore me. {8706}{8766}I'm not talking|about Greek beauty. {8770}{8824}Absolute beauty doesn't exist. {8829}{8872}To find someone handsome, {8881}{8935}sometimes the tiniest thing|is enough. {8940}{9033}Perhaps something|between the nose and mouth. {9098}{9154}So anyone has a chance|of appealing to you. {9172}{9203}At least a chance. {9208}{9293}No, that's the problem.|I find very few people handsome. {9298}{9379}And it really hampers|my relationships terribly, {9384}{9445}because if I'm repelled,|I never see that person again. {9450}{9493}And since many people repel me - {9498}{9561}You never change your mind? {9566}{9648}The first thing I say|if I'm asked to dinner {9653}{9736}isn't "What does he do?"|but "Is he handsome?" {9751}{9825}And ugly ones|are always doomed? {9830}{9865}To the ovens. {9906}{9941}They deserve it. {9947}{9994}Ugliness is an insult to others. {9998}{10061}One's responsible for one's looks. {10078}{10145}For instance,|a nose moves or ages {10150}{10220}according to how|one thinks or speaks. {10225}{10301}Besides, I'm not talking|about static beauty. {10306}{10382}One's movements,|expressions, gait - {10390}{10442}all that counts, doesn't it? {11068}{11117}How long will you stay|in London? {11126}{11168}At least five weeks. {11173}{11229}Your modeling|won't take up all that time. {11235}{11294}No, but I have|lots of friends to see. {11299}{11359}And I love London in July. {11404}{11457}Why not come to the Riviera? {11494}{11538}Rodolphe is lending me his villa. {11543}{11603}I have lots of things to do. {11690}{11769}Earlier you said you didn't.|Come for a few days at least. {11784}{11851}It's not worth it.|Why don't you come to London? {11856}{11914}What would I do there? {11918}{11981}What will you do|all alone on the Riviera? {11986}{12036}I have business meetings. {12050}{12149}What business? I've never really|believed in your so-called business. {12235}{12310}I have to go to a sale,|track down a silent partner, {12315}{12375}a collector of Chinese antiques. {12397}{12455}He's financing a gallery for me. {12469}{12560}Don't you think you'd make|better contacts in London? {12603}{12681}I see only serious people|and do only serious things. {12686}{12721}Come along, you'll see. {12726}{12779}- No, I'm not coming.|- Why not? {12787}{12861}Because from time to time, {12866}{12947}one of us has to do|something serious. {12952}{12991}But I am serious. {12996}{13072}Why do you always dash off|when we could be together? {13077}{13119}I'd like you to come. {13140}{13180}I'd like it very much. {13185}{13233}Why don't you come to London? {13238}{13283}I already told you: I can't. {13288}{13341}Well, in that case - {16457}{16537}END OF PROLOGUES {16644}{16729}{y:i}No sooner had I arrived|{y:i}than Daniel told me the bad news. {16738}{16804}{y:i}A girl was staying here|{y:i}at Rodolphe's invitation. {16809}{16860}{y:i}She would surely disturb us. {16941}{16965}Mait?? {16970}{16997}Hayd?e. {17002}{17045}Doesn't ring a bell. {17050}{17149}Besides, all those girls|leave me cold. {17174}{17241}Well, it's only for 24 days. {17246}{17284}What type? {17314}{17371}A dumb bunny.|Round face. {17384}{17442}Close-cropped hair.|Charming. {17458}{17491}She lives here? {17496}{17528}In principle, yes. {17533}{17614}She panhandles here and there.|Brings guys here sometimes. {17689}{17748}That's just like Rodolphe. {17753}{17836}He surrounds himself|with the plainest people. {17856}{17975}Anyway, if they bother us,|we'll kick them all out, including her. {17994}{18043}{y:i}I wanted to be by myself, {18048}{18113}{y:i}but Daniel's presence|{y:i}was no problem. {18132}{18192}{y:i}Since I lived all year|{y:i}without fixed hours or dates, {18197}{18245}{y:i}I decided to set|{y:i}some rules for myself. {18250}{18315}{y:i}The monastic feel|{y:i}of my room helped. {18641}{18680}{y:i}First, I'd get up early. {18762}{18869}{y:i}I'd always backed into the dawn|{y:i}after having stayed up all night. {18886}{18959}{y:i}Now I'd live mornings|{y:i}in the right order, {18982}{19071}{y:i}and associate them,|{y:i}as most people do, {19076}{19147}{y:i}with the idea|{y:i}of awakening and beginning. {19156}{19249}{y:i}The idea was both|{y:i}invigorating and oppressive. {19425}{19507}{y:i}I had to shift my schedule|{y:i}back a third of a day {19512}{19632}{y:i}so that by evening I'd be too tired|{y:i}to be tempted to go out. {19654}{19705}{y:i}And what did I intend to do? {19710}{19769}{y:i}Precisely nothing. {19794}{19866}{y:i}For once I'd take|{y:i}a real vacation, {19870}{19941}{y:i}because my real work had always|{y:i}begun when others' stopped. {19946}{20049}at parties, on weekends,|at the beach, in the mountains. {20057}{20155}{y:i}But this year only one thing|{y:i}interested me. my art gallery. {20163}{20204}{y:i}Nothing else mattered. {20209}{20281}{y:i}And since all preparations|{y:i}had been completed, {20286}{20329}{y:i}all I could do was wait. {20486}{20577}{y:i}Having nothing to do|{y:i}for the first time in 10 years, {20582}{20646}{y:i}I undertook to really do nothing. {20651}{20780}{y:i}That is, to take inactivity|{y:i}to a level I'd never before reached. {21198}{21248}{y:i}I even tried not to think. {21270}{21330}{y:i}I was alone|{y:i}face to face with the sea, {21334}{21397}{y:i}far from cruises and beaches, {21402}{21459}{y:i}fulfilling a childhood dream {21464}{21529}{y:i}put off year after year. {21658}{21749}{y:i}I wanted my gaze of the sea|{y:i}to be as empty as possible, {21765}{21851}{y:i}void of any painterly|{y:i}or botanical curiosity. {21860}{21921}{y:i}For if I'd followed|{y:i}earlier inclinations, {21926}{21999}{y:i}I might have been|{y:i}an art collector or botanist. {22181}{22234}{y:i}I lost myself completely {22239}{22287}{y:i}in the play of shadow and light, {22292}{22368}{y:i}sinking into a lethargy|{y:i}heightened by the water. {22387}{22480}{y:i}That state of passivity,|{y:i}of complete availability, {22485}{22566}{y:i}promised to last much longer|{y:i}than the euphoria {22571}{22654}{y:i}of one's first summer dip|{y:i}in the ocean. {22661}{22776}{y:i}I could easily see myself spending|{y:i}a whole month this way. {23662}{23763}{y:i}That's why I couldn't bear the idea|{y:i}of seeing anyone but Daniel. {23782}{23878}{y:i}The only woman I would have liked|{y:i}to have with me was far away. {23901}{23943}{y:i}I'd resigned m...
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